AP®︎ European History: Topic 6.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 6.2 of AP European History – The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe.
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Topic 6.2
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-3.1.I.B
Which book by Adam Smith marked the beginning of capitalism?
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Topic 6.2: The Spread of Industry
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 6: Learning Objective B
Explain the factors that influenced the development of industrialization in Europe from 1815 to 1914.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I.A
Britain’s ready supplies of coal, iron ore, and other essential raw materials promoted industrial growth.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I
Great Britain established its industrial dominance through the mechanization of textile production, iron and steel production, and new transportation systems in conjunction with uniquely favorable political and social climates.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I.B
Economic institutions and human capital such as engineers, inventors, and capitalists helped Britain lead the process of industrialization, largely through private initiative.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.I.C
Britain’s parliamentary government promoted commercial and industrial interests because those interests were represented in Parliament.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.A
France moved toward industrialization at a more gradual pace than Great Britain, with government support and with less dislocation of traditional methods of production.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.C
A combination of factors, including geography, lack of resources, the dominance of traditional landed elites, the persistence of serfdom in some areas, and inadequate government sponsorship, accounted for eastern and southern Europe’s lag in industrial development.
Historical Developments: KC-3.2.V
Because of the continued existence of more primitive agricultural practices and land-owning patterns, some areas of Europe lagged in industrialization while facing famine, debt, and land shortages.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- The Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851
- Banks
- Government financial awards to inventors
- Repeal of the Corn Laws
- Canals
- Railroads
- Trade agreements
- Lack of resources
- Lack of adequate transportation
- The “Hungry ’40s”
- Irish potato famine
- Russian serfdom
