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CH. 12 RENAISSANCE
1. Describe why the Renaissance started in Italy, 1300-1600.
2. Analyze the themes of the Renaissance humanism. pp. 402-404 (Stop at Humanism in the 15th Cent)
3. Compare the Italian Renaissance with the Northern Renaissance. pp. 418-421 (stop at "Art and Music")
4. Describe the ideal man and woman of the Renaissance. pp.404("Humanism in the 15th Cent")-407(stop at "Heritage of the New Learning)
5. Describe the ideas of Machiavelli. pp. 506-510
6. Analyze the effects of Gutenberg’s printing press on Europe. pp.441 "Impact of Printing-442 (stop at "Piety and Protest)
CH. 13 REFORMATION
1. Describe the problems of the Catholic Church.
2. Describe Luther’s disagreements with the Catholic Church.
3. Describe the economic development of the Dutch as it relates to Calvin’s teachings.
4. Discuss and account for the successes of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
5. Compare the Reformation of Luther and Henry VIII.
6. Analyze the Catholic Reformation and discuss the principle decisions and changes instituted by the Council of Trent.
CH. 14 ECONOMIC EXPANSION AND THE NEW POLITICS
1. Analyze the weakness of the Holy Roman Empire.
2. Describe Spanish rule of the New World.
3. Compare the hazards and benefits of the Age of Exploration.
4. Analyze the achievements and policies of Ferdinand and Isabella.
Ch. 15 WAR AND CRISIS (Pick 4 to turn in)
1. Describe the use politique in the rule of Elizabeth I.
2. Describe the nature of the rule and goals of Phillip II.
4. Describe the causes, course, and consequences of the conflict between the Dutch and the Spanish.
5. Analyze the rule of Catherine de Medici and its connection to the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
6. Describe Richelieu’s goals and actions in France.
7. Analyze the causes, politics, and results of the Thirty Years’ War.
8. Describe the causes, course and results of the English Civil War.
9. Analyze the actions of James I and Charles I and explain how their actions led to the English Civil War.
CHAPER 16 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
1. Describe the growth of the power of Parliament during this time, 1600 - 1700.
2. Describe the old assumptions challenged by the natural philosophers/scientists.
3. Compare the teachings of Copernicus and Galileo and the Church’s reaction to each man.
4. Are there any parallels between the great witch craze of the seventeenth century and more recent historical occurrences? Explain.
CHAPTER 17 THE EUROPEAN STATE SYSTEM
1. Describe the westernization of Russia by Peter the Great
2. Describe the weaknesses of Austria and the importance of the Pragmatic Sanction.
3. Describe the policies and motives of Henry IV.
4. Explain the consolidation of power in Prussia under the Hohenzollerns.
5. Compare the nature of man and the role of government according to Hobbes and Locke.
6. Compare Mazarin to Richelieu.
CHAPTER 19 THE ENLIGHTENMENT
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1. Describe the Old Regime and compare the 3 estates.
2. Analyze the problems (focus on debt and taxation) of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette that led to the French Revolution.
3. Describe the origins and importance of the National Assembly.
4. Describe the causes, course, and results of the Great Fear.
5. Describe the reforms of the Assembly.
6. Describe the rule of the radical Jacobins including the Reign of Terror.
NAPOLEON
1. Analyze Napoleon’s rise to power through 1800.
2. Describe how Napoleon restored order to France, 1800 – 1804.
3. Describe Napoleon’s conquest (focus on Russia, Spain, England) and rule of Europe, 1804 -1814.
4. Describe the downfall of Napoleon, 1815.
THE CONCERT OF EUROPE
1. Analyze the results of the Congress and explain why they were considered conservative.
2. Describe the liberal movement (focus on nationalism) that emerges out of the Napoleonic Age.
3. Analyze the Greek Revolution of 1821 and explain why this liberal movement was successful.
4. Analyze why Germany did not unite at this time.
5. Analyze the origins and consequences of the Decembrist Revolt in Russia.
6. Describe the themes of Romanticism. Analyze why Romanticism developed at this time.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
1. Discuss the development of the English cabinet and the rise of the Prime Minister, 1688-1750.
2. Discuss the British Reform Bill of 1932, Reform Act of 1867, Third Reform Act of 1884.
3. Compare the rule of Disraeli and Gladstone.
4. Describe the loss of power by the House of Lords.
5. Discuss the Irish Question.
6. Describe and analyze British Chartism.
INDUSTRIALISM
1. Describe the Enclosure Movement and analyze its results.
2. Describe why Great Britain became the home of the Industrial Revolution.
3. Describe the industrialization process in Great Britain by inventions by considering the validity of the statement, “necessity is the mother of invention.”
