AP European History

As a result of the Scientific Revolution, the 1700's became known as the Age of what?

• Learning

• Discovery

• Empire

• Enlightenment

Divine right monarchy was a term used to refer to

• a king's power derived from God

• the pope's authority over bishops

• the rights of subjects under a king

• the requirement that kings be ordained by the pope

Charles I of England faced a revolt against royal authority led by

• Parliament

• the Anglican Church

• peasants

• French agents

Which of the following is the most significant outcome of Charles I's execution in 1649?

• It was the first time in history that a Parliament had voted for the execution of a monarch.

• The execution restored the Tudors to the throne.

• The execution led to the abolition of the monarchy.

• England was invaded and conquered by the Scots and Ireland gained independence.

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

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

Which of the following most clearly distinguishes the northern Renaissance from the Italian Renaissance?

• interest in science and technology

• greater concern with religious piety

• cultivation of a Latin style

• growth of national language in literature

Which of the following states proved to be the exception to the trend of centralization?

• England

• the Holy Roman Empire

• France

• Spain

Charles V was on of along line of Austrian rulers of the Holy Roman Empire (1452-1806) from which family?

• Hapsburg

• Tudor

• Valois

• Hohenzollern

All of the following were methods that monarchs in Russia, France, and Spain employed to consolidate their rule EXCEPT

• promoting ethnic and religious nationalism

• breaking the independent power of the nobility

• securing control over levying taxes

• establishing a close but dominant relationship with the Christian Church in their lands