AP®︎ European History: Topic 7.3 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 7.3 of AP European History – National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions.
Questions List
Topic 7.3
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-3.4.III.A
Who was the leader of Young Italy?
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Topic 7.3: National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions
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 7: Learning Objective C
Explain the factors that resulted in Italian unification and German unification.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.II.A
The Crimean War demonstrated the weakness of the Ottoman Empire and contributed to the breakdown of the Concert of Europe, thereby creating the conditions in which Italy and Germany could be unified after centuries of fragmentation.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.III.A
Cavour’s diplomatic strategies, combined with the popular Garibaldi’s military campaigns, led to the unification of Italy.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.III.B
Bismarck used Realpolitik, employing diplomacy, industrialized warfare, weaponry, and the manipulation of democratic mechanisms to unify Germany.
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 7: Learning Objective D
Explain how nationalist sentiment and political alliances led to tension between and among European powers from 1815 to 1914.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.III.C
After 1871, Bismarck attempted to maintain the balance of power through a complex system of alliances directed at isolating France.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.III.D
Bismarck’s dismissal in 1890 eventually led to a system of mutually antagonistic alliances and heightened international tensions.
Historical Developments: KC-3.4.III.E
Nationalist tensions in the Balkans drew the Great Powers into a series of crises, leading up to World War I.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Three Emperors’ League
- Triple Alliance
- Reinsurance Treaty
- Congress of Berlin in 1878
- Growing influence of Serbia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina annexation crisis (1908)
- First Balkan War
- Second Balkan War
