AP EURO FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Black Death (The Plague) - Correct Answers -1347 Genoese sailors carried cargo along
with disease-infested rats and fleas with a disease later called this. Often transmitted
person to person- many priests died because cared for the sick. Started with boil, bubo
that was a bump the size of a nut or apple and very painful- gave name. Next came
bleeding under skin with spots and blotches. Finally person coughed violently and spit
blood and death followed in 2 or 3 days. Not enough time, people, and places to bury
and properly care for the dead body so disease spread faster.
Hundred Years' War - Correct Answers -Conflict between England and France from
1337 to 1453; fought over lands England possessed in France and feudal rights versus
the emerging claims of national states. 1259 Treaty of Paris said English king agreed to
become vassal of French crown. When Queen Isabella of England killed her husband
King Edward II the French barons wouldn't let her son Edward III or her rule the French
monarch. Crown given to Philip VI nephew of Philip the Fair and Philip exercised full
jurisdiction which Edward III said violated Treaty of Paris. War also became French civil
war making it last longer. Both governments supported the war. England lost all its
possessions in France except Calais. Both sides death great and because of Black
Death. The crisis led to challenges to the Church.
Joan of Arc - Correct Answers -French peasant girl and military leader inspired by
religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII
crowned king and helped French win key battles in Hundreds Years' War. English
captured her and France didn't fight back. English condemned her as a heretic in 1431
and burned her at stake in Rouen marketplace.
Babylonian Captivity - Correct Answers -(1309-1376) Philip the Faire pressured Pope
Clement V to settle permanently in Avignon, France to control the church and its
policies. It weakened the papal prestige.
Great Schism - Correct Answers -Italian citizens wanted a new pope in Rome and
France wanted Cardinal Robert, cousin of Charles V of France to be pope in Avignon.
There were 2 popes, Urban (VI) in Rome and Clement VII (Cardinal Robert) in Avignon.
Confusion over which pope was legitimate and broke down piety and the church. 2
popes and division until 1417
,John Wycliffe - Correct Answers -English scholar like an early Martin Luther and helped
Europe move toward the Reformation. Wrote that papal claims of power were not in the
Scriptures and the Scriptures alone should be standard of belief and everyone should
read for themselves. Urged abolition of veneration of saints, pilgrims, pluralism and
absenteeism.
Conciliar Movement - Correct Answers -Reform of the church through general councils
representing all Christians. The pope still is the head of the church, but authority is from
the Christian community. Solution to the unrest and Schism and called for a new pope.
Led rise to Renaissance papacy.
Jan Hus - Correct Answers -Czechoslovakian priest like Wycliffe. He denounced
superstition, sale of indulgences, and other abuses. He defeated transubstantiation and
insisted Church authority derived from the Scripture alone.
Secularism - Correct Answers -concern with the material world and not the eternal world
of spirit. Want to find the ultimate explanation of everything. New society and wealth
allowed material pleasures, comfortable life and time to appreciate the arts.
Humanism - Correct Answers -Expansion of learning and emphasized humans and their
achievements, interests, and capabilities. Importance of the individual to get an
education, study Latin, and wrote to understand human value. Christian ________
believe in education but stress ethical way of life and spiritual and education through
church.
Individualism - Correct Answers -Stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and the
fullest development of capabilities and talents.
Francesco Petrarch - Correct Answers -Known as the father of Renaissance
Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 as a cleric and committed his life to humanistic
pursuits and careful study of the classics. He resisted writing in the Italian vernacular
and broke from the old Rome glory ages what he called "Dark Ages" into a new golden
age of intellectual achievement.
Italian Renaissance - Correct Answers -interest in classical antiquity, perfect human
form, and high regard for the individual. Papal still hold authority but people turn toward
material things and interest in art.
Northern Renaissance - Correct Answers -like Christian humanist more interest in
biblical and devotional literature, polished the human soul and searched for Christian
roots. More ethnic morality, literature, and art.
Italian City States - Correct Answers -Power held in Florence by Medici banking family.