4. Describe the changes in British transportation.
5. Describe the development of industrial cities.
6. Describe the changes in the life of the people due to increased consumption and factory life.
7. Discuss the development of class tensions due to the Industrial Revolution.
8. Discuss the theories of Karl Marx.
EUROPE
1. Discuss the overthrow of the Bourbons (Charles IX) and the new government under Louis Philippe.
2. Describe the rule of Louis Napoleon.
3. Describe the Third Republic of France.
4. Compare the use of realpolitik by Cavour and Bismarck during the unifications of Italy and Germany.
5. Describe the change in the balance of power.
6. Analyze the causes, course, and significance of the Dreyfus Affair.
7. Analyze the causes, participants, and outcomes of the Crimean War.
Chart on 1848 Revolutions
IMPERIALISM
1. Describe how the Second Industrial Revolution differed from the first.
2. Define and explain the motives for the New Imperialism.
3. Describe Imperialism in Africa including the Congress of Berlin.
4. Describe and analyze the conflicts in the Balkans, 1873 - 1913.
5. Using examples from the alliance system, discuss the tensions in Europe at the turn of the century.
MODERN SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND THOUGHT
1. Describe Darwin’s theory and its application to Spencer’s Social Darwinism.
2. Analyze the ideas of Freud.
Chart on inventors, scientists, thinkers.
WORLD WAR I
1. Discuss how the long-term causes (nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and secret alliances) led to WWI.
2. Describe pre-war events in the Balkans.
3. Describe the start of the war.
4. Compare the fighting on the Western Front with the Eastern Front.
5. Describe the role of the United States in the war.
6. Describe the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and evaluate the Treaty’s legacy.
7. Describe pre-revolutionary Russia from Alexander I – Nicholas II.
8. Describe the Russian (March) and Communist (November) Revolutions.
RISE OF DICTATORSHIPS
1. Compare the social, political, and economic policies of Lenin and Stalin.
2. Discuss the post-war issues face by England and France.
3. Discuss the Weimar Republic and its weaknesses.
4. Discuss the causes and effects of the Depression in Europe, focusing on England and France.
5. Discuss fascism and Mussolini’s fascist policies in Italy.
6. Trace the rise of Hitler and the escalating violence against the Jews.
WORLD WAR II
1. Trace Hitler’s violations of the Treaty of Versailles from 1933-1939.
2. Describe the war for Germany including Poland, the phony war, France, Britain, and the Soviet Union.
3. Describe the Allied drive to victory.
4. Trace the treatment of the Jews in Poland from the 1930’s through 1945.
5. Compare the wartime conferences: Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
COLD WAR
1. Define Cold War and explain the conditions that led to the Cold War.
2. Describe why Germany became the center of Cold War hostilities, include the Berlin Blockade and Wall.
3. Trace the development of postwar cooperation from the European Coal and Steel Community to the European Union.
4. Compare the rules of Khrushchev and Brezhnev in the Soviet Union.
5. Discuss and analyze the uprisings in Hungary (1956), Poland (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968).
6. Compare the Truman Doctrine to the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Marshall Plan to COMECON, and NATO to the Warsaw Pact.
