AP Euro Midterm

After the War of Spanish Succession, Spain was ruled by a monarch from the _____ Dynasty

Which of the following best characterizes Renaissance humanists?

Known best for his criticisms of the French Revolution in his writings

Absolutist & constitutionalist states expanded the transatlantic slave-labor system to support

Renaissance humanists would have read all of the following authors except:

Which of the following individuals is described as the Father of Humanism?

Frederick the Great of Prussia was viewed as an enlightened despot because of his

The chief foreign-policy aim of Great Britain in the wars of the eighteenth century was to

What institution, created by Henry VII of England, to centralize power & control the nobility?

______ was the first monarch of the Stuart Dynasty to reign in England.

The naturalism and dimension that exemplifies the art of the Renaissance is achieved through

All of the following would be properly identified as “New Monarchs” EXCEPT:

The Pragmatic Sanction illustrates long standing prejudice against ______.

Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier is aimed at helping young men develop ______ virtue.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance architecture.

The Borgia popes (and others) often placed family members in high church office. This is called

All of these monarchs ruled according to the principles of the Divine Right of Kings EXCEPT

Which of the following authors asserted that it is better to be feared than loved?

Which of the following philosophies was used to rouse mass support for joining the French army

Which two nations issued Declaration of Pillnitz? (military intervention for Louis XVI)

The Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation was formally articulated by…

Which revolutionary journalist was stabbed to death in a bathtub in 1793?

Italy experienced an influx of Greek scholars after the fall of what city in the 15th century?

Which nation was NOT a part of the coalitions that fought against the French Revolutionaries

Which foreign observer defended the French Revolution but was imprisoned by Robespierre's gov't

Renaissance painters used __________ shading to accentuate contrast between light and dark.

Which of the following was revoked by Louis XIV?

A true "Renaissance Man" was expected to be

Louis XIV restricted power of nobles by expanding the noble class with:

The Age of Absolutism Wars of Spanish Succession & Austrian Succession were fought to maintain

Which economic system is associated with Jean Baptiste Colbert?

Which of the following would have best characterized humanist thinking during the Renaissance?

Which innovation enabled the spread of both Renaissance and Reformation ideas in the 1500s?

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, is known for his support of __________.

The nobility in France belonged to the ______ estate

The bourgeoisie were a part of which estate

Which city was the foremost commercial center in Europe during the 17th century?

The early stages of the French Revolution were most influenced by

Paved the way for the rise of Prussia by weakening Habsburg control over the Holy Roman Empire

Which war began with the Defenestration of Prague?

The Edict of _______ granted limited religious toleration to French Protestants

Name the moderate faction of the Jacobin club that advocated no monarchy, but also no terror

In which of these early modern European states did stadtholders play a key role in governing?

Following the Reign of Terror, executive power as wielded by _______

In The Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith strongly advocated a policy of

Pico della Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man asserts that man is…

Months in the French Republican Calendar were named for

Which of the following individuals is most often described as the ideal Renaissance Man?

Which king was peacefully overthrown during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

During which month on the Republican Calendar did the Reign of Terror end?

Which of the following would be the tariff policy under a mercantilist system?

Peter the Great is known for his pursuit of a policy of

All of the following are characteristics of New Monarchies in early modern Europe EXCEPT:

Humanists would use the vernacular language when writing:

Commercial rivalry for dominance of the developing European world trade network was first seen

Which of these reformers would have been most at odds with humanist ideas of free will?