AP®︎ European History: Topic 3.3 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.3 of AP European History – Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development.
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Topic 3.3
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-2.2.I.B
What was a major outcome of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain?
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Topic 3.3: Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development
Thematic Focus: Economic and Commercial DevelopmentsECD
Economic development, especially the development of capitalism, played an important role in Europe's history, often having significant social, political, and cultural effects.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective C
Explain the continuities and changes in commercial and economic developments from 1648 to 1815.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.I.B
The Agricultural Revolution raised productivity and increased the supply of food and other agricultural products.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.II.D
The importation and transplantation of agricultural products from the Americas contributed to an increase in the food supply in Europe.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.I.A
Labor and trade in commodities were increasingly freed from traditional restrictions imposed by governments and corporate entities.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.I.C
The putting-out system, or cottage industry, expanded as increasing numbers of laborers in homes or workshops produced for markets through merchant intermediaries or workshop owners.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.I.D
The development of the market economy led to new financial practices and institutions.
Historical Developments: KC-2.2.I
Early modern Europe developed a market economy that provided the foundation for its global role.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Insurance
- Banking institutions for turning private savings into venture capital
- New definitions of property rights and protections against confiscation
- Bank of England
