AP European history Book Questions
Spielvogel
Pg. 384, 385, and 386
1) Which best describes a European peasant’s lifestyle
A. Simple, laborious, and they had food when it was available, and they drank a lot of wine because the water wasn’t safe to drink
B. They didn’t work too much and always ate well
C. They were malnourished and very overworked
D. They didn’t work at all and had very little food
2) What were the peasant women expected to do?
A. They weren’t expected to do anything
B. Bake bread for their family
C. Have children
D. Work in the fields, have children and manage the household
1) What is commercial capitalism?
A. an economic system in which people invested in trade and goods to make profits
B. An economic system based on money
C. Trading companies and banking firms
D. An economic system based on bartering
Pg. 388 and 390
1) What helped medieval townspeople gain freedoms?
A. The increase of education
B. Serfdom ends
C. The rise of trade and towns
D. Their area became a nation-state
E. Conquered by Muslims
2) Craftsman did what to protect their interests?
A. created unions
B. created guilds
C. elected leaders that would uphold their interests
D. created bourgeoisie
E. Paid the government for protection
404
1) The bubonic plague was spread by
A. Mosquitoes
B. It was airborne
C. Drinking infected water
D. Black rats
E. It was an std.
411
1) Compared to the strong western rulers the eastern ones were
A. Weak and unable to impose their authority as effectively
B. Very similar in how the ruled.
C. Much stronger and powerful
D. More scarce
E. The complete authority of their land.
412
As a whole western Europe did what after the Hundred years war?
413
What factors did not mean the end of mostly rural European society?
A. The expansion of towns and cities and the development of a money economy.
B. The revival of the trade system
C. The collapse of the trade system and expansion of towns and cities
D. The revival of trade, the expansion of towns and cites, and the development of a money economy.
E. Spiritual revival
417
Which was these a breakdown of Christian unity?
423
Unlike medieval knights, who was primarily concerned with military skill, a renaissance noble must gain _______
425
In the middle ages peasants made up________
Pg. 428-429
2) What is the must defining characteristic of humanism?
A. it was based on the study of Greek and Roman literature and stressed liberal studies such as eloquence and grammar to bring back ancient thoughts of how humanity is important
B. It included the Greek concept of a sound body and encouraged boys, as well as girls, to run, swim, and javelin throw.
C. It educated the elite but gave no regard whatsoever to the poor
D. It introduced the concept of men’s right to freedom and right to break away from the confines of govt. if so needed during the Renaissance
E. It obliterated the use of Latin in schools and made English grow profusely
3) The
impact of printing in
A. A more structured and educated society because of a mass revival of scholars
B. The first bible and thus less reliance on secular matters and more on religion
C. The
spread of knowledge, the religious ideas of the Reformation, communication and
European civilizations competition with
D. It caused people to question modern ideals
E. It gave women more rights by allowing them to participate in school because such knowledge was extremely valued
Pg. 430
1) What is vernacular language?
A. B. The language spoken in a certain country
B. The
language spoken in
C. The language Dante and Geoffrey Chaucer spoke while freeing slaves.
D. The language spoken in there own regions such as Italian, French or German.
Pg. 432
2) What was Michelangelo is role in the high renaissance
A.
His job making statues in the heart of
B.
His job painting murals on schools in
C.. his figures on the ceiling of the sistein
chapel in
D. The scientific teachings and use of logic.
436
What was the effect of pluralism?
A. Increased revenues and priests were rich
B. Absolutism occurred
C. Churches built all over the country
D. Successful parishioners became very rich
E. Nothing at all happened at this time.
437
How were Luther’s ideas different form catholic teaching?
Pg. 439
1. All of the following but what
were situations that helped Lutheranism survive in
A. The instability of the internal German territorial states.
B. The holy roman emperor Charles V was politically preoccupied with France his rival.
C. Charles V faces political opposition form the pope.
D. The advancement of the ottoman Turks, preoccupied Charles V
E. Charles V was preoccupied with his secret love affair
Pg 445
2What was the most important impact of the protestant reformation.
