AP Euro Semester 1 (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded

AP Euro Semester 1 (2025) Actual
Exam Questions and Answers A+
Graded




What .does .the .word .Renaissance .mean? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Rebirth

What .two .ancient .civilizations .inspired .the .artistic .and .literary .developments .of
.the .Renaissance? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Greeks .and .Romans


In .what .country .or .region .did .the .Renaissance .begin? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
Italy

Which .Italian .city-state .is .considered .the .birthplace .of .the .Renaissance? .-
.CORRECT .ANSWER-Florence


In .the .beginning .of .the .Renaissance, .which .social .class .in .the .Italian .city-states
.had .the .biggest .impact .on .the .development .of .the .Renaissance? .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-The .elite .(wealthy .upper-class)


What .were .the .four .major .cultural .values .of .the .Renaissance? .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-Humanism: .an .intellectual .movement .based .on .the .study .of .the
.Classical .literary .works .of .Greece .and .Rome
Innovation: .brought .about .things .like .the .printing .press, .advancements .that
.allowed .fast .spread .of .information
Individualism: .emphasis .on .and .interest .in .the .unique .traits .of .each .person
Secularism: .the .process .of .becoming .more .concerned .with .material, .worldly,
.temporal .things .and .less .with .spiritual .and .religious .things; .a .characteristic .of
.the .Italian .Renaissance


Which .family .dominated .the .banking .industry .in .Florence .during .the .early
.Renaissance .and .patronized .the .artists .in .Florence? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
Medici

What .is .civic .humanism? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-An .intellectual .movement .of .the
.Italian .Renaissance .that .held .that .humanists .should .be .involved .in .government
.and .use .their .rhetorical .training .in .the .service .of .the .state

, What .Roman .author .inspired .the .civic .humanists? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Cicero

What .did .the .liberal .education .of .the .Renaissance .focus .on .the .development
.of? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Stressed .the .importance .of .liberal .studies .as .the .key
.to .true .freedom, .enabling .individuals .to .reach .their .full .potential


What .subjects .did .people .study .for .this .liberal .education? .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-History, .moral .philosophy, .eloquence .(rhetoric), .letters .(grammar .and
.logic), .poetry, .mathematics, .astronomy, .music


What .was .the .invention .of .Johannes .Gutenberg? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The
.printing .press


What .was .the .first .book .printed .using .the .Gutenberg .printing .press/moveable
.type? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Bible


What .was .a .Renaissance .man? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-A .person .with .many
.talents .or .areas .of .knowledge


What .advice .did .Machiavelli .give .to .European .rulers .in .his .book, .The .Prince? .-
.CORRECT .ANSWER-That .a .ruler .should .not .behave .based .on .Christian
.principles, .the .end .justifies .the .means


Consider .the .phrase ."by .any .means .necessary". .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-You
.have .to .do .whatever .it .takes


Consider .the .phrase ."the .end .justifies .the .means". .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
Whatever .you .have .to .do .to .achieve .your .goal

Work .of .Ghiberti: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Sacrifice .of .Isaac .(panel), .the .doors
.of .Florentine .baptistry


Work .of .Masaccio: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Expulsion, .the .Tribute .Money

Work .of .Donatello: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .David

Work .of .Leonardo .da .Vinci: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Vitruvian .Man, .the .Last
.Supper, .the .Battle .of .Anghiari


Work .of .Michelangelo: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Pietas, .the .David, .the .ceiling
.of .the .Sistine .Chapel, .the .Last .Supper


Renaissance .artistic .judgement: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-What .is .the .technique .of
.perspective .in .painting?


What .is .the .technique .of .perspective .in .painting? .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The
.ability .to .see .three .dimensionally