First Section (50 pts): Choose
ten out of the following fifteen identifications (IDs). I will only grade the first ten that you answer. You should include the following information: who/what the term is (1 pt), when and where (1/2 pt each), what happened (1 pt), why the term is historically important (2 pts).
Please write in complete sentences. - Vasco de Gama 2. The Thirty Years War 3. Humanism4. The Black Death
- Martin Luther 6. The English Reformation 7. Bartolome de las Casas8. Calvinism
- The French Wars of Religion10. Elizabeth I 11. Louis XIV
- The Printing Press 13. Conquistadors 14. Galileo Galilei 15. Niccolo Machiavelli
Second Section (50 pts): You will choose to write on
one out of the following three essay choices. You must base your answers on an analysis of the primary source readings we have done in class. While you can use lecture material and textbook readings for background, you will need to use the
primary sources from class to build your argument and fully answer the question. When you quote directly from the primary source be sure to use quotation marks and cite your source. (author, page number). The essay should be
3-4 pages in length.
- How did the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution introduce new cultural and intellectual movements as well as newways of thinking about the world from 1350-1700? Do you see more similarities and/or differences between the Renaissance and medieval world? Why or why not?
- Why did Europeans begin to expand outside their borders into a more global world in the 15th through 18th centuries (1400s-1700s)? How did this new growth impact European society as well as the peoples incorporated into these expanding empires?
- How did Reformation ideas (both Protestant and Catholic) interact with politics to spark the age of religious wars in early modern Europe (1500-1700)? Why did these wars eventually end and how did European states develop new models of political life in their search for order following the wars of religion?
