AP Euro first semester study guide
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
During the Renaissance, the most widely read book of manners for the wealthy was
The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
Which of the following statements is true regarding the outcome of the war of the roses?
The Tudor dynasty came to the throne
Which of the following was MOST important in advancing constitutionalism in Great Britain in the eighteenth century?
The emergence of the cabinet system
John Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government approved of revolution provided that
The government had violated property rights
The specific abuse that Luther addressed in his "Ninety-Five Theses" was
The sale of indulgences
Elizabeth I attempted to reduce religious conflict in England through a compromise creed of faith known as the
Thirty-Nine articles
Which of the following was MOST important in advocating for "divine right" of kings under Louis XIV?
Thomas Hobbes
Italian Renaissance art is most appropriately described as
classically restrained and symmetrical
As a consequence of the English Reformation, Henry VIII
disbanded the monasteries
The achievements of the Jacobins included all of the following EXCEPT
distributing all land in rural areas among the peasants
The enclosure movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
fenced in public land for private use
The primary cause of the large increase in the population of Europe in the eighteenth century was
increase in the food supply
Viscount Charles Townsend's contribution to the Agricultural Revolution in England was
introducing turnips as part of crop rotation
All of the following are true of the "Agricultural revolution" in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe EXCEPT
steam-powered plows greatly increased yields
"Ecrasez I'infame," Voltaire's slogan of "crush the infamous thing" called for the suppression of
the church
Napoleon Bonaparte's Continental System had as it goal
the defeat of Britain through economic warfare
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of the ideal government was centered on
the general will
All of the following are true about the Star Chamber courts of England EXCEPT
trials were public
Int the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the typical European marriage was most often made by
two mature people, generally in their late twenties
All of the following statements about Cardinal Richelieu are true EXCEPT that he
waged war on the French Jansnists
Which of the following best characterizes the Table of Ranks during reign of Peter the Great?
It set educational and performance levels for civil servants
Which of the following statements is true concerning Philip II of Spain?
He dedicated his reign to establishing Catholic orthodoxy in Europe
Which of the following statements concerning the Protestant Reformation is true?
It strengthened the power of secular rulers
Galileo's persecution by the Catholic Church was largely brought about by his support if which of the following?
Nicholas Copernicus
Which one 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
All of the following were preconditions for the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
a strong guild system
The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was the first European to
find an all-water route to India
The British Chartist movement of the nineteenth century drew much of its support from the
workers
In which area did opportunities for upper class women increase most during the Italian Renaissance?
Access to education
The Pugachev Rebellion threatened the monarchy of
Catherine the Great
During the second half of the seventeenth century, the power of Brandenburg-Prussia was enhanced primarily through the efforts of
Frederick William "The Great Elector"
The royal Society of London is associated with which of the following?
Growing correspondence within the scientific community
All of the following ere important aspects of the Catholic Reformation EXCEPT
The Augsburg Confession
The English Navigation Acts, the first of which was passed in 1651 were initially designed to
prevent Dutch trade with England's colonies.
The most powerful European ruler at the time of the protestant Reformation was
Charles V
Which of the following was the first woman in modern European history to advocate more opportunities and influence for women?
Christine de Pisan
The aide to 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
Which of the following was known as the "Prince of the Humanists," and in such works as In Praise of Folly, criticized the clergy and abuses that he saw in the Christian Church?
Desiderius Erasmus
Which one of the following statements best explains the political and military decline of Poland by the late-eighteenth century?
Difficulty achieving political consensus due to the liberum veto
The sixteenth century religious wars that plagued France ended with the
Edict of Nantes
The victims of the 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
Which of the following statements is true regarding 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
As a result of the tennis court oath, representatives of the third estate swore to
Drafts constitution for France
Which of the following statements regarding Deism is NOT correct?
It argued that revelation and faith were important in understanding God's laws
Which of the following best characterizes Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France?
It condemned the violence and anarchy of the French Revolution
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?
It divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal
All of the following statements regarding the English bill of rights are true EXCEPT
It officially established the kingdom of Great Britain
The northern renaissance differed from the renaissance in Italy in that
It placed a greater emphasis upon religious piety
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
It removed France from North America
Ferdinand and Isabella's nationalistic politics led to the expulsion from Spain of large numbers of
Jews
Which of the following figures provided the foundation upon which Puritanism was based?
John Calvin
The fourteenth-century English reformers whose views were embodied in the Lollard movement was
John Wyclif
Which of the following monarchs instituted the largest number of "Enlightened" reforms?
Joseph II
Hohenzollern authority in ruling Prussia depended on the cooperation and support of the
Junkers
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mystics such as Thomas a Kempis
Laid the foundations for Protestantism's personal approach to worship
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
Which of the following sets of French Revolutionary phases is in correct chronological order (earliest to latest)?
National Assembly, legislative assembly, national convention, directory, consulate
"It is, then, much safer to be feared that to be loved..."
Niccolò Machiavelli
Which of the following was a result of Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution?
The church was made a department of the French state
The Defenestration of Prague was a cause of which of the following wars?
Thirty Years' War
Which of these statements expresses a fundamental difference between the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century?
Descartes emphasized deductive reasoning and was therefore less bound to observation
Which was NOT true of Italian city states during the Renaissances?
Governments routinely promoted the movement for Italian unification
Which of the following statements regarding the Colloquy of Marburg in 1529 is correct?
It was a debate between Luther and Zwingli which resulted in a formal split within Protestantism
Martin Luther's most fundamental theological idea was that
It was by faith alone and Gods grace that salvation could be achieved
The long term consequence of the Industrial Revolution for the working class was to
raise their standard of living
Which of the following statements regarding Catherine the Great is correct?
She extended Russia's territorial holdings at the expense of the Black Sea region
Which school of thought is most closely associated with the late-sixteenth-century writer, Micheal de Montaigne?
Skepticism
During the Thirty Years' War, the Lutheran movement was saved from extinction by the military intervention of which of the following?
Swedish king king, Gustavus Adolphus
Which pf the following was the most important in causing the Price Revolution in the sixteenth century?
The growth in Europe's population
Which of the following statements is true concerning the sans culottes during the French Revolution
They were urban working class and small scale merchants
All of the following have been advances as explanations for the coming of the French Revolution EXCEPT
a majority of the Frenchmen sought to replace the monarchy with a republic
In An Essay Concerning the Human Understanding, John Locke held that human knowledge was derived from
environmental and reason
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was significant during the Age of Exploration because he
financed the exploration of the west coast of Africa
Johannes Kepler's contribution to the Scientific Revolution was his
proof through mathematics that the orbits of the planets are elliptical
Which of the following political philosophers are correctly paired based upon the similarity of their views regarding political power?
Hobbes and Voltaire
Jean-Baptiste Colbert did all of the following to promote the French economy EXCEPT
enact protective tariffs and tolls within France's borders