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WorksheetsAP European History Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All of these were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT
a)
A series of bad harvests
b)
The spread of Enlightenment ideals
c)
Anger over the French alliance with Austria
d)
The refusal of the government to reform
2.
Which event ended the rule of the Committee of Public Safety?
a)
Thermidorian Reaction
b)
Coup of 18 Brumaire
c)
Women's March on Versailles
d)
Battle of Waterloo
3.
What government was formed under the French Constitution of 1795?
a)
Directory
b)
National Convention
c)
Legislative Assembly
d)
Consulate
4.
Which general handed Napoleon his final defeat?
a)
Gebhard von Blucher
b)
Mikhail Kutuzov
c)
The Duke of Wellington
d)
Archduke Charles of Austria
5.
What event brought Napoleon to power?
a)
Fall of the Bastille
b)
Insurrection of August 10, 1792
c)
Thermidorian Reaction
d)
Coup of 18 Brumaire
6.
What club of the radical left drove the rise of Robespierre and the Reign of Terror?
a)
Jacobins
b)
Girondins
c)
Feuillant
d)
Society of 1789
7.
What country did France declare war on in 1792, beginning over twenty years of bloodshed?
a)
Austria
b)
Great Britain
c)
Russia
d)
Prussia
8.
The reign of Queen Elizabeth the First saw a golden age of English
a)
Colonization
b)
Theater
c)
Painting
d)
Politics
9.
The tide of the European theater of World War II was turned at the Battle of
a)
Kursk
b)
Anzio
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Leningrad
10.
Who redefined political thinking during the Renaissance along realist lines?
a)
Niccolo Machiavelli
b)
Desiderius Erasmus
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Baldassarre Castiglione
11.
What conflict shattered Europe's domination on the global stage?
a)
World War I
b)
Napoleonic Wars
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
12.
What issue has proven to be very divisive in Western European society in recent decades?
a)
Immigration
b)
Gender roles
c)
Foreign relations
d)
Corruption
13.
Which of these was NOT an economic effect of the Black Death?
a)
Trade decline
b)
Higher wages
c)
Smaller tax bases
d)
Increased growth
14.
Which of these principles was NOT laid out at the Congress of Vienna?
a)
Legitimacy
b)
Balance of power
c)
Intervention
d)
Free trade
15.
What was the German bombing of London during the Second World War called?
a)
The Blitz
b)
The Great Fire
c)
The Bombardment
d)
The Burning
16.
Which individual did Stalin drive out of the Soviet Union when he took power?
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Leon Trotsky
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Vyacheslav Molotov
17.
Which of the following countries had not yet successfully industrialized by the late 19th century?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Italy
d)
Russia
18.
Risorgimento is the Italian word that means:
a)
unification
b)
romanticism
c)
resurgence
d)
Conquer Austria!
19.
In what year did Germany become unified?
a)
1869
b)
1871
c)
1873
d)
1875
20.
What is the term for the politics of realism, which means to advance the interests of a nation by any means necessary. Even violence.
a)
politique
b)
diplomacy
c)
realpolitik
d)
utilitarianism
21.
What major event led to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
The Agricultural Revolution
b)
The French Revolution
c)
The Renaissance
d)
The Romantic Movement
22.
The revolutions of 1848 began in
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Germany
d)
Austria
23.
Which two territories were given to Germany after the Franco-Prussian war?
a)
Nice & Savoy
b)
Alsace & Lorraine
c)
Burgundy &Tuscany
d)
Schleswig & Holstein
24.
All the following were reasons for imperialism, except
a)
the need for natural resources
b)
national pride
c)
the search for disease cures
d)
rivalries with other countries
25.
Which of the following helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany?
a)
The promise of a new democracy
b)
The Great Depression
c)
Big business and labor
d)
The support of the Weimar government
26.
Which of the following literary and philosophical movements emerged from the loss of faith in traditional institutions following World War II?
a)
Existentialism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Humanism
d)
Naturalism
27.
Many Germans viewed the Weimar Republic as an illegitimate government because its leaders
a)
came to power in a violent coup.
b)
drew Germany into WWI.
c)
signed the Treaty of Versailles.
d)
supported the Nazi Party.
