AP European History

Who was the Renaissance artist that painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel?

• Michelangelo
• Donatello
• Raphael
• Leonardo da Vinci

Who was the monarch that converted to quiet his Catholic opponents and laid the foundation for the absolute rule of the Bourbon Dynasty?

• Louis XIV of France
• Charles IX of France
• Francis I of France
• Henry IV of France

The Estates-General was a legislative body in France made up of representatives from each of the three estates which includes all of the following except for which?

• The monarchy

• The commoners

• The nobility
• The clergy

What is the idea that monarchs are chosen by God?

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa and fought against the Arabs in the Indian Ocean?

• Bartholomew Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernán Cortés
• Vasco da Gama

The Treaty of Tordesillas

• divided the Americas by giving Spain everything south of the Caribbean and England everything north of the Caribbean.

• divided the Pacific Ocean by giving Spain everything east of India and Portugal everything west of India.

• divided the Atlantic Ocean with an imaginary line, giving Spain control of everything west of the line and Portugal everything east of the line.

• divided the Americas by giving Portugal all of the sugar-producing regions and Spain all of the silver-producing regions.

At the time of his death, Columbus believed the islands he found were

• settled by a civilization of vast wealth and sophistication.

• part of a new continent.

• isolated from any other land mass.

• off the coast of Asia.

Which of the following was a major factor in the spread of humanist culture in late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?

• The creation of new religious orders by the papacy
• A major increase in government funding for elementary education
• The development of the printing press
• The sale of basic textbooks written in the vernacular

Christian Humanism emphasized

• reading in the vernacular & reforming the Church.

• the Greco-Roman classical past as a model for behavior.

• a style of art that celebrated panoramic scenes of village life.

• political unity among the Low Countries to defend against French expansion.

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

• Secular
• Patrons
• Merit
• humanism