AP®︎ European History: Topic 1.5 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 1.5 of AP European History – New Monarchies.
Questions List
Topic 1.5
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-1.5.I.A
What did new monarchs establish a monopoly on?
What You’re Being Tested On:
Explore the learning objectives taken directly from the College Board’s AP® European History Curriculum. Ensure you’re prepared for the exact topics covered on the AP® exam, in-class tests, and quizzes, and gain confidence in your mastery of the material.
Topic 1.5: New Monarchies
Thematic Focus: States and Other Institutions of PowerSOP
European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.
Learning Objective: Unit 1: Learning Objective F
Explain the causes and effects of the development of political institutions from 1450 to 1648.
Historical Developments: KC-1.2.II.A
Monarchs and princes, including the English rulers Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, initiated religious reform from the top down in an effort to exercise greater control over religious life and morality.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.I.A
New monarchies laid the foundation for the centralized modern state by establishing monopolies on tax collection, employing military force, dispensing justice, and gaining the right to determine the religion of their subjects.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.I.C
Across Europe, commercial and professional groups gained in power and played a greater role in political affairs.
Historical Developments: KC-1.5.I.D
Continued political fragmentation in Renaissance Italy provided a background for the development of new concepts of the secular state.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Spanish Inquisition
- Concordat of Bologna
- Book of Common Prayer
- Peace of Augsburg
- Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain consolidating control of the military
- Star Chamber
- Concordat of Bologna
- Peace of Augsburg
- Edict of Nantes
- Merchants and financiers in Renaissance Italy and northern Europe
- Nobles of the robe in France
- Jean Bodin
- Hugo Grotius
- Niccolò Machiavelli
