AP European Exam Review (part 1)

Question 1

Descartes divided existing things into two categories, mind and:

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body

Question 2

Newton was a great opponent of:

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the rationalism of Descartes

Question 3

David Hume doubted the existence of:

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miracles

Question 4

In the early 16th century, the explanation of the place of earth combined the work of:

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Ptolemy and Aristotle

Question 5

Most proponents of the new science sought to explain the natural world through

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mechanical metaphors

Question 6

French nobles were divided between nobles of the "sword" and nobles of the:

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"robe"

Question 7

Philosophes criticized the Christian curch for all of the following EXCEPT:

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taking too limited a role in national politics

Question 8

John Locke was a defender of:

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religious toleration

Question 9

Rousseau believed that men and women:

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should inhabit separate spheres

Question 10

At the start of the Enlightenment, which nation was significantly freer than any other?

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England

Question 11

Galileo believed that all aspects of nature could be described in terms of:

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mathematical relationships

Question 12

Which of the following philosophes came closest to atheism in their religious thinking?

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Baron d'Holbach

Question 13

Galileo believed that all aspects of nature could be described in terms of:

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mathematical relationships

Question 14

Many proponents of mechanism believed:

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the world can be explained in mechanical metaphors

Question 15

The Italian peninsula was transformed into a nation-sate under a constututional monarchy by:

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1860

Question 16

Bacon, Descartes, and Newton all sought to explain the universe in what terms?

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mechanistic

Question 17

The Catholic Church admitted errors had occurred in the 1633 trial of Galileo in what year?

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1992

Question 18

Bismarck is best described as a/an:

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conservative

Question 19

He is known as the father of empiricism:

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Francis Bacon

Question 20

The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in:

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France

Question 21

In the years between 1600 and 1750, the cities that grew most vigorously were:

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capitals and ports

Question 22

The Industrial Revolution came first to:

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Great Britain

Question 23

Russian victory in the Great Northern War led to:

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the expansion of Russian territory in the Baltic

Question 24

Beneficiaries of the 1772 partition of Poland included:

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Austria, Prussia, and Russia

Question 25

Which of the following groups supported the Compromise of 1867?

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Hungarians

Question 26

During the 16th century, the discoveries that most captured the public imagination were made in

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astronomy

Question 27

During the 18th century, bread prices:

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slowly but steadily rose

Question 28

Moses Mendelssohn argued for:

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religious toleration

Question 29

He instituted the most extensive restructuring of Russian society since Peter the Great:

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Alexander II

Question 30

The largest single group in 18th-century cities was/were:

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shopkeepers, artisans, and wage earners

Question 31

Which of the following is true of the scientific revolution?

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it was not rapid

Question 32

In Thomas Hobbes's view, man was

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a self-centered beast

Question 33

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that women were:

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victims of the tyranny of men

Question 34

Under Peter the Great, Russia's boyars:

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lost much of their power

Question 35

He published On Crimes and Punishments:

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Marquis Cesare Beccaria

Question 36

German unification was completed in 1870 as a result of the:

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Franco-Prussian War

Question 37

The Social Contract is one of the best known works of:

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Rousseau

Question 38

Tubula rasa means?

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blank page

Question 39

The single largest free-trade area in Europe during the 18th century was:

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Great Britain

Question 40

Who played a key role in the popularization of the Copernican system?

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Galileo

Question 41

Gladstone's ministry of 1868 to 1874 witnessed the culmination of:

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classical British liberalism

Question 42

Many philosophes believed in a "rational" version of religion known as:

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deism

Question 43

Maria Winkelmann made her contributions in the feild of:

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astronomy

Question 44

According to advocates of the "divine right of kings," kings could only be judged by:

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God

Question 45

Which of the following is not true of Pascal:

Accepted Answer

He was a Jesuit

AP European Exam Review (part 1)

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AP European Exam Review (part 1)

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