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The mother of all AP Euro reviews...from the Black Death to the Maastricht Treaty
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1
Who sponsored Genoese adventurer Christopher Columbus?
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Catherine of Aragon
King Henry VIII
Archduke Phillip
2
What was the most important problem in the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
the couple lived in different countries
the couple had different religious views
Catherine had been raised in Spain
Henry VIII needed a male heir
3
the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by ________.
Nicolae Ceausescu
Václav Havel
Lech Wałęsa
Gustav Husak
4
Cosimo de’ Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?
Genoa
Florence
Venice
Rome
5
In Spain, Napoleon faced________.
a powerful navy
guerrilla warfare
harsh winter conditions
well-organized military forces
6
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany________.
by legal means
after a heated lawsuit
after a brief, but bloody, revolution
after a campaign of selective assassination
7
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
8
What is William of Orange known for?
He led the movement for the independence of the Netherlands
He was the captain of the Spanish Armada.
He led the Turks against Spain.
Along with the Duke of Alba, he suppressed Protestant revolt
9
The Roman Catholic Church recognized the need for reform and met from 1545–1563 at the _______.
Diet of Worms
Peace of Augsburg
Council of Trent
Peace of Westphalia
10
The major powers at the Congress of Vienna included ________.
russia, France, Austria, and Great Britain
Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
Russia, France, Italy, and Great Britain
Prussia, Austria, France, and Italy
11
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was proclaimed by ________.
the First Estate
Louis XVI
the National Constituent Assembly
the Directory
12
The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in ________.
Italy
Prussia
Great Britain
France
13
The declaration of Napoleon as Emperor of France was ratified by ________.
a plebiscite
a consul of the republic
a voice vote in the Assembly
The Directory
14
Cavour’s methods to achieve Italian unification would coincide with this philosopher’s ideology
Machiavelli
Locke
Descartes
Robespierre
15
In the peace talks that ended World War I, Germany________.
was forced to accept terms dictated by the victors
retained the right tostation troops west of the Rhine River
negotiated several major concessions
negotiated a few minor concessions
16
The Holocaust claimed the greatest number of victims from ________.
Germany
Hungary
Russia
Poland
17
At the time of the Yalta Conference, Eastern Europe was occupied by ________.
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
the United States
the Soviet Union
18
The term “Machiavellian” has become synonymous with ________.
ruthless political expediency
slow decision making
welfare policies
tools made by machinists
19
One of the primary motives for the New Imperialism was the ________.
desire to promote Christianity among non-Westerners
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
20
A key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for ________.
the creation of a police force to fight the drug trade
the establishment of uniform wages in all the EU countries
the creation of a unified currency
new laws to enforce gender equality in the workplace
21
The
Concert of Europe
refers to the ________.
January 1820 outbreak of the Spanish revolution
new Russian, Austrian, Prussian, and British alliance
1814 restoration of the French monarchy
an arrangement for resolving mutual foreign policy issues
22
John XXII tried to return the papacy from __________ to Rome.
Florence
Avignon
Milan
Paris
23
The single most powerful European political ideology proved to be ________.
communism
republicanism
nationalism
liberalism
24
The Black Death found its way into Europe via __________.
Italy
Scandinavia
Spain
North Africa
25
John Locke argues against absolute monarchy in his ________.
Leviathan
A Counterblast toTobacco
Second Treatise of Civil Government
Common Sense
26
Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted __________.
a navy and colonies like Britain’s
to become more isolated
to forge alliances with Russia and France
to expand the German Empire by gaining territory
27
The monarch that most exemplifies enlightened absolutism was ________.
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
Catherine the Great
28
Proletarianization was closely linked to _______ and______.
the elite lifestyle; landowning
industrialization; urbanization
poverty; serfdom
enclosures; the rural economy
29
Who was known as the "father of humanism?"
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Francesco Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Dante Alighieri
30
The American policy to resist the extension of Soviet expansion is called __________.
constriction
constraint
containment
restraint
31
The 1935 Nuremberg laws ________.
nationalized all banks and factories
were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy
stripped German Jews of their citizenship
established a police state in Germany
32
The Open Door Policy ________.
allowed China to control its own trade
divided China into sections
was strongly supported by Russia
allowed all nations to trade in Chinaon equal terms
33
Who were the supporters of Charles I and Parliament in the English Civil War?
the Reds and the Whites respectively
the Roundheads and the Cavaliers respectively
the Cavaliers and the Roundheads respectively
the Puritans and Anglicans respectively
34
Which of these men ruled the French Second Empire?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon III
Louis Phillippe
Charles X
35
Baroque art became associated with ________.
the Renaissance
popular Protestantism
English nobility
Roman Catholicism
36
The revolutions of 1848 began in ________.
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
37
What English humanist wrote a famous book called
Utopia
?
Thomas Hobbes
Henry VIII
Thomas More
Roger Bacon
38
The Hundred Years' War took place primarily in __________.
France
Germany
England
The Netherlands
39
What field of science most influenced racial thinking at the end of the nineteenth century?
chemistry
biology
medicine
physics
40
Who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire”?
U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Pope John Paul II
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
41
The Second Industrial Revolution was associated with________.
steam, iron, and electricity
steel, chemicals, and electricity
textiles, plastics, and railroads
iron, chemicals, and railroads
42
The Reformation in Zurich was led by ________.
John Calvin
Henry of Navarre
Martin Luther
Ulrich Zwingli
43
Napoleon III’s primary goal in redesigning Paris was to ________.
deflect attention away from his social policies
make it less protester-friendly
attract new residents
pacify reformers
44
What event was held in the attempt to unite the Swiss and German Protestants?
the Diet of Worms
the Peace of Westphalia
the Diet of Augsburg
the Marburg Colloquy
45
Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this “humane” form of execution.
guillotine
electrocution
poisoning
hanging
46
The term
Anschluss
refers to the ________.
union of Austria with Germany in 1938
alliance of Germany, Japan,and Italy
shared tradition of anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany
German invasion of Poland
47
Which of these best explains the Great Purges?
They were the kind of revolution foreseen by Marx.
They were largely the product of Stalin’s fears and goals
They were a natural outgrowth of the Bolshevik takeover.
They were a reaction to the Versailles settlement.
48
One of the central features of the Romantic movement in Germany was the emergence of ________.
anarchism
liberalism
nationalism
communism
49
The scientific fact that the orbits of the planets are elliptical was discovered by ________.
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
50
The Thermidorian Reaction was a product of reaction to what two developments?
the Reign of Terror and the power of the sans-culottes
the deaths of Robespierre and Danton
the Tennis Court Oath and the Reign of Terror
the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Great Fear
51
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
52
The most important political development in Europe between 1848 and 1914 was ________.
the leadership of Bismarck
The creation of the Dual Monarchy
German unification
Italian unification
53
Which of the following would be an example of socialist realism?
a photo documentary of writers
a painting of university professors
a poster depicting factory workers
a collage of headlines about socialism
54
According to advocates of the “divine right of kings,” kings could be judged only by ________.
the nobility
the people
fellow monarchs
God
55
The first major European nation to begin to create a welfare state was ________.
Great Britain
Spain
Germany
France
