AP®︎ World History: Topic 8.7 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.7 of AP World History – Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900.
Questions List
Topic 8.7
Question 1 Easy
Which group did Idi Amin expel from Uganda in 1972?
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Topic 8.7: Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900
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.
Learning Objective: Unit 8: Learning Objective I
Explain various reactions to existing power structures in the period after 1900.
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.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Chile under Augusto Pinochet
- Spain under Francisco Franco
- Uganda under Idi Amin
- The buildup of the military–industrial complex and weapons trading
- Shining Path
- Al-Qaeda
