AP Euro Exam 2026 Questions and
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Cosimo de Medici - Correct answer-supported education and the arts, made many
business connections in Europe
Lorenzo Medici - Correct answer-gave power to the lower classes of Italy, but he
let his family business decline.
Savonorola - Correct answer-bonfire of Vanities and Ruled Florence STRICTLY,
later exectued by the Pope
Petrarch - Correct answer-coined the term renaissance, , (1304-1374) Father of the
Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent
the peak in the development of human civilization.
Pico della Mirandola - Correct answer-Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated
that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the
Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed
that there is no limits to what man can accomplish.
Lorenzo Valla - Correct answer-Wrote "On Pleasure" defended the senses of good
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,Giovanni Bocaccio - Correct answer-Decameron, Federigo's Falcon, timelessness
and university, 1300s, Humanism
Castiglione - Correct answer-Wrote "The Courtier" describing all of the major
things that a man must have in order to be a functioning societal person
Machiavellli - Correct answer-Wrote the Prince, a book about using politics as a
science. "feared rather than loved" and "fox and lion"
Desiderius Erasmus - Correct answer-Dutch humanist and theologian who was the
leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe, Dutch humanist and theologian
who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe although his
criticisms of the Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and
condemned Martin Luther. he wrote The Praise of Folly, worked for Frobein and
translated the New Testament from Greek to Latin(1466-1536)
Jan Van Eyck - Correct answer-Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish
school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-
1441)
Thomas More - Correct answer-English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's
divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded, He was a
English humanist that contributed to the world today by revealing the complexities
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,of man. He wrote Utopia, a book that represented a revolutionary view of society.
(p.437)
Jerome Bosch - Correct answer-He was a Flemish painter whose works display the
confusion and anguish of the end of the Middle Ages. Jerome Bosch frequently
used religious themes, colorful imagery, and grotesque fantasies in his works of art.
(p.439)
New Monarchies - Correct answer-Historians' term for the monarchies in France,
England, and Spain from 1450 to 1600. The centralization of royal power was
increasing within more or less fixed territorial limits. (p. 414)
Thomas a' Kempis - Correct answer-German ecclesiastic (1380-1471), author of
"the imitation of christ"; early northern christian writer who challenged individuals
to live a godly life rather than focus just on knowledge, summarized philosophy of
Brothers of the Common Life in 'Imitation of Life', died in 1471, associated with
Brethren of the Common Life, He was the leader of the mystic group known as
Modern Devotion
John Wycliffe - Correct answer-(c.1328-1384) Forerunner to the Reformation.
Created English Lollardy. Attacked the corruption of the clergy, and questioned the
power of the pope.
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, Martin Luther - Correct answer-Known by many as the creater or the reformation,
he broke away from the Catholic Church and then later began to question the popes
role in the church and the sale of indulgences.
Frederich the Wise of Saxony - Correct answer-Supporter of Marthin Luther, he
hid him from the Catholic Church when he refused to repent.
Charles V - Correct answer-This was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the
Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the
Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation
Anabaptists - Correct answer-A Protestant sect that believed only adults could
make a free choice regarding religion; they also advocated pacifism, separation of
church and state, and democratic church organization.
Zwingli - Correct answer-Leader of Swiss Reformation. Agreed to disagree with
Luther about communion. He thought it was only a symbol, and that it wasn't
Christ's body or blood untill it touched your mouth, only symbolic. Found on the
battlefield of the Swiss Civil War wounded and the Lutherans found him, cut him
up into little pieces, then burn them and scattered the ashes over the land. Luther
said Zwingli got what he deserved.
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Answers 100% Pass Guaranteed
Cosimo de Medici - Correct answer-supported education and the arts, made many
business connections in Europe
Lorenzo Medici - Correct answer-gave power to the lower classes of Italy, but he
let his family business decline.
Savonorola - Correct answer-bonfire of Vanities and Ruled Florence STRICTLY,
later exectued by the Pope
Petrarch - Correct answer-coined the term renaissance, , (1304-1374) Father of the
Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent
the peak in the development of human civilization.
Pico della Mirandola - Correct answer-Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated
that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the
Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed
that there is no limits to what man can accomplish.
Lorenzo Valla - Correct answer-Wrote "On Pleasure" defended the senses of good
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,Giovanni Bocaccio - Correct answer-Decameron, Federigo's Falcon, timelessness
and university, 1300s, Humanism
Castiglione - Correct answer-Wrote "The Courtier" describing all of the major
things that a man must have in order to be a functioning societal person
Machiavellli - Correct answer-Wrote the Prince, a book about using politics as a
science. "feared rather than loved" and "fox and lion"
Desiderius Erasmus - Correct answer-Dutch humanist and theologian who was the
leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe, Dutch humanist and theologian
who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe although his
criticisms of the Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and
condemned Martin Luther. he wrote The Praise of Folly, worked for Frobein and
translated the New Testament from Greek to Latin(1466-1536)
Jan Van Eyck - Correct answer-Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish
school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-
1441)
Thomas More - Correct answer-English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's
divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded, He was a
English humanist that contributed to the world today by revealing the complexities
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,of man. He wrote Utopia, a book that represented a revolutionary view of society.
(p.437)
Jerome Bosch - Correct answer-He was a Flemish painter whose works display the
confusion and anguish of the end of the Middle Ages. Jerome Bosch frequently
used religious themes, colorful imagery, and grotesque fantasies in his works of art.
(p.439)
New Monarchies - Correct answer-Historians' term for the monarchies in France,
England, and Spain from 1450 to 1600. The centralization of royal power was
increasing within more or less fixed territorial limits. (p. 414)
Thomas a' Kempis - Correct answer-German ecclesiastic (1380-1471), author of
"the imitation of christ"; early northern christian writer who challenged individuals
to live a godly life rather than focus just on knowledge, summarized philosophy of
Brothers of the Common Life in 'Imitation of Life', died in 1471, associated with
Brethren of the Common Life, He was the leader of the mystic group known as
Modern Devotion
John Wycliffe - Correct answer-(c.1328-1384) Forerunner to the Reformation.
Created English Lollardy. Attacked the corruption of the clergy, and questioned the
power of the pope.
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, Martin Luther - Correct answer-Known by many as the creater or the reformation,
he broke away from the Catholic Church and then later began to question the popes
role in the church and the sale of indulgences.
Frederich the Wise of Saxony - Correct answer-Supporter of Marthin Luther, he
hid him from the Catholic Church when he refused to repent.
Charles V - Correct answer-This was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the
Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the
Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation
Anabaptists - Correct answer-A Protestant sect that believed only adults could
make a free choice regarding religion; they also advocated pacifism, separation of
church and state, and democratic church organization.
Zwingli - Correct answer-Leader of Swiss Reformation. Agreed to disagree with
Luther about communion. He thought it was only a symbol, and that it wasn't
Christ's body or blood untill it touched your mouth, only symbolic. Found on the
battlefield of the Swiss Civil War wounded and the Lutherans found him, cut him
up into little pieces, then burn them and scattered the ashes over the land. Luther
said Zwingli got what he deserved.
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