AP®︎ World History: Topic 7.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 7.6 of AP World History – Causes of World War II.
Questions List
Topic 7.6
Question 1 Easy
Context
In 1930, a small factory owner in Vienna relies on credit from a local bank. When news arrives that major American financial institutions have collapsed, the bank immediately calls in his loans and refuses to extend new credit. Within months, the factory is forced to close, and its workers lose their jobs.
Which of the following most directly explains why the bank in Vienna was vulnerable to the collapse of American financial institutions?
What You’re Being Tested On:
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Topic 7.6: Causes of World War II
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 7: Learning Objective F
Explain the causes and consequences of World War II.
Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.B.ii
The causes of World War II included the unsustainable peace settlement after World War I, the global economic crisis engendered by the Great Depression, continued imperialist aspirations, and especially the rise to power of fascist and totalitarian regimes that resulted in the aggressive militarism of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.
