AP Euro Unit 5 Test

What is balance of power?

• International equilibrium of political and military forces that discouraged aggression by an combination of states of domination of Europe by one state.

• The ability to have universal male suffrage.

• A committee including all members of the House. It allows bills and resolutions to be considered without adhering to all the formal rules of a House session, such as needing a quorum of 218. All measures on the Union Calendar must be considered first by the Committee of the Whole.

• When one country has too much power and rules over all of Europe.

Which countries made up The Great Powers?

• Austria, Britain, The Netherlands, and France

• Austria, Britain, Prussia, Russia, and France

• Britain, The Americas, Russia, Prussia, and France

• Prussia, France, and Russia

What did the Quadruple Alliance create?

• The Congress of Metternich

• The Congress of Long-lasting Peace

• The Congress of Vienna

• The Congress of Great Powers

Why are there two dates for the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)?

• Napoleon escaped, so they had to meet twice; thus 1815 represents the true defeat of Napoleon.

• Napoleon was defeated from the end of 1814 into the beginning of 1815.

• The Congress of Vienna was originally created in 1814, but complications between the countries caused it to be disbanded, but came back again in 1815.

• Napoleon died in 1814 and the Congress of Vienna was made in 1815.

Pick the main goals of the Congress of Vienna.

• Long-lasting peace (maintain balance of power)

• To prevent war

• Prevent Napoleon from taking over again

• Stop the spread of romanticism

Why did the Congress of Vienna have to rearrange the map of Europe?

• Russia had taken over most of Europe.

• Austria had conquered most of Europe already.

• Napoleon had already conquered lots of Europe.

• Prussia was the most powerful country and had conquered a majority of Europe already.

Choose the lenient treatments of France.

• Didn’t have to pay war reparation

• Received the lands that they had gained up until 1782 (in 1782, they were fighting against Austria and Prussia)

• Received the lands that they had gained up until 1792 (in 1792, they were fighting against Austria and Prussia)

• Had a say in what was happening to them as they were granted a seat at the Congress of Vienna

Why did the Congress of Vienna allow the lenient treatment of France?

• They didn't want France to gain back all its power

• They didn’t want France becoming vengeful and angry

• They wanted France to be restrained

• They didn't want France to become too powerful

Who was France's representative in the Congress of Vienna

• Alexander I

• Talleyrand (the foreign minister of Louis XVIII)

• Castlereagh

• Metternich

Who was Austria's representative in the Congress of Vienna?

• Alexander II

• Castlereagh

• Talleyrand (the foreign minister of Louis XVIII)

• Metternich