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AP World History: Modern practice questions by unit

Fiveable has 6,625 AP World History: Modern multiple-choice practice questions across 9 units, plus 1,932 stimulus-based question sets built around a source. Practice one unit or topic at a time.

  • Unit 1 – The Global Tapestry (1200-1450): 935 multiple-choice questions, 31 stimulus sets
  • Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange (1200-1450): 917 multiple-choice questions, 98 stimulus sets
  • Unit 3 – Land-Based Empires (1450-1750): 198 multiple-choice questions, 34 stimulus sets
  • Unit 4 – Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750): 1,003 multiple-choice questions, 377 stimulus sets
  • Unit 5 – Revolutions (1750-1900): 795 multiple-choice questions, 218 stimulus sets
  • Unit 6 – Consequences of Industrialization (1750-1900): 687 multiple-choice questions, 598 stimulus sets
  • Unit 7 – Global Conflict (1900-Present): 599 multiple-choice questions, 240 stimulus sets
  • Unit 8 – Cold War & Decolonization (1900-Present): 788 multiple-choice questions, 223 stimulus sets
  • Unit 9 – Globalization: 1900 to Today: 703 multiple-choice questions, 113 stimulus sets

Sample AP World History: Modern practice question

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King Louis XIV of France, Edict of Fontainebleau, 1685.

We perceive, with thankful acknowledgment of God's aid, that the majority of our subjects who followed the Protestant religion have now embraced the Catholic faith. And therefore . . . we have determined that we can do nothing better, in order to obliterate the memory of the troubles, the confusion, and the evils which this false religion has caused in this kingdom than entirely to revoke the Edict of Nantes, as well as all that has since been done in favor of the said religion. . . . We forbid our subjects of the Protestant religion, to meet any more for the exercise of the said religion in any place or private house, under any pretext whatsoever. We enjoin all ministers of the said religion who do not choose to become converts and to embrace the Catholic religion to leave our Kingdom within two weeks of the publication of our present edict, without permission to reside therein beyond that period, or, during that period, to engage in any preaching, on pain of being sent to the galleys. . . .

Louis XIV's framing of the Edict of Fontainebleau as an act of national healing rather than religious coercion most directly reflects which of the following about his historical situation?

His need to legitimize sweeping state power by presenting religious uniformity as beneficial to the realm rather than merely an exercise of absolute authority

Correct answer

The widespread religious tolerance that characterized French society in the late 17th century, which required the king to justify any restrictions on Protestant worship

The influence of Enlightenment philosophy, which demanded that monarchs justify all policies through rational argument rather than simple assertion of divine right

The recent military victories that had strengthened France's international position and enabled the king to pursue more aggressive domestic religious policies

Explanation

Louis presents the revocation as healing the kingdom, which shows his need to justify sweeping state power by claiming religious uniformity benefits the realm. That language sits beside harsh measures such as banning worship and threatening ministers with the galleys. The tolerance option fails because the edict ended the limited toleration France had. The Enlightenment option fails because the Enlightenment came later and Louis relies on divine and royal authority. The military option fails because the passage never mentions war or foreign affairs.

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