The system of checks and balances is one that the United States has been founded as a method of decreasing corruption. This standard has been employed in other countries as well, with varying degrees of success as to that implementation. The AP® US Government exam will likely consider your understanding of what checks and balances are and how they relate to the entire system of government within the United States.
The APUSH Redesign (and the Re-Redesign that followed immediately this year) has brought a great deal of uncertainty, angst and confusion to many teachers. This is my eighth year teaching the course, and while I had certainly reached a comfort level with the traditional multiple-choice and free-response questions, I have come around to almost all of the aspects of the redesign.
In my opinion, the best addition to the test is the new short answer section, found in Section 1 of the exam (along with the stimulus multiple-choice questions). Last June, I was fortunate enough to attend the AP® US History Reading in Louisville Kentucky. For one week, I graded the same Short Answer Question over 3,500 times (for the record, I never want to read about John Adams or Benjamin Rush and their interpretation of the American Revolution again). While I certainly do not claim to be an expert, or have any “insider information” on the inner workings of the College Board, I am happy to share my insights and advice based on my experiences and conversations with colleagues.
Enlightened Absolutism may come across as almost an oxymoronic term, and you wouldn’t be too far off assuming this. It was one of those bizarre instances of historical contradiction, where an era that was concerned with freedom and individual liberty crashed into one simultaneously obsessed with despotic rulers concerned with their absolutist political control. Oxymoronic or not, the AP® European History Exam loves to test on complicated topics such as this one.
We look at population through double lenses of space and place. Human populations have moved and settled in a variety of locations over a long period of time. That movement or migration raises several questions. What makes up a population?
If you’re reading about torque, you’ve probably already covered work, which measures a force applied that displaces an object in any direction on a Cartesian coordinate system (x/y coordinates). Now, what if we take that same object and rotate it around a fixed axis? When we do that, we are applying a torque on that object.
A substantial portion of the AP® US Government & Politics exam will test your knowledge of the three branches of government—executive, legislative and judicial—and how they interact, or ‘check’, each other’s powers. So let’s take a look at the Executive Branch—commonly thought of as the presidency.
You may not have realized it, but we live in a world defined by globalization. Whether you’ve been listening to the British artist Adele, watching a soccer match taking place in South Africa, or using a blender that was made in Singapore, you have been taking part in a widespread and complex global system. It has become such an integral part of our lives that we hardly think about how this system came to be and what the historical consequences have been.
Le Chatelier’s Principle, despite its intimidating name, is actually a very simple idea and quite important to AP® Chemistry. It simply means that if a reaction at equilibrium is disturbed in a way that would shift the balance to one side, the reaction will move to restore the equilibrium.
AP® European History crash course on the Agricultural Revolution, we will explain the concept of the British Agricultural. This period of history is considered pivotal in the development of modern Europe because it allowed for the rapidly growing population to thrive in England. The actual time period over which the British Agricultural Revolution took place is debated.
The Enlightenment, otherwise known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, took place from the 1650s through the 1780s. The Age of Enlightenment is characterized by social, economic, and political advancement of thought through reason, science, and an increase in literate skill. This AP® European History crash course on The Enlightenment will cover the core concept, explore the purpose of this age in European history, and review eventualities in which you might encounter The Enlightenment on the AP® Euro test. Continue reading for an AP® European History review of the Enlightenment!