AP®︎ World History: Unit 8 Practice Test

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II

Hopes for greater self-government were largely unfulfilled following World War I; however, in the years following World War II, increasing anti-imperialist sentiment contributed to the dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.C.i

Technological and economic gains experienced during World War II by the victorious nations shifted the global balance of power.

Thematic Focus: Cultural Developments and InteractionsCDI

The development of ideas, beliefs, and religions illustrates how groups in society view themselves, and the interactions of societies and their beliefs often have political, social, and cultural implications.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.C.ii

The global balance of economic and political power shifted during and after World War II and rapidly evolved into the Cold War. The democracy of the United States and the authoritarian communist Soviet Union emerged as superpowers, which led to ideological conflict and a power struggle between capitalism and communism across the globe.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.V.B

Groups and individuals, including the Non-Aligned Movement, opposed and promoted alternatives to the existing economic, political, and social orders.

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.D

The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and led to nuclear proliferation and proxy wars between and within postcolonial states in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Thematic Focus: Economic SystemsECN

As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.I.i

As a result of internal tension and Japanese aggression, Chinese communists seized power. These changes in China eventually led to communist revolution.

Historical Developments: KC-6.3.I.A.ii

In communist China, the government controlled the national economy through the Great Leap Forward, often implementing repressive policies, with negative repercussions for the population.

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II.D.i

Movements to redistribute land and resources developed within states in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, sometimes advocating communism or socialism.

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II.A

Nationalist leaders and parties in Asia and Africa sought varying degrees of autonomy within or independence from imperial rule.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.I.C

After the end of World War II, some colonies negotiated their independence, while others achieved independence through armed struggle.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.II.B

Regional, religious, and ethnic movements challenged colonial rule and inherited imperial boundaries. Some of these movements advocated for autonomy.

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.III.A.i

The redrawing of political boundaries after the withdrawal of former colonial authorities led to the creation of new states.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.III.A.ii

The redrawing of political boundaries in some cases led to conflict as well as population displacement and/or resettlements, including those related to the Partition of India and the creation of the state of Israel.

Thematic Focus: Economic SystemsECN

As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.

Historical Developments: KC-6.3.I.C

In newly independent states after World War II, governments often took on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.III.B

The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles (the former colonizing country), usually in the major cities, maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires.

Thematic Focus: Cultural Developments and InteractionsCDI

The development of ideas, beliefs, and religions illustrates how groups in society view themselves, and the interactions of societies and their beliefs often have political, social, and cultural implications.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.V

Although conflict dominated much of the 20th century, many individuals and groups—including states—opposed this trend. Some individuals and groups, however, intensified the conflicts.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.V.A

Groups and individuals challenged the many wars of the century, and some, such as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, promoted the practice of nonviolence as a way to bring about political change.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.V.C

Militaries and militarized states often responded to the proliferation of conflicts in ways that further intensified conflict.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.V.D

Some movements used violence against civilians in an effort to achieve political aims.

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.

Historical Developments: KC-6.2.IV.E

Advances in U.S. military and technological development, the Soviet Union’s costly and ultimately failed invasion of Afghanistan, and public discontent and economic weakness in communist countries led to the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Review: KC-6.2

Peoples and states around the world challenged the existing political and social order in varying ways, leading to unprecedented worldwide conflicts.

Review: KC-6.2.II

Hopes for greater self-government were largely unfulfilled following the World War I; however, in the years following the World War II, increasing anti- imperialist sentiment contributed to the dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states.

Review: KC-6.2.IV.C

The Cold War conflict extended beyond its basic ideological origins to have profound effects on economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of global events.

Review: KC-6.3

The role of the state in the domestic economy varied, and new institutions of global association emerged and continued to develop throughout the century.

Review: KC-6.3.I

States responded in a variety of ways to the economic challenges of the 20th century.