AP®︎ European History: Topic 8.11 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.11 of AP European History – Continuity and Changes in an Age of Global Conflict.
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Topic 8.11
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-4.1
Which two hegemonic powers emerged after WWII?
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Topic 8.11: Continuity and Changes in an Age of Global Conflict
Learning Objective: Unit 8: Learning Objective N
Explain how economic challenges and ideological beliefs influenced prior conceptions about the relationship between the individual and the state.
Review: KC-4.1
Total war and political instability in the first half of the 20th century gave way to a polarized state order during the Cold War and eventually to efforts at transnational union.
Review: KC-4.1.I
World War I, caused by a complex interaction of long- and short-term factors, resulted in immense losses and disruptions for both victors and vanquished.
Review: KC-4.1.II
The conflicting goals of the peace negotiators in Paris pitted diplomatic idealism against the desire to punish Germany, producing a settlement that satisfied few.
Review: KC-4.1.III
In the interwar period, fascism, extreme nationalism, racist ideologies, and the failure of appeasement resulted in the catastrophe of World War II, presenting a grave challenge to European civilization.
Review: KC-4.2
The stresses of economic collapse and total war engendered internal conflicts within European states and created conflicting conceptions of the relationship between the individual and the state, as demonstrated in the ideological battle between and among democracy, communism, and fascism.
Review: KC-4.3
During the 20th century, diverse intellectual and cultural movements questioned the existence of objective knowledge, the ability of reason to arrive at truth, and the role of religion in determining moral standards.
Review: KC-4.3.II
Science and technology yielded impressive material benefits but also caused immense destruction and posed challenges to objective knowledge.
Review: KC-4.4
Demographic changes, economic growth, total war, disruptions of traditional social patterns, and competing definitions of freedom and justice altered the experiences of everyday life.
Review: KC-4.4.I
The 20th century was characterized by large-scale suffering brought on by warfare and genocide, but also by tremendous improvements in the standard of living.
