AP®︎ European History: Topic 3.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.6 of AP European History – Balance of Power.
Questions List
Topic 3.6
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-1.5.II.A
What treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?
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Topic 3.6: Balance of Power
Thematic Focus: States and Other Institutions of PowerSOP
European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective E
Explain how European states attempted to establish and maintain a balance of power on the continent throughout the period from 1648 to 1815.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.II
The competitive state system led to new patterns of diplomacy and new forms of warfare.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.II.A
Following the Peace of Westphalia, religion declined in importance as a cause for warfare among European states; the concept of the balance of power played an important role in structuring diplomatic and military objectives.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.I.D
The inability of the Polish monarchy to consolidate its authority over the nobility led to Poland’s partition by Prussia, Russia, and Austria, and its disappearance from the map of Europe.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.III
After 1648, dynastic and state interests, along with Europe’s expanding colonial empires, influenced the diplomacy of European states and frequently led to war.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.III.B
After the Austrian defeat of the Turks in 1683 at the Battle of Vienna, the Ottomans ceased their westward expansion.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.III.C
Louis XIV’s nearly continuous wars, pursuing both dynastic and state interests, provoked a coalition of European powers opposing him.
Thematic Focus: Technological and Scientific InnovationTSI
Scientific and technological innovations have increased efficiency, improved daily life, and shaped human development and interactions, having both intended and unintended consequences.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective F
Explain how advances in technology contributed to a developing balance of power on the continent throughout the period from 1648 to 1815.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.II.B
Advances in military technology led to new forms of warfare, including greater reliance on infantry, firearms, mobile cannon, and more elaborate fortifications, all financed by heavier taxation and requiring a larger bureaucracy. New military techniques and institutions (i.e., the military revolution) tipped the balance of power toward states able to marshal sufficient resources for the new military environment.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Dutch War
- Nine Years’ War
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Spain under the Habsburgs
- Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus
- France
