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1
Zwingli was responsible for the Protestant Reformation in...
Belgium
Denmark
The Netherlands
Switzerland
2
What did the Edict of Nantes (1598) do?
Took away rights and freedoms from the Huguenots
Gave Huguenots religious toleration
Legalized Catholicism in France
Started the French War of Religion
3
Which of these was NOT a characteristic of Romantic art?
The Individual
Rationalism
Emotion
Nature
4
Which of these were caused by the Reactionary July Ordinances (1830)?
The French revolution of 1848
King Charles X flees and is replaced by Louis Philippe
The middle class was removed from power
The Valois Dynasty is restored
5
Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, and Peter the Great are all considered...
Politiques
Constitutional Momarchs
Enlightened Absolutists
Absolute Monarchs
6
The Council of Trent forbade which of these?
Baptism & the Eucharist
Selling of Indulgences
Clerical Corruption & Absenteeism
Latin Mass
7
The first to explore West Africa were __ which spurred other countries to est. their own colonies & trade networks
British
French
Portuguese
Spanish
8
Mussolini attacked the following African country prior to WWII
Egypt
Morocco
Libya
Ethiopia
9
Silent Spring
(1962) was written by ______ and warned of approaching environmental calamities.
Gloria Steinham
Betty Friedan
Rachel Carson
Charles de Gaulle
10
Painting and sculpture during the Renaissance were characterized by which of the following?
Cold and one-dimensional depiction of myths
Reliance on Gothic themes and styles
Focus entirely on religious subject matter
Human body presented in naturalistic terms
11
Which of the following countries would have banned Protestant literature in the 16th century?
Spain
Switzerland
The Netherlands
England
12
Deism depicted God as...
a "divine watchmaker"
a "kind father"
a "logical fallacy"
an "active pupeteer"
13
Which of the following took Alsace-Lorraine from France in 1871?
Italy
Britain
Germany
Austria
14
In Stalin’s Soviet Union, women...
could enter the ranks of specialists in industry and science
were relegated to agricultural and domestic labor
were discouraged from being mothers
lost the right to vote
15
Stalin forced collectivization in Ukraine led to the death of millions of...
Gulags
Cossacks
Kulaks
Serfs
16
What ideology did Margaret Thatcher follow as PM?
Socialism
Social Democrat
Facism
Neoliberalism
17
Which of these is not correctly paired with its author?
Beccaria - On Crime and Punishments
Voltaire - Candide
Montequieu - Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems
Three Laws of Planetary Motion - Kepler
18
Who was not a politique?
William of Orange
Elizabeth I
Mary I (Tudor)
Henry IV (Navarre)
19
The 1973 Helsinki Accords:
were championed by the Soviet Union.
sought to limit the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
represented a step forward in recognizing human rights in Eastern Europe.
were opposed by the United States.
20
Which style of art was most associated with the Palace of Versailles?
Baroque
Classical
Mannerism
Rococo
21
Most economic policies in the 15th - 17th centuries were based on the principle of...
utilitarianism to promote the greater good
mercantilism to promote the state’s economic interests
socialism to promte economic equality
capitalism to promote free trade
22
What caused wages for unskille workers to decline in the 16th century?
emancipation of the serfs
population growth & a stagnant economy
migration from New World colonies
laborers joining together to collectively bargain
23
Which of these is the correct order of 17th c. English rulers?
James I - Charles I - Charles II - Oliver Cromwell - James II
Charles I - Oliver Cromwell - James I - William of Orange - James II
James I - Charles I - Oliver Cromwell - Charles II - James II
Charles I - Charles II - James II - Oliver Cromwell - James I
24
In the years leading up to WWI, Germany...
remained politically isolated
failed to industrialize
attempted to improve its navy to compete with Britain's
experienced a Communist revolution
25
Who took control of Russia in February 1917 (the first phase of the Revolution)?
The White Army
The Tsar
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
The Petrograd Soviet
26
He gave a "Secret Speech" denouncing Stalinist policies...
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Lenin
Gorbachev
27
The Prince
by Machiavelli argued all the following EXCEPT...
Sometimes the ends justifies the means
The highest duty of a prince was the accumulation of wealth
It was better to be feared than to be loved
A prince did not always need to act morally to do what was best
28
Which of the following was the key aim of the British Corn Laws in the early 1800s?
To protect the British grain producers from imports
To improve the quality of British grain
To weaken the power of the middle class in finance
To end dependence on colonial imports
29
This was the longest seige of WWII...
Battle of Britain
Leningrad
Dresden
Invasion of France
30
Which of these was NOT a major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Struggles during WWI
Marxist ideas
The increased number of women in the workforce
Backward economy that lagged behing Western Europe
31
Which of the following classes was executed in the highest numbers during the Reign of Terror?
Working class
Nobility
Clergy
Peasants
32
One of the most important consequences of the Hundred Years War was that...
