Ch. 12 Practice test

AP European History
Mr. Castañón
Ch. 12: Age of Religious Wars
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A ruler who is known as a politique
A) rules with an iron fist.
B) works well with Parliament.
C) adopts Christian humanism.
D) places political unity of the country above religion and personal beliefs.
E) practices international diplomacy.
2. The Huguenots were
A) a majority of the population of Europe.
B) mainly from the lower classes.
C) Dutch Jansenists.
D) English Catholics.
E) French Calvinists.
3. The French Civil War, between Catholics and Huguenots, involved which of the following families
A) Habsburg, Guise, and Bourbons
B) Valois, Guise, and Bourbons
C) Valois, Tudor, and Bourbons
D) Stuart, Tudor, and Guise
E) Guise, Valois, and Habsburg
4. The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 was an attack on
A) French Huguenots.
B) German peasants.
C) the wealthy of Paris.
D) Dutch merchants.
E) Italian laborers.
5. Which individual was directly involved in the events of the French Civil War?
A) Mary Queen of Scots
B) Mary Tudor
C) Catherine de Medici
D) Catherine of Aragon
E) Elizabeth I
6. France was saved from religious anarchy and constant civil war when religious principles were set aside for
political necessity by King
A) Henry II.
B) Francis I.
C) Louis XIV.
D) Henry IV of Navarre.
E) Charles IX.
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7. The Edict of Nantes was one of the Henry IV’s most significant acts of his reign because of all the following
reasons EXCEPT
A) it was one of the first governmental guarantees of religious freedom in Europe
B) it granted Huguenots civil and political equality with Catholics
C) it continued the bitter civil war between Catholics and Protestants
D) it brought peace to France
E) it granted Huguenots political control of many towns in France
8. Which of the following was not a pillar of Spanish power under Philip II?
A) riches from the New World
B) the unification of Spain through Protestantism
C) an increase in population
D) supremacy in the western Mediterranean
E) an efficient bureaucracy and military
9. Spanish dreams of a world empire were undermined by
A) the revolt of Portugal.
B) the revolt of the Netherlands.
C) uprisings among the Spanish nobility.
D) the emergence of a Spanish Protestant movement.
E) the lack of strong beliefs among Spain’s leaders.
10. The Netherlands revolted again Spanish rule for all of the following reason except
A) Dutch nationalism
B) High taxes placed on the Netherlands by Spain
C) Netherlands wanted religious freedom from Spain
D) Spain was assisting a planned English invasion of the Netherlands
E) Spain was controlling and suppressing Dutch trade
11. Which of the following was a reason Queen Elizabeth I decided to aid the United Provinces in their war
against Spain in the 1580s?
A) The war in the Netherlands could strengthen the English economy.
B) England was interested in invading the United Provinces.
C) The English feared the spread of Protestantism through the region.
D) The English feared a Spanish invasion of their island.
E) The English monarchy wanted to acquire Habsburg territory.
12. What significant event weakened the Spanish dominance in Europe, from which Spain never fully recovered?
A) the assassination of Henry IV
B) the English conquest of Spanish colonies in the Americas
C) the assassination of Henry III
D) the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
E) the defeat of the Spanish Armada
13. The inflation of the sixteenth century was the result of
A) the influx of wealth from the New World.
B) the influx of wealth from the New World and increased population.
C) an overheated industrial sector of the early modern economy.
D) the discovery of new deposits of gold and silver in Europe.
E) increased population.
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14. Between 1618 and 1648, the Thirty Years’ War involved
A) virtually every major European country
B) primarily nations in southern Europe
C) only religious factions in Britain
D) only the 360 political provinces that comprised Germany
E) only nations south of Denmark
15. Which of the following was NOT a phase of the Thirty Years’ War?
A) The French Period
B) The Danish Period
C) The Bohemian Period
D) The Dutch Period
E) The Swedish Period
16. In the Thirty Years’ War, France supported the German Protestants in order to
A) gain financial support from Sweden.
B) help the Netherlands achieve their independence.
C) promote the spread of Calvinism across Europe.
D) take over the Holy Roman Empire for France
E) defeat the Habsburgs in Spain and Germany.
17. The Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War,
A) further strengthened the Holy Roman Empire.
B) was a great victory for Catholicism.
C) maintained that only Catholicism and Lutheranism were legitimate religions.
D) completely weakened the Holy Roman Empire.
E) refused to recognize the independence of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
18. After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which country emerged as Europe’s dominant country
A) Spain
B) France
C) Sweden
D) Germany
E) Austria
19. Which was the result of the Thirty Years’ War?
A) Germany replaced Austria as the predominant power in Central Europe.
B) The Habsburg reign ended in Austria.
C) The Holy Roman Empire was politically and economically devastated and its
population decimated.
D) The French lost all influence in German affairs.
E) Sweden was victorious in all phases of the conflict.
20. The Peace of Westphalia did all of the following except
A) ended all hostilities with the Holy Roman Empire
B) gave Calvinists legal recognition of their religion
C) gave Switzerland and the Netherlands their independence
D) helped to unify the provinces of the Holy Roman Empire
E) reasserted the major features of the Peace of Augsburg
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