AP EURO Semester 2 Final (2025)
Actual Exam Questions and Answers
A+ Graded
Steel .Industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-replaced .iron .in .machinery, .ships, .railroad
.tracks, .and .building .construction
Inventions .of .Industrial .Revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-flying .shuttle,
.spinning .jenny, .water .frame, .the .mule, .power .loom, .cotton .gin, .steam .engine
Railroad .Industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Steam .power .enabled .inventors .to .build
.locomotives; .English .entrepreneurs .wanted .to .connect .Liverpool .with
.Manchester; .stimulated .further .industrial .growth; .creates .regional .and .national
.markets .for .agricultural .and .industrial .goods; .reduced .the .cost .of .shipping
.freight; .promoted .leisure .travel
Causes .of .industrial .revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Global .demand .for .cotton
.cloth .was .in .enormous .; .prompted .by .huge .profits .which .lead .to .new .ways .of
.spinning
Trade .unions .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Workers .wanted .to .improve .working
.conditions; .worked .to .make .unions .have .full .legal .status .including .the .right .to
.strike
Corn .laws .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-British .laws .revised .in .1815 .which .prohibited
.the .importation .of .foreign .green .unless .the .price .rose .to .improbable .levels;
.benefited .the .aristocracy .but .made .food .prices .high .for .working .people
Mines .Act .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-1842; .English .law .that .prohibited .underground
.work .for .all .women .and .girls .as .well .as .for .boys .under .10
Socialism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-A .backlash .against .the .emergence .of
.individualism .and .fragmentation .of .society .and .move .toward .cooperation .and .a
.sense .of .community; .key .ideas: .economic .planning, .greater .economic .equality,
.and .state .of .regulation .of .property
, Factory .Act .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-English .law .that .led .to .a .sharp .decline .in .the
.employment .of .children; .Limited .the .hours .that .children .over .nine .years .old;
.required .younger .children .to .attend .factory .run .elementary .schools
Iron .Law .of .Wages .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Proposed .by .David .Ricardo;
.suggested .that .the .pressure .of .population .growth .prevents .the .wages .from
.rising .above .the .subsistence .level
Textile .industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Started .the .industrial .revolution; .Global
.demand .was .enormous
Luddites .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Group .of .handicraft .workers .who .attacked .hold
.factories .in .northern .England .in .1812 .and .after, .smashing .the .new .machines
.that .they .believe .were .putting .them .out .of .work
Thomas .Malthus .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Population .will .always .exceed .food
.supply; .famine .and .missive .are .inevitable
David .Ricardo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Labor .is .commodity .who's .price .is
.determined .by .the .law .of .supply .and .demand; .contended .that .increasing .work
.class .wages .would .prompt .laborers .to .have .more .children; .more .workers
.equals .lower .wages
Marx .and .Engles .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Wrote .Communist .manifesto; .1848;
.conflict .between .haves .and .have-nots; .workers .rise .against .employers .not
White .man's .burden .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .idea .that .Europeans .could .and
.should .civilize .more .primitive .white .peoples .and .that .imperialism .would
.eventually .provide .nonwhite .with .modern .achievements .and .higher .standards
.of .living
Berlin .conference .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-A .meeting .of .European .leaders .held .in
.1884 .and .1885; .laid .down .some .basic .rules .for .imperialist .competition .in .sub-
Saharan .Africa
Scramble .for .Africa .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-European .division .of .Africa; .frentic
.and .rapacious; .Led .by .Great .Britain, .France, .and .Germany
Boxer .rebellion .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-1900 .to .1903; .and .early .20th .century
.rebellion .in .china .against .foreign .influence
Opium .wars .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Conflict .between .China .and .Great .Britain
.over .the .sale .of .a .destructive, .illegal .drug .in .China
Belgian .Congo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-H.M. .Stanley .establish .trading .stations,
.signed ."treaties" .with .African .chiefs .and .claimed .land .for .Belgium
Japanese .imperialism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Commodore .Matthew .Perry .forced
.them .to .end .isolationism; .open .trade .with .US
