Topic 6 AP Exam Practice
Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 3 refer to the passage below.
“After four wars during 30 years, despite intensive human efforts, the Middle East, which is the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of three great religions, does not enjoy the blessings of peace. The people of the Middle East yearn for peace so that the vast human and natural resources of the region can be turned to the pursuits of peace and so that this area can become a model for coexistence and cooperation among nations….
Peace requires respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force. Progress toward that goal can accelerate movement toward a new era of reconciliation in the Middle East marked by cooperation in promoting economic development, in maintaining stability and in assuring security.”
Camp David Accords, 1978
1. According to the above passage, what basic element is required for peace in the Middle East?
- (A) More natural resources
- (B) Secure borders
- (C) Economic cooperation
- (D) Territorial fluidity
2. Who rejected the proposed peace treaty?
- (A) Anwar Sadat of Egypt
- (B) Menachem Begin of Israel
- (C) Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
- (D) U.S. President Jimmy Carter
3. Which was the intended consequence of the Camp David accords?
- (A) An election defeat for Menachem Begin
- (B) An alliance between Egypt and Iran
- (C) A peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
- (D) An invasion of Gaza by the PLO
Short-Answer Questions
1. Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.
“At the turn of the 1960s . . . a state-sponsored agency that recruited workers from the French Antilles, and the lack of economic opportunities throughout sub-Saharan African nations spurred a large-scale working class labor migration to Paris. However, this postwar labor migration occurred in the midst of changing mentalité (attitudes). The attributes of colonialism had recently been challenged . . . .
However, when Antilleans [people from an archipelago in the Caribbean] and sub-Saharan Africans migrated to France in the 1960s, their former colonial status still determined their social conditions, especially in the labor and housing markets. As the Antillean writer Françoise Ega who lived in France during the period observes, ‘the French government and society perceive all Polish people as agricultural workers, all Algerians as unskilled construction workers, and all Antillean women as maids.’ Although race, gender, and ethnicity structure the labor landscape, only offering people of African descent menial worker, household employee, or lower rank tertiary worker positions, Antilleans and sub-Saharan Africans had migrated to France with clear-cut professional goals; they desired decent wages, congenial and respectful treatment, and the possibility of receiving a job promotion related to their hard work.”
Wendy Pojmann, Migration and Activism in Europe Since 1945, 2008
2. Answer all parts of the question that follows.