FREE AP European History Exam 1815-1914 Question and Answers

Question 1

Millions of people died as a result of the _______________________, a significant upheaval in 19th-century China that undermined the imperial government and made it dependent on assistance from Britain and France.

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Taiping Rebellion

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Communist Rebellion

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Cultural Revolution

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Boxer Rebellion

Question 2

All of the following factors contributed to tensions between Britain and Germany between 1900 and 1914. EXCEPT

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Germany's alliance with Russia

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colonial rivalries

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increasing German investments in the Balkan

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a naval race

Question 3

Bosnia-Herzegovina was seized by Austria-Hungary in 1908 to

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block the creation of a greater Serbian kingdom

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facilitate the creation of a southern Slav state

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enable the British navy to use Adriatic ports

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seal its alliance with Russia

Question 4

Which of the following territories was under British rule in the 1800s and has not yet achieved independence?

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Gibraltar

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Egypt

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Cyprus

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Malta

Question 5

During the 19th century, Britain and France assisted in maintaining the Ottoman Empire because

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of fear that Russian power would penetrate into the Balkans

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of increased religious toleration during the Victorian period

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of personal regard for Abdul Hamid II

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the Ottomans assisted them in keeping Greece from being independent

Question 6

The following individuals all made significant contributions to Romanticism's visual and written arts. EXCEPT

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Louis David

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Eugene Delacroix

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Alexander Pushkin

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Lord Byron

Question 7

Which famous English poet did not belong to the Romantic movement?

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Alexander Pope

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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William Wordsworth

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William Blake