AP European History- Chapter 10 Renaissance & Discovery
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The Renaissance in Italy (1327-1527)
1. Identify the three crises of the Late Middle Ages
2. What is the most generally accepted definition of the term Renaissance?
3. What was the most significant advantage of the Italian city- states?
4. Identify the 5 major Italian city-states
5. Identify the four distinguishable social groups that existed in Florence and describe who
belonged to each group.
Chart: Social Stratification in 14th/ 15th century Florence
Social Group
Who belonged to this group?
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Identify the three factors that caused the Ciompi Revolt of 1378.
What was the social and/or political outcome of the Ciompi Revolt?
How did Cosimo de’ Medici gain power for himself and his family?
Define: Despotism and give an example of a despot
In your own words, describe the concept of Humanism. What did Humanists believe in?
Why did Humanists advocate the study of studia humanitatis?
Chart: Notable Intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance –
Identify at least 1 work by each person
Add 1 interesting fact about each
Add one personal comment/thought/opinion about each
Francesco Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Baldasare Castiglione
Dante Alighieri
Christine de Pisan
Define: civic humanism
How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval Art?
Define : chiaroscuro
Who is considered the “father of Renaissance painting”?
Identify and list 2 famous works by each: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michaelangelo
Italy’s Political Decline: The French Invasions (1429-1527)
18. Identify: The Treaty of Lodi (1454-1455)
19. Identify: Girolamo Savonarola
20. In your opinion, did Pope Alexander VI “The Borgia Pope” deserved to be called the
“most corrupt pope who ever sat on the papal throne”? Yes or no? Why?
21. Identify and name his most famous work : Niccolo Machiavelli
22. What does the term Machiavellian mean?
23. Define the concept of virtu
III.
Revival of Monarchy in Northern Europe
24. Why was the alliance between town and king after 1450 significant?
25. Identify three advantages of the sovereign state
26. France: Identify the two political cornerstones of the 15th century French nation building
27. France: Describe the contributions of Jacques Coeur
28. Spain: Why is the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile (1469) so
significant in Spanish history?
29. Spain: identify two goals of Ferdinand and Isabella
30. Who was exiled from Spain in 1492?
31. Define: Conversos, Moriscos
32. What is Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain’s most famous contribution to world history?
33. England: What happened after the Hundred Year’s war? What is this conflict called?
Why?
34. Who emerged as King of England at the end of the War of the Roses?
35. The Holy Roman Empire is comprised of which two territories?
IV.
The Northern Renaissance
36. Who invented the printing press?
37. One of the most significant inventions of all time was the printing press. Why? What
impact did the printing press have on Europeans?
38. Why did the writings of Desiderius Erasmus appeal to both Catholics & Protestants?
39. Who is the best known English humanist? What work is he best known for?
V.
Voyages of Discovery and the New Empires in the West and East
40. Chart: Voyages of Discovery
Explorer
Famous for…
Year/ Country he sailed for
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Dias
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
41. In your own words, describe what happened after Hernan Cortes landed in Mexico in
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42. In your own words , describe what happened after Francisco Pizarro landed on the
western coast of South America (Peru) in 1532
43. What year did the Aztec empire fall in the hands of the Spanish Hernan Cortes? What
year did the Inca empire fall in the hands of the Spanish Francisco Pizarro?
44. Identify: Bartolome de las Casas
45. What is the “black legend”?
46. The colonial economy of Latin America had three major components. List them.
47. Define: encomienda, repartimiento, mita
AP European History- Chapter 10 Renaissance & Discovery
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Renaissance
5 major Italian city-states
4 social classes in Florence
Ciompi Revolt
Cosimo de’ Medici
Despot(ism)
Humanism
Studia humanitatis
Francesco Petrarch
Giovani Boccaccio
Dante Alighieri
Baldasare Castiglioni
Christine de Pisan
Civic humanisn
Characteristics of Renaissance art
Chiaroscuro
Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michaelangelo
Pope Alexander VI “The Borgia Pope”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Virtu
Spain - Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
England- War of the Roses
Holy Roman Empire
Johannes Gutenberg & the Printing Press
Desiderius Erasmus
Thomas Moore
Factors that encouraged overseas exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
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Hernan Cortes – Fall of Aztec Empire (Mexico) 1521
Francisco Pizarro – Fall of Inca Empire (Peru) 1532
Bartolome de las Casas