Take Five…
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What do the following terms refer to?
Renaissance
 Crusades
 Reformation
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Italy—The Middle Man…
Italian peninsula split apart into small citystates
 Italian merchants
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Florence & Venice
Crusades (1096 AD)
Stopping the spread of Islam
 Taking territory away from Muslims
 Spreading Christianity
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So who started these crusades
anyway?
Walter the Penniless & Peter the hermit…
 Thousands of people died…so the moral
of the story is??????
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The Italian Renassiance
Rebirth of arts,
science, logic,
learning etc…
 Spread north from
Italy to other parts of
Europe
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The Renassiance: Leonardo, Donatelo,
Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
The ultimate renassiance man
Raphael
The Bubonic Plague
Fleas
 Rats
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Take Five…
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What does “wadlopen” refer to?
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Hint…
Chp 13 Section 3—Western
Europe
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France & Germany =
dominant western
European countries
German Culture
French Culture
Independent
Culture
Germany
France
Switzerland
Austria
Monaco
Belgium
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Wally Points…
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What does “benelux” refer to?
Western European Languages
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Romance languages (Latin)
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France
Germanic
Early History of Western Europe
After fall of Roman Empire…
 Rise of Germanic King Charlemagne
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King of the Franks
 Emperor of Rome
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Carolus Magnus
The Reformation…
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Martin Luther (1517)
95 Theses (statements)
 Breaking from the Catholic church
 Protestant religions on the rise
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 John
Calvin
 1455 First printing of the Gutenberg Bible
Martin Luther
Western European
Western European Nationalism
Rise of modern day nation-states
 Love of one’s country (EXTREME)
 Absolutism –the era of Kings…
 European rivalries
 Colonization/imperialism/trade
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Absolutism
King Louis XIV (France—the “Sun King”
World Domination…
Western European Economy
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Agriculture
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Industry
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Dairy farming, Livestock, Grapes, Wheat,
Vegetables…don’t forget the chocolate…
Coal & iron ore
High-tech & service industries
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Electronics
TGV (world’s fastest trains)
Space program
Nuclear energy
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75% of the electricity
Tourism
Wally Points…
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This western European country is always
neutral in war time…it also is a major
center for international banking and
finance.
Luxury Items…
Famous Musicians and Artists
Bach
 Mozart
 Beethoven
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Monet
 Vermeer
 Rembrandt
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Lifestyles
High standard of living
 Good infrastructure
 Culture, art, museums etc
 Vacation days—30 per year
 Socialization
 Low crime rates
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Modern Day Issues
Immigrants (Eastern Europe)
 European Union
 Euro—mostly successful
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Section 3: Northern Europe
United Kingdom
 Ireland
 Nordic countries
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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway & Sweden
Early Inhabitants
Celtics
 Romans
 Germans
 Vikings
 William the Conqueror (1066)
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Viking Raids
William the Conqueror (Bloody
William)
Exploration, Expansion & a Global
Empire
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Queen Elizabeth: The “Virgin Queen”
Defeat of the Spanish
Armada
In 1801 the United
Kingdom was formed:
England, Wales,
Scotland & Ireland
The World’s Leading Democracy
Magna Carta
(1215)
 Parliament
(Representative
Democracy)
House of Commons & House of Lords
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Westminster
Take Five…
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Complete the skill builder on pg 304
Industrial Revolution
Natural resources
 Monopoly
 Mercantilism
 Expansion of empire
 Nordic countries=
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Sweden
Great Britain as a world power
WWI
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WWII
Religious Conflicts
Catholic v Protestant…
 The domination of Ireland
 Ireland’s division 1921
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Economy of Northern Europe
Traditional= fishing, merchant trade,
forestry, manufacturing
 Service and technical
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Silicon Glen= Ireland (Glasgow & Edinburgh)
European Union & the Euro
Norway is not a member of the EU
 Denmark has not adopted the Euro
 UK uses both the British pound system & the
Euro
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Languages, Religion & Art
Germanic
 Celtic (Welsh, Irish, Gaelic & Scottish
Gaelic)
 Ireland= the only country to maintain
Catholicism as main faith
 Literary artists: William Shakespeare,
William Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte,
James Joyce
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Lifestyles
High standard of living
 Many and various activities
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Section 4: Eastern Europe
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Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia & Yugoslavia
In Class Assignment—Place in
your portfolio
Cultural Crossroads
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Many different ethnicities in Eastern Europe
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Different languages, cultures, customs & religions
Rome conquered in 100 AD
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire (Turks) from 1300s-1400s
Austrian-Hungarian Empire 1400s-1700s
Division after WWI
World Wars divided Eastern
Europe
Balkanization—Bulgaria, Greece,
Montenegro, Romania & Serbia
 WWI—Serbia goes to war with Austria
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
 Austrian-Hungarian empire split
 Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland &
Yugoslavia gained independence
 Ottoman empire ended--Turkey
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WWII
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Russia takes Eastern Europe
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Satellite nations
Take Five
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Complete the skillbuilder on pg 312
Modern Events…
Fall of the U.S.S.R.
 Unstable countries
 Ethnic differences lead to conflict/genocide
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Ex: Yugoslavia
 Divided
into 6 states
Wally Points
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Complete the skillbuilder questions on pg
313
Eastern European Economy
Agriculture
 Industry
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Communism-command economy
 After fall of U.S.S.R. moving to market
economy—consumer goods
 Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
increased economically
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Ethnic conflict
Holocaust
 Serbs v Croats
 Romany or Gypsies
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Holocaust
Chp 14: Europe in Crisis
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Turmoil in the Balkans
The fall of the Soviet Union
 Unstable governments & fighting over territory
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 1929
Yugoslavia was formed: South Slavs (Serbs,
Croats & Slovenes)
 U.S.S.R. controlled from WWII (1939-1990)
Balkans conflict 1990-2000
1991—War in the Balkans
 1992—Bosnia & Herzegovina declare
independence
 Serbs within Bosnia & Herzegovina rebel
against Muslims & Croats
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Ethnic cleansing 200,000
 Response by U.S. & United Nations
 1999 NATO bombed Serbia to stop ethnic
cleansing—only intensified
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Chp 14 Section 2: Cleaning Up
Europe
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Pollution
Cyanide—gold mines
 Industrial waste
 Burning coal –acid rain
 Sewage
 Chemical fertilizers
 Oil spills
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Cleaning up the water…
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European Environmental Agency
Air Pollution
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Using fossil fuels
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Smog & depletion of the ozone
Fires
 Chemical use
 Industry
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Create a mental map of Europe…
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Place in your portfolio…