AP European History Midterm (12-17)

An elite army composed of slave conscripts, loyal to the Sultan were:

Law in 1366 forbidding marriage between English & Irish, & requiring use of English language.

The noble class in Prussia was known as:

Between 1250 & 1450, _____ developed and laid the groundwork for modern representative institutions.

"Nantes" is pronounced "Nant" because

Salons in France during the Age of Enlightenment...

Amid the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent:

A document issued by the RC Church reducing time in purgatory and believed to forgive sins.

During the era of Absolutism, serfdom primarily existed in:

The following are characteristic of sovereign states:

With the capture of Constantinople, the ________ was effectively at an end.

Europe's largest city, Constantinople, was captured in May of 1453 by:

The Age of Discovery successful ignited the rise of the global economy

________ believe the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined.

The Protectorate refers to the military dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell's England.

Baroque architecture was the dominate style during the Age of Absolutism and is exemplified by:

The four phases of the Thirty Years' War took place in the following order:

Teaching that God has determined to save some sinful individuals based upon His will.

A Stadholder in the Dutch Republic was:

Wrote, "It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved."

Chinese admiral whose fleet travelled across the world, spanning 12,000 miles in one voyage.

Polish Mathematician, astronomer, and clergyman. Said the sun was the center of the universe.

A small, maneuverable, sailing ship developed by the Portuguese and used for exploring was:

States that human nature and achievements, evident in the classics, are worthy of contemplation.

The theological belief of predestination is most commonly associated with:

Charles V was responsible for the following

The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds was:

Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great had this reform in common:

Renaissance thinkers largely agreed that government should be run by

The Glorious Revolution witnessed

the Peace of Westphalia effectively ended

What scientific approach did Francis Bacon promote?

A system of Spain granting conquerors the right to forcibly employ natives was:

European search for better access to Asian trade led to the accidental discovery of N. America:

The Black Death resulted in the deaths of roughly _________ of all Europeans.

What was NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution?

Baroque art and architecture is better than Rococo...honestly, it's obvious.

The Edict of Nantes was issued by:

The following statement describes Luther's theological beliefs:

Mercantilism advocates for

He was the Venetian merchant who traveled to China and inspired future travels of Europeans:

Artistically speaking, the Renaissance can be characterized by:

Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, & brokered by the Pope:

In 1358, a massive uprising of French peasants protesting heavy taxes was called ________.

Machiavelli argued that governments should be judged by:

During the Renaissance, the Italian peninsula can best be described as

The Thirty Years' War began as a religious conflict and ended as a political one.

Thomas More was an English humanist know for writing

According to Rousseau, a country should be governed by:

In his essay "On Cannibals", Michel de Montaigne:

European printing press was developed in Germany in the 1440s by metal-smiths like Gutenberg.

During Renaissance, "race" was used interchangeably for ethnic, national, & religious groupings

As the most powerful family in the HRE, the position of "emperor" was often controlled by:

Humanism was the main intellectual movement of the Renaissance.

The Jesuits were founded by Ignatius Loyola and helped to:

The name given to followers of Luther, which came to mean all non-Catholic Western Christians:

European explorers and adventures were influenced by this second-century AD text:

A cross-continental trade route reopened to Europeans by the Mongols was known as:

The Edict of Nantes

State-building included all of the following EXCEPT