AP®︎ European History: Topic 9.4 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 9.4 of AP European History – Two Super Powers Emerge.
Questions List
Topic 9.4
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-4.2.V
Which plan did the United States implement to stimulate the international economy after World War II?
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Topic 9.4: Two Super Powers Emerge
Learning Objective: Unit 9: Learning Objective D
Explain the economic and political consequences of the Cold War for Europe.
Review: KC-4.2.V
Eastern European nations were bound by their relationships with the Soviet Union, which oscillated between repression and limited reform, until the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Soviet Union.
Review: KC-4.2.V.B
After 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policies failed to meet their economic goals within the Soviet Union; combined with reactions to existing limitations on individual rights, this prompted revolts in Eastern Europe, which ended with a reimposition of Soviet rule and repressive totalitarian regimes.
Review: KC-4.2.V.D.i
The rise of new nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe brought peaceful revolution in most countries but resulted in instability in some former Soviet republics.
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 9: Learning Objective D
Explain the economic and political consequences of the Cold War for Europe.
Historical Developments: KC-4.1.IV.C
The United States exerted a strong military, political, and economic influence in Western Europe, leading to the creation of world monetary and trade systems and geopolitical alliances, including NATO.
Historical Developments: KC-4.1.IV.D
Countries east of the Iron Curtain came under the military, political, and economic domination of the Soviet Union within the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) and the Warsaw Pact.
Historical Developments: KC-4.2.V.A
Central and Eastern European nations within the Soviet bloc followed an economic model based on central planning, extensive social welfare, and specialized production among bloc members. This brought with it the restriction of individual rights and freedoms, suppression of dissent, and constraint of emigration for the various populations within the Soviet bloc.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- World Bank
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Prague Spring
- Hungarian Revolt
