AP World Final Exam Review

Question 1

Which revolution was directly influenced by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

Accepted Answer

Haitian Revolution

Question 2

Which major cause of WWI involved national pride and competition for power?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 3

What resource was a major reason for Belgian interest in the Congo?

Accepted Answer

Rubber

Question 4

Why was Britain's access to navigable rivers significant during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Rivers provided transportation and power

Question 5

What was one major consequence of decolonization during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Non-alignment movements in Asia and Africa

Question 6

What class conflict arose as a result of industrial capitalism, according to Karl Marx?

Accepted Answer

Proletariat vs. bourgeoisie

Question 7

Which WWII leader implemented brutal purges and collectivization policies in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Stalin

Question 8

Why did Social Darwinists support imperialism?

Accepted Answer

They saw imperialism as a natural outcome of superiority

Question 9

Which Enlightenment thinker warned that unchecked democracy could lead to mob rule?

Accepted Answer

Tocqueville

Question 10

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Contain the spread of communism

Question 11

The Meiji Restoration in Japan was a reaction to:

Accepted Answer

American gunboat diplomacy

Question 12

What set the American Revolution apart from the French and Haitian revolutions?

Accepted Answer

Retention of slavery after independence

Question 13

Simón Bolívar’s revolutions in Latin America were most inspired by:

Accepted Answer

French and American revolutionary ideals

Question 14

Which Enlightenment thinker advocated for the separation of powers in government to prevent tyranny?

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 15

The Korean War and Vietnam War were both examples of:

Accepted Answer

Proxy wars during the Cold War

Question 16

Why did Japan's Meiji government focus on industrialization?

Accepted Answer

To match Western military and economic power

Question 17

The Berlin Conference of 1884 primarily focused on:

Accepted Answer

Dividing African territories among European powers

Question 18

What ideology was used by Europeans to justify imperial conquest as a moral obligation?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 19

How did WWI contribute to revolutionary sentiment in Russia?

Accepted Answer

Military defeats and high casualties

Question 20

Why did laissez-faire economists oppose government intervention?

Accepted Answer

They believed markets regulate themselves

Question 21

The term “White Man’s Burden” most accurately refers to:

Accepted Answer

A popular pro-colonial British poem

Question 22

Which ideology saw industrialization as exploiting workers and widening class divisions?

Accepted Answer

Marxism

Question 23

One effect of imperialism on colonized societies was:

Accepted Answer

Disruption of local economies and cultures

Question 24

Which alliance system was created in response to NATO?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 25

The Industrial Revolution first began in Britain due to all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Strong labor unions

Question 26

Which of the following most contributed to the expansion of textile production during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Power loom

Question 27

What two countries emerged as superpowers after WWII?

Accepted Answer

USA and Soviet Union

Question 28

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led directly to:

Accepted Answer

The beginning of WWI

Question 29

How did Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward affect China?

Accepted Answer

Led to massive famine and economic disaster

Question 30

One key factor that fueled European imperialism was:

Accepted Answer

A desire for raw materials and markets

Question 31

Which 19th-century economic philosophy most justified the minimal interference of government in industrial economies?

Accepted Answer

Laissez-faire capitalism

Question 32

Which best explains why child labor was common in early industrial societies?

Accepted Answer

Families needed income, and regulations were weak

Question 33

What was the immediate result of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

Accepted Answer

Japanese surrender and end of WWII

Question 34

Which was a major effect of the Berlin Conference?

Accepted Answer

Arbitrary colonial borders were created

Question 35

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked:

Accepted Answer

The end of the Cold War

Question 36

What was John Locke’s primary contribution to Enlightenment political theory?

Accepted Answer

Theory of social contract and natural rights

Question 37

What was one key promise made by Hitler that helped him gain support in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Restoration of German pride and economy

Question 38

How did the Industrial Revolution alter family structures in urban areas?

Accepted Answer

Shifted families toward wage labor in factories

Question 39

Which invention most helped synchronize factory production?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical clock

Question 40

Which countries were part of the Triple Alliance?

Accepted Answer

Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary

Question 41

Which empire controlled large portions of Africa and South Asia during the height of New Imperialism?

Accepted Answer

British

Question 42

Which political idea did John Locke most strongly oppose?

Accepted Answer

Absolute monarchy

Question 43

The Holocaust primarily targeted:

Accepted Answer

Jews and other "undesirables" in Nazi ideology

Question 44

Which document was directly influenced by Enlightenment principles and marked a turning point in French history?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Question 45

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

Provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe

Question 46

Which imperial system relied most heavily on indirect rule through local elites?

Accepted Answer

British

Question 47

What common strategy did China and India both experience under imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Economic exploitation and limited sovereignty

Question 48

What political ideology gained traction in Italy and Germany after WWI?

Accepted Answer

Fascism

Question 49

The term “Iron Curtain” symbolized:

Accepted Answer

The division between capitalist and communist Europe

Question 50

Which event marked the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 51

The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to:

Accepted Answer

Declare war on Japan and enter WWII

Question 52

What was one key cause of the Haitian Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment ideals and brutal slavery

AP World Final Exam Review

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