AP®︎ World History: Topic 7.7 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 7.7 of AP World History – Conducting World War II.
Questions List
Topic 7.7
Question 1 Easy
Nazi Germany mobilized for war under which ideology?
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 7.7: Conducting 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 G
Explain similarities and differences in how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.
Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.A.ii
World War II was a total war. Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies or former colonies) for the purpose of waging war. Governments used ideologies, including fascism and communism to mobilize all of their state's resources for war and, in the case of totalitarian states, to repress basic freedoms and dominate many aspects of daily life during the course of the conflicts and beyond.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.III.C.ii
New military technology and new tactics, including the atomic bomb, fire-bombing, and the waging of "total war" led to increased levels of wartime casualties.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Great Britain under Winston Churchill
- United States under Franklin Roosevelt
- Germany under Adolf Hitler
- USSR under Joseph Stalin