A. The European population became extremely moral and pius.
B. The abolishment of saints ended many religious holidays
C. The catholic church was left more vulnerable and instable
D. Family had a new emphasis and was placed at the center of human life Radical religious practices were instated in many governments and thus created governmental instability.
Pg. 448
1What was the cause for the reformation of Catholicism?
A. Corrupt popes, cardinals etc. and the protestant reformation.
B. Only corrupt popes cardinals etc.
C. Pope Paul III and his cardinals, Bishops
D. Council
of
E. Loyola’s Jesuit Missionaries
449
2Who benefited the most from the renaissance
A. The elite like the pope kings and cardinals
B. The Greeks and Romans
C. Low religious people like priests and nuns
D. Slaves who were set free after this
E. The poor like peasants and farmers
Pgs. 452 & 455
5) Which two
religious groups were most predominate in
a) He wanted gold from the Incas
b) He wanted to find a way thought the panama canal
c) He wanted to measure and see how big the world was
d) He
wanted to find a way to
e) He
wanted to find a way to Asia through the
6) Which of the following did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
a)Tried
to expand Lutheranism, sailed to
b) He
started a navigating school, Sought trade opportunities for
c)Started a fishing school, expanded Christianity
d) Sailed
to
Pgs. 454 & 62
3) Why in the 1600’s why did widespread killings of witches start?
a) The practice of witchcraft was spreading and made normal people feel like they had to deal with the witches themselves
b) The Catholic Church connected witches to the devil. Making them a liability that need to be wiped out
c) It was a Heresy to be accused of being a witch so people started to blame rivals of being witches giving the witch a dark name
d) Witches would destroy towns making people start to kill any witch
e) People were afraid witches would turn them into frogs so they would kill them so they couldn’t use their wands
4) How did people in the 1600’s conclude that someone is a witch?
a) They would lie and say that someone was a witch then they would be put to death
b) They would see a woman who was widowed and accuse them of witchcraft
c) Pick up any girl in black and say she was a witch
d) If a girl was ugly she was automatically a witch
e) After someone was accused of being a witch they would usually torture them until they indeed confessed they were a witch.
457
What is the definition of armada?
459
Which of the following is the correct definition for Price Revolution?
460
Which of the following was true of women during the time of witchcraft?
463
Which is false regarding the thirty years war?
Pgs. 466 & 468
1)
a) The lower house of parliament and the new model army
b) The Rump Parliament and the Independents
c) The lower class that supported their King, Charles I
d) The well-to-do Puritan landowners below the nobility
e) The Quakers and the Anglicans who supported the Church of England
2) How did Cardinal Richelieu strengthen the power of the monarchy?
a) By taming the nobles by setting up a network of spies to uncover plots by nobles against the government
b) By taking the political and military rights away from Huguenots while preserving their religious ones
c) By crushing the revolts against the monarchy
d) By establishing a Huguenot government led by Louis XIV
e) He didn’t strengthen the power of the monarchy
468
What happened to the Huguenots during the rule of Louis XIII?
469
When was the
Pg. 470-471
1) Countries had colonies because _______?
A. They had raw materials and more room for people
B. They were markets for fruit
C. They wanted to give the colonies raw materials
D. It was a place for the king to have his summer home
E. They were important sources of aw materials and markets for furnished goods
2) King Louis XIV liked to rule by
A. Starting lots of wars
B. Stopping wars
C. Making peace treaties
D. Converting people to his religion closing off his bonds and isolating his country
Pg 471
10) What was the main idea of mercantilism?
a) Raise tariffs on foreign imports
b) Improve the transpiration of exports
c) Decrease of imports and increase of exports
d) Get rid of exports and rely on imports
e) To
cutoff all trade in
476
The protestant reformation abolished properties as …?
476
What did parliament destroy?