Central Italy was Papal States. Major states controlled smaller ones competing for
territory and created balance of power and modern diplomacy. A lot of oversea and
, canal transport and trade and Florence capital of banking but most Italians made money
through selling wool
Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Papal States
Feudalism - Correct Answers -class structure
Rapheal Sanzio - Correct Answers -Florentine who created frescoes (rapid watercolor
painting done on wet plaster, walls, and ceilings) in the papal apartments and painted
portraits of devotional images.
Baldassare Castiglione - Correct Answers -wrote The Courtier (1528) about training the
young man into a gentleman. He should be educated in many academic subjects and
have spiritual, physical, and intellectual capabilities. Young men should be able to
dance, sing, wrestle, ride, do difficult math, and speak and write well. Also talked about
perfect court lady but to lesser extent and women too should be educated, play
instrument, paint, and have beauty and dress modest. 16th and 17th century translated
into all European languages and shaped social mores and patterns.
Johann Gutenberg - Correct Answers -invented to movable type- printing press with
metal inked up symbols pressed onto the paper
Renaissance Women (Laura Creta) - Correct Answers -humanist who defended
women's right to education- wrote letters people read, wanted them to paint but not
excepted into academies and universities, not allowed to study male nude or sign name
for art
Thomas More - Correct Answers -wrote Utopia (1516) presents a perfect society in
which everyone is equal. Suggests that the basic problems in society are caused by
greed, people are corrupt.
Desiderius Erasmus - Correct Answers -wrote 'The Praise of Folly' 'The Education of a
Christian Prince' believed that education is the means to reform, and the core of
education shoud be to study the bible and the classics
Rogier Van der Weyden - Correct Answers -Flemish painters used oil based paints
successfully, paid attention to personality and were considered equals of Italian painters
Jan Van Eyck - Correct Answers -one of earliest artists who used oil-based paintings.
'Ghent Altarpiece' and 'Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride' show Flemish love for detail
War of the Roses - Correct Answers -2 rival houses but also had family power 1455-
1471 dual houses of York (white rose symbol) and Lancaster (red rose symbol) civil
war, Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
Giotto - Correct Answers -Florentine painter who used realism in treatment of the
human body and face
AND ANSWERS
Black Death (The Plague) - Correct Answers -1347 Genoese sailors carried cargo along
with disease-infested rats and fleas with a disease later called this. Often transmitted
person to person- many priests died because cared for the sick. Started with boil, bubo
that was a bump the size of a nut or apple and very painful- gave name. Next came
bleeding under skin with spots and blotches. Finally person coughed violently and spit
blood and death followed in 2 or 3 days. Not enough time, people, and places to bury
and properly care for the dead body so disease spread faster.
Hundred Years' War - Correct Answers -Conflict between England and France from
1337 to 1453; fought over lands England possessed in France and feudal rights versus
the emerging claims of national states. 1259 Treaty of Paris said English king agreed to
become vassal of French crown. When Queen Isabella of England killed her husband
King Edward II the French barons wouldn't let her son Edward III or her rule the French
monarch. Crown given to Philip VI nephew of Philip the Fair and Philip exercised full
jurisdiction which Edward III said violated Treaty of Paris. War also became French civil
war making it last longer. Both governments supported the war. England lost all its
possessions in France except Calais. Both sides death great and because of Black
Death. The crisis led to challenges to the Church.
Joan of Arc - Correct Answers -French peasant girl and military leader inspired by
religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII
crowned king and helped French win key battles in Hundreds Years' War. English
captured her and France didn't fight back. English condemned her as a heretic in 1431
and burned her at stake in Rouen marketplace.
Babylonian Captivity - Correct Answers -(1309-1376) Philip the Faire pressured Pope
Clement V to settle permanently in Avignon, France to control the church and its
policies. It weakened the papal prestige.
Great Schism - Correct Answers -Italian citizens wanted a new pope in Rome and
France wanted Cardinal Robert, cousin of Charles V of France to be pope in Avignon.
There were 2 popes, Urban (VI) in Rome and Clement VII (Cardinal Robert) in Avignon.
