Unit I: Pre-European Americas to the Colonial Era (To 1763)

							Unit IV: Early Modern Times (1300-1800)
Due: Nov. 22/23

OPTIONAL
Terms – Know for quizzes and tests.
Thoroughly define the terms.


(Chapter 14: The Renaissance and Reformation)   (Chapter 16: The First Global Age: Europe, the
    Patron                                     Americas, and Africa)
    Humanism                                       Conquistador
    Vernacular                                     Civil war
    Utopian                                        Viceroy
    Indulgence                                     Encomienda
    Recant                                         Peninsular
    Predestination                                 Creole
    Theocracy                                      Mestizo
    Annul                                          Mulatto
    Canonized                                      Missionary
    Scapegoat                                      Revenues
    Ghetto                                         Compact
    Heliocentric                                   Repeal
    Hypothesis                                     Monopoly
                                                    Inflation
(Chapter 15: The First Global Age: Europe and       Capitalism
Asia)                                               Joint stock company
     Cartographer                                  Mercantilism
     Astrolabe                                     Tariff
     Caravel
     Scurvy                                    (Chapter 17: The Age of Absolutism)
     Circumnavigate                                Absolute monarch
     Matrilineal                                   Divine right
     Stupa                                         Balance of power
     Padi                                          Dissenter
     Outpost                                       Habeas corpus
     Sepoy                                         Limited monarchy
                                                    Elector
                                                    Mercenary
                                                    Depopulation
                                                    Westernization
                                                    Boyar
                                                    Partition
NOT OPTIONAL
Comprehensively answer each of the objective questions on a separate sheet of paper in
Cornell Notes Style with the questions in the left column and the answers to the right of the
questions.

They are very general; there is no specifically correct answer. If you understand their complexity and feel
confident in using information from the text and the supplementary reading in answering these very
general questions, you should understand the major themes from this period well.

Chapter 14
   1. Give two reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy.
   2. What did northern humanists believe about learning?
   3. What were two problems the Roman Catholic Church faced during the Renaissance?
   4. Why did Henry VIII set up the Church of England?
   5. How did scientists such as Copernicus and Galileo change the way people viewed the universe in
      the 1500s and 1600s?

Chapter 15
   1. Why did European merchants want to find a new route to Asia?
   2. How did Southeast Asian ports become centers of trade and culture?
   3. What did the British East India Company do when Mughal power began to decline?
   4. How did the Ming limit European traders in China?

Chapter 16
   1. Give two reasons that the Spanish were able to conquer the Native American empires.
   2. What were two ways in which Spain controlled its colonies?
   3. How was government in the French colonies similar to government in the British colonies? How was
      it different?
   4. What were two effects of the slave trade?
   5. What was one change caused by European exploration?

Chapter 17
   1. Give three reasons why Spanish power declined in the 1600s.
   2. Why did other European nations join together against France?
   3. Why did the Stuarts have trouble with Parliament?
   4. What were three results of the Thirty Years’ War?
   5. Why was it important for Russia to conquer a port city where the water did not freeze?

Essential Question: Science and Technology

What are the benefits and costs of science and technology?

1.   Why do science and technology have both costs and benefits?
2.   Does science have a greater potential for helping society, or for hurting society? Why?

Essential Question: Political Systems

How do political systems rise, develop, and decline?

1.   Throughout history, how have political systems developed?
2.   Why do you think political systems change over time?