AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
Mrs. Winrow
trishaw@leeschools.net or twinrow96@gmail.com
Yes, it's true. Summer is a great time to do some reading and thinking. Summer readings
prepare you for the rigorous study of Europe's history beginning with the Renaissance
through 2002. Join me in August for an adventure and the challenge of learning 500 years
of history.
I look forward to seeing you in August.
Due August 18: Focus Questions: see instructions below
Due First day of Class: Important People and Events on 3x5 notecards
Europe Map Quiz: End of 1st quarter.
Cypress Lake High School library:
Check out the AP Text book:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION by Spielvogel
ASSIGNMENTS: May be typed or handwritten. Notecards must be handwritten.
1) Read in Western Civilization textbook:
Chapter 12: Age of Renaissance pages 302-333.
Chapter 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare pages337-366
Answer the Focus Questions found at the beginning of each chapter. Your answers
need to be clear, concise and an indication of your best writing abilities. Be sure to include
important people, dates and events when needed. Grammar and punctuation are
important. Each response should be at least a paragraph (8-10 sentences).
Focus Questions are due on or before August 18. You may bring a hard copy to the
school office or email you assignment. I will collect mail the day it is due. Save a copy of
your assignments. Print your name on each page at the upper right corner.
twinrow96@gmail.com and trishaw@leeschools.net
2) IMPORTANT PEOPLE NOTECARDS: On 3x5 note cards identify the following
people. Write the NAME on the FRONT of the card. On the BACK you will identify the
importance of the person to European History. Your answer does not need to be in
complete sentences but should be thorough. Include important ideas, contributions,
quotes, time period, nationality, etc. By preparing carefully you will already know about
some of the most important people in European history.
1. Niccolo Machiavelli
2. Francesco Petrarch
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. John Locke
5. Emperor Charles V
6. Martin Luther
7. John Calvin
8. Erasmus
9. Thomas More
10. Nicolaus Copernicus
11. Johannes Kepler
12. Tycho Brahe
13. Andreas Vesalius
14. Galileo Galilei
15. Isaac Newton
16. Renee Descartes
17. Henry IV (of Navarre)
18. Cardinal Richelieu
19. Charles I (England)
20. Louis XIV
21.Peter the Great
22. Catherine the Great
23. Maria Theresa of Austria
24. Frederick the Great
25. Elizabeth I
26. Mary I
27. Philip II (Spain)
28. Oliver Cromwell
29. Voltaire
30. Jean Jacques Rousseau
31. Adam Smith
32. Montesquieu
33. Mary Wollstonecraft
34. Joseph II
35. Olympe de George
36. Edmund Burke
37. Robespierre
38. Napoleon Bonaparte
39. Metternich
40. Ulrich Zwingli
3) IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTECARDS: 3x5 NOTECARDS: DATE ON FRONT
of the notecard. EVENT and information on BACK. Indicate why the event is
considered a “turning point”. Include some of the important people of the period.
1492
1517
1588
1648
1688
1740
1789
1815
1848
1870
1918
1929
1939
1945
1989
1991
Age of Exploration
Reformation
Spanish Armada
End of the Thirty Years War
Glorious Revolution
Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa
French Revolution
Congress of Vienna
National and Liberal Revolutions
Unification of Italy and Germany
End of World War I
Great Depression
Start of World War II
End of WWII and start of Cold War
Collapse of Communist Order
End of the Soviet Union
4) EUROPEAN MAP QUIZ: Practice
Go to the website shown below to learn European geography. Click Countries to
practice. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm
MAP Quiz at the end of first Quarter.