FALL OF COMMUNISM AND MODERN EUROPE
1. Discuss the reforms of Gorbachev.
2. Trace the fall of the Iron Curtain.
3. Trace the fall of the Soviet Union.
4. Trace the collapse of Yugoslavia.
5. Describe the changes experienced by France and Britain after WWII, focus on decolonization and the welfare state.
1. Describe why the Renaissance started in Italy, 1300-1600.
2. Analyze the themes of the Renaissance humanism. pp. 402-404 (Stop at Humanism in the 15th Cent)
3. Compare the Italian Renaissance with the Northern Renaissance. pp. 418-421 (stop at "Art and Music")
4. Describe the ideal man and woman of the Renaissance. pp.404("Humanism in the 15th Cent")-407(stop at "Heritage of the New Learning)
5. Describe the ideas of Machiavelli. pp. 506-510
6. Analyze the effects of Gutenberg’s printing press on Europe. pp.441 "Impact of Printing-442 (stop at "Piety and Protest)
CH. 13 REFORMATION
1. Describe the problems of the Catholic Church.
2. Describe Luther’s disagreements with the Catholic Church.
3. Describe the economic development of the Dutch as it relates to Calvin’s teachings.
4. Discuss and account for the successes of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
5. Compare the Reformation of Luther and Henry VIII.
6. Analyze the Catholic Reformation and discuss the principle decisions and changes instituted by the Council of Trent.
CH. 14 ECONOMIC EXPANSION AND THE NEW POLITICS
1. Analyze the weakness of the Holy Roman Empire.
2. Describe Spanish rule of the New World.
3. Compare the hazards and benefits of the Age of Exploration.
4. Analyze the achievements and policies of Ferdinand and Isabella.
Ch. 15 WAR AND CRISIS (Pick 4 to turn in)
1. Describe the use politique in the rule of Elizabeth I.
2. Describe the nature of the rule and goals of Phillip II.
4. Describe the causes, course, and consequences of the conflict between the Dutch and the Spanish.
5. Analyze the rule of Catherine de Medici and its connection to the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
6. Describe Richelieu’s goals and actions in France.
7. Analyze the causes, politics, and results of the Thirty Years’ War.
8. Describe the causes, course and results of the English Civil War.
9. Analyze the actions of James I and Charles I and explain how their actions led to the English Civil War.
CHAPER 16 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
1. Describe the growth of the power of Parliament during this time, 1600 - 1700.
2. Describe the old assumptions challenged by the natural philosophers/scientists.
3. Compare the teachings of Copernicus and Galileo and the Church’s reaction to each man.
4. Are there any parallels between the great witch craze of the seventeenth century and more recent historical occurrences? Explain.
CHAPTER 17 THE EUROPEAN STATE SYSTEM
1. Describe the westernization of Russia by Peter the Great
2. Describe the weaknesses of Austria and the importance of the Pragmatic Sanction.
3. Describe the policies and motives of Henry IV.
4. Explain the consolidation of power in Prussia under the Hohenzollerns.
5. Compare the nature of man and the role of government according to Hobbes and Locke.
6. Compare Mazarin to Richelieu.
CHAPTER 19 THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- Using the "assumptions of Enlightenment thinkers, describe the ideas of the philosophes during the Enlightenment.
- Discuss the rule of Frederick II, Joseph II, and Catherine II. Assess the degree to which they were truly enlightened.
- Analyze the different approaches to freedom as represented by Voltaire and Rousseau.
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1. Describe the Old Regime and compare the 3 estates.
2. Analyze the problems (focus on debt and taxation) of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette that led to the French Revolution.
