AP Euro Midterm
All of the following contributed to the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT
Encouragement by the church
Between 1618 and 1648, the Thirty Years' War involved
Virtually every major European land
Which of the following is the best explanation of the popular nickname for Louis XIV as alluded to in the stamp above?
"The Sun King" because all of Europe revolved around Louis XIV
Absolutism and Constitutional Monarchy
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The author of the excerpt would most likely agree with which of the following forms of government?
Absolutism
Why was the establishment of plantations in the New World not impacted by the same trend shown in the graph?
African slaves shared immunities to European diseases
The policy of countries preferring to exploit colonies for precious metals like silvered gold was called
Bullionism
Which of the following was a consequence of the Columbian exchange referenced by Diamond?
European expansion of the African slave trade
Which artistic movement is van Eyck responsible for?
Flemish
Which was a result of the Thirty Years War?
Germany was economically devastated and its population decimated
The events surrounding the letter eventually resulted in the
Glorious Revolution
Louis XIV ruled by using Intendants, hereditary office holders, and
Maintaining a large standing army
All of the following themes are represented in the complete work referenced above EXCEPT
Majority opinion matters
Which group would most likely object to this papal bull?
Monarchs trying to consolidate power in their kingdoms
Which of the following is one of the short-term effects of Pre-Renaissance and....
The emergence of the classical liberalism movement
Which of the following contributed most to the spread of Renaissance ideas throughout Europe?
The invention of the printing press
The event displayed in the painting above depicts
The murder of the Huguenots by the Catholics
The intellectual movement of the Renaissance emphasized
The rediscovery of classical science and scholarship
The cartoon above most likely relates to what?
The tax burden on the Third Estate
Reformation/Exploration
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Ideas such as those referenced in the excerpt resulted in
A new concept of the state as a secular entity
Michelangelo's work reflects which of the following developments in art made during the Italian Renaissance?
Art reflected a new emphasis on naturalism and symmetry
The image provides evidence to support the argument that Peter the Great
Attempted to transform Russian political, cultural, and economic institutions to be more in step with those of Western Europe
The excerpt is most illustrative of the ideas associated with
Civic Humanism
Based on the reading, what was Columbus' primary motivation for exploration?
Commercial motives
_______________ was a period when Cromwell ruled with the Rump Parliament.
Common Wealth
In keeping with his absolute rule, Louis XIV cemented his religious policy of "One King, One Law, One Faith" with the
Edict of Fontainebleau, which revoked the Edict of Nantes
The phase of European discovery and exploration that occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries was prompted mainly by the quest for
Gold and spices
This type of cathedral architecture would be characterized as which of the following?
Gothic
The greatest flaw in Columbus' plan to reach Asia by sailing west was that
He drastically underestimated the circumference of the earth.
Why does this piece by Bruegel seem crowded and chaotic?
He is attempting to portray multiple scenes over time rather than capturing one movement
The reading BEST demonstrates the view of
Individuality of everyone
Which of the following statements best illustrates the role of women during this time?
Involvement in political activities was restricted to a small amount of women in the noble...
This speech is considered a classic example of Renaissance humanism for which of the following reasons?
It declares the ability of humans to control their destiny and to develop themselves by learning
The Versailles Palace in the background of the stamp served to do what?
It was built as a pleasure prison to control the nobility by requiring their attendance there annually
The excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that, in the 17th century, absolute monarchs
Limited the nobility's participation in governance while maintaining a semblance of support for their traditional legal privileges
The events described in the passage most likely occurred in which modern-day country?
Mexico
Which of the philosophers described an ideal system of government using checks and balances?
Montesquieu
The shift in the Italian centers of the Renaissance from Florence to the Papal States most closely relates to
Patronage of the arts
According to the passage, which nation was primed for economic supremacy by 1498?
Portugal
The monarch's 1/5 cut of all the gold and silver found in the New World was called the
Quinto
Petrarch's Letter to Livy reflects which of the following major developments in European 15th century?
Revival of classical writing
In addition to foods, which of the following arguably had a greater if not equal impact?
Smallpox
Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau favored a social contract theory that
Suggested that humans originated in a state of nature and that government came about in order to prevent anarchy
What does Pope Boniface VIII see as the right relationship between the Church and secular power?
That the pope's authority is supreme in all realms
In the 17th century, with regard to political, religious, and economic liberties, England was most similar to
The Netherlands
Peter I brutally suppressed a revolt by
The Streltsy
Peasant revolts of this time period reflected what long-term social change occurring in Western Europe?
The decline of serfdom
The licensing of trade in the passage is an example of which of the following state policies?
The implementation of mercantilism to promote the state's economic interest
What is the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
To stop the growing tensions between the emerging Catholic nation-states of Portugal and Spain
The letter excerpted above was intended for
William III of Orange
In the Thirty Years War, Cardinal Richelieu sided
With the Protestant side, against the Austrian Habsburgs
According to Mirandola, who or what determines your future?
You
Reformation
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All of the following could be described as motivations behind the peasant revolt referenced in the passage EXCEPT
A response to the longstanding economic and political grievances in the countryside
The encomienda system was NOT ended by which of the following?
An increase in the number of mestizos, who by law were forbidden from......encomienda
Peter the Great's policies, as reflected by the image, were most similar to those of
Catherine the Great
Based on the information in this excerpt, which of the following statements would be the MOST accurate?
Da Vinci was the ultimate "Renaissance Man" because he was intellectually curious about many different subjects
Other European states reacted to the Portuguese establishment of a trading-post empire by
Developing rival colonies and overseas trading networks
The shaded areas on the map above represent which of the following?
