AP World History Unit 6 Practice Test: Consequences of Industrialization

Topic 6.1 · Concept check

Which idea did supporters of imperialism use in the late 1800s to claim that some peoples were naturally superior to others?

Topic 6.1 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In the late 1800s, many European and American writers argued that their nations had a duty to bring Christianity, Western education and 'civilisation' to the peoples of Africa and Asia, whom they described as backward.

The ideas described in the source were most directly used to

Topic 6.2 · Concept check

At the Berlin Conference of 1884–85,

Topic 6.2 · Concept check

In 1858, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857,

Topic 6.3 · Concept check

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began among

Topic 6.3 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In 1890, the Ghost Dance spread among the Lakota and other Plains peoples. Followers believed that performing the dance would restore their lands, bring back the buffalo and remove white settlers. U.S. authorities saw the movement as a threat, and the Wounded Knee massacre followed in December 1890.

The Ghost Dance is best understood as

Topic 6.4 · Apply it

In the late 1800s, many economies in Latin America, Africa and South Asia

Topic 6.4 · Concept check

King Leopold II's Congo Free State (1885–1908) is known for

Topic 6.5 · Concept check

What was a major result of the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860)?

Topic 6.5 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): By the early 1900s, British investors owned much of Argentina's railway network, and U.S. companies such as the United Fruit Company controlled large banana plantations and the railways and ports that served them in parts of Central America. These countries remained formally independent.

The situation described in the source is the best example of

Topic 6.6 · Concept check

Why did many people from India and China migrate in the late 1800s?

Topic 6.6 · Apply it

The Irish Potato Famine (1845–1852) is an example of

Topic 6.7 · Apply it

Which was a common effect of migration in the late 1800s?

Topic 6.7 · Data analysis

Source (written for this practice test): In 1882, the U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned most Chinese labourers from entering the United States. In the following decades, Australia also passed laws that restricted immigration from Asia.

The laws described in the source best illustrate

Topic 6.8 · Apply it

Which best explains the connection between industrialisation and imperialism in the 1800s?

Topic 6.8 · Apply it

After industrialising in the late 1800s, Japan