AP Euro Study Guide

Question 1

Printing Press

Answer 1

1. Invented by Johann Gutenberg
2. Printing gave hundreds or even thousands of people identical books, so that they could more easily discuss the ideas that the books contained with one another in person or through letters
3. Government officials used the printing press for propaganda and overall control.
4. Printing stimulated the literacy of laypeople.

Question 2

Machiavelli

Answer 2

1. Author of the Prince
2. Argued that the function of a ruler (or any government) is to preserve order and security.
3. Sought to be a political adviser.
4. Believed that good rulers had the quality of virtu.

Question 3

Renaissance 1

Answer 3

The Renaissance was characterized by self-conscious awareness among educated Italians that they were living in a new era.

Question 4

Renaissance 2

Answer 4

Florence led the way for the cultural revolution in Italy, and was the center of Patron centered arts in Italy.

Question 5

Humanism

Answer 5

The study of Latin classics became known as the studia humanitates (STOO-dee-uh oo-mahn-ee-TAH-tayz), usually translated as “liberal studies” or the “liberal arts.”People who advocated it were known as humanists and their program as humanism