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AP: "Recovery in Europe" 1450CE-1750CE
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1
Where would you find this piece of Renaissance art?
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
School of Athens
Sistine Chapel, Rome
Versailles, Paris
2
In a world where absolutism was sweeping Europe, which country had a monarchy limited by a parliament?
Spain
England
France
Russia
3
Where did the Renaissance begin, due to its connection to new wealth from merchants/banking/and Roman Catholic Church?
Greece
Italy
England
Russia
4
Whose
laws of motion
provided new understandings of physics in the Scientific Revolution?
Renee Descartes
Nicholas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
5
What 'advantage' did Europeans have when it came to gunpowder over their Asian rivals?
They figured out quicker that they could effectively use gunpowder on boats
They invented it so they had more time to develop it
Frequent wars and rivalry sped up advancements due to competition.
Actually they were much weaker and slower than Asia and had worse weapons
6
What was the Catholic Reformation
An art movement to promote Catholicism in the Americas
When the Catholics and Protestants allied against Islamic forces
An attempt by the Catholics to reaffirm their authority & change itself
When the Catholic Church admitted Martin Luther was correct
7
What conflicts provide context for Europeans having renewed enthusiasm for learning and trade seen in the Renaissance?
Atlantic Revolutions
30 Years War
Wars of Roses
Crusades
8
Which of the following best describes the
political
situation in Western Europe during period of 1450-1750?
Kingdoms like England, France, and Spain were centralizing.
Italy and Germany were in process of unifying and centralizing.
They were moving on from loyalty to the Catholic faith.
They were decentralizing thanks to new love for democratic anarchy
9
After the Mongols left Russia, what best describes the political situation in Russia?
Russia turned to democracy
Cossacks got more power at the expense of the Boyars
Czars gradually got more power at the expense of Boyars
Boyars got more power at the expense of the Czar
10
Which war best shows how religiously fractured Europe was after the Protestant Reformation?
War of Roses
7 Years War
30 Years War
Franco-Prussian War
11
Which European explorer was able to use the Pax Mongolica and travel to China, increasing Euro. interest in East Asia?
Jacques Cartier
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
12
Pieter Bruegel's ___________(pictured below) would go best with which part of the ____________Renaissance.
Judgement of Paris: Italian
Feast of Cana: Russian
Peasant Wedding: Northern
Peasant Wedding: Italian
13
Who were the 'free' serfs who Russia used to settle the frontier?
Cossacks
Boyars
Tatars
Dumas
14
What did
Western Europe
benefit from
ECONOMICALLY
without the negative social/political effects?
Black Plague
Protestant Reformation
Pax Mongolica
30 Years War
15
Which monarch
best
exemplifies an "Absolute Monarch"
Louis XIV of France
Baron von Montesquieu
Joseph II of Austria
William of Orange in England
16
What czar showed the relationship from previous question by killing many Boyars?
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Ivan IV
Joseph Stalin
17
The Renaissance thought that mankind had high potential through God's creation and should strive to meet it is called___
Humanism
Nihilism
Deism
Scholasticism
18
What Renaissance work is this?
The Ambassadors
Pieta
Adoration of the Kings
Mona Lisa
19
In what way did Russian expansion differ from that of Western Europe?
Russia was able to expand, Western Europe was NOT
Russia did NOT expand, it remained constant
Russia expanded for religious reasons, Western Europe did not
Russia only expanded by land, Western Europe expanded by sea
20
Perhaps the greatest Scientific Revolution contribution was the rethinking of
The shape of the Earth
Causes of social unrest
Justin Bieber's stardom
Geocentrism vs Heliocentrism
21
Which technological innovation drastically influenced and transformed culture in Western Europe?
Printing Press
Astrolabe
Gunpowder
Magnetic Compass
22
Which Russian ruler 'flirted' with Enlightenment ideas but maintained absolute rule and centralized their power?
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
Yaroslav the Great
Anastasia the Wise
23
What time/situation allowed increased trade during the Mongolian Empire?
Pax Khanatia
Pax Mongolica
Ghengis Revolution
Pax Romana
24
Which figure is sculpted by Donatello here?
Apostle Paul
Judas
Moses
King David
25
What do the Gunpowder Empires + Western European political leaders have in common when it comes to art in their states?
