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The mother of all AP Euro reviews...from the Black Death to the Maastricht Treaty
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1
The major powers at the Congress of Vienna included ________.
Prussia, Austria, France, and Italy
Russia, France, Italy, and Great Britain
Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
russia, France, Austria, and Great Britain
2
The American policy to resist the extension of Soviet expansion is called __________.
containment
constriction
restraint
constraint
3
What English humanist wrote a famous book called
Utopia
?
Thomas Hobbes
Henry VIII
Thomas More
Roger Bacon
4
Cosimo de’ Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?
Florence
Venice
Genoa
Rome
5
The single most powerful European political ideology proved to be ________.
communism
liberalism
nationalism
republicanism
6
The Hundred Years' War took place primarily in __________.
Germany
France
The Netherlands
England
7
In the peace talks that ended World War I, Germany________.
negotiated a few minor concessions
retained the right tostation troops west of the Rhine River
negotiated several major concessions
was forced to accept terms dictated by the victors
8
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany________.
after a campaign of selective assassination
after a heated lawsuit
after a brief, but bloody, revolution
by legal means
9
Which of these men ruled the French Second Empire?
Charles X
Louis Phillippe
Napoleon III
Napoleon Bonaparte
10
The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in ________.
Italy
Prussia
France
Great Britain
11
The Black Death found its way into Europe via __________.
Italy
Scandinavia
North Africa
Spain
12
The scientific fact that the orbits of the planets are elliptical was discovered by ________.
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
13
A key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for ________.
the establishment of uniform wages in all the EU countries
new laws to enforce gender equality in the workplace
the creation of a police force to fight the drug trade
the creation of a unified currency
14
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was proclaimed by ________.
the Directory
Louis XVI
the First Estate
the National Constituent Assembly
15
The 1935 Nuremberg laws ________.
stripped German Jews of their citizenship
nationalized all banks and factories
were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy
established a police state in Germany
16
The Roman Catholic Church recognized the need for reform and met from 1545–1563 at the _______.
Council of Trent
Peace of Augsburg
Diet of Worms
Peace of Westphalia
17
The declaration of Napoleon as Emperor of France was ratified by ________.
The Directory
a plebiscite
a voice vote in the Assembly
a consul of the republic
18
Proletarianization was closely linked to _______ and______.
enclosures; the rural economy
industrialization; urbanization
the elite lifestyle; landowning
poverty; serfdom
19
Who sponsored Genoese adventurer Christopher Columbus?
Archduke Phillip
Catherine of Aragon
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
King Henry VIII
20
Who were the supporters of Charles I and Parliament in the English Civil War?
the Cavaliers and the Roundheads respectively
the Puritans and Anglicans respectively
the Roundheads and the Cavaliers respectively
the Reds and the Whites respectively
21
John Locke argues against absolute monarchy in his ________.
A Counterblast toTobacco
Common Sense
Second Treatise of Civil Government
Leviathan
22
The monarch that most exemplifies enlightened absolutism was ________.
Maria Theresa
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
Frederick the Great
23
the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by ________.
Václav Havel
Gustav Husak
Nicolae Ceausescu
Lech Wałęsa
24
Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this “humane” form of execution.
hanging
electrocution
poisoning
guillotine
25
The term
Anschluss
refers to the ________.
shared tradition of anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany
alliance of Germany, Japan,and Italy
union of Austria with Germany in 1938
German invasion of Poland
26
The term “Machiavellian” has become synonymous with ________.
welfare policies
slow decision making
ruthless political expediency
tools made by machinists
27
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
28
At the time of the Yalta Conference, Eastern Europe was occupied by ________.
Great Britain
the Soviet Union
the United States
Nazi Germany
29
According to advocates of the “divine right of kings,” kings could be judged only by ________.
the people
God
fellow monarchs
the nobility
30
What field of science most influenced racial thinking at the end of the nineteenth century?
medicine
biology
chemistry
physics
31
Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted __________.
a navy and colonies like Britain’s
to become more isolated
to expand the German Empire by gaining territory
to forge alliances with Russia and France
32
The most important political development in Europe between 1848 and 1914 was ________.
The creation of the Dual Monarchy
Italian unification
German unification
the leadership of Bismarck
33
The French monarchy was hostile towards Protestants until ________.
Elizabeth I provided financial and military support
Henry of Navarre came to power
the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
34
The Open Door Policy ________.
was strongly supported by Russia
allowed China to control its own trade
divided China into sections
allowed all nations to trade in China on equal terms
35
Who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire”?
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Pope John Paul II
U.S. President Jimmy Carter
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
36
One of the central features of the Romantic movement in Germany was the emergence of ________.
communism
anarchism
liberalism
nationalism
37
John XXII tried to return the papacy from __________ to Rome.
Paris
Florence
Avignon
Milan
38
In Spain, Napoleon faced________.
harsh winter conditions
a powerful navy
well-organized military forces
guerrilla warfare
39
Under Lenin’s New Economic Policy,________.
the government restricted free trade
peasants did not have to pay taxes
private economic enterprise was permitted
peasants hoarded grain
40
Baroque art became associated with ________.
Roman Catholicism
popular Protestantism
the Renaissance
English nobility
41
The Second Industrial Revolution was associated with________.
steam, iron, and electricity
textiles, plastics, and railroads
iron, chemicals, and railroads
steel, chemicals, and electricity
42
The Holocaust claimed the greatest number of victims from ________.
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Germany
43
The Reformation in Zurich was led by ________.
John Calvin
Ulrich Zwingli
Henry of Navarre
Martin Luther
44
Which of the following would be an example of socialist realism?
a painting of university professors
a poster depicting factory workers
a collage of headlines about socialism
a photo documentary of writers
45
The revolutions of 1848 began in ________.
France
Austria
Great Britain
Germany
46
Cavour’s methods to achieve Italian unification would coincide with this philosopher’s ideology
Descartes
Machiavelli
Robespierre
Locke
47
What event was held in the attempt to unite the Swiss and German Protestants?
the Marburg Colloquy
the Diet of Augsburg
the Diet of Worms
the Peace of Westphalia
48
One of the primary motives for the New Imperialism was the ________.
desire to promote Christianity among non-Westerners
belief an empire was necessary for a great power
need for new sources of raw materials
desire to bring Western values to non-Western areas
49
The first major European nation to begin to create a welfare state was ________.
France
Germany
Spain
Great Britain
50
The Thermidorian Reaction was a product of reaction to what two developments?
the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Great Fear
the deaths of Robespierre and Danton
the Tennis Court Oath and the Reign of Terror
the Reign of Terror and the power of the sans-culottes
51
What is William of Orange known for?
Along with the Duke of Alba, he suppressed Protestant revolt
He led the Turks against Spain.
He was the captain of the Spanish Armada.
He led the movement for the independence of the Netherlands
52
Who was known as the "father of humanism?"
Giovanni Boccaccio
Dante Alighieri
Francesco Petrarch
Michelangelo Buonarroti
53
Which of these best explains the Great Purges?
They were the kind of revolution foreseen by Marx.
They were a reaction to the Versailles settlement.
They were a natural outgrowth of the Bolshevik takeover.
They were largely the product of Stalin’s fears and goals
54
Napoleon III’s primary goal in redesigning Paris was to ________.
make it less protester-friendly
attract new residents
deflect attention away from his social policies
pacify reformers
55
What was the most important problem in the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
the couple had different religious views
Catherine had been raised in Spain
Henry VIII needed a male heir
the couple lived in different countries
