aight ya'll...after that "inspiring" pep talk that dixon gave us in AP European about making the test a challenge.....i'm workin on anywhere between an 85 and a 95. the way i see it, i gotta gradually work my way up.....anybody with me on that? LOL, anyway, lets have some of those extra credit questions that we can answer here....cuz i need the help!!!!

dixon is looking really good today.l

you are correct chris, you answered the question. i'm glad to see that whatever you were on today as worn off.;^) secondly, brent, how could the test really be that bad? there was almost nothing on there that you weren't warned about. i shouldn't have to give you guys any warning about what is going to be on a test. i do that out of the kindness of my heart. you guys should approach tests the way i always have. i always look at it as a challenge. whenever i'm in a class and someone is teaching me i look around the room and think to myself "all you other people are fighting for b's and lower because i know who is getting the a." it was always a challenge for me to try and ace the test because people don't think you can do it. the last exam i finished at UNCW i did in 22 minutes, 80 questions, the professor was startled when i packed up and brought her the test. she asked me how it was and i said to her "i aced it." and i did. you gotta want it...

Mr. Dixon,
The Seven Years War in Europe was called The French and Indian War in the U.S., France and Britain had been fighting in Europe and then the war spread over into the U.S. and British Colonists wanted to take over French land in America. The crazy British wanted this territory because they wanted control of the fur trade. I hope this answers the question!
Christopher

DIXON!!!!! the stupid computer finally let me get on here!!! now i can start to post stuff, cuz all the extra points help. by the way, that test was AWFUL.

good job sarah. btw, everyone do your own work on this. don't just copy what sarah has. as another question for someone to answer: the seven years war was started, technically, in europe by frederick II but what was it called here in the US and what did it involve here? and somebody step up to the plate and answer the question about the individual socialists or i'm gonna do it.

By the way, the previous post was by Sarah Broome!

Napolean was exiled for the last time to the island of st. helena.
Dante Alighieri wrote Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy in which he portrayed scenes of hell, purgatory, and paradise. Ockham's razor is the concept that everything tends toward simplicity. Jan Hus founded the Hussietes (sp). The Diet or Worms was a council in the Holy Roman Empire that was presided over by the Emperor. Zwingli was the leader of the Swiss Reformation who was educated in Bern, Vienna, and Basel, and strongly influenced by Erasmus, and opposed the selling of indulgences and religious superstition. El Greco was a supreme representative of the mannerism movement in art. Charivari was the name for the celebration of medieval times to let off steam and release people tensions. Thomas Hobbes supported science, wrote the Leviathan saying humans needed to be governed in a sovereign commonwealth. Goethe was a German writer who wrote " The sorrows of young werther" and "Faust", was sometimes considered a romantic. The Seven Years war Frederick II startred by invading Saxony because he thought Saxony, Austria, and France were trying to destroy Prussian power. Good lord that took a while!

Mr.Dixon,
I finally got on the internet!!! You should be proud of me!!! It took me forever to pick out a password for this thing. By the way, that test was hard the other day,..... and yes I did read.
Well, I gotta go,
Val

socialism is basically a cross between capitalism and communism and marx did see communism as the end of the line, so to speak, for economies. so on those fronts jonathan is correct. anyone like to give differences for the individual socialists? saint simon, owen, and such?

The socialists wanted to keep a balance between communism and capitalism socialism is a stage in the Marist-Leninist theory between communism and capitalism, while the Marx wanted the communist society. Marx were based from Karl Marx who wrote The Communist Manifesto.

anybody want to try and explain the differences between marx and the socialists? there's some extra credit out there for somebody. meanwhile in chapter 23, which you should all have read by now. look at the way the crimean war got rid of the concert of europe. the crimean war ended the concert setting up a period of about 25 years where everybody was trying to exert their own influence in the region. this was a new international situation where foreign policy was limited only to the extent that the military power of the country could be used. the two most significant things to come out of this were the unifications of italy and germany.

What is the difference between what Marx, Owen and Saint Simon, I know they're not the same, but what did they believe?

Hey ya'll...I just got around to checkin' my email. Well I know I didn't do very well on that test, so if anyone has any questions....don't ask ME!!! LOL!

dixon i think that you are the man

The test seemed ok compared to the others but I didn't like the essays cause I didn't understand the difference between Marxist and the Socialist can someone help me with that and also all those guys seemed to me to view everything the same is that right or did I read that wrong?

so, anybody have any constructive criticism of the test they would like to voice? I would get used to that kind of test if I were you guys. it just makes sense to me, and i would also look for more open ended type questions and a map or two to start showing up. you guys are beginning to get the hang of it. keep in mind when you start complaining about the tests and about how hard this is sometimes that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. for some of you it is going to be a passing grade on the ap test. for others it may be an oncoming train. keep working.

essays i'm thinking of: something to do with marxism as compared with the other "socialists" or something about all the revolutions in latin america

if anyone is actually industrious enough to go looking at this site tonight then you win the bonus prize. the bonus prize is the knowledge that there is going to be a map on tomorrow's test. you will have to show the approximate dates of rebellion and independence of the spanish colonies. check in your book on page 720. this info will also help you elsewhere on the test...

i have to send everyone an email to invite you. you should be getting an email from this site inviting you to join the blog. follow the instructions and this is the only time we will have to use your email address.
while i'm at it i would make sure i know what the concert of europe is for tomorrow's test.

we are having a quiz today on the napoleon video

this is a test