AP®︎ European History: Topic 5.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 5.6 of AP European History – Napoleon’s Rise, Dominance, and Defeat.
Questions List
Topic 5.6
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-2.1.V.A
What title did Napoleon Bonaparte hold after the coup d'état?
What You’re Being Tested On:
Explore the learning objectives taken directly from the College Board’s AP® European History Curriculum. Ensure you’re prepared for the exact topics covered on the AP® exam, in-class tests, and quizzes, and gain confidence in your mastery of the material.
Topic 5.6: Napoleon’s Rise, Dominance, and Defeat
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 5: Learning Objective F
Explain the effects of Napoleon’s rule on European social, economic, and political life.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.V.A
As first consul and emperor, Napoleon undertook a number of enduring domestic reforms while often curtailing some rights and manipulating popular impulses behind a façade of representative institutions.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.V.B
Napoleon’s new military tactics allowed him to exert direct or indirect control over much of the European continent, spreading the ideals of the French Revolution across Europe.
Thematic Focus: National and European IdentityNEI
Definitions and perceptions of regional, cultural, national, and European identity have developed and been challenged over time, with varied and often profound effects on the political, social, and cultural order in Europe.
Learning Objective: Unit 5: Learning Objective G
Explain the nationalist responses to Napoleon’s rule in Europe.
Historical Developments: KC-2.1.V.C
Napoleon’s expanding empire created nationalist responses throughout Europe.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Careers open to talent
- Educational system
- Centralized bureaucracy
- Civil Code
- Concordat of 1801
- Secret police
- Censorship
- Limitation of women’s rights
- Student protest in German states
- Guerilla war in Spain
- Russian scorched earth policy
