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AP Euro Unit 4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He emphasized the need for a separation of powers to prevent despotism (unbridled and oppressive exercise of power). In his Spirit of the Law (published in 1748), he suggested a separation into 3 branches: legislative to make the laws, judicial to interpret the laws and executive to enforce the laws.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Hobbes

2.

This philosophe developed the idea for 'consent of the governed' (a government's legitimacy and the moral right to use state power is only justified when it is consented to by those governed). He believed that the laws of a state/country would be formed by the general will (the desires and wants of the people who made them). He published Contrat Social in 1762.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

3.

This group of economists believe that the primary goal of government is to protect property and allow owners to use it freely. They were proponents of free trade and opposed mercantilist policies because they believed that it hampered development. Some examples are Francois Quesnay, Turgot and Pierre DuPont de Nemours.

a)

The philosophes

b)

The empiricists

c)

The jurists

d)

The physiocrats

4.

A Sottish economist, he supported abolishing trading limits, trade regulaions and tariffs. He was a proponent of the free market (laissez faire). His book, The Wealth of Nations (published in 1776), influenced many future economists and earned him the reputation as a founder of Capitalism.

a)

Francois Quesnay

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Adam Smith

5.

Wrote a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Defended equality of women with men based on human reason. Argued if women had access to the same educational opportunities as men, they would be equally as intelligent.

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Maria Therea of Austria

d)

Emilie du Chatelet

6.

Enlightenment thinker who advocated for humane treatment of prisoners and was against the death penalty. Wrote On Crimes and Punishments (1764).

a)

Baruch Spinoza

b)

Cesare Beccaria

c)

Francois Quesnay

d)

David Hume

7.

How did the invention of the printing press help the Reformation?

a)

Inexpensive Bibles printed allowed more people to read them.

b)

People could read translations of the Bible in their language.

c)

It allowed reformers to spread their ideas.

d)

All of these are correct

8.

How did the Catholic Church combat the Protestant Reformation?

a)

They discussed and affirmed Church teaching at the Council of Trent and corrected problems like the lack of educated priests and corruption.

b)

A new more personal form of spirituality developed

c)

Religious orders like the Jesuits and Discalced Carmelites grew quickly and provided education to combat heresy and were a source of piety, something the Church had been lacking.

d)

All these are correct

9.

Philip II sent the ________ to DESTROY England in 1588.

a)

Spanish Armada

b)

The Conquistadors

c)

Pizarro and Cortez

d)

Spanish Inquisition

10.

Who was the monarch of England when Phillip II went to war with his Spanish Armada and lost?

a)

Mary of Scots

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

James I

d)

Charles I

11.

What was the Defenestration of Prague?

a)

Protestants hurled Catholic officials out a window

b)

the destruction of Prague

c)

the pillaging by Czechs of Prague

d)

Catholic killings of Protestant in Prague

12.

The Thirty Year's War is a conflict between...

a)

Rigby and Mordecai

b)

Catholics and Protestants

c)

Lutherans and Calvinists

d)

Muslims and Christians

13.

This Enlightenment thinker is known for his advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, and his criticism of the Catholic Church. He famously said, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.'

a)

A) John Locke

b)

B) Voltaire

c)

C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

D) Denis Diderot

14.

Which 18th-century economic theory emphasized the importance of agriculture and believed that wealth came from the land? This theory was in opposition to mercantilism and was supported by thinkers like Francois Quesnay.

a)

A) Capitalism

b)

B) Socialism

c)

C) Physiocracy

d)

D) Feudalism

15.

This scientific revolution figure is known for his laws of motion and universal gravitation, which laid the groundwork for classical mechanics. His work, 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,' was published in 1687.

a)

A) Galileo Galilei

b)

B) Johannes Kepler

c)

C) Isaac Newton

d)

D) Nicolaus Copernicus