AP®︎ World History: Topic 6.3 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 6.3 of AP World History – Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900.
Questions List
Topic 6.3
Question 1 Easy
Context
In the early nineteenth century, a Muslim scholar traveled through Hausa-speaking regions, condemning local rulers for practicing a mix of Islam and traditional beliefs. He called for a return to strict Islamic law and the unification of the region under a single ruler. His followers, inspired by his teachings, launched a series of military campaigns, defeated the existing rulers, and established a new centralized state governed by Islamic principles.
The movement described in the scenario is most similar to which of the following historical developments?
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Topic 6.3: Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
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 6: Learning Objective C
Explain how and why internal and external factors have influenced the process of state building from 1750 to 1900.
Historical Developments: KC-5.3.III.D
Increasing questions about political authority and growing nationalism contributed to anticolonial movements.
Historical Developments: KC-5.2.II.C
Anti-imperial resistance took various forms, including direct resistance within empires and the creation of new states on the peripheries.
Historical Developments: KC-5.3.III.E
Increasing discontent with imperial rule led to rebellions, some of which were influenced by religious ideas.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Túpac Amaru II’s rebellion in Peru
- Samory Touré’s military battles in West Africa
- Yaa Asantewaa War in West Africa
- 1857 rebellion in India
- Establishment of independent states in the Balkans
- Sokoto Caliphate in modern-day Nigeria
- Cherokee Nation
- Zulu Kingdom
- Ghost Dance in the U.S.
- Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement in Southern Africa
- Mahdist wars in Sudan
