AP European History
The ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin were similar in that they..
both maintained the sacrament of baptism and communion.
The map of above best reflects Europe during which of the following dates?
1648
Which of the following countries saw the largest number of its people migrate to the New World during the 17th and 18th centuries?
Britain
Which European ruler posed the biggest obstacle to the spread of Protestantism in the 16th century?
HRE emperor Charles V.
Which of the following people had the biggest impact on the philosophy and practices of Frederick the Great.
Voltaire
a significant long term consequence of the Indust.Rev. for the working class after 1850 was...
led to separate spheres of men and women in urban society.
The english civil war and the french revolution were similar because...
they both experienced a swing from moderate revolution to radical rule, to finally the restoration of the Bourbon and Stuart thrones.
Which of the following would have MOST likely objected to mercantilism?
Adam Smith
Which of the following would most likely have been opposed to the cruel treatment of American Indians in the sixteenth-century New World?
Las Casas
The first European explorer to find an all-water route to India by rounding the southern tip of Africa was...
Vasco da Gama
Which of the following best explains the trend in Europe's population between 1400 and 1600?
despite the waves of plague, European population continued to increase, suggesting that the eradication of the plague was not the cause of steady population growth during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
All of the following are results of the "Glorious Revolution" in England EXCEPT..
England did NOT abandon its mercantilist policies
Which of the following was a persistent foreign policy challenge that threatened the Austrian Hapsburg between 1525 and 1700.
Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent
Which of the following rulers was the most successful in achieving long-term territorial expansion?
Catherine the Great
The images from Passional of Christ and Antichrist reflect which of the following statements?
Non-catholic point of view,criticism of selling indulgences, against the pope granting favors for money, referred to church abuses.
Which of the following would supporters of classical liberalism likely support?
Enlightenment thought
Which Italian city-state dominated the Renaissance during the fifteenth century?
Medici family FLORENCE
Which of the following events is MOST likely represented by the political cartoon shown above?
Tennis Court Oath and the Storming of the Bastille
Which of the following is most closely associated with advances in human anatomy during the 16th century.
Vesalius', The Structure of the Human Body.
Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Thirty Years' War..
The Defenestration of Prague
One of the key accomplishments of Peter the Great was his...
defeat of Sweden that gained Latvia and Estonia in the Baltic regions.
Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation used in navigation during the 16th century?
The Chronometer
Which of the following countries dominated European elite culture in the late- 17th century?
France
The Quotation from a Catholic Council to Galileo helps explain...
confirm Copernicus' Heliocentric theory.
The Zollvererin was significant in the mid-19th century due to its..
German customs union that created a free trade zone among member German states.
which of the following belief systems was represented a secular view of the universe?
Deism of the Enlightenment
All of the following are characteristic of Italian Renaissance art EXCEPT..
Drama and Action
Which of the following 16th century Catholic figures had a significant impact in promoting emotionalism and a personal relationship with God.
Teresa of Avila
Issac Newton's Principia in 1687, was a milestone in science because it
proved for the first time the validity of Copernicus' heliocentric theory
all of the following were conditions that enabled England to industrialize EXCEPT.
English system varied markedly from the french regarding the extent to which the central government made economic decisions.
Which of the following statements best describes French society on the eve of the French Revolution?
As a result of the Commercial revolution, the middle class in France continued to grow both in size and in power. By the eve of the French Rev. many members of the middle class were wealthier than their noble counterparts. Middle class was forefront of the gov.
Which of the following was the immediate cause of the English Civil War?
Charles' religious persecution of Puritans... Parliament was composed of many Puritans and English Presbyterians.
Which of the following strongly supported increased male suffrage?
Chartist Movement
Which of the following was replaced by King Louis XIV's Edict of Fountainbleu?
Henry VI's Edict of Nantes
Which of the following was the LEAST successful policy carried out by Napoleon Bonaparte during his rule.
The Continental System
which of the following would most likely favor the interests of the bourgeoisie?
Thomas Paine
In general upper class women during the Italian Renaissance..
well-educated and well-mannered so as to serve as an ornament to her husband.
The commercial revolution in the years between 1500 and 1700 had which of the following effects on western society?
Led by the middle class who could parlay their economic success into increased influence and respect. Nobility, opposite
The liberum veto is most notabe for its failure to...
enabled a single dissenting vote to kill a current session and any legislation that had been passed during the session.
which of the following laws best reflects government reform in response to the above statement?
The Factory Act of 1833.
"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests"
The Prince by Machiavelli. Ruler couldn't be all things to people "the end justifies the means"
the ottoman empire effectively maintain control of southeastern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries by..?
created a bureaucracy of former Christians that administered the ottoman lands in the Balkans and eastern Europe.
Religious toleration of the Dutch...
fostered a cosmopolitan atmosphere that enabled merchant of different persuasions to conduct business in the country.
In the period from 1450 to 1550, which of the following best explains a major difference between society in Renaissance Italy and the societies of France and England...
inability to defend against foreign invasion, Hundred Years' War.
which of the following statement BEST reflects the above woodcut? (Adam and Eve)
seems to imitate Greek and Roman sculptural traditions. Key characteristic is the contrapposto stance muscular portrayal of Adam is another Greek and Roman influence.
