WorksheetsAP European History Midterm
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
By the 1600s, what event had occurred between Europe and the New World?
Native Americans moving to Europe
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases
Europe conquering all of the New World
How did the Europeans justify forcing indigenous peoples and Africans into forced labor and slavery? Choose BEST answer.
Glory
Gold
Religion
Freedom
How were Europeans able to conquer indigenous populations so easily?
Europeans outnumbered indigenous populations
Europeans didn't understand indigenous populations culture
Advances in technology and immunity to diseases native populations weren't
What impact would lower wages do on Western European families?
Wellfare programs started to help poor families
Western European women delayed marriage to limit the number of children they would have
Western Europeans left the cities for the countryside
Western European farmers started growing food crops
What kind of people would have commissioned art from Northern Renaissance artists like Albrecht Dürer?
Middle class elites who wanted art that showed everyday life and naturalist style
The Church who wanted to see more emotion in paintings
Monarchs who wanted classic mythology paintings
Protestant leaders who wanted art that broke from the Church
What did the Peace of Augsburg do for Lutheranism?
Made it illegal
Made it legal/legitimate
Nothing
All of the following are effects of the printing press EXCEPT:
Development of unique cultures throughout Europe
Cheaper printing materials
More access to books in the vernacular language
Catholic Church getting more power
Why would women have lower literacy rates than men?
Growth of convents for women to go to
The expectation that women would engage in different social and economic norms than men
Weakening of Catholic institutions because of the Protestant Reformation
Delaying marriage
What was the major difference between Italian humanists and Northern humanists?
Italian humanists look at classical sources but Northern humanists do not
Both look at classical sources, but Northern humanists also look at Christian sources
Only Northern humanists look at classical sources
What would cause an increase in sugar consumption in Europe?
Increased European trade with Asia
Creation of planation colonies in the Caribbean
Increase agricultural production in Europe
What are the major differences between Calvinism and Lutheranism?
Calvinism emphasizes predestination, while Lutheranism emphasizes salvation by faith alone.
Calvinism emphasizes salvation by faith alone, while Lutheranism emphasizes predestination.
Calvinism emphasizes the authority of the Pope, while Lutheranism emphasizes the authority of the Bible.
Calvinism emphasizes the authority of the Bible, while Lutheranism emphasizes the authority of the Pope.
In the sixteenth century, Geneva and other European towns and cities experienced what demographic changes?
People moving from the countryside to cities
Immigration from overseas colonies
Decreasing population
Larger birthrate
What did Calvinists believe laws should be based off of?
Freedom
Slavery
Religion
What was the goal of the Council of Trent?
To address the criticisms of the Protestant Reformation and strengthen Catholic doctrine.
To promote the spread of Protestantism and challenge Catholic doctrine.
To establish a new Christian denomination separate from Catholicism and Protestantism.
To negotiate peace between Catholic and Protestant nations.
What did the Edict of Nantes do?
The Edict of Nantes banned Protestantism in France.
The Edict of Nantes established Catholicism as the official religion of France.
The Edict of Nantes granted religious freedom to Protestants in France.
The Edict of Nantes granted religious freedom to Catholics in France.
What event developed the baroque art style?
Age of Exploration
The printing press
The Commercial Revolution
The Catholic Reformation
What city dominated European trade and finance in the early seventeenth century?
Venice
Paris
London
Amsterdam
Before the Industrial Revolution, how were goods typically produced?
Silks and cottons being imported from Asia
More guilds
Putting out system of the cottage system in the countryside
Railroad system
Why was Dutch life so prosperous for middle class people during the 17th century?
Dutch gained territory in the 30 Years War
Dutch made significant financial and trade advances
Dutch oligarchy
Dutch attacking Spanish fleets
How was Europe able to dominate the world trade system in the 1700s?
Europeans having better quality goods
European powers working together
The creation of large European land empires in Asia and Africa
Europe having naval superiority and technology
Who fought in the English Civil War?
The Dutch
The Puritans
The Quakers
Royalist (cavaliers) and parliamentary (roundheads) forces
Why did Spain start to decline in the 17th century?
30 Years War
Wars w/ Protestants
Empire stretched too thin with resources
Religious toleration
Secret treaties
What was the goal of Peter the Great during his rule?
Westernize Russia
Reform the church
Defeat the Ottomans
Get rid of the nobility
What would the "invisible hand" do according to Adam Smith?
checks and balances among government branches
religious toleration
enlightened monarchy
balance out self interests w/ economic benefit
What BEST helped the population in Europe to increase in the 1700s?
Rising birth rate
Decline in death rate
Elimination of all diseases and introduction of vaccines
Decline in food prices
The reign of Joseph II of Austria is often an example of
enlightened monarchy
divine right
mercantilism
absolutism
What were the goals of the French Revolution?
Create an enlightened monarchy
Religious revival
Change the current and traditional political order/society
Spread ideas to other European nations
How would the American Revolution impact European history?
led to new alliances
new balance of power
set the stage for France's financial crisis that led to meeting of Estates-General
inspired England’s Glorious Revolution
What was created during the French Reign of Terror?
women's march to Versailles
Committee of Public Safety
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
What would the Napoleonic Wars inspire in Germany and Spain?
Nationalist sentiments
Nothing
Resistance to monarchal rule
New artwork
When Napoleon conscripted (drafted) men into the military, it was a continuing the tradition from what French event?
the Thirty Years’ War
Fronde uprising
French Revolution
7 Years War
The basic goal of Napoleon’s Continental System was to
isolate Russia
weaken England economically
unite France and Spain
unify Germany
conquer Italy
What did the Napoleonic Code do?
It was Europe’s first written law code.
Protected private property rights but took away the rights of women to their husbands
Legalized free speech
Eliminated the secret police
The Romantic movement was a reaction to what?
The Renaissance
Religious toleration
Scientific Revolution
The Enligthenment
At the Congress of Vienna, what was the end goal?
balance of power
imperialism
war
mercantilism
