AP®︎ World History: Topic 3.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.2 of AP World History – Empires: Administration.
Questions List
Topic 3.2
Question 1 Easy
The concept of divine right in early modern Europe held that monarchs
What You’re Being Tested On:
Explore the learning objectives taken directly from the College Board’s AP® World History: Modern 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 3.2: Empires: Administration
Thematic Focus: GovernanceGOV
A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective B
Explain how rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their power in land-based empires from 1450 to 1750.
Historical Developments: KC-4.3.I.C
Recruitment and use of bureaucratic elites, as well as the development of military professionals, became more common among rulers who wanted to maintain centralized control over their populations and resources.
Historical Developments: KC-4.3.I.A
Rulers continued to use religious ideas, art, and monumental architecture to legitimize their rule.
Historical Developments: KC-4.3.I.D
Rulers used tribute collection, tax farming, and innovative tax-collection systems to generate revenue in order to forward state power and expansion.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Ottoman devshirme
- Salaried samurai
- Mexica practice of human sacrifice
- European notions of divine right
- Songhai promotion of Islam
- Qing imperial portraits
- Incan sun temple of Cuzco
- Mughal mausolea and mosques
- European palaces, such as Versailles
- Mughal zamindar tax collection
- Ottoman tax farming
- Mexica tribute lists
- Ming practice of collecting taxes in hard currency
