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World History AP / Dr. Benjamins – Spring Semester
Unit 5 – Exam Review (updated 2/8/16)
Exam Format:
* 40-45 multiple choice questions
* These question are taken from released AP exams, AP review guides, and your WHAP textbook test banks. Material may have been covered in-class or in your textbook.
* Study your reading notes, reading study guides, and all handouts, articles, etc. used for this unit.
* You will NOT be able to use notes or any aids to assist you.
Review Terms: Use these terms to guide your study.
North American Revolution
French Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Abolitionist movement
Nationalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Steam engine
Middle class
Karl Marx
Progressives
Labour Party
Russian Revolution of 1905
Scramble for Africa
Congo Free State
Cash-crop agriculture
Western-educated elite
Review Questions: Use these questions to guide your study.
1. Who proposed evolution in 1859 as the basis of biological development?
2. What was the main contribution of American inventors to the Industrial Revolution?
3. What movement of artisans and workers in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s aimed at obtaining the vote for all males?
4. During the eighteenth century, the migration of English workers from the countryside to the cities dramatically increased... why?
5. What do most historians regard as the root (or key) invention of the Industrial Revolution?
6. Why was industrialization slower in continental Western Europe than in Britain?
7. List all areas that were impacted by nineteenth century western European expansion.
8. What nation became independent as a result of a revolution in 1830?
9. In what year did an alliance of European powers finally crush the French empire of Napoleon?
10. List the major administrative centers established by the British East India Company.
11. What countries had entered the competitive race for colonial empire and industrial supremacy prior to 1870?
12. What impact did the push for Balkan nationalism have on its neighbors?
13. How did the Dutch gain control of the entire island of Java?
14. What individual was responsible for changes in India in the 1790s?
15. List the factors allowing for European expansion in the pre-industrial era.
16. What challenges did Indian princes face in defending their kingdoms from Britain?
17. What Hawaiian prince created a united kingdom in 1810?
18. Explain the economic system created within the colonies obtained during European expansion. Also explain the political system and how these areas were governed, particularly in the tropics.
19. Where can we see the earliest example of a European empire being built as a result of a company’s agent?
20. What was the basis of the first Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?
21. What factor contributed most to the growth of nationalism in the period 1750-1914?
22. As a result of what war did France loose most of its holdings in India and England gain territory in North America?
23. What country sent expeditions to explore North America, Alaska, and the Hawaiian island in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?
24. How could one describe the results of Napoleon’s conquest & reform of European lands outside of France?
25. Why did Latin American creole elites pursue independence and political change?
26. Explain and describe the women’s movement of the early 1900s.
27. List the regions of the world that had undergone wide-scale Industrial Revolutions by 1900.
28. Explain Europe’s Industrial Revolution and its characteristics.
29. Why was Britain the first to industrialize?
30. Why did Marxist socialism fail to take root in the United States?
31. What impact did industrialization have on European expansionism?
32. What non-European country built a colonial empire that was similar to the European model?
33. What role did Hindu leaders such as Swami Vivekananda see for Indian spirituality in terms of Western culture?
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