--- title: "AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes" description: "AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes: 88 chapter & topic sets · PDFs + Word. Buy once and keep your files. Downloads are also included with a paid Fiveable membership." canonical: "https://fiveable.me/shop/ap-euro-amsco-guided-notes" type: "shop" subject: "AP European History" lastUpdated: "2026-09-15" --- # AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes ## About this resource Work through your AMSCO reading with focused questions and space to explain key ideas. Choose a printable or editable format for independent study, homework, or classroom discussion. Suggested answers are included for checking understanding and adapting lessons. The textbook is sold separately. This is a packaged downloadable resource; a purchase does not grant subscription access or exclusive access to all related online content. ## Price and contents $24.00 USD. One-time purchase. 88 chapter & topic sets · PDFs + Word ## Included files - Student PDF with answer space - Compact student PDF - Editable student Word files (.docx) - Answer-key PDF - Editable answer-key Word files (.docx) - Combined student and answer-key PDFs ## Textbook compatibility AMSCO Advanced Placement European History, 2nd Edition. Textbook sold separately. ## Coverage ### Unit 1 - 1.1: Contextualizing Renaissance and Discovery - 1.2: Italian Renaissance - 1.3: Northern Renaissance - 1.4: Printing - 1.5: New Monarchies - 1.6: Technological Advances and the Age of Exploration - 1.7: Rivals on the World Stage - 1.8: Colonial Expansion and Columbian Exchange - 1.9: The Slave Trade - 1.10: The Commercial Revolution - 1.11: Causation in the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery ### Unit 2 - 2.1: Contextualizing 16th- and 17th-Century Challenges and Developments - 2.2: Luther and the Protestant Reformation - 2.3: Protestant Reform Continues - 2.4: Wars of Religion - 2.5: The Catholic Reformation - 2.6: 16th-Century Society and Politics - 2.7: Art of the 16th Century: Mannerism and Baroque Art - 2.8: Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of Religion ### Unit 3 - 3.1: Contextualizing State Building - 3.2: The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution - 3.3: Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development - 3.4: Economic Development and Mercantilism - 3.5: The Dutch Golden Age - 3.6: Balance of Power - 3.7: Absolutist Approaches to Power - 3.8: Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism ### Unit 4 - 4.1: Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment - 4.2: The Scientific Revolution - 4.3: The Enlightenment - 4.4: 18th-Century Society and Demographics - 4.5: 18th-Century Culture and Arts - 4.6: Enlightened and Other Approaches to Power - 4.7: Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment ### Unit 5 - 5.1: Contextualizing 18th-Century States - 5.2: The Rise of Global Markets - 5.3: Britain's Ascendency - 5.4: The French Revolution - 5.5: The French Revolution's Effects - 5.6: Napoleon's Rise, Dominance, and Defeat - 5.7: The Congress of Vienna - 5.8: Romanticism - 5.9: Continuity and Change in 18th-Century States ### Unit 6 - 6.1: Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and Effects - 6.2: The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe - 6.3: Second Wave Industrialization and Its Effects - 6.4: Social Effects of Industrialization - 6.5: The Concert of Europe and European Conservatism - 6.6: Reactions and Revolutions - 6.7: Ideologies of Change and Reform Movements - 6.8: 19th-Century Social Reform - 6.9: Institutional Responses and Reform - 6.10: Causation in the Age of Industrialization ### Unit 7 - 7.1: Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments - 7.2: Nationalism - 7.3: National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions - 7.4: Darwinism, Social Darwinism - 7.5: Age of Progress and Modernity - 7.6: New Imperialism: Motivations and Methods - 7.7: Imperialism's Global Effects - 7.8: 19th-Century Culture and Arts - 7.9: Causation in 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments ### Unit 8 - 8.1: Contextualizing 20th-Century Global Conflicts - 8.2: World War I - 8.3: The Russian Revolution and Its Effects - 8.4: Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement - 8.5: Global Economic Crisis - 8.6: Fascism and Totalitarianism - 8.7: Europe During the Interwar Period - 8.8: World War II - 8.9: The Holocaust - 8.10: 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments - 8.11: Continuity and Change in an Age of Global Conflict ### Unit 9 - 9.1: Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe - 9.2: Rebuilding Europe - 9.3: The Cold War - 9.4: Two Super Powers Emerge - 9.5: Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities - 9.6: Contemporary Western Democracies - 9.7: The Fall of Communism - 9.8: 20th-Century Feminism - 9.9: Decolonization - 9.10: The European Union - 9.11: Migration and Immigration - 9.12: Technology - 9.13: Globalization - 9.14: 20th- and 21st-Century Culture, Arts, and Demographic Trends - 9.15: Continuity and Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries ## Preview and download [View samples and download options](/shop/ap-euro-amsco-guided-notes) Version: 2026-09-15. 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