AP European History: Unit 7 Reading Questions & ID-Sigs
Chapter 25: The Age of Nationalism, 1850-1914 (Pages 823-850)
Terms:
Persons:
1. Franco-Prussian War
11. Louis Napoleon III
2. Crimean War
12. Giuseppe Mazzini
3. Zemstvo
13. Count Camillo Benso di Cavour
4. Russo-Japanese War, 1904
14. Giuseppe Garibaldi
5. Revolution of 1905
15. Victor Emmanuel
6. October Manifesto
16. King William I of Prussia
7. Duma
17. Otto von Bismarck
8. Kulturkampf
18. Tsar Alexander II
9. Paris Commune
19. Tsar Alexander III
10. Dreyfus Affair
20. Sergei Witte
Chapter 25 (pg. 823-850)
A.
Second Republic of France (pp. 823-826)
1. Identify the three reasons Louis Napoleon Bonaparte won the presidential election of 1848.
2. Summarize the successful policies of Napoleon III as emperor of the 2nd Republic, and the causes
of his fall from power.
Nation Building in Italy (pp. 826-829)
3. Identify the three basic approaches for Italian unification which emerged between 1815 and 1848.
4. Listening to the Past (pp. 784-785) – What did Mazzini mean by evil governments? How did he
define the characteristics of a “true country”?
5. Describe the chronological events that led to the unification of Italy.
B.
Nation Building in Germany (pp. 829-833)
1. Analyze the role of the Zollverein, William I, and Otto von Bismarck in bringing about the
unification of Germany.
2. How was Bismarck was able to bring the liberal middle class of Germany under his control from
1848 to 1868.
3. Discuss how the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War lead to German unification?
The Modernization of Russia (pp. 833-838)
4. How did the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 lead to Russian modernization?
5. Summarize the reforms instituted in Russia from 1861 to 1905.
6. Explain how the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 led to the Revolution of 1905, and identify the
liberal changes that resulted from it.
C.
The Responsive State (pp. 838-846)
1. Identify the social measures adopted by Bismarck to help the working class.
2. Identify the moderate reforms made in France following the violence of 1871.
3. Identify the reforms made by the Liberal party in Great Britain starting in 1906.
4. Why did the stock market crash of 1873 lead to widespread anti-Semitism in Europe, and how did
the Jewish population respond?
Marxism & the Socialist Movement (pp. 846-850)
5. What was the socialist international? What were its objectives?
6. Analyze the reasons behind a more moderate labor movement in the mid to late 19th century.
AP European History: Unit 7 Reading Questions & ID-Sigs
Chapter 26: The West & the World (pp. 855 – 882)
Terms:
Persons:
1. Treaty of Nanking, 1842
8. Commodore Mathew Perry
2. Afrikaners (Boers)
9. Cecil Rhodes
3. Berlin Conference
10. Leopold II of Belgium
4. effective occupation
11. Horatio H. Kitchener
5. Battle of Omdurman
12. Rudyard Kipling
6. Great Rebellion
13. J.A. Hobson
7. Meiji Restoration
14. Joseph Conrad
Chapter 26 (pp. 855 – 882)
D.
Industrialization and the World Economy (pp. 855-863)
1.
Identify the three main points highlighted by the graph (figure 26.1) on page 856?
2.
Analyze the role of Great Britain in created a global economy.
3.
Discuss the impact of new technology on international trade by providing specific examples.
4.
By what means did Europeans (English) gain access to Chinese markets? How did this symbolize
the new methods of Imperialism?
5.
Summarize the changes made by Muhammad Ali as the leader of Egypt.
6.
Explain how the actions of Ismail (Egypt’s Khedive) led to the European occupation of Egypt.
E.
The Great migration (pg. 863-872)
1.
What was the great migration & what factor/s caused it?
2.
Summarize the characteristics of the average European emigrant.
3.
Analyze the treatment of non-European migrants
4.
From 1880 to 1900, European powers divided up the continent of Africa among themselves.
Analyze the methods these nations used in this process, and discuss the measures they took to
avoid conflicts among themselves.
F.
New Imperialism (pg. 873-882)
1.
Identify the different factors that contributed to new imperialism.
2.
Identify the various criticisms of imperialism that were being voiced by Europeans.
3.
Discuss the role of British women in the imperialism of India.
4.
Analyze the actions taken by Japan in response to western encroachment and explain how these
actions led to other non-European nations looking to Japan as a model of success.
5.
What factors led to the temporary revival of the Chinese government from 1860 to 1894, and what
factors led to its fall following 1894?