AP European History Review: Important HIstorical FIgures

Question 1

Robespierre was the leading member of the ___, and encouraged the execution of his enemies by _

Accepted Answer

Committee of Public Safety; Guillotine

Question 2

Launches the Protestant Reformation and believes in only two sacraments: Baptism & Eucharist.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 3

Portuguese explorer that began the exploration of africa and established a school for geography

Accepted Answer

Henry the Navigator

Question 4

Czar of Russia that introduced ideas from Western Europe to reform the government

Accepted Answer

Peter the Great

Question 5

The Medici's during the Renaissance were:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

Otto von Bismarck unified the large mess of states and regions known as Prussia to become ___

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 7

Advised the French king Francis on military engineering, better known as a painter.

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 8

King of France from 1774-1792 that refused to grant reforms, enabling revolutions in France.

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI

Question 9

Jewish officer found guilty of treason, making a huge case in Europe. Fully exonerated in 1906.

Accepted Answer

Captain Dreyfuss

Question 10

English military/political leader that Served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England

Accepted Answer

Oliver Cromwell

Question 11

Devoted himself to the liberation of Northern Italy from Austrian domination

Accepted Answer

Camillo Benso

Question 12

Wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen that contested male authority

Accepted Answer

Olympe de Gouges

Question 13

Elizabeth I's Religious Settlement allowed for a middle-way between what two religions?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholicism & Protestantism

Question 14

Henry VIII's desire to annul his marriage caused conflict with the pope, resulting in:

Accepted Answer

Breaking ties with the Roman Catholic church in England., The establishment of the Church of England in 1532

Question 15

Austrian diplomat who was at the center of European affairs and madethe balance of power system

Accepted Answer

Klemens von Metternich

Question 16

French clergyman that limits the power of the nobility to make France into a centralized state.

Accepted Answer

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 17

First Bourbon King that ended French civil wars with the EdictofNantes, regarded as a politique

Accepted Answer

Henry IV, Henry of Navarre

Question 18

Emperor of the French from 1804-1814, known as one of the greatest commanders in history.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 19

English naturalist/biologist proposed all species of life have descended from a common ancestor

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 20

Italian general and nationalist that conquered Sicily&Naples to unify&create the Italian state.

Accepted Answer

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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