AP®︎ European History: Topic 2.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 2.6 of AP European History – 16th-Century Society and Politics.
Questions List
Topic 2.6
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-1.4.I.C
Which class was generally associated with land ownership in the 16th-century?
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Topic 2.6: 16th-Century Society and Politics
Thematic Focus: Social Organization and DevelopmentSCD
Economic, political, and cultural factors have influenced the form and status of family, class, and social groups in European history, which has, in turn, affected both the individual and society.
Learning Objective: Unit 2: Learning Objective E
Explain how economic and intellectual developments from 1450 to 1648 affected social norms and hierarchies.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.I.C
Established hierarchies of class, religion, and gender continued to define social status and perceptions in rural and urban settings.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.IV.A
Rural and urban households worked as units, with men and women engaged in separate but complementary tasks.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.IV.B
The Renaissance and Reformation raised debates about female education and women’s roles in the family, church, and society.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.III.C
Social dislocation, coupled with the shifting authority of religious institutions during the Reformation, left city governments with the task of regulating public morals.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.V.A
Leisure activities continued to be organized according to the religious calendar and the agricultural cycle, and remained communal in nature.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.V.B
Local and church authorities continued to enforce communal norms through rituals of public humiliation.
Historical Developments: KC-1.4.V.C
Reflecting folk ideas and social and economic upheaval, accusations of witchcraft peaked between 1580 and 1650.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Charivari
- Stocks
- Prestige of land ownership
- Aristocratic privileges regarding taxes, fees for services, and legal protections
- Political exclusion of women
- Women’s intellect and education
- Women as preachers
- La Querelle des Femmes
- New secular laws regulating private life
- Stricter codes on prostitution and begging
- Abolishing or restricting Carnival
- Saint’s day festivities
- Carnival
- Blood sports
- Public whipping and branding
- Prominence of women
- Regional variation
- Social upheaval
