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2024 AP Euro Final Exam

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

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1-4.

Vasari’s painting depicts an episode called the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre  (1572).

1.

The above picture depicts which two groups engaged in battle?

a)

The French Huguenots and Catholics

b)

French and Austrian soldiers

c)

Catholics and Anabaptists

d)

Peasants and nobles

2.

The use of propaganda through writing and imagery such as that seen above proliferated during the era of religious conflict in Europe, making which of the following a crucial reason for the success of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

The widespread use of ballads as a way to share information between towns and villages.

b)

The implementation and proliferation of the printing press.

c)

The political conflict between the Catholic Church and Germanic princes.

d)

The greatly improved travel network in the Holy Roman Empire.

3.

Which of the following factors most influenced the image above depicting opposing groups regulating public morals.

a)

The spread of Anabaptist ideas and ideals from Muenster to France causing armed insurrection.

b)

The spread of Austrian nationalism throughout the Germanic states and Italy.

c)

The spread of Calvinist ideas and ideals from Geneva into France causing religious conflict.

d)

The spread of Anglicanism from England causing religious conflict.

4.

The clash depicted above sparked a greater conflict sometimes characterized by historians as a civil war that was ended by which of the following movements toward religious toleration?

a)

Elizabeth I issued her Elizabethan Settlement allowing private worship.

b)

Louis XIV issued the Edict of Fontainebleau allowing many Protestants to worship as they pleased in fortified towns.

c)

Henry of Navarre converted back to Catholicism, became Henry IV of France, and issued the Edict of Nantes allowing many Protestants to worship as they pleased in fortified towns.

d)

The peace of Westphalia in 1648 allowed Calvinism to be practiced by people in principalities whose leaders chose to follow that religion and its offshoots.

5.

Which of the following most accurately describes a significant trend in witchcraft prosecutions shown by the graph?

a)

The number of prosecutions increased sharply in the late 1500s and decreased sharply in the late 1600s.

b)

The number of prosecutions increased continually throughout the period covered by the graph

c)

The number of prosecutions increased steadily from 1550 to 1650.

d)

The number of prosecutions from 1450 to 1600 remained largely the same each decade.

6.

The patterns in the graph most strongly support which of the following conclusions about witchcraft prosecutions in the early modern period?

a)

Witchcraft prosecutions are closely associated with economic stress.

b)

Witchcraft prosecutions are closely associated with religious conflict.

c)

Witchcraft prosecutions are closely associated with state centralization.

d)

Witchcraft prosecutions are closely associated with immigration.

7-8.

“[Parliament] being now assembled in a full and free representation of this nation…asserting their ancient rights and liberties declare…

That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal;

That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal….

That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretense of prerogative, without grant of Parliament is illegal….

That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place outside of Parliament…

That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against the law.…”


English Parliament, the Bill of Rights, 1689

7.

The Bill of Rights challenged the traditional absolutist argument that:

a)

the monarch should respond to the wishes of the people.

b)

a powerful monarchy is needed to provide political stability.

c)

the aristocracy and the church should share power with the king.

d)

monarchical control is essential for encouraging free trade.

8.

The excerpt of the document above most directly refers to which of the following policies of earlier Stuart rulers?

a)

The creation of impositions to tax without parliamentary consent.

b)

The failure to enforce the Test Act. (designed to exclude Catholics and Protestants (not part of the Church of England) from holding positions of power.)

c)

The appointment of court favorites to positions they were unqualified for

d)

The increasingly pro-Catholic sentiments of the Stuart monarchs

9-11.

At last it seems to me that I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate of all creatures and conse-

quently worthy of all admiration. . . . The nature of all other beings is limited. . . . Imagine! The great generosity

of God! The happiness of man! To man it is allowed to be whatever he chooses to be!

  • Pico della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man, 1486

9.

Pico della Mirandola was participating in which

cultural movement?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Reformation

c)

The Scientific Revolution

d)

The French Revolution

10.

Pico della Mirandola believed that humankind

was unique in what way?

a)

Human beings have a soul.

b)

The potential of the human being is unlimited.

c)

It is possible for human beings to go to heaven.

d)

Human beings know that they will die.

11.

Pico della Mirandola rejected which of the following notions?

a)

That man was a unique kind of creature

b)

That God intended man to strive to achieve

c)

That man is unworthy of admiration

d)

That humans are God’s equals

12-14.

We have, by this perpetual and irrevocable edict, established and proclaimed:

“First, that the recollection of everything done be one party or the other . . . during all the preceding period of

troubles, remain obliterated and forgotten, as if no such things had ever happened. . . .

