AP Euro – Questions With Expert Solutions (A+)
Lorenzo Valla Correct Answer - Using textual criticism, this
humanist demonstrated the Donation of Constantine was a forgery
Renaissance Papacy Correct Answer - Nickname of the papacy
from the end of the Great Schism to the Reformation, when temporal
preoccupations tended to overshadow spiritual matters
Star Chamber Correct Answer - Created by Henry VII to
control the nobility, it became a symbol of the misuse and abuse of
power by the English monarchy and courts
The War of the Roses Correct Answer - English civil war that
pitted the ducal house Lancaster, whose symbol was a red rose,
against the ducal house of York, whose symbol was a white rose
Sound mind in sound body Correct Answer - "Mens sana in
corpore sano"; a goal of classical education
Extended family Correct Answer - Type of family typical of the
Renaissance that included parents, children, and servants (if the
family was wealthy) and could also include grandparents, widowed
mothers, and even unmarried sisters
Dowry Correct Answer - Money presented by the wife's family
to the husband upon marriage
Taille Correct Answer - French annual direct tax on land or
property
Rebirth Correct Answer - What "Renaissance" literally means
,Humanism Correct Answer - Intellectual movement of the
Italian Renaissance based on the study of the classical literary works
of Greco-Roman antiquity
Portraiture Correct Answer - The emphasis on this type of
painting gives evidence of a renewed commitment to human
individuality
Habsburg Correct Answer - Dynastic family that controlled the
elected monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire and their vast holdings
in Austria
L'umo universale ("Renaissance man") Correct Answer - The
"universal person" who was capable of achievements in many facets
of life
Medici Correct Answer - Famous banking family of Florence
Reconquista Correct Answer - This "reconquest" of the Iberian
peninsula from Muslim Moors was accomplished by Isabella of
Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
Wycliffe Correct Answer - Oxford theologian who alleged that
there was no basis in Scripture for papal claims of temporal
authority and advocated that the popes be stripped of their
authority and their property
Burckhardt Correct Answer - Famous Swiss historian who, in
his The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, argued that the
Italian Renaissance was the birthplace of the modern world with its
focus on individualism and secularism
,Linear perspective Correct Answer - Name for the technique
by which artists create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional
surface
Inquisition Correct Answer - It was introduced by Ferdinand
and Isabella of Spain in 1478 to guarantee the orthodoxy of
Christians
Rome Correct Answer - Epicenter of the "High Renaissance"
Savonarola Correct Answer - "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
Symbolic remembrance Correct Answer - View of the eucharist
(Lord's Supper) advocated by Zwingli and also the Anabaptists that
holds that this ritual is simply a symbolic remembrance of what
happened on the last night of Jesus' life:
Inner piety Correct Answer - The inward religious feeling
Christian humanists sought to cultivate through their reform
programs (and that they believed would help bring about a reform
of individuals and society itself):
Marsiglio of Padua Correct Answer - His Defensor Pacis
supported conciliar movement:
Thomas More Correct Answer - Noted Christian humanist and
author of the influential and controversial Utopia, which depicts an
idealistic New World civilization (and that serves then as a critique
of pre-Reformation European society):
Edict of Worms Correct Answer - It made Luther an outlaw in
the Holy Roman Empire:
, Consistory Correct Answer - Established by Geneva's city
constitution, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances, it oversaw the moral
discipline of Genevans:
Peasants' Revolt Correct Answer - Luther's harsh denunciation
of this revolt demonstrated the limitations of the scope of his
reforming program:
Weber Correct Answer - Famous German sociologist who
sought to explain the origins of capitalism by examining the
behavior of Puritans and their well-known "work ethic":
Absenteeism Correct Answer - Typically a result of pluralism
in that those individuals charged with specific responsibilities were
not around to complete them because they had multiple church
positions:
Predestination Correct Answer - A central teaching of Calvin
(which he thought the Bible taught) and others that God has
determined both the elect and the reprobate:
Anabaptists Correct Answer - The radicals of the Reformation;
they tended to advocate adult baptism, religious toleration, and the
separation of church and state
Inquisition Correct Answer - Revived in Rome during the
Catholic Reformation to ferret out heresy:
Ignatius of Loyola Correct Answer - Founder of the Society of
Jesus and author of its rulebook, The Spiritual Exercises:
Simony Correct Answer - Selling positions in the church to the
