AP World 1750-1900 Exam

Which of the following claims does Napoleon make about religion in the document al-Jakarta quotes in the SECOND paragraph?

• The French had come to convert Egypt to Christianity

• The French had come to abolish him

• The French did not wish to change the religion of the people of Egypt

• The French state was not based on the principles of the Enlightenment

Which of the following claims does al-Jabarti make about the French?

• The French are Muslim but pretend to be Christian

• The French are Christian but pretend to be Muslim

• The French do not believe in either Christianity or Islam

• The French have created a new religion of their own

The emergence of the German industries referred to in the passage is most directly explained by which of the following processes in the nineteenth century?

• The spread of new industrial technologies such as the internal combustion engine from the U.S.

• The development of new methods of production during the second industrial revolution

• The greater diversity of manufactured goods produced by industrial factories

• The growing importance of using coal as fuel in industrial production

Great Britain’s development of the industry referred to in the FIRST paragraph during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is best explained by the fact that British factories were the first to

• use steam-powered machines for large-scale economic production

• use natural resources from colonies to create finished products

• use coerced labor for producing manufactured goods

• take advantage of mercantilist economic policies to protect themselves from foreign competition

Which of the following developments in the nineteenth century would most likely help explain the size and composition of the workforce at the Bayer plant as described in the SECOND paragraph?

• The construction of railroads facilitated the migration of people to interior regions

• The invention of steamships facilitated the migration of colonial subjects to imperial metropoles

• The invention of the telegraph made it easier for companies to recruit educated workers from across the world

• The discovery of electricity made rural communities more attractive places to live for wealthy urbanites

The economic success of businesses such as the British South Africa Company was in part dependent on which of the following developments in the late nineteenth century?

• The migrations of indentured workers from Asia

• The increasing availability and variety of consumer goods

• The development of new technologies such as the telegraph

• The adoption of innovative practices in banking and finance

As described in the passage, the economic model of the British South Africa Company most directly differed from which of the following economic trends in the late nineteenth century?

• The shift in Asian and African economies from manufacturing of finished goods to resource extraction

• The shift from nation-based businesses and enterprises to transnational businesses and enterprises

• The shift from heavy industry to industries centered on the production of consumer goods

• The shift from mercantilism to free-market trade policies

The “objections” that the chairman refers to in the FIRST paragraph can most directly be explained in relation to which of the following arguments commonly made by laissez-faire economists in the period 1750-1900?

• The monopolistic practices of government-chartered joint-stock companies such as the British South Africa Company distorted market competition and hurt consumers

• Granting government charters to joint-stock companies such as the British South Africa Company allowed too much free trade and hurt workers in home countries

• Government involvement in the business of companies such as the British South Africa Company inevitably led to deregulation that removed valuable protections for workers and consumers

• The creation of government-supported joint-stock companies such as the British South Africa Company excluded private investment

The author’s political point of view can be most clearly seen in the way in which the passage

• neglects to mention that South Asian migrants were a key source of labor for Western transnational corporations

• disparages the development of contemporary Hinduism

• omits any mention of the economic exploration and resource extraction practiced by the British in India

• attributes historical events to divine intervention

The arguments expressed in the passage are significant because they help explain why

• social divisions within colonial societies often hindered the efforts of anticolonial movements to overthrow imperial rule

• syncretic religious movements frequently emerged from cultural differences in colonial societies

• nationalist movements against imperial rule often sought to bridge ethnic and religious differences by appealing to popular Enlightenment ideals

• settler colonies frequently exacerbated differences between religious groups in colonial societies