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The mother of all AP Euro reviews...from the Black Death to the Maastricht Treaty
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1
Who were the supporters of Charles I and Parliament in the English Civil War?
the Cavaliers and the Roundheads respectively
the Puritans and Anglicans respectively
the Roundheads and the Cavaliers respectively
the Reds and the Whites respectively
2
The monarch that most exemplifies enlightened absolutism was ________.
Maria Theresa
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
3
The Black Death found its way into Europe via __________.
Italy
North Africa
Scandinavia
Spain
4
Which of these best explains the Great Purges?
They were a reaction to the Versailles settlement.
They were a natural outgrowth of the Bolshevik takeover.
They were largely the product of Stalin’s fears and goals
They were the kind of revolution foreseen by Marx.
5
The Reformation in Zurich was led by ________.
John Calvin
Henry of Navarre
Ulrich Zwingli
Martin Luther
6
What event was held in the attempt to unite the Swiss and German Protestants?
the Marburg Colloquy
the Diet of Augsburg
the Diet of Worms
the Peace of Westphalia
7
In the peace talks that ended World War I, Germany________.
retained the right tostation troops west of the Rhine River
negotiated several major concessions
was forced to accept terms dictated by the victors
negotiated a few minor concessions
8
Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted __________.
to forge alliances with Russia and France
a navy and colonies like Britain’s
to become more isolated
to expand the German Empire by gaining territory
9
Which of the following would be an example of socialist realism?
a poster depicting factory workers
a collage of headlines about socialism
a photo documentary of writers
a painting of university professors
10
The Thermidorian Reaction was a product of reaction to what two developments?
the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Great Fear
the Reign of Terror and the power of the sans-culottes
the Tennis Court Oath and the Reign of Terror
the deaths of Robespierre and Danton
11
The 1935 Nuremberg laws ________.
were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy
stripped German Jews of their citizenship
nationalized all banks and factories
established a police state in Germany
12
The major powers at the Congress of Vienna included ________.
russia, France, Austria, and Great Britain
Prussia, Austria, France, and Italy
Russia, France, Italy, and Great Britain
Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
13
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was proclaimed by ________.
the National Constituent Assembly
the First Estate
the Directory
Louis XVI
14
The scientific fact that the orbits of the planets are elliptical was discovered by ________.
Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
15
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany________.
after a heated lawsuit
after a campaign of selective assassination
by legal means
after a brief, but bloody, revolution
16
The Hundred Years' War took place primarily in __________.
Germany
England
France
The Netherlands
17
The
Concert of Europe
refers to the ________.
1814 restoration of the French monarchy
January 1820 outbreak of the Spanish revolution
an arrangement for resolving mutual foreign policy issues
new Russian, Austrian, Prussian, and British alliance
18
A key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for ________.
the creation of a police force to fight the drug trade
the establishment of uniform wages in all the EU countries
the creation of a unified currency
new laws to enforce gender equality in the workplace
19
According to advocates of the “divine right of kings,” kings could be judged only by ________.
the people
God
the nobility
fellow monarchs
20
Proletarianization was closely linked to _______ and______.
the elite lifestyle; landowning
industrialization; urbanization
enclosures; the rural economy
poverty; serfdom
21
Which of these men ruled the French Second Empire?
Charles X
Louis Phillippe
Napoleon III
Napoleon Bonaparte
22
Cavour’s methods to achieve Italian unification would coincide with this philosopher’s ideology
Locke
Robespierre
Descartes
Machiavelli
23
The single most powerful European political ideology proved to be ________.
communism
republicanism
nationalism
liberalism
24
Who was known as the "father of humanism?"
Dante Alighieri
Francesco Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Michelangelo Buonarroti
25
The Second Industrial Revolution was associated with________.
steam, iron, and electricity
textiles, plastics, and railroads
iron, chemicals, and railroads
steel, chemicals, and electricity
26
Napoleon III’s primary goal in redesigning Paris was to ________.
make it less protester-friendly
pacify reformers
attract new residents
deflect attention away from his social policies
27
Baroque art became associated with ________.
Roman Catholicism
English nobility
popular Protestantism
the Renaissance
28
Who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire”?
Pope John Paul II
U.S. President Jimmy Carter
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
29
At the time of the Yalta Conference, Eastern Europe was occupied by ________.
the Soviet Union
the United States
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
30
John XXII tried to return the papacy from __________ to Rome.
Paris
Milan
Florence
Avignon
31
What is William of Orange known for?
He led the movement for the independence of the Netherlands
He led the Turks against Spain.
He was the captain of the Spanish Armada.
Along with the Duke of Alba, he suppressed Protestant revolt
32
Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this “humane” form of execution.
electrocution
guillotine
poisoning
hanging
33
The first major European nation to begin to create a welfare state was ________.
Spain
France
Great Britain
Germany
34
John Locke argues against absolute monarchy in his ________.
Second Treatise of Civil Government
Common Sense
A Counterblast toTobacco
Leviathan
35
The Roman Catholic Church recognized the need for reform and met from 1545–1563 at the _______.
Council of Trent
Diet of Worms
Peace of Augsburg
Peace of Westphalia
36
The French monarchy was hostile towards Protestants until ________.
Henry of Navarre came to power
the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Elizabeth I provided financial and military support
37
What English humanist wrote a famous book called
Utopia
?
Thomas Hobbes
Henry VIII
Thomas More
Roger Bacon
38
The term
Anschluss
refers to the ________.
shared tradition of anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany
German invasion of Poland
alliance of Germany, Japan,and Italy
union of Austria with Germany in 1938
39
The declaration of Napoleon as Emperor of France was ratified by ________.
The Directory
a voice vote in the Assembly
a plebiscite
a consul of the republic
40
The most important political development in Europe between 1848 and 1914 was ________.
the leadership of Bismarck
German unification
Italian unification
The creation of the Dual Monarchy
41
One of the primary motives for the New Imperialism was the ________.
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
need for new sources of raw materials
42
The revolutions of 1848 began in ________.
Germany
Great Britain
France
Austria
43
The term “Machiavellian” has become synonymous with ________.
ruthless political expediency
tools made by machinists
welfare policies
slow decision making
44
What field of science most influenced racial thinking at the end of the nineteenth century?
biology
physics
medicine
chemistry
45
Cosimo de’ Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?
Venice
Genoa
Florence
Rome
46
The American policy to resist the extension of Soviet expansion is called __________.
restraint
constriction
constraint
containment
47
What was the most important problem in the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
the couple lived in different countries
Henry VIII needed a male heir
Catherine had been raised in Spain
the couple had different religious views
48
The Open Door Policy ________.
allowed China to control its own trade
allowed all nations to trade in Chinaon equal terms
divided China into sections
was strongly supported by Russia
49
One of the central features of the Romantic movement in Germany was the emergence of ________.
anarchism
liberalism
communism
nationalism
50
the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by ________.
Václav Havel
Nicolae Ceausescu
Lech Wałęsa
Gustav Husak
51
Who sponsored Genoese adventurer Christopher Columbus?
Catherine of Aragon
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Archduke Phillip
King Henry VIII
52
In Spain, Napoleon faced________.
well-organized military forces
a powerful navy
guerrilla warfare
harsh winter conditions
53
The Holocaust claimed the greatest number of victims from ________.
Poland
Germany
Hungary
Russia
54
The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in ________.
Great Britain
Prussia
Italy
France
55
Under Lenin’s New Economic Policy,________.
the government restricted free trade
peasants hoarded grain
peasants did not have to pay taxes
private economic enterprise was permitted
