AP®︎ World History: Topic 4.7 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 4.7 of AP World History – Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750.
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Topic 4.7
Question 1 Easy
After the Fronde Revolt, Louis XIV sought to
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Topic 4.7: Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750
Thematic Focus: Social Interactions and OrganizationSIO
The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.
Learning Objective: Unit 4: Learning Objective M
Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained or have changed over time.
Historical Developments: KC-4.3.I.B
Many states, such as the Mughal and Ottoman empires, adopted practices to accommodate the ethnic and religious diversity of their subjects or to utilize the economic, political, and military contributions of different ethnic or religious groups. In other cases, states suppressed diversity or limited certain groups’ roles in society, politics, or the economy.
Historical Developments: KC-4.2.III.A
Imperial conquests and widening global economic opportunities contributed to the formation of new political and economic elites, including in China with the transition to the Qing Dynasty and in the Americas with the rise of the Casta system.
Historical Developments: KC-4.2.III.B
The power of existing political and economic elites fluctuated as the elites confronted new challenges to their ability to affect the policies of the increasingly powerful monarchs and leaders.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal; the acceptance of Jews in the Ottoman Empire
- Restrictive policies against Han Chinese in Qing China
- Varying status of different classes of women within the Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman timars
- Russian boyars
- European nobility
