AP World History: Modern

Study Guide
Unit 5 Exam

1. What was the Enlightenment?

2. What is abolition?

3. What is feminism?

4. What impact did the Enlightenment have on independence movements in North and
South America?

5. What similarities are there between the US Declaration of Independence and the
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

6. What is the key difference between the US Declaration of Independence and the
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

7. What group of people continued to suffer, in reference to equality, in France under

Napoleon’s rule?

8. Why did the Congress of Vienna meet?

9. Political Ideologies

 Conservatism

 Liberalism:

 Radicalism:

10. What was a direct influence of the Haitian Revolution?

11. Who led the Haitian Revolution, what was his social status?

12. Who led revolutions in South America, what was his social status?

13. What are the main ideas of the Jamaica Letter?

14. What is nationalism?

15. Where did we see the rise of nationalism, and why did it occur?

16. Describe the creation of Germany and Italy.

17. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

18. Where did the Revolution initially spread to?

19. What factors are necessary for industrialization?

20. What are cottage industries?

21. Who benefited from cottage industries, men or women?

22. What happened to cottage industries?

23. What industry led the industrial revolution?

24. What was the enclosure movement?

25. What were the effects of the enclosure movement?

26. What were the social consequences of industrialization?

27. What were the environmental consequences of industrialization?

28. What is urbanization?

29. What was life like in the factories?

30. What type of people worked in the factories?

31. What role did fossil fuels play in the Industrial Revolution?

32. How can the Industrial Revolution be considered a turning point in history?

33. What are consumer goods?

34. What were the beliefs of Adam Smith?

35. What does Laissez-faire mean?

36. How did Marx view the social classes?

37. What are the characteristics of the second Industrial Revolution?

38. What did Alexander II of Russia see as an obstacle to industrialization?

39. As a result of the Meiji Restoration in Japan, what institution was abolished?

40. Who led industrialization in Japan (individuals/government)?

41. Following the opening of Japan, what policies changed?

42. Describe industrialization in Russia.

43. Who led industrialization in Russia?

44. Describe the decline of the Qing.

45. Describe the decline of the Ottoman.

46. Briefly describe the growing nationalism in the Ottoman Empire.

47. What were the Tanzimat Reforms?

48. Define the following:

 Socialism

 Capitalism