AP European Test Questions and Answers

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AP European Test Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers) 1.Which of the following best characterizes Renaissance humanists?a.They rejected Christian perspectives b.They concentrated on the study of humans from a biological perspective c.They rejected writers from the pre-Christian period d.They emphasized rhetoric based on classical models.e.They maintined the principles of medieval scholasticism.✔✔ d. They empha- sized rhetoric based on classical models.

2.Which of the following roles was most socially acceptable for an educated woman in Renaissance Europe?a.accountant b.sculptor c.biblical scholar d.political adviser e.patron of the arts✔✔ e. patron of the arts 3.Calvinist opposition to Spanish rule in the Netherlands during the six- teenth century took all of the following forms EXCEPT a.the destruction of religious images in Roman Catholic churches b.increased efforts to convert people to Protestantism c.attempts to assassinate Philip II d.demonstrations against the execution of heretics 1 / 4

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e.civil war between Roman Catholics and Protestants✔✔ c. attempts to assassi- nate Philip II 4.In his Institutes of the Chirstian Religion, John Calvin sought to a.answer the Roman Catholic Church's doctrinal reforms formulated at the Council of Trent b.systemize Protestant doctrine as the basis for a reformed Christianity c.Challenge the growing political authority of kings through the articulation of a theory of political resistance d.promote a dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church e.raise the cultural level of Europeans by supporting universal schooling✔✔ b. systemize Protestant doctrine as the basis for a reformed Christianity 5.Roman Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists condemned Anabaptists for their a.belief in church-state separation b.support for infant baptism c.secular outlook on the world d.support for papal supremacy e.use of magic to achieve religious reform✔✔ a. belief in church-state separation 2 / 4

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6.The goals of Protestant princes in Germany before 1555 included the a.abolition of the Holy Roman Empire b.achievement of religious toleration for all German people c.Recognition of Lutheranism as a legitimate form of religion d.extension of Protestantism to all of Europe e.economic and commercial unity of the German states✔✔ c.Recognition of Lutheranism as a legitimate form of religion 7.In the mid 1400s, Christians, Muslims, and Jews coexisted with some degree of toleration in a.England b.France c.Spain d.The Holy Roman Empire e.The Kingdom of Naples✔✔ c. Spain 8.Copernicus' primary contribution to the scientific revolution was his the- ory of a.elliptical planetary orbits b.the universal law of gravitation c.the principle of inertia d.a geocentric universe e.a heliocentric universe✔✔ e. a heliocentric universe 9.How did subsequent French monarchs view the Edict of Nantes, issued by Henry IV of France in 1598?a.As sinful, because it undermined the Protestant faith 3 / 4

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b.As dangerous because it established a state within a state c.as useful, because it separated church and state d.unfavorably, because it gave the papacy control over the French church heirarchy e.favorably, because it unified state and church✔✔ b. As dangerous because it established a state within a state 10.A major factor in the economic decline of the trading cities of the Hanseat- ic League in the fifteenth century was the a.competition from merchants backed by larger territorial states b.disruption of the Baltic trade resulting from piracy c.loss of the Hanseatic League's share of the Russian fur trade d.a sharp decline in demand for the types of products carried by Hanseatic merchants

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