Actual Exam Questions and Answers
A+ Graded
Steel .Industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-replaced .iron .in .machinery, .ships, .railroad
.tracks, .and .building .construction
Inventions .of .Industrial .Revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-flying .shuttle,
.spinning .jenny, .water .frame, .the .mule, .power .loom, .cotton .gin, .steam .engine
Railroad .Industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Steam .power .enabled .inventors .to .build
.locomotives; .English .entrepreneurs .wanted .to .connect .Liverpool .with
.Manchester; .stimulated .further .industrial .growth; .creates .regional .and .national
.markets .for .agricultural .and .industrial .goods; .reduced .the .cost .of .shipping
.freight; .promoted .leisure .travel
Causes .of .industrial .revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Global .demand .for .cotton
.cloth .was .in .enormous .; .prompted .by .huge .profits .which .lead .to .new .ways .of
.spinning
Trade .unions .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Workers .wanted .to .improve .working
.conditions; .worked .to .make .unions .have .full .legal .status .including .the .right .to
.strike
Corn .laws .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-British .laws .revised .in .1815 .which .prohibited
.the .importation .of .foreign .green .unless .the .price .rose .to .improbable .levels;
.benefited .the .aristocracy .but .made .food .prices .high .for .working .people
Mines .Act .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-1842; .English .law .that .prohibited .underground
.work .for .all .women .and .girls .as .well .as .for .boys .under .10
Socialism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-A .backlash .against .the .emergence .of
.individualism .and .fragmentation .of .society .and .move .toward .cooperation .and .a
.sense .of .community; .key .ideas: .economic .planning, .greater .economic .equality,
.and .state .of .regulation .of .property
, Factory .Act .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-English .law .that .led .to .a .sharp .decline .in .the
.employment .of .children; .Limited .the .hours .that .children .over .nine .years .old;
.required .younger .children .to .attend .factory .run .elementary .schools
Iron .Law .of .Wages .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Proposed .by .David .Ricardo;
.suggested .that .the .pressure .of .population .growth .prevents .the .wages .from
.rising .above .the .subsistence .level
Textile .industry .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Started .the .industrial .revolution; .Global
.demand .was .enormous
Luddites .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Group .of .handicraft .workers .who .attacked .hold
.factories .in .northern .England .in .1812 .and .after, .smashing .the .new .machines
.that .they .believe .were .putting .them .out .of .work
Thomas .Malthus .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Population .will .always .exceed .food
.supply; .famine .and .missive .are .inevitable
David .Ricardo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Labor .is .commodity .who's .price .is
.determined .by .the .law .of .supply .and .demand; .contended .that .increasing .work
.class .wages .would .prompt .laborers .to .have .more .children; .more .workers
.equals .lower .wages
Marx .and .Engles .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Wrote .Communist .manifesto; .1848;
.conflict .between .haves .and .have-nots; .workers .rise .against .employers .not
White .man's .burden .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .idea .that .Europeans .could .and
.should .civilize .more .primitive .white .peoples .and .that .imperialism .would
.eventually .provide .nonwhite .with .modern .achievements .and .higher .standards
.of .living
Berlin .conference .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-A .meeting .of .European .leaders .held .in
.1884 .and .1885; .laid .down .some .basic .rules .for .imperialist .competition .in .sub-
Saharan .Africa
Scramble .for .Africa .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-European .division .of .Africa; .frentic
.and .rapacious; .Led .by .Great .Britain, .France, .and .Germany
Boxer .rebellion .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-1900 .to .1903; .and .early .20th .century
.rebellion .in .china .against .foreign .influence
Opium .wars .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Conflict .between .China .and .Great .Britain
.over .the .sale .of .a .destructive, .illegal .drug .in .China
Belgian .Congo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-H.M. .Stanley .establish .trading .stations,
.signed ."treaties" .with .African .chiefs .and .claimed .land .for .Belgium
Japanese .imperialism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Commodore .Matthew .Perry .forced
.them .to .end .isolationism; .open .trade .with .US
