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