AP World History Ch 18 Reading Guide Full P. 405-424

Name______Period ______

Notecards:

 Humanism  Deism

 European Style Family  Absolute Monarchy

 Martin Luther  Louis XIV

 Reformation  Enlightenment

 Catholic Reformation  Adam Smith

 Proletariat

1. How did contact with India change the styles and manufacturing in Europe? Pg. 405-406

(Timeline P. 407)

1. When did the printing press com into use in Europe? ______

2. When did Martin Luther spark the Protestant Reformation? ______

3. What were the years of the “Religious Wars” in Europe? ______

4. When did the English defeat the Spanish Armada? ______

5. What were the years of the reign of Louis XIV? (The Sun King) ______

6. When was the “Glorious Revolution” in Britain? ______

7. What changes in writing and art did Petrarch and Boccaccio develop? Pg. 407-408

8. What did Niccolo Machiavelli emphasize? Pg. 408

9. How did the Renaissance challenge ideas and attitudes of the Middle Ages? Pg. 408

10. Who are the two principal artists of the 15th & early 16th Century Italian Renaissance? Pg. 408

11. What is Humanism? Pg. 408

Borrowed From Mr. Walker 1 12. What was different about the merchants of the Renaissance verses the Middle Ages? Pg. 408

13. What breakthrough occurred in diplomatic circles? Pg. 408

14. What were the two things that led to the decline of the Italian Renaissance? Pg. 408

15. How was the Northern Renaissance somewhat different from the Italian Renaissance? Pg. 408

16. Which French monarch is cited as a patron of the Renaissance? Pg. 408

17. What was the impact of the printing press? Who invented it? Pg. 409

18. What is a European-style family? Pg. 409

19. Who sparked the Protestant Reformation? How? Why? Pg. 409

20. How did this lead to new social upheaval among the peasant classes in Germany? Pg. 409

21. Who set up the Anglican Church in England? Why? Pg. 409

22. What were the principal teachings of Jean Calvin? Pg. 409

23. How did the Catholic Church counter these trends? Who were the Jesuits? Pg. 410

24. What was the Thirty Years War fought over? What was the outcome? Pg. 410-411

25. What issues were at stake in the English Civil War? Pg. 411

Borrowed From Mr. Walker 2 26. Why did the Age of Religious War in Europe lead to a grudging religious pluralism? Pg. 411

27. Which countries became more powerful in this era? Which one declined? Pg. 411

28. How did the family structure change in relation to women and marriage? Pg. 411-412

29. What role did a growing literacy have on the people of England? Pg. 412

30. What new economic force caused inflation in Europe in the 16th Century? Pg. 412-413

31. Which European countries backed great trading companies? Pg. 413

32. What agricultural specialties developed during the 16th Century? Pg. 413

33. How did the standard of living improve among commoners in Europe? Pg. 413

34. What factors led to (limited) popular revolts the Mid-1600s? (e.g. Fronde -France, Levelers -England) Pg. 413

35. Why did witchcraft persecution occur on such a large scale in Europe at this time? Pg. 414-415

36. Why was the scientific revolution so impactful in Europe? Pg. 415

Describe the activities/accomplishments of: Pg. 415-416

37. Copernicus: ______

38. Kepler: ______

39. Galileo: ______

40. Harvey: ______

41. Francis Bacon: ______

42. Rene Descartes: ______

43. Isaac Newton: ______

44. How did the increase of scientific knowledge lead to the concept of deism? Pg. 416 Borrowed From Mr. Walker 3 45. What was John Locke’s premise of human nature? The need for faith? Pg. 416

(Read Visualizing the Past: Versailles, Pg. 417)

46. How can Versailles be interpreted as a statement of absolute monarchy? (Reading, Pg. 417)

47. How did France become the model for Absolute Monarchy? Which king personified this? Pg. 417-419

(Read Thinking Historically: Elites and Masses, Pg. 418)

48. Who changed the West? Commoners or Elites? (Reading, Pg. 418)

49. Defend your viewpoint in regards to commoners or elites? (Reading, Pg. 418)

50. How did mercantilism play a role in European economics during the 17th & 18th Centuries? Pg. 419

51. How did Spain, Prussia and Austria emulate the absolute monarchy in France? Pg. 419

52. How did Britain and the Netherlands differ from the trend toward absolutism? Pg. 419

53. How does a Nation-State differ from an Empire? Pg. 419-420

54. Why did Frederick the Great (of Prussia) and others claim to be “Enlightened” despots? Pg. 420

55. What was the focus (at least for France & Britain) of the Seven Years War? Pg. 420

56. What is the Enlightenment? What were its impacts? Pg. 420

Borrowed From Mr. Walker 4 Describe the activities/accomplishments of: Pg. 420, 422

57. Adam Smith

58. Denis Diderot

59. Mary Wollstonecraft

(Read Document: Controversies about Women, Pg. 421)

60. What conditions prompted a vigorous public debate about gender in the 17th century? (Reading, Pg. 421)

61. Do the new arguments about women suggest improving conditions? (Reading, Pg. 421)

62. What new products did commoners begin to buy? Pg. 422-423

63. What new innovations came about in entertainment? Pg. 423

64. Describe some of the innovations in agriculture and manufacturing. Pg. 423

65. How does the idea of noble savage and globalization work together? Pg. 423

Continuities and Changes in the Treatment/Views of European Women

Borrowed From Mr. Walker 5 Put Key events on the timeline

1450 1750

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