3. Describe the origins and importance of the National Assembly.
4. Describe the causes, course, and results of the Great Fear.
5. Describe the reforms of the Assembly.
6. Describe the rule of the radical Jacobins including the Reign of Terror.
NAPOLEON
1. Analyze Napoleon’s rise to power through 1800.
2. Describe how Napoleon restored order to France, 1800 – 1804.
3. Describe Napoleon’s conquest (focus on Russia, Spain, England) and rule of Europe, 1804 -1814.
4. Describe the downfall of Napoleon, 1815.
THE CONCERT OF EUROPE
1. Analyze the results of the Congress and explain why they were considered conservative.
2. Describe the liberal movement (focus on nationalism) that emerges out of the Napoleonic Age.
3. Analyze the Greek Revolution of 1821 and explain why this liberal movement was successful.
4. Analyze why Germany did not unite at this time.
5. Analyze the origins and consequences of the Decembrist Revolt in Russia.
6. Describe the themes of Romanticism. Analyze why Romanticism developed at this time.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
1. Discuss the development of the English cabinet and the rise of the Prime Minister, 1688-1750.
2. Discuss the British Reform Bill of 1932, Reform Act of 1867, Third Reform Act of 1884.
3. Compare the rule of Disraeli and Gladstone.
4. Describe the loss of power by the House of Lords.
5. Discuss the Irish Question.
6. Describe and analyze British Chartism.
INDUSTRIALISM
1. Describe the Enclosure Movement and analyze its results.
2. Describe why Great Britain became the home of the Industrial Revolution.
3. Describe the industrialization process in Great Britain by inventions by considering the validity of the statement, “necessity is the mother of invention.”
4. Describe the changes in British transportation.
5. Describe the development of industrial cities.
6. Describe the changes in the life of the people due to increased consumption and factory life.
7. Discuss the development of class tensions due to the Industrial Revolution.
8. Discuss the theories of Karl Marx.
EUROPE
1. Discuss the overthrow of the Bourbons (Charles IX) and the new government under Louis Philippe.
2. Describe the rule of Louis Napoleon.
3. Describe the Third Republic of France.
4. Compare the use of realpolitik by Cavour and Bismarck during the unifications of Italy and Germany.
5. Describe the change in the balance of power.
6. Analyze the causes, course, and significance of the Dreyfus Affair.
7. Analyze the causes, participants, and outcomes of the Crimean War.
Chart on 1848 Revolutions
IMPERIALISM
1. Describe how the Second Industrial Revolution differed from the first.
2. Define and explain the motives for the New Imperialism.
3. Describe Imperialism in Africa including the Congress of Berlin.
4. Describe and analyze the conflicts in the Balkans, 1873 - 1913.
5. Using examples from the alliance system, discuss the tensions in Europe at the turn of the century.
MODERN SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND THOUGHT
1. Describe Darwin’s theory and its application to Spencer’s Social Darwinism.
2. Analyze the ideas of Freud.
Chart on inventors, scientists, thinkers.
WORLD WAR I
1. Discuss how the long-term causes (nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and secret alliances) led to WWI.
2. Describe pre-war events in the Balkans.
3. Describe the start of the war.
4. Compare the fighting on the Western Front with the Eastern Front.
5. Describe the role of the United States in the war.
6. Describe the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and evaluate the Treaty’s legacy.
7. Describe pre-revolutionary Russia from Alexander I – Nicholas II.
8. Describe the Russian (March) and Communist (November) Revolutions.
RISE OF DICTATORSHIPS
1. Compare the social, political, and economic policies of Lenin and Stalin.
2. Discuss the post-war issues face by England and France.
3. Discuss the Weimar Republic and its weaknesses.
4. Discuss the causes and effects of the Depression in Europe, focusing on England and France.
5. Discuss fascism and Mussolini’s fascist policies in Italy.
6. Trace the rise of Hitler and the escalating violence against the Jews.
WORLD WAR II
1. Trace Hitler’s violations of the Treaty of Versailles from 1933-1939.
2. Describe the war for Germany including Poland, the phony war, France, Britain, and the Soviet Union.
3. Describe the Allied drive to victory.
4. Trace the treatment of the Jews in Poland from the 1930’s through 1945.
5. Compare the wartime conferences: Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
COLD WAR
1. Define Cold War and explain the conditions that led to the Cold War.
2. Describe why Germany became the center of Cold War hostilities, include the Berlin Blockade and Wall.
3. Trace the development of postwar cooperation from the European Coal and Steel Community to the European Union.
4. Compare the rules of Khrushchev and Brezhnev in the Soviet Union.
5. Discuss and analyze the uprisings in Hungary (1956), Poland (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968).
6. Compare the Truman Doctrine to the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Marshall Plan to COMECON, and NATO to the Warsaw Pact.
FALL OF COMMUNISM AND MODERN EUROPE
1. Discuss the reforms of Gorbachev.
2. Trace the fall of the Iron Curtain.
3. Trace the fall of the Soviet Union.
4. Trace the collapse of Yugoslavia.
5. Describe the changes experienced by France and Britain after WWII, focus on decolonization and the welfare state.