A. The kings place in government
B. The rights of the people
C. divine right theory of kingship
D. The Prime Ministership’s place in government
E. It’s place as the real authority
477
During the
reformation of
477
What was the Baroque painting style known for?
A. Giving rights to the people
D. It’s a way to make history
E. Use of effects to arouse the emotions
493
What rights were given to
A. Appointing church offices, supervising religious order, ability to babtize and establishing European society
B. The ability to appoint church offices and tat the Indians
C. All the rights and responsibilities of the pope towards the Indians
D. The ability to create churches
E. The right to build a new canal through
Which country was the biggest threat to the Portuguese, through controlling trade?
A. France’s trade with the Native Americans
B. The Dutch West India Company with it’s
connection to the
C. Spain- through trade with
D.
E. Italy’s trade with
496
Slaves in
A. Feed because of new laws
B. Working in Sugar plantations and cleaning the roads
C. Work as endeavored servants in wealthy houses
D. Serving as Domestic servants for wealthy families of working in sugar plantations 498
What were some of the diseases on slave ships and what was the death rate?
A. Dysentery, smallpox & depression. 30%
B. Smallpox. 60%
C. Influenza, bird flu. 30%
D. There were no diseases but some deaths but only 1 or 2 a voyage
Pgs. 576 & 578
7) The Enlightenment was named because:
a)The elite class was educated
b) The scientific revolution ideas to reexamine all aspects of life
c)The work exalted God
d) People turned their backs on Christianity
e)The widespread impact of ideas on the European society
586
What is secularization?
A. Seeing the world in material and spiritual terms
B. seeing the world in a material sense, not spiritual
C. seeing the world in abstract spiritual terms
D. seeing the world in abstract non spiritual terms
E. seeing the world in abstract, material terms
586
What did Sir Francis Bacon want science to do?
A. Create devices beneficial to society like schools
B. Create devices beneficial to agriculture, trade and anti-industrialists
C. Create devices beneficial only to trade
D. Create devices beneficial to mills, agriculture and schools
E. Create devices beneficial to industry, agriculture and trade
588
John Locke would argue that
A. everyone inherits their parents mind
B. everyone id born with a tabuls rasa; open mind by genetics
C. everyone is born with a tabula rasa; blank mind
D. everyone is born with a continental knowledge for the continental blockade set up by Napoleon
E. everyone in born with a tabula rasa; brilliant mind
589
Voltaire was not known for supporting religious tolerance, but was known for
A. his beautiful singing voice
B. prophetic writing of poetry
C. his long term knowledge for herbs
D. his really really big nose
E. being a total and utterly schlub
590
Philosophs believed that
A. Couldn’t be used to discover natural laws
B. could kind of be used to discover the natural laws
C. sort of couldn’t be used to discover the natural laws
D. could be used to discover their natural laws
E. went down the did in
613
European society in the 18th century was divided into traditional orders known as
A. Groups of armies
B. Groups of families
C. Social groups or estates
D government politician groups
E. Neighborhoods
614
An enlightened ruler is ….
A. A ruler that allowed religious toleration, freedom of speech and press and rights to own private property.
B. A ruler that didn’t allow religious freedom or freedom of speech and press
C. A ruler that allowed religious freedom but didn’t allow property of freedom of speech and press.
D. A ruler that loved the arts but not science
E. An absolutist monarch
618
Why did Catherine II and Fredrick II get along so long.
A. They both never taxed their people
B. They took reforms seriously
C. Thy didn’t attempt reforms
D. They agreed with the territorial expansion.
E. They liked to talk about enlightened reforms
619
Where was the was of Austrian succession fought in?
A. Europe,
B.
C. Europe Russia and sweeden
D. Southern Europe Russia and ottoman empire
E. Russia England and ottoman empire.
622
In the sixteenth century
A. Central America
B. Central America, some of south
C.
D. Central America, Most of southern
E.
