AP EUROPEAN HISTORY PRACTICE TEST 2

AP? EUROPEAN HISTORY

PRACTICE TEST 2

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AP? EUROPEAN HISTORY Practice Test 2

USE THIS SHEET TO RECORD YOUR ANSWERS FOR THE EXAM.

SECTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1?55

Indicate your answers to the exam questions by filling in each circle completely. Mark only one response per question.

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AP? EUROPEAN HISTORY Practice Test 2: Section I, Part A

EUROPEAN HISTORY SECTION I, Part A Time--55 minutes 55 Questions

Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by four suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. Questions 1?3 refer to the image below.

Portrait of Louis XIV of France by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701

1. The image best reflects which of the following trends in art in the early seventeenth century?

(A) A growing artistic emphasis on private life and leisure activities

(B) A renewed interest in themes that emphasize the ideals of citizenship and political participation

(C) A complete abandonment of classical techniques in favor of abstraction

(D) The widespread use of art by monarchs to illustrate state power

2. Based on the historical context in which this image was produced, which of the following would most likely have supported its artistic style? (A) Baroque artists, such as Caravaggio (B) Rococo artists, such as Francois Boucher (C) Neoclassical artists, such as Jacques-Louis David (D) Mannerist artists, such as El Greco

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AP? EUROPEAN HISTORY Practice Test 2: Section I, Part A

3. By the end of the eighteenth century, the artistic style represented in the image had been gradually replaced by a new style that emphasized

(A) the emotional force of religious experiences. (B) the attempt to capture the effect of light on the

human eye. (C) the outlook and values of a commercial

society. (D) the instructive value of religious and

mythological subjects.

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AP? EUROPEAN HISTORY Practice Test 2: Section I, Part A

Questions 4?6 refer to the table below.

Great Britain Belgium The Netherlands Germany France

Estimates of European GDP Per Capita in Select Years (adjusted to 1990 $USD)

1820

1870

1913

$1,707

$3,191

$4,921

$1,319

$2,697

$4,220

$1,821

$2,753

$4,049

$1,058

$1,821

$3.648

$1,230

$1,876

$3,485

4. Based on the data shown in the table, inhabitants of which country were likely the most economically prosperous during the time period in question?

(A) France (B) Great Britain (C) Belgium (D) Germany

5. The trends in GDP growth shown in the table were most directly a result of which of the following?

(A) Increased productivity and more efficient use of resources as a result of technological innovations

(B) Decreased food supply and increased militarism as a result of societal tensions

(C) Decreased exports and increased agricultural subsidies as a result of governmental initiatives

(D) Increased unemployment and more widespread poverty as a result of a weakened job market for skilled laborers

6. Which of the following is the most significant limitation of the data presented in the table for a historian wishing to understand economic conditions in nineteenth- and early twentiethcentury Europe?

(A) It fails to account for the degree of income inequality across society in the countries represented.

(B) It fails to indicate whether the per capita GDP continued to increase past 1913.

(C) It fails to compare the per capita GDP in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to data from previous centuries.

(D) It fails to distinguish between the economic activities of men and women.

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