A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 14
“The Latin West, 1200 – 1500”
Terms
1. Latin West
2. Three-field system
3. Water wheel
4. Hanseatic League
5. International fairs
6. Guild
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Individuals / Peoples
17. Thomas Aquinas
18. Geoffrey Chaucer
19. Marco Polo
20. The Medici family
21. The Fugger family
22. Dante Alighieri
23. Francesco Petrarch
24. Erasmus of
Rotterdam
25. Johann Gutenberg
26. Giotto
27. Jan van Eyck
28. Leonardo da Vinci
29. Lorenzo de Medicia
(the Magnificent)
30. King Philip “the fair”
31. King John
32. Joan of Arc
33. Ferdinand and
Isabella
36. Renaissance
37. The Great Western
Schism
38. Hundred Years War
39. Reconquest of Iberia
(Reconquista)
Events / Wars / Periods
34. The Black Death
35. The “Fourth
Crusade”
“Peter’s Pence”
Flying buttresses
Modern universities
Scholasticism
Humanists /
humanism
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Printing press
Magna Carta
New monarchies
English Parliament
The Estates General
Works of Art / Architecture / Literature
40. Canterbury Tales
42. Summa Theologica
41. Gothic cathedrals
43. Divine Comedy
Questions to Outline:
1. List the consequences (at least 5) of the inefficiency of farming in Europe during this
period.
2. The Black Death – how did it spread, what were its symptoms and list at least 5 social
changes as its results.
3. List at least 5 results of the rapid growth of industry in Europe at this time.
4. Discuss the revival of the cities in later medieval Europe. How was urban growth linked
to the revival of trade and manufacturing? How are the clock and the cathedral good
symbols of this revival?
5. Describe the changes in civic life associated with urban growth in later medieval Europe.
Use the document in the Diversity and Dominance section, “Persecution and Protection
of the Jews, 1272-1349” in your analysis. What do these documents reveal about the
position of Jews in the Latin West?
6. One of the most significant events in Europe in the later Middle Ages was the rise of the
new monarchies. What three closely related transformations led to this rise? Choose one
of the monarchies to illustrate your answer.
7. Hundred Years War – make a chart covering the following topics
a. Causes of the war
b. The combatants
c. New types of weapons
d. Results both militarily and politically