AP European History Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration Practice Exam

1. The main idea expressed in the passage is most consistent with which of the following?

2. The context that best explains the creation of this passage is

3. Pico della Mirandola's argument most directly challenged the traditional medieval view that

4. The subject matter of the painting is best understood as a characteristic of the

5. A key difference between the artistic style shown above and the style of the Italian Renaissance is that Northern Renaissance art was

6. The artistic movement represented by this painting was most influenced by which of the following developments?

7. Which of the following best describes Machiavelli's primary argument in the passage?

8. Machiavelli's arguments in The Prince were most similar to the political approach taken by

9. The political model described by Machiavelli in the excerpt is best seen as a departure from the medieval political tradition in that it

10. Which of the following technological developments was most essential to facilitating the voyages of exploration depicted on maps of the 15th and 16th centuries?

11. The establishment of the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal in the 16th century led to which of the following effects in Europe?

12. The development of the plantation economy in the Americas was a direct cause of the

13. The invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century had which of the following long-term effects on European society?

14. The Price Revolution of the 16th century was primarily caused by

15. The term "New Monarchs" refers to rulers in the late 15th and 16th centuries who succeeded in