Confusion over which pope was legitimate and broke down piety and the church. 2
popes and division until 1417
,John Wycliffe - Correct Answers -English scholar like an early Martin Luther and helped
Europe move toward the Reformation. Wrote that papal claims of power were not in the
Scriptures and the Scriptures alone should be standard of belief and everyone should
read for themselves. Urged abolition of veneration of saints, pilgrims, pluralism and
absenteeism.
Conciliar Movement - Correct Answers -Reform of the church through general councils
representing all Christians. The pope still is the head of the church, but authority is from
the Christian community. Solution to the unrest and Schism and called for a new pope.
Led rise to Renaissance papacy.
Jan Hus - Correct Answers -Czechoslovakian priest like Wycliffe. He denounced
superstition, sale of indulgences, and other abuses. He defeated transubstantiation and
insisted Church authority derived from the Scripture alone.
Secularism - Correct Answers -concern with the material world and not the eternal world
of spirit. Want to find the ultimate explanation of everything. New society and wealth
allowed material pleasures, comfortable life and time to appreciate the arts.
Humanism - Correct Answers -Expansion of learning and emphasized humans and their
achievements, interests, and capabilities. Importance of the individual to get an
education, study Latin, and wrote to understand human value. Christian ________
believe in education but stress ethical way of life and spiritual and education through
church.
Individualism - Correct Answers -Stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and the
fullest development of capabilities and talents.
Francesco Petrarch - Correct Answers -Known as the father of Renaissance
Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 as a cleric and committed his life to humanistic
pursuits and careful study of the classics. He resisted writing in the Italian vernacular
and broke from the old Rome glory ages what he called "Dark Ages" into a new golden
age of intellectual achievement.
Italian Renaissance - Correct Answers -interest in classical antiquity, perfect human
form, and high regard for the individual. Papal still hold authority but people turn toward
material things and interest in art.
Northern Renaissance - Correct Answers -like Christian humanist more interest in
biblical and devotional literature, polished the human soul and searched for Christian
roots. More ethnic morality, literature, and art.
Italian City States - Correct Answers -Power held in Florence by Medici banking family.
Central Italy was Papal States. Major states controlled smaller ones competing for
territory and created balance of power and modern diplomacy. A lot of oversea and
, canal transport and trade and Florence capital of banking but most Italians made money
through selling wool
Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Papal States
Feudalism - Correct Answers -class structure
Rapheal Sanzio - Correct Answers -Florentine who created frescoes (rapid watercolor
painting done on wet plaster, walls, and ceilings) in the papal apartments and painted
portraits of devotional images.
Baldassare Castiglione - Correct Answers -wrote The Courtier (1528) about training the
young man into a gentleman. He should be educated in many academic subjects and
have spiritual, physical, and intellectual capabilities. Young men should be able to
dance, sing, wrestle, ride, do difficult math, and speak and write well. Also talked about
perfect court lady but to lesser extent and women too should be educated, play
instrument, paint, and have beauty and dress modest. 16th and 17th century translated
into all European languages and shaped social mores and patterns.
Johann Gutenberg - Correct Answers -invented to movable type- printing press with
metal inked up symbols pressed onto the paper
Renaissance Women (Laura Creta) - Correct Answers -humanist who defended
women's right to education- wrote letters people read, wanted them to paint but not
excepted into academies and universities, not allowed to study male nude or sign name
for art
Thomas More - Correct Answers -wrote Utopia (1516) presents a perfect society in
which everyone is equal. Suggests that the basic problems in society are caused by
greed, people are corrupt.
Desiderius Erasmus - Correct Answers -wrote 'The Praise of Folly' 'The Education of a
Christian Prince' believed that education is the means to reform, and the core of
education shoud be to study the bible and the classics
Rogier Van der Weyden - Correct Answers -Flemish painters used oil based paints
successfully, paid attention to personality and were considered equals of Italian painters
Jan Van Eyck - Correct Answers -one of earliest artists who used oil-based paintings.
'Ghent Altarpiece' and 'Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride' show Flemish love for detail
War of the Roses - Correct Answers -2 rival houses but also had family power 1455-
1471 dual houses of York (white rose symbol) and Lancaster (red rose symbol) civil
war, Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
Giotto - Correct Answers -Florentine painter who used realism in treatment of the
human body and face