624
Natural resources harvested from Latin America colonies by
A. Gold, silver, tobacco, Diamonds, and Timber
B. Gold, silver, tobacco, Diamonds, and animal hides
C. Gold, silver, tobacco, Timber, and Bronze
D. Gold, silver, iron, Timber, and Bronze
E. Gold, slaves, iron, Timber, and Bronze
630
The French revolution was seen as what? for what?
A. Small turning point for
B. Major turning point towards
C. Major turning point towards
D. changes
E. Disaster for
632
What had the national assembly planned to do first?
A. They wanted to build a new place for the relics of feudalism work
B they wanted to take away some of the relics of feudalism’s power
C. They ignored the relics of feudalism orders
D. they wanted to get rid of the relics of feudalism.
.E. They wanted to give the relics of feudalism more power.
638
To save the republic from his foreign enemies the committee of public safety decreed:
A. Chaos
B. Mobilization of part of the nation
C. mobilization of the nobles
D. no mobilization
E. Universal mobilization of the nation
639
On what day was the king executed ?
A. January 21, 1293
B. February 3 1793
C. January 21 1795
D. May 4 1793
E. July 27 1800
2) Why was the reign of terror set in motion?
A. To make the people fear the rulers
B. To protect the public from international enemies
C. To make
D. To kill those they didn’t like
E. To make the people more loyal.
640
After Robespierre death what middle-class leaders took control?
A. Napoleon
B. The parliament
C. The committee of public safety
D. The directory
E. The national convention
641
From 1805-1807 Napoleon’s Grand Army defeated who?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. England,
643
Where was napoleon last defeated?
A. At waterloo after the “One hundred days”
B. At Waterloo before he was exiled
to
C. The One Hundred Days
D. In Moscow, Russia before he left his troops
E. The battle of Trafalgar
644
What were some of the ideas that napoleon spread?
A. conservative Ideas
B. The Ideas of the French revolution: nationalism, and strength in the nobility and clergy
C. The Ideas of Britain, The Continental system
D. The ideas of the American Revolution
E. The ideas of the French revolution: religious tolerance equality before the law and equal opportunities with officers.
651
What year(s) did the industrial revolution begin, and where?
A. 1770s,
B. !780s, Franc
C. !780s,
D. 1770s Grand
E. 1730s, France
652
In 1760 a new engine was built, who was its inventor, and what did it get its power from?
A. Charles William, steam
B. James watt, electricity
C. James William, electricity
D. James Watt, steam
E. Charles William, electricity
654
What year was the railroad system started and finished? How long was it?
A.1830-1860, 27k miles
B. 1830-1860, 72k miles
C. 1830-1850, 26K miles
D. 1810-1815, 20k miles
E. 1700-1722, 1k miles
670
What group did Garibaldi use for Italian Unification?
A. They were called the blue shirts
B. They were called the red shirts
C. They were called the Unifactorians,
D. They were called red barons
E. They ere called the blue chests
672
What were the real politics during the time?
A. Politics based on socialism
B. Politics based on theory and ethics rather than on political matters.
C. Politics were real politics matters rather than on theory or ethics
D. politics based on the peoples perspective
E. The Kings laws made to help people.
694
According to the communist manifesto what is political power.
A. The organized power of one class for oppressing the other
B. The organized power of government trying to get money
C. Classes that have opposing views but get along
D. The downfall of one class in communists revolution
E. Working men of all countries that all united
695
What was the purpose of mey day?
A. For all political parties to strengthen the parties
B. to strengthen the position of socialist parties against international capitalism
C. Weaken socialist parties
D. strengthen economies in the nation
E. To celebrate veterans from religious wars
706
What sport was founded in the late 19th century
A. The Scottish golfing association in 1911
B. English football association in 1923
C. The American bowling congness in 1895
D. American bowling congness in 1895 709
What were some of the social reforms that the liberals voted for during the 1906-1914?
A. Compensation of thos not poor enough to feed a family
B. Small pension for those below the age of 70
C. Benefits for workers if family died of sickness
D. The national insurance act of 1911 E. The English constitution of 1890
716
1)What theory did Einstein publish and what did it state?
