AP®︎ European History: Topic 1.1 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 1.1 of AP European History – Contextualizing Renaissance and Discovery.
Questions List
Topic 1.1
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-1.1.I
What period marked a significant shift in art, architecture, and secular studies in Europe?
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Topic 1.1: Contextualizing Renaissance and Discovery
Learning Objective: Unit 1: Learning Objective A
Explain the context in which the Renaissance and Age of Discovery developed.
Review: KC-1.1
The rediscovery of works from ancient Greece and Rome and observation of the natural world changed many Europeans’ view of their world.
Review: KC-1.1.I
A revival of classical texts led to new methods of scholarship and new values in both society and religion.
Review: KC-1.1.III
The visual arts incorporated the new ideas of the Renaissance and were used to promote personal, political, and religious goals.
Review: KC-1.3
Europeans explored and settled overseas territories, encountering and interacting with indigenous populations.
Review: KC-1.3.I
European nations were driven by commercial and religious motives to explore overseas territories and establish colonies.
Review: KC-1.4
European society and the experiences of everyday life were increasingly shaped by commercial and agricultural capitalism, notwithstanding the continued existence of medieval social and economic structures.
Review: KC-1.4.I
Economic change produced new social patterns, while traditions of hierarchy and status continued.
Review: KC-1.4.II
Most Europeans derived their livelihood from agriculture and oriented their lives around the seasons, the village, or the manor, although economic changes began to alter rural production and power.
Review: KC-1.5
The struggle for sovereignty within and among states resulted in varying degrees of political centralization.
Review: KC-1.5.I
The new concept of the sovereign state and secular systems of law played a central role in the creation of new political institutions.