highest bidder:
Lorenzo Valla Correct Answer - Using textual criticism, this
humanist demonstrated the Donation of Constantine was a forgery
Renaissance Papacy Correct Answer - Nickname of the papacy
from the end of the Great Schism to the Reformation, when temporal
preoccupations tended to overshadow spiritual matters
Star Chamber Correct Answer - Created by Henry VII to
control the nobility, it became a symbol of the misuse and abuse of
power by the English monarchy and courts
The War of the Roses Correct Answer - English civil war that
pitted the ducal house Lancaster, whose symbol was a red rose,
against the ducal house of York, whose symbol was a white rose
Sound mind in sound body Correct Answer - "Mens sana in
corpore sano"; a goal of classical education
Extended family Correct Answer - Type of family typical of the
Renaissance that included parents, children, and servants (if the
family was wealthy) and could also include grandparents, widowed
mothers, and even unmarried sisters
Dowry Correct Answer - Money presented by the wife's family
to the husband upon marriage
Taille Correct Answer - French annual direct tax on land or
property
Rebirth Correct Answer - What "Renaissance" literally means
,Humanism Correct Answer - Intellectual movement of the
Italian Renaissance based on the study of the classical literary works
of Greco-Roman antiquity
Portraiture Correct Answer - The emphasis on this type of
painting gives evidence of a renewed commitment to human
individuality
Habsburg Correct Answer - Dynastic family that controlled the
elected monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire and their vast holdings
in Austria
L'umo universale ("Renaissance man") Correct Answer - The
"universal person" who was capable of achievements in many facets
of life
Medici Correct Answer - Famous banking family of Florence
Reconquista Correct Answer - This "reconquest" of the Iberian
peninsula from Muslim Moors was accomplished by Isabella of
Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
Wycliffe Correct Answer - Oxford theologian who alleged that
there was no basis in Scripture for papal claims of temporal
authority and advocated that the popes be stripped of their
authority and their property
Burckhardt Correct Answer - Famous Swiss historian who, in
his The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, argued that the
Italian Renaissance was the birthplace of the modern world with its
focus on individualism and secularism
,Linear perspective Correct Answer - Name for the technique
by which artists create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional
surface
Inquisition Correct Answer - It was introduced by Ferdinand
and Isabella of Spain in 1478 to guarantee the orthodoxy of
Christians
Rome Correct Answer - Epicenter of the "High Renaissance"
Savonarola Correct Answer - "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
Symbolic remembrance Correct Answer - View of the eucharist
(Lord's Supper) advocated by Zwingli and also the Anabaptists that
holds that this ritual is simply a symbolic remembrance of what
happened on the last night of Jesus' life:
Inner piety Correct Answer - The inward religious feeling
Christian humanists sought to cultivate through their reform
programs (and that they believed would help bring about a reform
of individuals and society itself):
Marsiglio of Padua Correct Answer - His Defensor Pacis
supported conciliar movement:
Thomas More Correct Answer - Noted Christian humanist and
author of the influential and controversial Utopia, which depicts an
idealistic New World civilization (and that serves then as a critique
of pre-Reformation European society):
Edict of Worms Correct Answer - It made Luther an outlaw in
the Holy Roman Empire:
, Consistory Correct Answer - Established by Geneva's city
constitution, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances, it oversaw the moral
discipline of Genevans:
Peasants' Revolt Correct Answer - Luther's harsh denunciation
of this revolt demonstrated the limitations of the scope of his
reforming program:
Weber Correct Answer - Famous German sociologist who
sought to explain the origins of capitalism by examining the
behavior of Puritans and their well-known "work ethic":
Absenteeism Correct Answer - Typically a result of pluralism
in that those individuals charged with specific responsibilities were
not around to complete them because they had multiple church
positions:
Predestination Correct Answer - A central teaching of Calvin
(which he thought the Bible taught) and others that God has
determined both the elect and the reprobate:
Anabaptists Correct Answer - The radicals of the Reformation;
they tended to advocate adult baptism, religious toleration, and the
separation of church and state
Inquisition Correct Answer - Revived in Rome during the
Catholic Reformation to ferret out heresy:
Ignatius of Loyola Correct Answer - Founder of the Society of
Jesus and author of its rulebook, The Spiritual Exercises:
Simony Correct Answer - Selling positions in the church to the
highest bidder:
