Features - concise and accessible text covers all topics and skills required in the most recent College Board course and exam update, including the new National and European Identity theme - divided into four chronological periods mirroring the structure of the AP European History course - each period features a one-page overview summarizing the major developments and key concepts for the period - an essential question opens each chapter to provide a framework for studying the content - each chapter narrative concludes with a Historical Perspectives feature offering varied interpretations of a historical issue - Writing As a Historian features in each chapter prepare students to answer free-response questions - all multiple-choice questions are tied to primary sources and both short-answer questions and long-essay questions conclude each chapter - two Document-Based Questions, modeled on the AP European History Exam, follow each period - includes a practice exam with updated question styles based on the most current curriculum framework and exam description.