AP European History Short Answer QuestionsPeriod 4
Question 1 is based on the map below.
- This map shows the Middle East in the years just after World War I. Using the map and your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B and C.
A) Briefly explain the League of Nations mandate system and how it affected the map of the Middle East.
B) Briefly explain ONE impact of the mandate system in the interwar period.
C) Briefly explain ONEadditional impact of the mandate system in the interwar period.
Key Concept: 4.1.VII.B
Thematic Learning Objective: INT- 3
Thematic Learning Objective: INT-7
Thematic Learning Objective: INT-10
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-14
Thematic Learning Objective: IS-10
Historical Thinking Skill: Contextualization
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: Yes
Points: 3
Question 2 is based on the map below.
Cold War Alliances
- Using the map and your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Briefly explain ONE similarity between the economic and military alliances represented by the map above.
B) Select ONE type of alliance—either economic or military –and briefly explain why that type of alliancehad a more important impact in Europe than the other type.
C) Briefly explain ONE way in which the map illustrates the conceptof “containment” as a matter of policy.
Key Concepts: 4.1.III.C
Key Concepts: 4.1.III.D
Key Concepts: 4.1.V.A
Thematic Learning Objective: INT-11
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-5
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-14
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-19
Historical Thinking Skill: Contextualization
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: Yes
Points: 3
Question 3 is based on the map below.
- Using the map and your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Briefly explain ONE reason for the establishment of authoritarian regimes throughout much of Europe during the period illustrated in the map above.
B) Briefly explain ONE way in which the information in the map correlates with the alliances which arose prior to and during World War II.
C) Briefly explain ONE way in which the pattern in the rise of authoritarian regimes as shown in the map above could be viewed as a result of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.
Key Concepts: 4.2.II.D
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-8
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-11
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-6
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-8
Historical Thinking Skill: Contextualization
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: Yes
Points: 3
Question 4 is based on the passage below.
“All I could ever do was to offer you an opinion on one minor point—a woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved. I have shirked the duty of coming to a conclusion upon these two questions—women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems. But in order to make some amends I am going to do what I can to show you how I arrived at this opinion about the room and the money.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, 1929
4. Use the passage above and your knowledge of European history to answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Briefly explain the passage and how it may represent a challenge to traditional societal mores of the early 20th century.
B) Briefly explain ONE other example of a challenge to traditional societal values and ideals from the 1920s.
C) Explain ONE social or economic cause of these challenges to tradition in the 1920s.
Key Concepts: 4.3.IV.B
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-14
Thematic Learning Objective: OS-10
Thematic Learning Objective: OS-13
Historical Thinking Skill: Periodization
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: Yes
Points: 3
- Using your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Briefly explain ONE cause of the student revolts of 1968 in Europe.
B) Briefly explain ONE example of the unrest seen in Europe during the 1968 student revolts.
C) Briefly explain ONE important impact of the 1968 student revolts on Europe.
Key Concepts: 4.4.III.C
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-5
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-1
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-9
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-12
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: No
Points: 3
- Using your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Briefly explain the most important cause for the Russian Revolution.
B) Briefly analyze ONE effect of the Russian Revolution on the society or economy of Russia.
C) Briefly analyze ONE effect of the Russian Revolution on international relations in Europe.
Key Concepts: 4.2.I.B
Key Concepts: 4.2.I.C
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-8
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-10
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-6
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-8
Thematic Learning Objective: IS-5
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Argumentation
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: No
Points: 3
- The Great Depression had a devastating impact on European nations. Select two of the following countries: Britain, France, and Germany. Then answer parts A, B, and C.
A)Analyze the impact of the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939 on ONE of the European nations you selected.
B)Analyze the impact of the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939 on the other ONE of the European nations you selected.
C) Briefly explain why ONE of the countries you chose suffered more severelythan the other.
Key Concepts: 4.2.III.A
Key Concepts: 4.2.III.C
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-8
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-11
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-16
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Causation
Historical Thinking Skill: Comparison
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Argumentation
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: Yes
Points: 3
- Using your knowledge of European history, answer parts A, B, and C.
A) Analyze ONE reason for Western Europe’s post–World War II economic recovery.
B) Analyze ONE exampleof the social consequences of this recovery in the period from 1945 to 1970.
C) Analyze ONEadditional example of the social consequences of this recovery in the period from 1945 to 1970.
Key Concepts: 4.2.IV.A
Key Concepts: 4.2.IV.B
Thematic Learning Objective: INT-8
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-5
Thematic Learning Objective: PP-15
Thematic Learning Objective: SP-5
Historical Thinking Skill: Causation
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
Question Type: Short Answer
Stimulus Question: No
Points: 3