Advanced Placement European History
SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2011
Ms. Snyder
PRINT THE DIRECTIONS AND READ CAREFULLY!
MAKE A CHECK LIST OF ALL THE THINGS YOU WILL NEED TO BRING ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6.
All of your summer assignments must be handwritten for this class and must be
completed in black or dark blue ink.
Important Messages:
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE GETTY ASSIGNMENT
HAS BEEN CANCELLED (added July 6, 2011)
You DO NOT need to bring your textbooks to class!
BEGIN CHECKING OUT TEXTBOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY ON MONDAY, JUNE 27.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SUMMER TO GET YOUR BOOKS.
Be sure to complete all of the following assignments. Your hand-written work is due on the first day of school, Tuesday September
6, 2011. You will lose points for anything that is missing (i.e. museum trip verification).
There will be some type of assessment on Friday, September 9 based on Chapter 11 of the Spielvogel textbook.
All of the assignments will go toward your first quarter grade. You will be graded for following directions, depth, accuracy, and
quality.
Failure to complete the following assignments will show that you are unprepared for the rigors of AP and will be grounds for
dropping you from the class.
Do not wait until the last week of vacation to begin this work. If you realize that this is the not the course for you at this time, please
inform your counselor as soon as possible BEFORE school begins in order to facilitate a timely change in your fall schedule.
Please have the following materials with you on the first day of school:
 8 1/2”x 11” College Ruled Notebook Paper –this is preferable. However if you can only find 8”x10.5” that is fine. (Do not
plan on using the kind that needs to be torn out from a spiral notebook; or the kind that requires you to tear-off the spiral
edges, for your written work that is turned into me). I do not accept spiral edged paper and will not wait for you to de-frag
the assignment!
 6-Binder Dividers labeled – Notes, Maps, DBQs/FRQs (stands for Document Based Questions and Free Response
Questions), Terms, SDA/ODAs (stands for Secondary Document Analysis and Original Document Analysis), and the 6 th is
yet to be determined.
 Keep at least 2 packages of 3x5 index cards at home. You may find you want the next larger size of index cards (I personally
like 4x6). Any size is fine. You do not need to bring these on the first day of school
 2-Spiral Notebook for notes- you will want to get at least 70-100 pages (I recommend no bigger as you will keep this in your
binder). Please get the kind that has 3-ring holes punched into them. Do not get the one with dividers. You will need a
second one to use for second semester. Please have this already in your notebook behind the divider “Notes” when you come
to school.
 5 Different colored highlighters
 A small stapler for your binder
 You do not need a separate binder for this class. I prefer that you don’t. Often students bring the
wrong binder to class and I do not allow students to go to their locker during class time. An
assignment in one’s locker will not be accepted as I do not accept late work. If you do opt to have
a binder designated to only this class, it needs to be bigger than 1 inch!
If you have any questions you may contact me at eurosnyder@aol.com. This email address is for STUDENTS only. Please identify
yourself in the email and be patient for a response. Do not wait until weekend before school to contact me as I will be unavailable to
answer your query. As well, I will be traveling from August 3-23. I will not be able to return emails during that time.
CHEATING/PLAGARISM: This is something that makes me very upset. Please do your own work. Avoid copying sentences out
of the textbook (or any book for that matter). To avoid any possibility of having the same answers as a friend (thus receiving a zero)
do all of your work on your own. Anything copied from another student, cut and pasted off the Internet, not in your own words, will
be given a zero. If your friend shares his/her work with you he/she will get a zero too. So, do not give your work at any time during
this course to someone to ‘look at’. Also, students often tell me that they did their work together. There never should be the same
exact answers for my assignments (I can tell when you have “done” the work together even when changing the order of words). There
is a difference between asking someone a question about something you don’t understand and looking for and creating the answers
together.
Your assignments: All parts must be completed
Texts required for this course
Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel
A History of the Modern World by R.R. Palmer
The Prince by Machiavelli
All of your summer assignments must be handwritten for this class and must be completed in black or dark blue ink. I expect
your work to be well-written and to reflect time and effort. It must also be legible. I will not accept any summer assignments
completed in pencil. Put your name on your work before you come to school.
Please staple multiple pages of individual assignments, but do not staple the different assignments
together.
1.
Skim Chapter 1 and pages 47-54 in A History of the Modern World by Palmer. Be aware of the classical ideals of the
Greeks and Romans as our first unit on the Renaissance refers to those ancient civilizations. Make sure you understand the concepts
of feudalism and scholasticism. In this class it is very important that you understand this textbook. I will not test you on these pages.
However, you may want to utilize some information from these pages in your chapter 11 study guide answers.
2.
Read Chapter 11 in Western Civilization “The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the 14 th Century”.
There will be an assessment during the first work of school on this chapter (not the Palmer pages). Complete the following questions
from Chapter 11. You do not need to rewrite the question, but your answer should incorporate the question into the answer or have a
topic sentence. If your answers are 1-2 sentences you are not answering the questions thoroughly. However, I don’t want page long
answers to each question. Make sure you write in your own words and make sure you answer all parts of the question.
1) Discuss the causes of the Black Death and its effects on late medieval society, particularly the economic dislocation
and social upheaval that followed.
2) Why were there peasant revolts in the fourteenth century? What forms did they take in various countries? What did
they achieve?
3) What were the long-term and immediate causes of the Hundred Years’ War? How did each side justify its costs?
4) What caused movements toward democracy in France to fail while such efforts in England succeeded, at least in part?
5) Show how the Golden Bull of 1356 A.D. established both the independence and dependence of the Holy Roman
Empire.
