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The mother of all AP Euro reviews...from the Black Death to the Maastricht Treaty
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1
The scientific fact that the orbits of the planets are elliptical was discovered by ________.
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
2
The Hundred Years' War took place primarily in __________.
England
Germany
France
The Netherlands
3
The Open Door Policy ________.
was strongly supported by Russia
allowed all nations to trade in Chinaon equal terms
divided China into sections
allowed China to control its own trade
4
One of the primary motives for the New Imperialism was the ________.
need for new sources of raw materials
desire to bring Western values to non-Western areas
belief an empire was necessary for a great power
desire to promote Christianity among non-Westerners
5
The French monarchy was hostile towards Protestants until ________.
Elizabeth I provided financial and military support
the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Henry of Navarre came to power
the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
6
What English humanist wrote a famous book called
Utopia
?
Thomas Hobbes
Roger Bacon
Henry VIII
Thomas More
7
One of the central features of the Romantic movement in Germany was the emergence of ________.
nationalism
liberalism
anarchism
communism
8
The monarch that most exemplifies enlightened absolutism was ________.
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
Maria Theresa
9
The single most powerful European political ideology proved to be ________.
republicanism
communism
nationalism
liberalism
10
What field of science most influenced racial thinking at the end of the nineteenth century?
biology
physics
medicine
chemistry
11
In the peace talks that ended World War I, Germany________.
retained the right tostation troops west of the Rhine River
negotiated several major concessions
negotiated a few minor concessions
was forced to accept terms dictated by the victors
12
The
Concert of Europe
refers to the ________.
an arrangement for resolving mutual foreign policy issues
January 1820 outbreak of the Spanish revolution
1814 restoration of the French monarchy
new Russian, Austrian, Prussian, and British alliance
13
The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in ________.
Italy
Great Britain
France
Prussia
14
Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted __________.
to become more isolated
to forge alliances with Russia and France
a navy and colonies like Britain’s
to expand the German Empire by gaining territory
15
The revolutions of 1848 began in ________.
Germany
France
Austria
Great Britain
16
The Second Industrial Revolution was associated with________.
textiles, plastics, and railroads
steam, iron, and electricity
steel, chemicals, and electricity
iron, chemicals, and railroads
17
In Spain, Napoleon faced________.
well-organized military forces
a powerful navy
harsh winter conditions
guerrilla warfare
18
Napoleon III’s primary goal in redesigning Paris was to ________.
make it less protester-friendly
attract new residents
deflect attention away from his social policies
pacify reformers
19
John XXII tried to return the papacy from __________ to Rome.
Milan
Paris
Avignon
Florence
20
The 1935 Nuremberg laws ________.
nationalized all banks and factories
established a police state in Germany
stripped German Jews of their citizenship
were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy
21
What was the most important problem in the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
the couple had different religious views
the couple lived in different countries
Henry VIII needed a male heir
Catherine had been raised in Spain
22
The Roman Catholic Church recognized the need for reform and met from 1545–1563 at the _______.
Diet of Worms
Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Augsburg
Council of Trent
23
What is William of Orange known for?
He led the movement for the independence of the Netherlands
He was the captain of the Spanish Armada.
Along with the Duke of Alba, he suppressed Protestant revolt
He led the Turks against Spain.
24
Who was known as the "father of humanism?"
Dante Alighieri
Giovanni Boccaccio
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Francesco Petrarch
25
The Black Death found its way into Europe via __________.
Italy
Spain
Scandinavia
North Africa
26
The major powers at the Congress of Vienna included ________.
Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
Prussia, Austria, France, and Italy
russia, France, Austria, and Great Britain
Russia, France, Italy, and Great Britain
27
The Thermidorian Reaction was a product of reaction to what two developments?
the Tennis Court Oath and the Reign of Terror
the Reign of Terror and the power of the sans-culottes
the deaths of Robespierre and Danton
the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Great Fear
28
Cosimo de’ Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?
Venice
Florence
Genoa
Rome
29
Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this “humane” form of execution.
electrocution
hanging
poisoning
guillotine
30
Who sponsored Genoese adventurer Christopher Columbus?
King Henry VIII
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Archduke Phillip
Catherine of Aragon
31
A key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for ________.
new laws to enforce gender equality in the workplace
the creation of a unified currency
the creation of a police force to fight the drug trade
the establishment of uniform wages in all the EU countries
32
Which of these men ruled the French Second Empire?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Charles X
Louis Phillippe
Napoleon III
33
The American policy to resist the extension of Soviet expansion is called __________.
restraint
constriction
containment
constraint
34
The declaration of Napoleon as Emperor of France was ratified by ________.
a plebiscite
The Directory
a consul of the republic
a voice vote in the Assembly
35
Which of these best explains the Great Purges?
They were largely the product of Stalin’s fears and goals
They were a reaction to the Versailles settlement.
They were the kind of revolution foreseen by Marx.
They were a natural outgrowth of the Bolshevik takeover.
36
Cavour’s methods to achieve Italian unification would coincide with this philosopher’s ideology
Descartes
Locke
Machiavelli
Robespierre
37
At the time of the Yalta Conference, Eastern Europe was occupied by ________.
the United States
Great Britain
the Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
38
The term
Anschluss
refers to the ________.
shared tradition of anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany
union of Austria with Germany in 1938
German invasion of Poland
alliance of Germany, Japan,and Italy
39
The Holocaust claimed the greatest number of victims from ________.
Poland
Germany
Russia
Hungary
40
According to advocates of the “divine right of kings,” kings could be judged only by ________.
God
fellow monarchs
the people
the nobility
41
the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by ________.
Nicolae Ceausescu
Václav Havel
Lech Wałęsa
Gustav Husak
42
Baroque art became associated with ________.
the Renaissance
popular Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
English nobility
43
Who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire”?
Pope John Paul II
U.S. President Jimmy Carter
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
44
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany________.
by legal means
after a campaign of selective assassination
after a brief, but bloody, revolution
after a heated lawsuit
45
The term “Machiavellian” has become synonymous with ________.
slow decision making
welfare policies
tools made by machinists
ruthless political expediency
46
Under Lenin’s New Economic Policy,________.
peasants hoarded grain
the government restricted free trade
private economic enterprise was permitted
peasants did not have to pay taxes
47
Which of the following would be an example of socialist realism?
a painting of university professors
a collage of headlines about socialism
a photo documentary of writers
a poster depicting factory workers
48
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was proclaimed by ________.
the National Constituent Assembly
Louis XVI
the First Estate
the Directory
49
Who were the supporters of Charles I and Parliament in the English Civil War?
the Roundheads and the Cavaliers respectively
the Cavaliers and the Roundheads respectively
the Reds and the Whites respectively
the Puritans and Anglicans respectively
50
The first major European nation to begin to create a welfare state was ________.
Spain
France
Germany
Great Britain
51
John Locke argues against absolute monarchy in his ________.
Common Sense
Second Treatise of Civil Government
Leviathan
A Counterblast toTobacco
52
Proletarianization was closely linked to _______ and______.
enclosures; the rural economy
industrialization; urbanization
poverty; serfdom
the elite lifestyle; landowning
53
The most important political development in Europe between 1848 and 1914 was ________.
The creation of the Dual Monarchy
Italian unification
the leadership of Bismarck
German unification
