AP World History Unit 5 Practice Test: Revolutions

Topic 5.1 · Concept check

Which idea is most closely associated with the Enlightenment thinker John Locke?

Topic 5.1 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In 1791, during the French Revolution, the writer Olympe de Gouges published a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. It followed the structure of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and argued that women were born free and equal to men in rights.

The document described in the source best illustrates

Topic 5.2 · Concept check

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was unique among the revolutions of this period because it

Topic 5.2 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In 1815, Simón Bolívar wrote from exile that Spain had kept American-born people of Spanish descent out of high office and trade, treating them like servants. He argued that Spanish America had a right to govern itself, as other peoples had done.

Which best explains the context in which Bolívar was writing?

Topic 5.2 · Apply it

The unification of Germany in 1871 under the leadership of Prussia's Otto von Bismarck best illustrates

Topic 5.3 · Concept check

Which factors best explain why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

Topic 5.3 · Concept check

Which industry was the first to be transformed by machines and factories in Britain?

Topic 5.4 · Apply it

In the early 1800s, Muhammad Ali, the ruler of Egypt, tried to industrialise by

Topic 5.5 · Concept check

Which technology most changed transport in the 1800s?

Topic 5.6 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): After 1868, Japan's new Meiji government sent officials to Europe and the United States to study their industries and governments. It built railways, telegraph lines and state-owned factories, and later sold many of the factories to private businesses.

The source best supports which claim about industrialisation in Japan?

Topic 5.6 · Apply it

The Self-Strengthening Movement in Qing China (about 1861–1895) aimed to

Topic 5.7 · Concept check

In The Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith argued for

Topic 5.8 · Concept check

In The Communist Manifesto (1848), Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued that

Topic 5.8 · Apply it

In the 1800s, industrial workers formed labour unions mainly to

Topic 5.9 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In many British industrial cities in the early 1800s, workers' families lived in crowded housing close to the factories. Streets lacked proper drains, water supplies were often polluted, and outbreaks of cholera were common.

The conditions described in the source were mainly a result of

Topic 5.10 · Apply it

Which statement describes a continuity in the world economy between 1750 and 1900, despite industrialisation?