AP European History Midterm

By the 1600s, what event had occurred between Europe and the New World?

• Native Americans moving to Europe

• The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases

• Europe conquering all of the New World

How did the Europeans justify forcing indigenous peoples and Africans into forced labor and slavery? Choose BEST answer.

• Glory

• Gold

• Religion

• Freedom

How were Europeans able to conquer indigenous populations so easily?

• Europeans outnumbered indigenous populations

• Europeans didn't understand indigenous populations culture

• Advances in technology and immunity to diseases native populations weren't

What impact would lower wages do on Western European families?

• Wellfare programs started to help poor families

• Western European women delayed marriage to limit the number of children they would have

• Western Europeans left the cities for the countryside

• Western European farmers started growing food crops

What kind of people would have commissioned art from Northern Renaissance artists like Albrecht Dürer?

• Middle class elites who wanted art that showed everyday life and naturalist style

• The Church who wanted to see more emotion in paintings

• Monarchs who wanted classic mythology paintings

• Protestant leaders who wanted art that broke from the Church

What did the Peace of Augsburg do for Lutheranism?

• Made it illegal

• Made it legal/legitimate

• Nothing

All of the following are effects of the printing press EXCEPT:

• Development of unique cultures throughout Europe

• Cheaper printing materials

• More access to books in the vernacular language

• Catholic Church getting more power

Why would women have lower literacy rates than men?

• Growth of convents for women to go to

• The expectation that women would engage in different social and economic norms than men

• Weakening of Catholic institutions because of the Protestant Reformation

• Delaying marriage

What was the major difference between Italian humanists and Northern humanists?

• 
  Italian humanists look at classical sources but Northern humanists do not

• Both look at classical sources, but Northern humanists also look at Christian sources

• Only Northern humanists look at classical sources

What would cause an increase in sugar consumption in Europe?

• Increased European trade with Asia

• Creation of planation colonies in the Caribbean

• Increase agricultural production in Europe