AP European History Bowl

AP European History Bowl Unit 1: Renaissance and Expansion Sample

Sample Round 2 Not Available for Sample Ultimate Question Round1 Erasmus of Rotterdam Cosimo de’ Medici Niccolo Machiavelli

Renaissance Philosophy Wars and the Military Visual Arts New Monarchs Feeling Religious Let’s Explore $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

$100 This 14th-century Florentine is considered the “father” of Humanism in Renaissance Italy. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Petrarch? Scoreboard

$200 This philosopher wrote On the Dignity of Man and believed humans were capable of achieving great things. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Pico Della Mirandola? Scoreboard

$300 This Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII wrote Utopia, a view of an ideal society based on Renaissance ideals. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Thomas More? Scoreboard

$400 The Courtier, written by this diplomat, was the most important work on courtly behavior and the ideal of the quintessential Renaissance man. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Baldassare Castiglione? Scoreboard

$500 This Frenchman’s development of the essay form and his ideas of skepticismmade him an important figure in the late Renaissance. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Michel de Montaigne? Scoreboard

$100 This long war between England and France resulted in England’s loss of nearly all its French territories. Scoreboard Answer

$100 What is the Hundred Years’ War? Scoreboard

$200 This young peasant quasi-military leader helped the French defeat England in the Hundred Year’s War. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Joan of Arc? Scoreboard

$300 The mutinous armies of this emperor sacked Rome in 1527. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Charles V? Scoreboard

$400 This late-fifteenth century struggle between two noble families led to the rise of the Tudor Dynasty in England. Scoreboard Answer

$400 What is the War of the Roses? Scoreboard

$500 This policy resulted in the expulsion of Moors and Jews from Spain in the late-15th century. Scoreboard Answer

$500 What is thereconquista? Scoreboard

$100 This sculptor created in the 15th century the first bronze statue since antiquity. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Donatello? Scoreboard

$200 Michelangelo built a huge dome atop this basilica for the pope in the early-16th century. Scoreboard Answer

$200 What is St. Peter’s Basilica? Scoreboard

History Double Place a bet between $100 to $1000 (or higher if you have more money) Question

$300 This technique was developed by Giotto to create 3-D effects. He used contrasts of light and dark colors. Scoreboard Answer

$300 What is chiaroscuro? Scoreboard

$400 This master of perspective built in Florence the then-largest dome in the world, known as Il Duomo. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Brunelleschi? Scoreboard

$500 This German was the foremost Northern Renaissance artist, a master of the woodcut. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Albrecht Dürer? Scoreboard

$100 This “arachnid” monarch in France created a royal army and suppressed the nobility in the late-fifteenth century. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Louis XI (the “Spider King”)? Scoreboard

$200 These two monarchs united Spain in the late 15th century and established the Reconquista. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who are Ferdinand and Isabella? Scoreboard

. $300 This French ruler instituted the taille and took power of appointing bishops away from the Church in the Concordat of Bologna (1516). Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is Francis I? Scoreboard

$400 This late-15th century Tudor used the Star Chamber to reduce the power of the nobility. Scoreboard Answer

$400 Who is Henry VII? Scoreboard

$500 This ruler, though not really a “new monarch,” led both the Spanish and Austrian Hapsburg branches and was the most powerful European ruler of the 16th century. Scoreboard Answer

$500 Who is Charles V? Scoreboard

$100 This northern humanist wrote a powerful critique of Catholic Church abuses in In Praise of Folly. Scoreboard Answer

$100 Who is Erasmus? Scoreboard

$200 This turn-of-the-16th-century pontiff was the most worldly and corrupt of the Renaissance popes. He was a huge patron of Renaissance Art. Scoreboard Answer

$200 Who is Alexander VI? Scoreboard

$300 This fourteenth century English theologian believed the Church should only follow scripture. His followers were the Lollards. Scoreboard Answer

$300 Who is John Wyclif? Scoreboard

AP European History Bowl

AP European History Bowl

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