“We ordain that the Catholic Apostolic and Roman religion shall be restored and reestablished in all places and

localities of this our kingdom and countries subject to our sway, where the exercise of the same has been interrupted,

in order that it may be peaceably and freely exercised, without any trouble or hindrance. . . .

“And in order to leave no occasion for troubles or differences between our subjects, we have permitted, and

herewith permit, those of the said religion called Reformed to live and abide in all the cities and places of this our

kingdom and countries of our sway, and without being annoyed, molested, or compelled to do anything in the

matter of religion contrary to their consciences. . . .”

Henry IV of France, The Edict of Nantes, 1598

12.

From the passage, one may infer, clearly guess, that

a)

before 1598, France was stricken with religious conflict

b)

before 1598, France had been free of religious conflict

c)

Henry IV was a Protestant

d)

Henry IV was a Catholic

13.

The Edict of Nantes proclaimed which of the following?

a)

The Catholic Church caused too much trou-

ble and hindrance in France.

b)

The Catholic Church is the one true Church

c)

The Catholic Church could exist in France.

d)

The Catholic Church in France was banned.

14.

Henry IV proposed which of the following in the Edict?

a)

His own conversion to Protestantism

b)

His own conversion to Roman Catholicism

c)

Allowed Protestants to be able to live peacefully in his kingdom

d)

Banning Protestants from France

15.

Which invention played a crucial role in spreading the ideas of the Reformation across Europe?

a)

The compass

b)

The telescope

c)

The printing press

d)

The steam engine

16.

What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

a)

Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists

b)

it led to the development of public libraries

c)

it led to renewed study of Latin and Greek

d)

it increased literacy and the use of the vernacular

17.
__________________ was a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
a)
Indulgence
b)
Humanism
c)
Secular
d)
Perspective
18.

Which classical civilization was a major influence on Renaissance humanism?

a)

Mesopotamian

b)

Egyptian

c)

Greek and Roman

d)

Chinese

19.

How did humanism influence the art of the Renaissance?

a)

Artists focused more on abstract, non-representational forms

b)

Art became more focused on religious themes

c)

Artists emphasized realism, human emotion, and the human form

d)

Art was used primarily for propaganda purposes

20.

Which of the following was a key cause of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

The invention of the steam engine

b)

Corruption within the Catholic Church

c)

The signing of the Magna Carta

d)

The fall of the Byzantine Empire

21.

Who was a leading figure of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Isaac Newton

22.

Henry VIII had three children. What were their names?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Elizabeth II

c)

Edward VI

d)

Mary I

e)

James VI

23-24.

David by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501-1504)

23.

Michelangelo's David displays which of the following thematic innovations of Renaissance artists?

a)

Depiction of religious persons

b)

Accurate human anatomy

c)

The use of marbel as a material

d)

The portrayal of enigmatic expressions

24.

The sculpture of David was placed in front of the new Republic's town hall, the Palazzo della Signoria, in Florence, facing Rome and the pope as a warning against the former power of which of the following families?

a)

The Habsburgs, who dominated politics on the Italian Peninsula and through Europe for over a century.

b)

The Valois, who dominated Italy and Germany as part of their dominance of religious and political life in the 1400s.

c)

The Medici, who dominated Italy through banking and politics.

d)

The Fuggers, ,who the pope owed huge amounts of money, which eventually led to the selling of Indulgences.

25.

17th-century absolutism and constitutionalism were political responses to

a)

Louis XIV's attempts to conquer western Europe.

b)

the fear of disorder and breakdown that was the legacy of the Wars of Religion.

c)

the rise of the middle classes, who threatened to seize power from monarchs and aristocrats.

d)

the Catholic church's renewed efforts to assert its control over northern Germany.

26.

The number of Africans who were transported to the "New World" between 1520 and 1867 is estimated at 10 million to 15 million

A: Explain TWO results of the European slave trade from Africa to the Americas.

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27.

The number of Africans who were transported to the "New World" between 1520 and 1867 is estimated at 10 million to 15 million

B: Explain one motivation for the European slave trade from Africa to the Americas.

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28.

Which of the following reforms were implemented by Peter the Great to modernize Russia?

a)

Returning the capital to Moscow

b)

Establishing an elected parliament

c)

Creating a professional, Western-style military

d)

Abolishing serfdom entirely

29.

Why did Peter the Great impose a beard tax on Russian men?

a)

To punish the nobility for opposing his reforms

b)

To strengthen the authority of the Orthodox Church

c)

To discourage traditional Russian customs and promote Westernization

d)

To raise funds for military expansion