Cambridge International AS Level · History (9489)

European option: Modern Europe, 1750–1921: Practice Questions

5 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 5 written questions with worked solutions. All on European option: Modern Europe, 1750–1921.

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Question 1

1 mark

Which of the following was a primary cause of the 1905 Russian Revolution?

Question 2

1 mark

Which of the following was a direct term of the Concordat of 1801 agreed between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII?

Question 3

1 mark

In the context of the 1848 Revolutions in Germany, why did the Frankfurt Parliament ultimately fail to achieve a unified German state?

Question 4

1 mark

Which document, approved by the National Assembly in August 1789, established the principle that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?

Question 5

1 mark

Which of the following best describes the "Humiliation of Olmütz" (1850) in the history of German unification?

Question 6

2 marks

Identify two social or economic pressures that contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.

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Question 7

3 marks

Explain the primary purpose of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy enacted in France in July 1790.

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Question 8

5 marks

Explain how the financial policy of the assignats contributed to severe political and social radicalization in Revolutionary France between 1790 and 1793.

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Question 9

4 marks

(a) Describe two ways in which the Enlightenment put pressure on the Ancien Régime for political change before 1789.
(b) Why did the policies of Jacques Necker fail to solve the financial problems of Louis XVI's government? Explain two reasons.

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Question 10

5 marks

(a) Explain why the Frankfurt Parliament collapsed during the 1848–49 Revolutions in the German States.
(b) "The impact of the Zollverein was the primary reason for the growth of nationalist ideas in Germany between 1815 and 1848." How far do you agree with this view? Justify your response with reference to other factors.

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