AP Euro Semester 1
17-18 century typical european marriages west often made by
2 mature people, generally in their late twenties
why was Galileo persecuted by the catholic church
bc of his support of copernicus
the enclosusures movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
fenced in public land for private use
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was significant during the age of exploration because he
financed the exploration of the west coast of Africa
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was the first European to
find all-water route to India
what is true about Philp II of Spain
he dedicated his reign to eat. Catholic orthodoxy in europe
kepler's contributions to science are
his proof through mathematics that the orbits of the planets are elliptical
the primary cause of the large increase in pop. of Europe in 18 century was
increase in food
what was the specific abuse talked about in luther's 95 theses
indulgences
Viscount Charles Townshend's contribution to the Ag rev. in England was
introducing turnips as part of crop rotation
what characterizes Edmund Burkes Reflection on the Revolution in France
it condemned the violence and anarchy of the french Rev.
Which one is accurate about the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
it divided newly discovered lands between Portugal and spain
what is one thing that isn't true about the english bill of rights?
it officially est. the kingdom of great Britain
what is true about the Treaty of Paris (1763)
it removed France from North America
what best characterizes the table of ranks during the reign of peter the great
it set educational and performance levels for civil servants
colloquy of Marburg in 1529
it was debate between luther and Zwingli resulted in a formal split within Protestantism
martin luther most basic theological idea was that
it was faith alone and God's grace that salvation could be achieved
what figure provided the foundation upon which Puritanism was based on
john calvin
mystics such as Thomas a Kempis
laid the foundations for protestantism's personal approach to worship
the underlying goal of mercantilism was to
maintain a favorable balance of trade in order to increase the countries wealth
protestant reformation:
strangled the power of secular rulers
during the 30 years war the lutheran movement was saved from extinction by the military intervention ( what king did this)
swedish king, gustavus adolphus
what does deism NOT argue?
that it argues that revelation and faith were important in understanding God's laws
Rousseau's concept of the ideal gov't was centered on
the general will
john locke's Two treatises on Civil Gov't approved of rev. provided that
the gov't had violated property rights
what is an outcome of the war of the roses
the tudor family came to the throne
who was the MOST important in in advocating for "divine right" of king Louis XIV
Bishop Bossuent
the Pugachev Rebellion threatened the monarchy of
Catherine the Great
the most powerful european ruler during the protestant reformation was
Charles V
who's the 1st women in modern European history to advocate more pop. and influence for women
Christine de Pisan
whats the fundamental difference between the Descartes and bacon?
Descartes emphasized deductive reasoning and was therefore less bound to observation
what best explains political and military decline of Poland in the late-18 century
Difficulty of achieving political consensus due to the liberum veto
religious wars that plagued France ended with the
Edict of Nantes
who was known as "Prince of the humanist" and wrote In Praise of Folly
Erasmus
the power of Brandenburg Prussia was enhanced primarily through the efforts of
Frederick William "the great elector"
the victims of st Bartholomew's day massacre were
French Calvinist
Which one thing is true regarding the Peace of Augsburg?
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
what wasn't the Italian city states?
Governments routinely promoted the movement for Italian unification
what political philosophers were paired up together because of their similar vies on political power
Hobbes and voltaire
The fourteenth century English reformer whose views were embodied in the Lollard movement was
John Wycliff
wat monarch instituted the largest number of "enlightened" reforms
Joseph II
Hohenzollern authority in ruling Prussia depended on the cooperation and support of the
Junkers
The advances into central Europe by the Ottoman Empire during the late seventeenth century were pushed back by
Leopold I
what order is the french revolution stages are
National assembly, legislative assembly, national convention, Directory, consulate
"...It is,then, much after to be freed than to be loved...but when (danger) approaches , they revolt."... who wrote this?
Nicclo Machiavelli
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
northern vs. Italian renaissance
Religon
which school of thought is most closely associated with the late 16 century writer Michel de Montaigne
Skepticism
Which one is the MOST important in advancing constitutionalism in Great Britain in the eighteenth century?
The emergence of the cabinet system of government
what wasn't a explanation for the upcoming French Rev.
a majority of the Frenchmen sought to replace the monarchy with a republic
what wasn't a precondition of the industrial rev.
a strong guild system
Italian ten. art is most appropriately describe as
classically restrained and symmetrical
the asiento, granted Britain in the peace to Utrecht gave it
control over the African slave trade in the Spains new world colonies
as a consequence of the english reform., henry VIII
disbanded the monasteries
the achievements of jacobins don't included
distributing all the land in rural area among the peasants
as a result to the tennis court oath reps. of the third estate swore to
draft a constitution for France
what did upper class when in the Italian renaissance were given access to
education
jean-baptiste colbert did all of the French economy EXCEPT
enact protective tariffs and tolls within Frances borders
John Locke believed that human knowledge was derived from
environment and reason
as a consequence of the great northern war, peter the great
gave Russia a "window to the west" on the Baltic Sea
The royal Society of London is associated with
growing correspondence within the scientific community
the english navigation acts the first of which was passed in 1651, were initially designed to
prevent Dutch trade with England's colonies
the long term consequence of the industrial rev. for the working class was to
raise their standards in living
Catherine the Great did
she extended Russia's territorial holdings at the expense of the Black sea region
what is not true abt Ag
steam powered plows greatly increased yields
what wasn't an important aspect of the Catholic reform.
the Augsburg Confession
During the ren. , the most widely read book of manners for the wealthy was
the book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
"Ecrases I'infame," Voltaire's slogan of "crush the infamous thing" called for the suppression of
the church
what was the result of the Civil Constitution of the clergy
the church was made a department of the french state
what best characterizes the relationship between Italian ren. and the commercial rev.
the commercial rev. was the result of the Italian ren.
Napoleon Bonaparte's Continental System had as its goal
the defeat of Britain through economic warfare
what was the most important causing the price rev.
the growing in population
what is not true about the star chamber courts of England
trials were public
what wasn't true abt Cardinal Richelieu
waged war on French Jansenist
the British chartist movement of the 19 cent. drew much of its support from the
workers
the Defenestration of Prague was the cause of what war
30 yrs war
Elizabeth i attempted to reduce religious conflict by making a compromise known as
39 articles
Ferdinand and isabella's nationalistic policies led to the expulsion from Spain of large number of
jews
what is true abt the san culottes during the French rev.
they were urban working class and small scale merchants