A major difference between European society in the Renaissance compared to society in the Later Middle Ages was that Renaissance society experienced..
the printing press
The work of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Edward Jenner paved the way for the control of which of the following diseases by the early 19th century?
Smallpox
A major difference between the Italian renaissance and the Northern renaissance was that the Italian renaissance..
Italian rediscovered many of the literary masterpieces of Greek and Roman antiquity. Northern had a greater emphasis on the translation and understanding of the New testament of the Bible.
Which of the following statements regarding child-rearing in the 18th century is accurate?
Lower mortality and humanitarian ideas resulted in improved relationships between parents and their children during the 18th century. Families began to decrease in size and parent increasingly sought a nurturing environment for their children.
which of the following countries was the last to indust. during the 19th century.?
Russia
Elizabeth I of England and Henry IV of France were similar in their..
both considered politiques,
The painting above, showing Napoleon's coronation in 1804, illustrates which of the following.
important symbolic gesture, napoleon is crowning himself. he is therefor not beholden to the church or other political factions.
the most important innovation of the AG REV. that led immediately to dramatic increases in food production was the..
open-field system
which of the following statements is true regarding the treaty of Westphalia?
recognition of Switzerland and the Dutch republic as independent state while effectively ending the influence of the HRE.
a major difference between societies of eastern and western Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries was the..
the prevalence of serfdom in eastern europe.
The image of Peter the Great cutting of the beard of an "Old Believer" most likely demonstrates Peter's desire to...
westernize Russia after he traveled to Western Europe as a young man and was impressed by its technology and culture. Pictures symbolizes that the men should cut-off their beards and wear European clothing.
Which of the following was an important consequence of the Treaty of Utrecht?
Ended War of Spanish Succession, which represented to end of the expansionist wars of Louis XIV. B
The principle architect of Prussian statehood and its emergence as a European power in the 17th century was..
Frederick William, "The Great Elector"
"Behold an immense people united in a single person; behold this holy power, paternal and absolute; behold the secret cause which governs the whole body of the state, contained in a single head: you see the image of God in the king, and you have the idea of royal majesty..." Author of the above passage is..
Bishop Bossuet
Which of the following statements concerning the doctrine of the Anglican Church under Henry VII is accurate?
The Anglican Church under Henry VII maintained much of the Catholic Church's doctrine.
All of the following were essential to the development of the Industrial revolution between the years 1780 to 1850 EXCEPT.
The seed drill, was an important AG REV.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the Treaty of Tordesillas?
brokered by Pope Alexander VI in an attempt to prevent two catholic countries from fighting. the treaty drew a line down the atlantic ocean. Portugal = East, Spain = West.
The Council of Trent was significant because it...
foundation of the Catholic reformation as it defined Church doctrine for the next 400 years and succeeded in reforming many of the abuses within the church.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was prominent in advocating the..
idea of "general will".
The social group that succeeded in maintaining most of its gains during the French REV. and Napoleonic eras was the..
the peasantry
The map dictated by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 BEST supports which of the following conclusions?
effectively removed France from North America and turn Britain into one of the two dominant power of the North American continent.
An important characteristic of the "new monarchs" of the late 15th century and early 16th century was their...
increased power over their states by reducing the power of the nobility and the Roman Catholic Church in their realms
Napoleon's acceptance of the Concordat of 1801 resulted in..
removed clergy member who had pledged loyalty to the revolution and returned clergy members to their position who had refused to take the oath.
Which of the following was an important spokesperson for the increased rights of women during the French.Rev.?
Olympe de Gouges.
Francis Bacon is an important figure in the Scientific Revolution because he...
formalized empiricism/direct observation/inductive approach.
Which of the following countries had the most important trade and finance center during the first half of the 17th century?
Amsterdam, "The Golden Age of the Netherlands."
Which of the following supported repressive measure in order to combat heresy within Catholic countries..
Ignatius Loyola found the Jesuit Order
Which of the following best characterizes the sixteenth-century work of art above, Toledo, by El Greco?
Mannerist style rebelled against renaissance perfection. Darker unnatural colors, elongated figures and a more primitive use of perception.
The most radical phase of the French revolution occurred during the..
National Convention, 1792 to 1795.
All of the following sought to rule as Enlightened monarchs EXCEPT?
Peter the Great
The first country to introduce African slavery to the New World was?
Portugal
The quotation by Thomas More in Utopia illuminates which of the following conditions in 16th century England?
The first enclosure acts in England, landowners fenced in common farm lands for the purpose of more efficient sheep herding. Result was a displacement of many farmers who had relied on the commons lands for their livelihood as well as others who relied on AG. production, such as millers.
which of the following statements concerning industrialization in Continental Europe is true?
The wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon did no disrupt the English economy.
A consequence of the AG revolution in the 18th century was the..
dramatic increase in food production that could sustain a much larger population.
Between 1689 and 1815 the central issue in European diplomacy was
power struggle, wars, time was known as the "Second Hundred Years' War"
