Érettségi Történelem study plan
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8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
The Long 19th Century: Reform Era, Revolution, Dualism (Reformkor – dualizmus)
Build a dated timeline of the reform era (1825–1848) linking each Diet session to the reform it produced, and explain in writing why the 1832–36 and 1839–40 Diets mattered.
Summarise the April Laws of 1848 and the 1848–49 War of Independence in a two-page outline, naming the key figures and the main military and political turning points.
Compare the Compromise of 1867 and the Dual Monarchy's institutional structure (common monarch, common affairs, delegations) in a table you can redraw from memory.
Explain the social and economic changes of dualism - industrialisation, railway construction, urbanisation, nationalities policy - in a 300-word written answer.
Practise two essay skeletons on reform-era and dualism topics, each with a thesis, three supporting arguments and a conclusion.
Your checkpoint
A handwritten or typed one-page timeline plus a 500-word essay on either the 1848 April Laws or the 1867 Compromise, self-marked against the exam's content and structure criteria.
The Long 19th Century: Reform Era, Revolution, Dualism (Reformkor – dualizmus) & Hungarian History from the Conquest to 1790 (Honfoglalás – 1790)
Map the Hungarian reform-era and dualism chronology onto the European context (1848 revolutions, unification of Germany and Italy, Second Industrial Revolution) on a single comparative timeline.
Retrieve from memory the main dates and terms of Hungarian history from the Conquest to 1790, listing at least 30 dates with one-line explanations.
Explain the structure of the medieval Hungarian state - county system, Diet, Golden Bull of 1222, estate order - in a short written summary.
Describe the impact of the Ottoman wars and the tripartite division of Hungary on society and economy, and connect it to later developments.
Complete 20 practice multiple-choice items on domains 4 and 5 and log every error with the reason it was wrong.
Your checkpoint
A comparative timeline covering 1526–1914 and an error log of at least 20 practice items with corrected explanations.
Hungarian History in the 20th Century (1914–1990)
Construct a chronology of Hungarian history 1914–1990 with at least 40 dated entries, including Trianon, the interwar period, World War II, 1956 and the change of regime.
Explain the territorial and demographic consequences of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon and the political reactions in interwar Hungary in a written paragraph.
Compare the Arrow Cross and communist takeovers, and describe the phases of Stalinist dictatorship and the 1956 revolution in a structured outline.
Analyse the Kádár era - consolidation, goulash communism, economic reform, debt - and explain why the regime collapsed by 1989–90.
Answer two past-paper-style essay prompts on 20th-century Hungarian history under timed conditions (45 minutes each).
Your checkpoint
Two timed essays (45 minutes each) on 20th-century Hungarian history, marked for factual accuracy, chronology and use of key terms, with a list of facts to relearn.
Hungarian History in the 20th Century (1914–1990) & 20th Century World History: World Wars, Totalitarian Regimes, Cold War
Link Hungarian 20th-century events to the world wars and Cold War framework, writing a short paragraph on each connection (Trianon–Versailles system, 1956–Cold War, 1989–Eastern bloc collapse).
Explain the causes, course and consequences of World War I and World War II in outline form, including the peace treaties and their problems.
Compare fascism, Nazism and Stalinism using a table of ideology, methods, economy and propaganda.
Describe the Cold War's main phases and crises (Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam, détente, 1989) with dates.
Complete 25 practice items on domain 6 and correct every mistake in writing.
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison table of totalitarian regimes plus a corrected 25-item practice set on 20th-century world history.
20th Century World History: World Wars, Totalitarian Regimes, Cold War & Early Modern History: Reformation, Absolutism, Enlightenment (Kora újkor)
Explain the Reformation's causes and spread (Luther, Calvin, Council of Trent) and the confessional division of Europe in a written summary.
Describe the development of absolutism in France and the Habsburg lands, and contrast it with the English constitutional path.
Summarise Enlightenment ideas and their political consequences, naming at least five thinkers and one idea each.
Link early modern European developments to Hungarian history 1526–1790, especially the Reformation in Hungary, the Counter-Reformation and Habsburg rule.
Draft a comparative essay on two early modern states and check it against the exam's source-analysis requirements.
Your checkpoint
A 600-word comparative essay on absolutism versus constitutional government, with at least five correctly dated or attributed facts.
Hungarian History from the Conquest to 1790 (Honfoglalás – 1790)
Build a complete chronology of Hungarian history 895–1790 with at least 50 dates and a one-line explanation for each.
Explain the foundation of the state, the Árpád dynasty, the Angevin period and the Hunyadi era with key figures and their significance.
Describe the economy and society of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, including towns, mining, trade and the peasantry, in a written answer.
Analyse the impact of Mohács (1526) and the Ottoman occupation on the country's development and the later Habsburg consolidation.
Practise source-based questions on domain 4, interpreting at least three short written sources you select yourself.
Your checkpoint
A 50-entry annotated chronology of Hungarian history to 1790 and written answers to three self-selected source-based questions.
The Middle Ages (Középkor) & Prehistory and the Ancient World (Őskor és ókor) & Universal History and Contemporary Issues since 1990
Summarise the Middle Ages in European context - feudalism, the Church, towns, universities, the Crusades - in a structured outline with dates.
Explain the main features of prehistory and the ancient world, including the great river civilisations, Greek polis culture and Roman law and administration.
Describe the post-1990 world: the end of the bipolar order, European integration, globalisation, and Hungary's Euro-Atlantic integration after 1989.
Connect ancient and medieval heritage to modern institutions, giving at least three concrete examples in writing.
Complete 30 mixed practice items across domains 1, 2 and 8 and log all errors.
Your checkpoint
A corrected 30-item mixed practice set plus a 300-word written answer on the post-1990 world.
Prehistory and the Ancient World (Őskor és ókor) & The Middle Ages (Középkor) & Early Modern History: Reformation, Absolutism, Enlightenment (Kora újkor) & Hungarian History from the Conquest to 1790 (Honfoglalás – 1790) & The Long 19th Century: Reform Era, Revolution, Dualism (Reformkor – dualizmus) & 20th Century World History: World Wars, Totalitarian Regimes, Cold War & Hungarian History in the 20th Century (1914–1990) & Universal History and Contemporary Issues since 1990
Sit one full mock exam under timed conditions and mark it using the official-style criteria for content, structure and source use.
Relearn the ten weakest facts identified in the mock and retest yourself on them after 48 hours.
Rehearse at least six essay skeletons covering the heaviest domains, each with thesis, evidence and conclusion.
Practise map and source-analysis tasks: identify ten locations on a blank map and interpret two short written sources.
Review the full timeline from prehistory to 1990 in a single two-hour pass, reciting key dates aloud.
Your checkpoint
A completed timed mock exam with a written self-assessment listing the ten weakest facts, the relearning done and the score improvement on a second attempt.
Milestones
Week 2: You can recite the reform-era and dualism chronology and at least 30 pre-1790 Hungarian dates from memory, and your practice error log shows fewer than five unresolved items.
Week 4: You have produced both timed Hungarian 20th-century essays and the totalitarian comparison table, and can explain the main links between Hungarian and world history in the 20th century without notes.
Week 6: Your 50-entry chronology to 1790 is complete and you can answer a source-based question on domain 4 within 20 minutes.
Week 8: The timed mock exam is complete, the ten weakest facts are relearned and retested, and your self-assessment shows measurable improvement on the second attempt.