AP Euro Exam Review – Questions With
Appropriate Solutions
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
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 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.
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
Appropriate Solutions
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
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 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.
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
