AP European History Period 1

AP European History Period 1

12th Grade

55 Qs

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AP European History Period 1

AP European History Period 1

Assessment

Quiz

History

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amy Obhof

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55 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Italian Renaissance?

emphasis on the individual

glorification of human achievement

steadfast support for the church's leading role in society

new attempts to reconcile the pagan philosophy of the Greco-Roman world with Christian thought

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Florence was to the Italian Renaissance what

Constantinople was to the development of the Islamic cultural revival of the 13th century

Moscow was to the Northern Renaissance

Athens was to classical Greek culture

Madrid was to western European Jewish intellectual life after 1492

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Thanks to the wealthy middle-class merchants and bankers who increasingly used their wealth to patronize the arts, the Renaissance began in Italy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Italian unification was achieved, and the state actively financed art and cultural development

Italy held a key strategic position in the growing East-West trade

Italian intellectuals became increasingly aware of their Roman traditions during this time

Byzantine intellectuals escaped Constantinople and Ottoman conquest and brought knowledge of ancient Greek achievements with them to Italy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Machiavelli's book The Prince is regarded as a definitive text on the art of ruthless, self-serving politics and the author is described, by some, as the father of modern political theory. Many scholars believe Machiavelli drew inspiration from the life and acts of

Francisco Sforza

Cesare Borgia

Frederick Barbarossa

Bartolomeo Colleoni

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Italy remained disunited for many reasons, EXCEPT

the pope could not unit Italy because of the Avignon papacy

religious conflict in the 16th century

conflicting economic interests of the various city-states

constant attacks and occupations by foreign powers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Italian humanism gave rise to

Greek becoming the official literary language of the Renaissance writers

the welfare state

the movement toward writing in the vernacular in Europe

the movement known as liberation theology

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Gutenberg's printing press opened the door to widespread dissemination of books and pamphlets in the early years of the Renaissance. This had a profound effect on daily life in many ways including

allowing people to read alone rather than listening to someone recite out loud

encouraging the scholarship of Latin among the poorer classes

nurturing a sense of individual identity

creating a sense of "One Europe"

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