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