6) What caused the church’s Great Schism, and what effects did it have on late medieval religious life? How did the
average Christian carry on his/her religious devotions during the period when the church was in such a state of chaos?
7) Define mysticism. Give examples of how it entered late medieval religious life and of what effects it had both on the
Church and on society.
8) Why did late medieval writers begin to use their vernacular languages? What did they lose and what did they gain by
doing so?
You will want to be familiar with the following terms from Chapter 11 in Spielvogel. Some of these terms might be
in Chapters 10 or 12. Please be adaptable problem solvers. If you cannot find a term in your textbook you will need to
do some research for the definition. You should be able to identify the Who?, What?, Where?, When?, and Why? of any
term assigned in this class. Consider the historical significance of each term. I am not collecting any flashcards or
defined terms. This is your responsibility.
Gabelle
Great Schism
Vernacular literature
Black Death
Dante
taille
Divine Commedy
Giovanni Boccaccio
Hundred Years’ War
The Decameron
Joan of Arc
Estates-General
Lollards
pluralism
Babylonian Captivity (1305-1377)
popolo grasso
House of Commons
Jacquerie
Edward III
Peasants Revolt 1381
Petrarch
Christine de Pisan
3.
William of Occam
Read Chapter 12 (pages 302-319 only) in Western Civilization Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of Renaissance
Complete the questions listed at the end of the summer assignment from Chapter 12. They are also posted with
the AP Summer Assignments as a Word document. You do not need to rewrite the question, but your answer
should incorporate the question into the answer or have a topic sentence, unless you are asked to list your
answer. Make sure you write in your own words and make sure you answer all parts of the question.
MUSEUM VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO
CHANGES IN TOUR PROGRAMMING
4.
5.
Read The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Read the following sections and chapters and complete a reading log for each part. See the page list below or the Word
document posted with the AP Summer assignments online.
o Introduction Part II and X
o Page 31, Letter to Lorenzo the Magnificent
o Chapters 1, 6, 7, 8, 12,1 3, 17, 18
Dear Parents and Student:
The AP course and examination in European History are intended for qualified students who wish to complete studies in
secondary school equivalent to college introductory courses in European History. The examination presumes at least one year of
college-level preparation.
The inclusion of historical material in the course description and in the examination is not intended as an endorsement by the
College Board, or Educational Testing Service of the content, ideas, or values expressed in the material. The material has been
selected by historians who serve as members of the AP European History Development Committee. In their judgment, the material
printed here reflects the course of study on which this examination is based and therefore appropriate to measure the skills and
knowledge acquired in this course.
The current AP program in European History corresponds to the most recent developments in history curricula at the
undergraduate level. In colleges and universities, European history is increasingly seen in a broad perspective, with teaching methods
reflecting an awareness of other disciplines and a diversity of techniques of presentation, including visual and statistical materials.
Trends such as these are used by the Development Committee to adjust the course and the examination.
The examination is divided into three parts: a multiple-choice section dealing with concepts, major historical facts and
personalities, and historical analysis; a document-based essay designed specifically to test your ability to work with evidence; and two
thematic essays on topics of major significance. Together, these three parts of the examination provide you with the opportunity to
demonstrate that you are qualified to pursue upper-level history studies at college.
Questions in cultural, diplomatic, economic, intellectual, political, and social history form the basis for the examination. You
are expected to demonstrate knowledge of basic chronology and of major events and trends from approximately 1450 to the present.
The entire chronological scope and range of approaches are incorporated throughout the examination. The study of European history
since 1450 introduces you to cultural, economic, political, and social developments that played a fundamental role in shaping the
world in the development of contemporary institutions, the role of conflict and continuity in present-day society and politics, and the
evolution of current forms of artistic expression and intellectual discourse.
In addition to providing a basic narrative of events and movements, the goals of the AP program in European History are to
develop (1) an understanding of some of the principal themes in modern European history, (2) an ability to analyze historical
evidence, and (3) an ability to analyze and to express historical understanding in writing.
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The Prince – Reading Log
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Chapter 12 Reading Guide Part I
HANDWRITTEN ANSWERS ONLY
Print out these pages and staple them together. If you think you will need more space to write, adjust the
spacing before printing. You may answer on lined paper, but be sure to include sub-headings to each
section.
Characteristics of Renaissance Society 302-309
1. What does the word Renaissance mean and why was the term used?
2. List five characteristics of the Renaissance.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3. What is meant by l’uomo universale?
4. What was the Hanseatic League? How many cities were members by 1500? Over what goods did it have a
monopoly? What led to its decline?
5. What were some important Italian goods and industries?
6. Who were the Medicis?
7. What were four characteristics of a “Renaissance Man” according to The Book of the Courier? Give
specific details.
a.
b.
c.
d.
8. How did children become adults?
9. Why did women fear childbirth?
10.
At what age did women marry, and why were husbands generally much older?
The Italian States in the Renaissance, 309-314
1. What were the five major Italian states, and what parts of Italy did they occupy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2. Who were the condottiere and why were they able to play a major role throughout the Italian peninsula?
3. Why was the Peace of Lodi in 1454 significant?
The Intellectual Renaissance in Italy, 315-319
1. Explain the concept of humanism and what did it characterize?
2. Why is Petrarch referred to as the father of Italian Renaissance humanism?
3. Define civic humanism.
4. Of what subjects did the liberal arts curriculum consist?
5. Who went to school?
6. What were some early types of books printed on the Guttenberg press?
7. What were four results of printing?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The rest of Chapter 12 will be complete once school starts.
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