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Example Question #171 :Ap European History
Universal state-sponsored education was first provided in France by which of these rulers?
Louis XIV
Louis XVIII
Napoleon
Emperor Napoleon III
Francis I
Napoleon
As a part of his sweeping reform of French domestic policy, Napoleon made universal state-sponsored education available to the masses for the first time in the early nineteenth century. Napoleon believed the introduction of universal state-sponsored education would both help the people of France and allow him to recruit more and better military officers.
Example Question #172 :Ap European History
Which of the following best summarizes Positivism as defined by Auguste Comte in the nineteenth century?
Truth is never absolute; it can only be subjective.
Nothing exists, except for science and mathematics.
The role of government is to provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Only information derived from scientific inquiry possesses authority.
The progress of mankind to a utopian society is inevitable.
Only information derived from scientific inquiry possesses authority.
Positivism is a philosophy built on the belief that quantifiable information attained through scientific experimentation and inductive reasoning is the only source of authoritative knowledge. Auguste Comte stated that the only information people can trust and accept as true must be verifiable through experimentation or be supported by mathematical or scientific reasoning.
Example Question #173 :Ap European History
Relativism is the belief that__________.
the progress of mankind to a utopian society is inevitable
truth is not absolute; it is subjective and informed by circumstance and perception
only information derived from scientific inquiry possesses authority
the role of government is to provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people
nothing exists, except for science and mathematics
truth is not absolute; it is subjective and informed by circumstance and perception
Relativism, as a philosophy, has been in existence for many centuries, but only became widely understood and referenced by that name in the nineteenth century. According to relativism, truth is not absolute; rather, it is subjective and informed by the perception of the individual and the circumstances in which the information is perceived.
Example Question #174 :Ap European History
Along with writingDon Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes is remembered as__________.
an important figure in the development the Spanish language
a traitor for aiding the British in their conflict against Spain in the sixteenth century
a leading figure in the Spanish Inquisition
a conquistador who led an expedition into Central America and defeated the Mayans
Spain’s only great religious reformer of the Protestant Reformation
an important figure in the development the Spanish language
Miguel de Cervantes wrote possibly the most famous piece of Spanish literature,Don Quixote, in the sixteenth century. Cervantes wrote in vernacular Spanish, and is often credited as among the earliest and most influential proponents of vernacular Spanish as both a language of common interaction and high artistic achievement.Don Quixoteremains one of the most lastingly culturally influential pieces of literature in any language; that it was written in vernacular Spanish at a key time in the language's development cannot be overlooked or understated.
Example Question #175 :Ap European History
Benvenuto Cellini is most famous for his work in which of these literary traditions?
Political philosophy
Narrative fiction
Poetry
The essay
Autobiography
Autobiography
Benvenuto Cellini wrote the most famous autobiography of the Renaissance period. His autobiography is celebrated as an early example of high-level life writing, and is also revered by historians for the insight it provides into sixteenth-century Italian life.
Example Question #176 :Ap European History
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which of these was the most widely used language in Europe?
French
Italian
Latin
Spanish
German
French
Early widely used languages in Europe were Greek and Latin. These languages were commonly used in trade, as they were read and spoken by people of many nations, regardless of their first language. By the time of the Renaissance, Greek and Latin were replaced by vernacular Italian. During the Golden Era of French history, the reign of Louis XIV in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, French became the common language of Europe— spoken by courtiers, diplomats, artists, and intellectuals.
Example Question #181 :Ap European History
Cartesian Dualism, developed by René Descartes, holds that__________.
if mankind can understand the natural laws that govern the universe, the social progression of mankind is inevitable
the spiritual and the material world are subject to different laws, and thus should be analyzed using different methods
all the religions represent the same entity, but merely interpret God’s words in different ways
the church and the state should function cooperatively, but also independently of one another
宗教真理是阿宝ssible outside of organized religion, and consequently, each individual has an obligation to pursue his or her own spirituality
the spiritual and the material world are subject to different laws, and thus should be analyzed using different methods
笛卡尔二元论是由笛卡尔,a French philosopher of the early seventeenth century. It states that the spiritual and the material are two distinct worlds and are each subject to their own unique set of laws. According to Descartes, the spiritual word can only be examined through deductive reasoning (developing a theory and then looking for evidence), whereas the material world can be examined through inductive or experimental method.
Example Question #182 :Ap European History
William Wordsworth was a key figure in which of these artistic or literary movements?
Transcendentalism
点彩派
Impressionism
Baroque painting
Romanticism
Romanticism
William Wordsworth was an English poet who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Wordsworth, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wroteLyrical Ballads, a book that both laid out the fundamental artistic vision of early literary Romanticism and exemplified those ideals in verse. In addition to writing many of the most famous early Romantic poems, Wordsworth also articulated the ethos of the movement, which was focused on the appreciation of nature and common everyday experiences and language. These artistic goals were rooted in a desire to move away from "high" or courtly poetic values.
Example Question #183 :Ap European History
Handbook of a Christian Knightwas written as an educational example for humanist Christians by__________.
Descartes
Kant
Marlowe
Castiglione
Erasmus
Erasmus
Erasmus is the most well-known of the Northern Christian humanists. He lived in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries and wrote extensively on the gradual reform of society and the importance of peace and reason. He was a devout Catholic, but also unafraid to be sharp in his criticism of the church. His most famous bookIn Praise of Follyis a criticism of many of the excesses of the church. His second most famous workHandbook of a Christian Knightwas written as an educational manual for humanist Christians, advising them how to live practically and successfully as pious humanists.
Example Question #181 :Ap European History
Leonardo Bruni is most well known for__________.
leading the Venetian attack on the city of Constantinople
establishing the first European university in Venice
helping to develop vernacular Italian as a language
producing a historical account of the development of Florence
developing the baroque style of art
producing a historical account of the development of Florence
Leonardo Bruni was a Florentine politician and historian who lived in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. He is most notable for producing a historical account of the development of Florence, one of the most famous historical works of the Early Modern period. Bruni's history of Florence was notable, and fairly unique for the time, because it was a secular history. He employed narrative structure and presented his historical analysis in a way that would still be familiar to readers today.
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