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