French armies ravaged England
Parliament increased its powers in England
Both England and France entered an era of internal peace
The nobility was increasingly essential to warfare
33
Which of these did NOT help spread Lutheranism?
The printing press
Appeal to peasants
The Holy Roman Emperor's approval
Translation of the Bible into the vernacular
34
All of these evolved during the First Industrial Revolution of the 18th c. EXCEPT
Steel production
Railroads
Canals
Steam engine
35
Cartesian dualism meant that the world consisted of...
Physical and spiritual
Induction and deduction
Real and unreal
Reason and passion
36
With the establishment of colonies in North America in the 17th & 18th centuries, the center of economic power...
shifted toward the expanding Ottoman Empire
shifted from Europe to Asia
shifted from the Mediterranean to countries on the Atlantic
shifted away from Northern Europe to the italian city-states
37
All the following are reasons the US & USSR came into conflict immediately after WWII EXCEPT:
The two had conflicting economic & political systems
The US threatened to use an atomic bomb on the USSR
The USSR refused to allow free elections in Eastern Europe
The US & USSR emerged as the main two global superpowers
38
Which of these events began the Thirty Years War?
The Defenestration of Prague
Attack of the Spanish Armada
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Coronation of Charles V
39
Which of these "-isms" most accurately describes the Congress of Vienna?
Capitalism
Conservatism
Nationalism
Liberalism
40
All the following are true of Post-WWI EXCEPT:
Fascism gained support as it promised strength and nationalism
Hyperinflation was triggered in Germany after the occupation of the Ruhr
Governments across Europe created extensive Social Welfare programs
Democracies struggled and radicalism became appealing
41
In the 19th century, public education was used to...
stop the spread of revolutionary ideologies like socialism & anarchism
promote nationalist sentiment
reinforce family ties
identify potential infantry recruits
42
Abbe Sieyes write that the Third Estate was...
Everything
Morally flawed
Not capable of self-government
Unimportant
43
The French Revolution & Reign of Napoleon affected Europe in all the following ways EXCEPT:
Upset the balance of power
France was divided into zones of occupation
Spread of Nationalism
Power shift from nobility to bourgeoisie
44
Which of the following was NOT a Utopian Socialist?
Henri de Saint-Simon
Robert Owen
Charles Fourier
Thomas More
45
Adam Smith belived in all the following EXCEPT:
Society is propelled forward by an "invisible hand"
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Laissez-Faire
46
All the followign are true of Mikhail Gorbachev's economic policies EXCEPT:
undertook economic restructuring
attempted to allow free elections
sought to create more open communication & relax censorship
successfully led to his re-election
47
How did women's rights change during the Revolution?
Continually got worse during the Reviolution until Napoleon took over
Did not change at all as women were excluded from political action
Improved in the early revolution but were limited during the Radical phase
Women were excluded from politics until the Reign of Terror
48
Which of the following had the greatest influence on the values of the Italian Renaissance?
Scholastic philosophy
the increased education of women
ideas of classical antiquity
religious ideals of the Catholic Church
49
Spain no longer attempted to force Catholicism on the rest of Europe after...
The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)
Treaty of Westphalia & End of the Thirty Years War (1648)
Council of Trent (1563)
End of the war of the Spanish Succession & Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
50
In which of these nations were the revolutions of 1848 effective?
France
Russia
England
Prussia
51
Which of these correctly describe the sides of the English Civil War?
Roundheads (supported the King) vs. Cavaliers (opposed the King)
Roundheads (opposed the King) vs. Cavaliers (supported the King)
52
He was considered the father of Renaissance Humanism:
Petrarch
Michelangelo
Da Vinci
Erasmus
53
Which of these did NOT influence the ideas of the French revolutionaries in the 1780s?
The American Revolution
Enlightenment ideas
The struggling French economy
The heroic actions of Napoleon
54
Which was NOT in the Triple Entente?
France
Italy
Russia
Britain
55
The Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance because the North...
Concentrated on Greek texts
Did not need rich patrons to support the arts
Focused more on religious texts
Was interested in medieval history
56
What role did radar play in WWII
It allowed the Allies to detect enemy ships more effectively
It allowed the Royal Air Force to defeat Germany
It allowed Germany to defeat the Royal Air Force
It assisted the Germans in their blitzkrieg attack
57
Men opposed women's suffrage in the 19th c. mostly because they feared...
women would be less likely to approve of war
participation in the public sphere wouldundermine the social order
granting suffrage would mena women would outnumber men in office
women would not consider religious philosophy in their voting
58
The Treaty of Maastricht (1993)...
ended the aid sent by the Marshall Plan
paved the way for the creation of a single European currency
was vetoed by the UN Security Council
led directly to Brexit
59
Rousseau is associated with al lthe ideas EXCEPT:
A Social Contract
Democratic government
Defering to the "general will"
education for women
60
The Treaty of Versailles included all teh following EXCEPT:
a League of Nations
war guilt & reparations for Germany
universal reduction in arms
Self-Determination
61
The 1793
Levee en Masse
issued in France was intended to...
