Ap Euro midterm

During the thirty year's war, the Lutheran movement was saved from extinction by the military intervention of this person

Swedish king, gustavus adolphus

During the renaissance, the most widely read book on manners for the wealthy was

The book of the courtier by castiglione

Was a result of the civil constitution of the clergy during the French revolution

The church was made a department of the French state

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of the ideal government was centered on

The general will

In which area did opportunities for upper class women increase the most during the Italian renaissance

Access to education

Preconditions for the industrial revolution

Adequate road and river systems An adequate supply of raw materials such as coal A spirit of entrepreneurship Sources of capital to build factories Didn't need a strong guild system

Was the main person who advocated divine right of kings under Louis xvi

Bishop bossuet

The most powerful European ruler at the time of the protestant reformation was

Charles V

The asiento, granted to great Britain in the peace of Utrecht (1713), gave it

Control over the African slave trade in the Spain's new world colonies

Known as the Prince of the humanists and wrote in praise of folly that criticized the clergy and abuses he saw in the church

Desiderius Erasmus

This statement explains Poland's political and military decline by the late eighteenth century

Difficulty of achieving political consensus due to the Liberum veto

As a Consequence of the English reformation, Henry viii

Disbanded the monasteries

The Jacobson did not

Distribute all land in rural areas among the peasants

As a result of the tennis court oath, representatives of the third estate swore to

Draft a constitution for France

The enclosure movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Fenced in public land for private use

This statement is true about the peace of Augsburg (1555)

German princes were allowed to determine whether their states would be Catholic or Lutheran

Baroque ideas and values were embodied most profoundly in the work of

Gianlorenzo Bernini

This statement about Philip II of Spain is true

He dedicated his reign to establishing Catholic orthodoxy in Europe

These political philosophers had similar views regarding political power

Hobbes and voltaire

The primary cause of the large increase in the population of Europe in the eighteenth century was

Increases in the food supply

The protestant reformation did this

It strengthened the power of secular rulers

Martin Luther's most fundamental theological idea was that

It was by faith alone and God's grace that salvation could be achieved

French revolution phases in chronological order

National assembly, legislative assembly, national convention, directory, consulate

Believed people are loyal when times are good but turn when things are bad

Niccolo Machiavelli

Galileos persecution by the Catholic church was largely brought about by his support of this man

Nicholas Copernicus

The English navigation acts were initially designed to

Prevent dutch trade with England's colonies

The agricultural revolution in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries did not have

Steam powered plows

Voltaire's slogan of crush the infamous thing, called for suppression of

The church

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the typical European marriage consisted of

Two mature people in their late twenties

The British chartist movement of the nineteenth century drew much of its support from the

Workers

Edict of nantes

Ended France's sixteenth century religious wars

In an essay concerning human understanding, John Locke held that human knowledge was derived from

Environment and reason

Catherine the great did this

Extended Russia's territorial holdings at the expense of the black sea region

The northern renaissance was different from the Italian renaissance in that

It placed greater emphasis on religious piety

Which of the following statements are true regarding the treaty of Paris (1763)

It removed France from north America

Which of the following best characterizes the table of ranks during the reign of Peter the great

It set educational and performance levels for civil servants

The fourteenth century English reformer whose views were embodied in the Lollard movement

John Wyclif

This monarch instituted the largest number of enlightened reforms

Joseph 2

Hohenzollern authority in ruling Prussia depended on the cooperation and support of the

Junkers

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mystics such as kempis

Laid the foundations for Protestantism's personal approach to worship

Johannes Kepler's contribution to the scientific revolution was his

Proof through mathematics that the orbits of the planets are elliptical

The central religious issue in England between 1534 and 1689 was the extent to which

Protestantism would remain the dominant force in the church of england

True statements about cardinal richelieu

Sought to weaken the power of the nobility Deprived the Huguenots of their religious rights Supported the German protestants in their struggle with the hapsburgs Instituted the intendant system

Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between the commercial revolution and the Italian renaissance