28.
How did the Nazis take power in Germany?
a)
by appointment
b)
by force
c)
by Hitler's decree
d)
by parliamentary election
29.
In what ways did fascists differ from communists?
a)
Communists wanted to spread communism internationally, while fascists were most concerned with national goals.
b)
Fascists supported a classless society, while communists defined classes.
c)
Fascists set up one-party states, while communist set up multiparty states.
d)
Communists used terror to achieve their goals, while fascists used political methods.
30.
The Surrealism movement involved
a)
viewing the unconcious as a source of inspiration
b)
The tendency to remove connecting language and structures such as exposition, transitions, resolutions, and explanation
c)
The bypass of the national mind and writing directly from the unconcious
d)
all of the above
31.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Italian Renaissance art?
a)
Symmetry
b)
Perspective
c)
Focus on nature
d)
Intense emotion
32.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Mannerist art?
a)
Intense emotion
b)
Symmetry
c)
Distorted proportions
d)
Elongated proportions
33.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Baroque art?
a)
Dramatic lighting
b)
Intense emotion
c)
Focus on power and grandeur
d)
Reflected nature
34.
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Northern Renaissance art?
a)
Focus on religion
b)
Realistic
c)
Emphasis on power
d)
Portrayals of daily life
35.
What was the primary reason that World War I escalated beyond a regional conflict?
a)
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand drove European monarchs to war
b)
Complex alliance systems dragged in countries that otherwise wouldn't have been involved
c)
Other powers wanted to take advantage of Austria-Hungary's weakness
d)
Humanitarian concern for the Serbians
36.
What was the driving force behind the rise of authoritarian regimes in the 1920s and 30s?
a)
Economic anxiety
b)
Renewed religious fervor
c)
Aristocratic counterrevolutions
d)
Coups funded by colonial powers
37.
What event proved that a new historical age had begun?
a)
The end of World War II
b)
The dropping of the atomic bomb
c)
The unprecedented destruction during World War I
d)
The Holocaust
38.
Which Enlightenment philosopher is most remembered for his theory of separation of powers?
a)
Charles de Montesquieu
b)
John Locke
c)
Voltaire
d)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
39.
Which was NOT a cause of the Protestant Reformation
a)
Corruption in the Catholic Church
b)
The desire for deeper religious experience
c)
The ambitions of monarchs to build power away from Rome
d)
Economic strife
40.
Which of these men was the main theologian of predestination?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Ulrich Zwingli
c)
Jan Hus
d)
John Calvin
41.
Lollardy was a movement in to reform Catholicism that is often seen as a forerunner to the Reformation. Who was its leader?
a)
John Wycliffe
b)
Jan Huss
c)
Ulrich Zwingli
d)
John Calvin
42.
What highly destructive conflict sounded the decline of the Holy Roman Empire and is often seen as the end of the Reformation?
a)
Peasant's War
b)
Schmalkaldic War
c)
Thirty Year's War
d)
Eighty Year's War
43.
What ended the French Wars of Religion?
a)
The accession of Henry IV and the Edict of Nantes
b)
The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
c)
Spanish intervention
d)
France's entry into the Thirty Year's War
44.
Which was NOT a factor in ending the Cold War?
a)
Cooperation between Reagan and Gorbachev
b)
The Revolutions of 1989
c)
Glasnost and perestroika reforms
d)
The Marshall Plan
45.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
European nations needed to build more factories
b)
Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe
c)
The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful
d)
There was a division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
46.
He used math to prove that the planetary orbits were elliptical.
a)
Copernicus
b)
Clovis I
c)
Kepler
d)
Pony Boy
47.
Who created the Scientific Method?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
The Pope
d)
Francis Bacon
48.
What did the geocentric theory state?
a)
The sun was at the center of the universe
b)
The earth was at the center of the universe
c)
Earth was one of the four elements
d)
Geography was the highest discipline
49.
One country’s domination of another politically, economically, and culturally is known as what?
a)
nationalism
b)
communism
c)
imperialism
d)
capitalism
50.
The race for European countries to claim land in Africa was called the _________.
a)
Scramble for Africa
b)
African Marathon
c)
Great Competition
d)
Monopoly
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