Dynastic lands of the Habsburgs in the sixteenth century
The political divisions indicated by the map represent which of the following trends?
European political divisions were trending toward monarchial consolidation
The excerpt provides evidence to SUPPORT the argument that
Europeans had begun to look at secular models for political behavior
The trend demonstrated in this graph was primarily caused by
Exposure to European diseases
Why was Las Casas strongly opposed to the encomienda system?
He argued against the enslavement of the Amerindians and their forced conversion to Christianity
Scotland rebelled in 1640 due to the following action taken by Charles I and Archbishop Laud
Imposing the Anglican Book of Common Prayer on the Scots
Which of the following philosophers rejected the view described in the above excerpt and formulated the theory of natural rights?
Locke
The passage above most likely describes
Lorenzo de' Medici
The excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that
Louis XIV and his finance minister extended the administrative and financial control of the French state
The driving philosophy behind the conquistador's search for gold was the economy policy known as
Mercantilism
The excerpt shows the intellectual influence of
Mercantilism
The War of Spanish Succession resulted in the
Prohibition of the unification of the French and Spanish dynasties
One result of Peter the Great's policies was that
Russia acquired territory along the Baltic Sea
John Locke's theory of the tabula rasa
Stated that all knowledge came from experience
Based on your knowledge of early modern history, which of the Old World items listed was most impactful on both the New and Old World?
Sugarcane
Table 1 demonstrates the continued impact of which of the following early modern historical developments?
The Columbian Exchange
Which of the Estates often sided together when voting on taxes?
The First and Second Estates
Which of the following historical occurrences most likely led to the revolt referenced in the passage?
The Hundred Years' War
Which of the following events is the most similar to the revolt described in the passage?
The Jacquerie
According to Diamond's argument, the most important factor for the success of European colonization of the Americas lay in
The biological and environmental advantages held by Europeans
Who is the voice of the document?
The individual
The economic pattern described in this passage is most similar to which imminent commercial pattern?
The shift of economic importance from Asia to the New World
All of the following are EFFECTS of this trend EXCEPT
The spread of smallpox epidemics
In On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Copernicus asserted that
The sun is at the center of the universe and the planets move in elliptical orbits around it
Which new artistic technique seen in this piece is accredited to van Eyck?
The use of oil paint on wooden boards
Though they considered themselves Catholic, Italian humanists like Mirandela challenged traditional medieval Christian thinking in all of the following ways EXCEPT
They rejected the Christian conception of God in 3 aspects
Copernicus's theory was known as the ___________ theory and replaced the ____________ theory
Heliocentric; Ptolemaic
Exploration and colonization of the New World in the sixteenth century impacted the European balance of power by
Increasing the power of Spain and Portugal
What was the intent of the encomienda system in the New World?
Amerindians paid tributes to encomenderos who Christianized them and promised to protect them
What was the most insidious effect of the sudden influx of gold and silver into Spain in the ... century?
An increased rate of inflation
Like many Northern Renaissance artists, how did Durer learn advanced techniques allowing the movement as a whole to happen?
Durer and others traveled to Italy to learn from Italian masters and then took what they learned back home
Which of the following economic patterns does the passage describe?
Shifting of economic power in Europe from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic states
The Portuguese slave trade described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?
The establishment of a European-dominated system of plantation agriculture
The above excerpt quotes which of the following philosophers?
Hobbes
Humanism in the Renaissance combined secular and various Catholic and pagan themes; one major example of this is
Neoplatonism
Which of the scientists of the Scientific Revolution described the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation?
Newton
As portrayed in this piece, how does Bruegel's work break with artistic trends of the Renaissance?
His themes are centered on the everyday life of the peasantry rather than the Church or nobility
The building of such Cathedrals reflected what about European society at the time?
Grand domestic architecture was reserved primarily for the Catholic Church
Where is this passage most likely to be found?
The Prince
The Petition of Right stated which of the following?
The King could not suspend laws of parliament or raise taxes
Which of the following documents represented a direct reaction to the message of the excerpt above?
English Bill of Rights
By the mid-17th century, the Stuart monarchs' expression of attitudes similar to those revealed in the excerpt resulted in the
English Civil War
Which of the following was Louis XIV's greatest weakness as ruler?
He spent over two-thirds of his reign at war and much of it was fruitless
At the end of the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV converted from Calvinism to Catholicism because he
Wanted to gain control over Paris
This excerpt and all others from the above book would lead one to conclude that Giorgio Vasari
Was considered by many in the West to be the first modern art historian
Who enacted the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Pope Alexander VI
Upon his arrival in England, the recipient of the letter
Signed the English Bill of Rights, ensuring that future English monarchs would always respect the traditional rights of Parliament
What major point were both artists making in using the Old Testament story of David and Goliath as the theme of their artwork?
The young David represents the independent city-state of Florence standing against tyranny and/or the strongest states that threatened it on all of its borders.
Which of the following was NOT a reflection in these sculptures of the basic principles of Renaissance humanism?
These secular sculptures were a rejection of basic Christian beliefs
One result of the policies outlined in the excerpt was that, during the reign of Louis XIV, France
Financed four wars which upset the European balance of power, provoking alliances among other European nations
Which of the following is a difference between churches in the Northern and Italian Renaissances?
Northern churches were stark and bare while Italian churches were very bright and featured frescoes and statues
This excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that
The Renaissance period provided opportunities to raise debates about the role of women