The commercial revolution was a result of the Italian renaissance

John lockes two treasties on civil government approved of revolution provided that

The government had violated property rights

This was most important in causing the price revolution in the sixteenth century

The growth in Europe's population

Important aspects of the Catholic reformation

The index of prohibited books The Italian inquisition The council of Trent The society of Jesus The Augsburg confession wasn't important in this

The specific abuse Luther addressed in his ninety five theses was

The sale of indulgences

Facts about Italian city states

Their ruling elite shared an interest in Roman antiquity The economy tended to be centralized in rural areas compared to countries in northern Europe Rulers undertook massive building programs to flaunt their wealth and power They denied political rights to all but a small percentage of the people Not true was that governments routinely promoted the movement for Italian unification

The defenestration of Prague was a cause of this war

Thirty years war

Elizabeth 1 attempted to reduce religious conflict in England through a compromise creed of faith known as the

Thirty-nine articles

The pugachev rebellion threatened the monarchy of

Catherine the great

Prince Henry the navigator of Portugal was significant during the age of exploration because he

Financed the exploration of the west coast of Africa

The Portuguese explorer vasco da gama was the first european to

Find an all water route to India

The power of Brandenburg Prussia was enhanced by

Frederick William "the great elector"

The royal society of London is associated with

Growing correspondence within the scientific community

John calvin

Provided the foundation upon which Puritanism was based

This school of thought is most closely associated with the late sixteenth century writer Michel de montaigne

Skepticism

The outcome of the war of roses was that

The Tudor dynasty came to the throne

The sans culottes were

Urban working class and small scale merchants

The victims of st. Bartholomew's day massacre (1572) were

French calvinists

As a consequence of the great northern war, Peter the great

Gave Russia a window to the west on the Baltic sea

True statement regarding the treaty of tordesillas (1494)

It divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal

This is a true statement regarding the colloquy of Marburg in 1529

It was a debate between Luther and zwingli which resulted in a formal split within protestantism

Ferdinand and isabella's nationalistic policies led to the expulsion from Spain large numbers of

Jews

Jean-baptiste Colbert did all of this to promote the French economy

Built a large merchant fleet, New roads, Destroy the remnants of power held by the craft guilds Provide state support to domestic industries Did not enact protective tariffs and tolls within France's borders

The first woman in modern European history to advocate more opportunities and influence for women

Christine de pisan

Italian renaissance art is best described as

Classically restrained and symmetrical

Fundamental differences between the philosophies of Descartes and bacon in the seventeenth century

Descartes emphasized deductive reasoning and was therefore less bound to observation

All of the following statements are true about the English bill of rights

Established a constitutional monarchy Forbade a standing army without parliaments approval Guaranteed habeas corpus Established parliaments control over taxation Did not establish the kingdom of great Britain great Britain

Viscount Charles Townsend's contribution to the agricultural revolution in England was

Introducing turnips as part of crop rotation

This best characterizes Edmund Burke 's reflections on the revolution in france

It condemned the violence and anarchy of the French revolution

The advances into central Europe by the ottoman empire during the late seventeenth century were pushed back by

Leopold I

The underlying goal of mercantilism was to

Maintain a favorable balance of trade in order to increase the country wealth

Star chamber courts of England did not have

Public trials

The long term consequence of the industrial revolution for the working class was to

Raise their standard of living

Facts about deism

Rejected a literal interpretation of the bible and the divinity of Jesus Argued that God doesn't intervene in the day to day affairs of people Argued that God created the universe and is therefore the source of the physical laws of nature Argued that we have free will to determine what's good and evil

Causes of the French revolution

The bourgeoisie sought greater influence in government, the corrupt regime of Louis xvi led to widespread frustration with the government The nobility of France sought to enhance their power The views of philosophes weakened faith in traditional values and institutions

Napoleon Bonaparte's continental system had as its goal

The defeat of Britain through economic warfare

Was most important in advancing constitutionalism in great Britain in the eighteenth century

The emergence of the cabinet system of government