AP®︎ European History: Topic 3.8 Practice Test

Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.8 of AP European History – Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism.


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Question 1 Easy

This question tests the following: KC-2.1.I

Which period is characterized by the belief in the divine right of kings?

AIndustrial Age
BAge of Enlightenment
CAge of Constitutionalism
DAge of Absolutism

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Topic 3.8: Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism

Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective H

Compare the different forms of political power that developed in Europe from 1648 to 1815.

Review: KC-1.5

The struggle for sovereignty within and among states resulted in varying degrees of political centralization.

Review: KC-1.5.I

The new concept of the sovereign state and secular systems of law played a central role in the creation of new political institutions.

Review: KC-1.5.III

The competition for power between monarchs and corporate and minority language groups produced different distributions of governmental authority in European states.

Review: KC-1.5.III.B

Monarchies seeking enhanced power faced challenges from nobles who wished to retain traditional forms of shared governance and regional autonomy.

Review: KC-1.5.III.C

Within states, minority local and regional identities based on language and culture led to resistance against the dominant national group.

Review: KC-2.1

Different models of political sovereignty affected the relationship among states and between states and individuals.

Review: KC-2.1.I

In much of Europe, absolute monarchy was established over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Review: KC-2.1.II

Challenges to absolutism resulted in alternative political systems.

Review: KC-2.2

The expansion of European commerce accelerated the growth of a worldwide economic network.

Review: KC-2.2.I

Early modern Europe developed a market economy that provided the foundation for its global role.

Review: KC-2.2.II

The European-dominated worldwide economic network contributed to the agricultural, industrial, and consumer revolutions in Europe.