Period 1 AP Euro Review

During the period from 1600-1715 the traditional social hierarchy of Europe came under pressure by all of the following EXCEPT

• Continuous warfare

• The desire of monarch's to increase their authority and power

• The rejection of religious practice by large numbers of people

• Increased trade and diversification of the economy

Which of the following was part of Luther's theology?

• A belief in the need to create a Protestant Church

• The notion that nature could serve as a guide to salvation

• The idea that charitable works were necessary to go to heaven

• The idea that salvation came only through the grace of god

The Council of Trent

• Excommunicated Martin Luther

• Established the inquisition

• Insisted that the Catholic Church was the final arbiter in all matters of faith

• Reconciled Protestants and Catholics

The Peace of Augsburg

• Ended the war between the Church and the Protestant Princes

• Established Henry VIII's right to establish the Church of England

• Established Geneva as the stronghold of Calvinism

• Established the principle of "he who rules; his religion"

The term Dissenters

• Refers to all Protestants who dent that good works can earn salvation

• Refers to the Anabaptists

• Refers to those who refused to sign the Peace of Augsburg

• Refers to English Protestants who refused to join the Church of England

Renaissance humanism

• Devalued mastery of ancient languages

• Urged the development of a single talent to perfection

• Denied the existence of God

• Valued scholarship for its own sake and for the glory it brought the city-state

Reasons that the Renaissance originated on the Italian peninsula include all of the following EXCEPT the peninsula's

• Geographic location

• Political organization

• Religion

• Social Structure

The conflict that Herberle describes in his chronicle resulted in which of the following?

• The establishment of several religiously pluralistic and tolerant states within the German-speaking regions

• The weakening of the Holy Roman Empire and the strengthening of smaller sovereign states within its boundaries

• The virtual extinction of all Christian denominations except Lutheranism and Roman Catholicism within the German-speaking regions

• The political unification of most of the German-speaking regions under a protestant, rather than a Catholic monarch

Based on the passage, which of the following can be safely inferred about Herberle's religious affiliation?

• He was a member of the Lutheran church

• He was a member of the Calvinist church

• He was not a member of any established church

• He was not Roman Catholic

A historian could best use Herberle's discussion of the comet as evidence for which of the following features of early modern intellectual life?

• The diffusion of new scientific knowledge in the general population of Europe

• The continued popularity of astrology among members of the elite

• The persistence of a traditional view of the world as governed by supernatural forces

• The growing tension between religious and scientific explanation of natural phenomena