AP®︎ European History: Topic 3.1 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.1 of AP European History – Contextualizing State Building.
Questions List
Topic 3.1
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-2.1.I
Who was known for advocating the Divine Right of Kings?
What You’re Being Tested On:
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Topic 3.1: Contextualizing State Building
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective A
Explain the context in which different forms of political power developed 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.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
- The Fronde in France
- The Catalan Revolts in Spain
- Celtic regions of Scotland, Ireland, and France
- Dutch resistance in the Spanish Netherlands
- Czech identity in the Holy Roman Empire/Jan Hus/Defenestration