raise needed troops to fight the counterrevolutionaries
create a more equitable tax system
eliminate criticisms of the government
exclude former nobles from governmental positions
62
__ Led the Solidarity party in Poland & __ experimented with more liberal communism in Prague Spring (in this order)
Marshal Tito & Imre Nagy
Alexander Dubcek & Lech Walesa
Imre Nagy & Marshal Tito
Lech Walesa & Alexander Dubcek
63
Marx noted that his current society was divided into...
masters and slaves
serfs and landlords
plebians and patricians
proletariat and bourgeosie
64
The literary masterpiece "Don Quixote" that satirized the ideals of knighthood and chivalry was written by...
More
Huss
Erasmus
Cervantes
65
The Reign of Terror ended when...
Louis XVI was executed
Napoleon staged a coup
Robespierre was overthrown
Danton was executed
66
Which of these treaties correctly pairs with its effect?
Peace of Utrecht - Ends Thirty Years War
Treaty of Nystad - allowed Protestants to worship freely in France
Treaty of Westphalia - Ends War of Spanish Succession
Peace of Augsburg - allowed the ruler of the land to determine the religion
67
All the following are true of the Scramble for Africa EXCEPT:
The Belgian Congo was a source of rubber
France & England claimed the largest share of Africa
All of Africa was colonized by Europeans
Otto von Bismarck attempted to divide up Africa
68
The Scientific Revolution challenged Christianity because...
It undermined the literal interpretation of the Bible
It proved Jesus was not divine
It intentionally undermined the authority of the Pope
It proved that God did not exist
69
Calvinism was characterized by all the folling EXCEPT...
Belief in predestination
Education for women
Categorizing people into the "elect"
Dancing and festivals
70
Peter the Great most emulated which of the following monarchs?
Louis XIV
Maria Theresa
Henry VIII
Oliver Cromwell
71
How were the unification of Italy and Germany similar?
They were both achieved without bloodshed
They were both orchestrated by charismatic leaders
They were both supported by France
Nationalism was suppressed in both
72
Henry VIII established the Anglican Church with the 1534...
Edict of Toleration
Council of Nicaea
Writ of Habeus Corpus
Act of Supremacy
73
Classical economist Thomas Malthus argued that...
Wages would always tend to the minimum level
Mercantilism was a flawed economic system
Popualtion growth was naturally limited by available food
Industrialization was a threat to nature
74
Hapsburg Emperor Charles V divided the Holy Roman Empire & gave control of Spain to...
His daughter, Maria Theresa
His son, Philip II
His nephew, George III
His brother, Ferdinand I
75
The Scientific Revolution led scientists to view the universe and the human body as...
mystical systems which could never be understood
under the control and watchful eye of an omnipotent God
disorderly and unpredictable
machines operating according to fixed rules that could be discovered
76
In the Tennis Court Oath, the French Revolutionaries vowed to...
write a new Constitution
Abolish the nobility
Execute the king
End unfair taxes
77
Empiricism (using observation) is related to which of the following thinkers?
Diderot
Bacon
Voltaire
Descartes
78
Which of these was NOT a major factor in causing WWI?
Alliances
Militarism
Nationalism
Populism
79
What was the main reason that European monarchies sparked war with Revolutionary France?
France was expanding into their land
They were scared of the revolution spreading
King Louis XVI was a close friend to Prussia
They would have benefited economically from a war
80
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to...
help rebuild Japan after World War II
ensure US technological and military supremacy
provide aid to rebuild Europe as healthy economies would resist Communism
create a military alliance with European countries
81
Martin Luther rejected which of the following?
Salvation through faith
The Bible as the main authority of God
Baptism
Financial payment for the remission of sins
82
Which countries were associated with
stadtholders
and which with
junkers
?
Stadtholders - Netherlands & Junkers - Austria
Stadtholders - Netherlands & Junkers - Prussia
Stadtholders - Russia & Junkers - Prussia
Stadtholders - Germany & Junkers - Austria
83
What characteristics did Communist and fascist dictatorships share?
state-controlled projects to replace individualism with a unified identity
desire to build a new national community grounded in racial homogeneity
ideologies based on the writings of Karl Marx
increased freedom of thought and expression
84
All the following are true of Locke & Hobbes EXCEPT:
Hobbes believed a strong government was necessary
Locke believed people were born a blank slate and shaped by experience
Locke supported a democratic government
Hobbes believed men were naturally moral creatures
85
In the 18th century, European public health measures...
did not help those living in cities.
blocked off roads and canals to prevent the spread of disease.
improved water supply and sewage systems.
included vaccinations for cholera.