A. The theory of relativity, time and space aren’t related
B. The theory of relativity, time and space aren’t absolute, they are inconstant and changeable
D. The theory of gravity, all time and space aren’t related
E. The theory of gravity, mass attracts other mass
2) What is psychoanalysis
A. A method by which a psychotherapist and patient could look into the memory of the patient and analyze it.
B. A method by witch a psychotherapist could look deeply into the thoughts of a patient.
C. A method by witch a psychotherapist could read patients thoughts.
D. A way for a psychotherapist to become one with a patient
E. A way for a psychotherapist to levitate to the next reality.
717
What principle did Charles Darwin come up with that was applied to the social order that became known as Social Darwinism?
A. Electricity that helps the animals
B. Evolution of all things living and nonliving
C. Evolution of humans and other things
D. Classification of the human race
E. Organic evolution to all things living or non living
718
Since the middle ages the Jews were portrayed as the murderers of who?
A. Henry VIII king of
B. Peter, Jesus Christ’s disciple
C. Jesus Christ, the savior and king
D. Cesar, The Emperor of
E. Abe Lincoln, the president of
722
When did the era known as post-imperialism arise?
A. 1780s
B. 1890s
C. 1800’s
D. 1800
E. 1880s
725
What was a major feature in the era of the 2nd Industrial revolution
A. Small cities emerging
B. The emergence of people, or big cites
C. the emergence of mass societies
D. Small cities getting smaller
E. Fluorescent lighting was invented
745
What was the Bill of Rights for?
A. To set forth Parliament right to make laws and levy taxes
B. To give rights to the people
C. To settle religious questions that played a big part in the 17th century
D. To bring James II back to the throne
E. to take over the world
753
What were two goals of the Indian National congress?
A. To stop children from marrying so young and to throw out the British control
B. to stop child marriages but more
importantly to have a share in the governing process C. To have total
control over
D. To break into two groups and have one be peaceful and the other use terrorism and get their land back.
E. To start an uprising and take back their country
754
In Gandhi’s early years what were his two goals
A. Became the leader of the INC then work for peace
B. Join the INC then convert the British
C. Strengthen unity with the British and convert his opposing Indians
D. To convert the British to his own views and to strengthen the unity of the Indians.
E. Became a ruthless dictator and destroy all of Brittan for attacking his fellow Indian people
763
What areas were under some form of colonial rule in 1914?
A. All of
B. All of Africa and
C. all of Africa and south/ south
D. South southeast
800
1) In July 1 1916, How many British soldiers died
A. 21,000
B 10,000
C 15,000
D 34,000
E 5,000
2) What was the first stage in the crisis of the Twentieth century?
A. the French revolution
B. Revolutions
C. World War I
D. World War II
E. World War I and revolutions
801
The system of nation-states that emerged in
A. Cooperation
B. Competition
C. Building of the City-states
D.
E. A revolution
802
1)Conscription means:
A. An air force
B. A military
C. A military Draft
D.
E. American Revolution
2) Brinkmanship means:
A. The process of threatening to go to war to achieve one’s goal
B. The practice of Achieving
C. The practice
D. A military
E. The man
803
In 1914 the European armies had doubled there size to about______
A. 1.3 million
B. 1.1 million
C. 2 million
D.3 million
E. 100,000
804
Who killed Arch duke Ferdinand and his wife? When was the death?
A. Josef Laden on June 1, 1914
B. Gavrilo Princie on June 1, 1914
C. Josef Laden on June 28, 1914
D. Gavrilo Princie on June 28 1914
E. Aladdin bin laden on February 17, 1915
811
The novel all quiet on the western front….