They hated all art that wasn't religious
They wanted artwork to be their only economic activity
They ignored the arts completetly because they had bigger priorities
They paid for arts to glorify themselves and their state
26
In
general
how did the subjects of the Northern and Italian Renaissance Differ?
North focused on Catholic things Italian focused on Science topics
They both ignored religion completely and only painted nature scenes.
Italian focused on Catholic+Classical things. North focused on common stuff
Italian focused on Classical topics, North focused on Protestant subjects
27
Aside from nice art, what is perhaps the greatest legacy from the Renaissance?
A desire to end Christianity in Europe
A renewed interest/drive for Western Europeans to explore on the sea.
The goal of rebuilding the literal Roman Empire and reestablishing paganism
The desire to look back and return to the good ol days of feudalism
28
More frequent use of gunpowder in Europe led to political decentralization.
False
True
29
The trend in Western Europe(and Russia) of monarchs having total power by "divine right" was called____
Oligarchy
Democratization
Limited Monarchy
Absolutism
30
How did Peter the Great get his ideas for Westernization?
He won several wars against England and Spain
He followed the USA on Instagram
He didn't westernize, he looked to China for inspiration
He travelled 'incognito' through Western Europe
31
In which of the following ways did Peter
NOT
Westernize Russia?
He adopted Western European styles of clothing
He ended serfdom
He adopted Western styles of military
He gave higher class women more rights
32
As a result of Mongolian influence/control, what group rose in power in Russia?
Russian Internet Troll Unions
Communist National Party
Eastern(Russian) Orthodox Church
Vodka Guilds
33
After the Mongols lost power in Russia, what city became the center of the new Russian Empire?
Moscow
St Petersburg
Minsk
Stalingrad
34
Martin Luther and King Henry VIII are best associated with what movement in Europe 1450-1750CE?
Renaissance
Absolutism
Protestant Reformation
Enlightenment
35
What Renaissance work is shown below?
School of Athens
Adoration of Kings
The Birth of Venus
School of Rome
36
How did the Romanovs treat the Russian Orthodox Church?
Russian Orthodox Church should be under state control
It should be higher than the state like the Pope in Western Europe
Russian Orthodox should be banned b/c they worked with Mongols
It should be syncretic and mix with Islam
37
So Peter the Great did not end serfdom...well what's serfdom?
A harsh form of feudalism w/peasants being tied to the land
The tradition of worshipping the Czars
The strict Christian laws that governed Russia
Practice of having democracy at the local level
38
The use of _______language not only improved literacy in Western Europe but also laid foundation for the Reformation
Greek
Vernacular
Latin
Muslim
39
Someone who is skilled at many different skills, subjects is considered:
A Scholastic Populist
A Renaissance Man(Woman)
An Enlightened Despot
A Protestant Papist
40
What subject does this painting show?
The crowning of Queen Mary of Scots
The birth of Venus
The assumption of Anne Boleyn after her execution
The assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven
41
Which movement do many historians consider to be 'overrated' b/c it focused on art and had limited impact at the time?
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Enightenment
Catholic Reformation
42
Which of the following was
NOT
an effect the Mongols had on Russia?
Set up a tribute system
Destroyed Kiev, Russia's capital and main trading city
Isolated Russia from Western Europe
Improved Russian economy by introducing paper currency
43
W/all of the changes in Europe like the Reformation & Scientific Revolution, what group was targeted in big "hunts"?
African slaves
Scholars
Poor women
Aristocrat Men
44
The concept the God may exist, but plays no active role in human salvation is known as:
Deism
Humanism
Atheism
Absolutism
45
Which Post-Classical Empire 'finally' was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1453CE, thanks in part to gunpowder tech?
Byzantine Empire
Safavid Persia
Kiev-Rus
Mongols
46
How did the Pugachev Rebellion highlight a deep problem in Russia?
Boyars wanted more autonomy from the czars
Serfs pushed for more freedom and rights
Muslims in Russia wanted religious freedom
Peasants rejected Westernization
47
Which conflict helped consolidate the English and French monarchies and largely end chivalric/feudal warfare?
100 Years War
7 Years War
Napoleonic Wars
War of Spanish Succession