A. Exposed the hannsons of French warfare
B. Described the harsh conditions of combat in ww1
C. Described the harsh living conditions of the front line during wwi
D. all except e
E. Was about the Spanish American war
812
The reason the First World War was so heightening at the time was…
A. The stories fought back from the front line
B. It was the First World War
C. The world war had so many statements that everyone was surprised
D. No one had fought in a war as mechanized as qq1
E. The novel all quiet on the western front was published
825
What was a major development in
A. The French Renault
B. The beginning of tank warfare
C. The mosquito tank
D. Caterpillar tracks
E. Trench warfare
826
When did the social Democrats develop a democracy in
A. August 16, 1920
B. November 10, 1918
C. December 9, 1918
D. August 12, 1918
E. November 9, 1918
Pg. 428-429
4) What is the must defining characteristic of humanism?
A. It included the Greek concept of a sound body and encouraged boys, as well as girls, to run, swim, and javelin throw.
B. It educated the elite but gave no regard whatsoever to the poor
C. It introduced the concept of men’s right to freedom and right to break away from the confines of govt. if so needed during the Renaissance
D. it was based on the study of Greek and Roman literature and stressed liberal studies such as eloquence and grammar to bring back ancient thoughts of how humanity is important
E. It obliterated the use of Latin in schools and made English grow profusely
5) The
impact of printing in
A. The
spread of knowledge, the religious ideas of the Reformation, communication and
European civilizations competition with
B. A more structured and educated society because of a mass revival of scholars
C. The first bible and thus less reliance on secular matters and more on religion
D. It caused people to question modern ideals
E. It gave women more rights by allowing them to participate in school because such knowledge was extremely valued
Pg. 430
1) What is vernacular language?
E. B. The language spoken in a certain country
F. The
language spoken in
G. The language spoken in there own regions such as Italian, French or German.
H. The language Dante and Geoffrey Chaucer spoke while freeing slaves.
Pg. 432
2) What was Michelangelo is role in the high renaissance
A.
His job making statues in the heart of
B.
His job painting murals on schools in
C.
his figures on the ceiling of the sistein chapel in
D. The scientific teachings and use of logic.
Pg. 439
1All of the following but what
were situations that helped Lutheranism survive in
F. Charles V was preoccupied with his secret love affair
G. The holy roman emperor Charles V was politically preoccupied with France his rival.
H. Charles V faces political opposition form the pope.
I. The advancement of the ottoman Turks, preoccupied Charles V
J. The instability of the internal German territorial states.
Pg 445
2What was the most important impact of the protestant reformation.
E. The abolishment of saints ended many religious holidays
F. Family had a new emphasis and was placed at the center of human life.
G. The catholic church was left more vulnerable and instable
H. The European population became extremely moral and pius.
I. Radical religious practices were instated in many governments and thus created governmental instability.
Pg. 448
1What was the cause for the reformation of Catholicism?
F. Only corrupt popes cardinals etc.
G. Pope Paul III and his cardinals, Bishops
H. Corrupt popes, cardinals etc. and the protestant reformation.
I.
Council of
J. Loyola’s Jesuit Missionaries
449
2Who benefited the most from the renaissance
F. The Greeks and Romans
G. The elite like the pope kings and cardinals
H. Low religious people like priests and nuns
I. Slaves who were set free after this
J. The poor like peasants and farmers
397
1) The high middle ages was a time where:
A. Lots of drug use was common.
B .There was a building spree of lavatories and hospitals
C. European literacy increased
D Professors were the wealthiest
E. Universities developed along with new literature and art.
404
6) The bubonic plague was spread by
A. Black rats
B. Mosquitoes
C. It was airborne
D. Drinking infected water
E. It was an std.
411
1) Compared to the strong western rulers the eastern ones were
A. Very similar in how the ruled.
B. Weak and unable to impose their authority as effectively
C. Much stronger and powerful
D. More scarce
E. The complete authority of their land.
412
As a whole western Europe did what after the hundred years war?
413
What factors did not mean the end of mostly rural European society?
F. The expansion of towns and cities and the development of a money economy.
G. The revival of trade, the expansion of towns and cites, and the development of a money economy.
H. The revival of the trade system
I. The collapse of the trade system and expansion of towns and cities
J. Spiritual revival