AP World History
Ch. 14 – The Latin West 1200-1500 CE
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS IS DUE TO COMPLETE THESE ASSIGNMENTS!!!
Read Chapter 14
Reading & Thinking Note Sheet
Fascinating Facts
Map Assignments
Online Focus Questions (Separate)
Chapter Themes Chart (Separate)
AP World History CollegeBoard Key Concepts
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Key Concept 3.1 – Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
a. The expansion of empires facilitated Trans-Eurasian trade and communication as new
peoples were drawn into their conquerors’ economies and trade networks
Key Concept 3.2 – Continuity & Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
a. Empires collapsed & were reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged
i. Following the collapse of empires, most reconstituted governments, including the
Byzantine Empire
b. New forms of governance emerged and decentralized government (feudalism) in Europe
and Japan
Key Concept 3.3 – Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
a. Innovations stimulated agricultural and industrial production in many regions
i. Agricultural production increased significantly due to technological innovations.
b. The fate of cities varied greatly, with periods of significant decline, and with periods of
increased urbanization buoyed by rising productivity and expanding trade networks
A.P. WORLD History Reading & Thinking Note Sheet
CHAPTER 9 – The Latin West 1200 – 1500 CE
NAME: ______________________
Chronology (Time Period & Approximate Dates):
Most Important Ideas:
Key People (do not need a bio)
Key Terms (you do not need to define it here – define it in your notes section)
LEGACIES: WHAT DIFFERENCE DO THEY MAKE?
Mr. Mendoza
Fascinating Facts Ch. 14 – The Latin West 1200 – 1500 CE
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F. Facts must be completed on 3 x 5 flashcards (handmade cut-outs/or larger flashcard
sizes will not be accepted).
Glossary Terms
Latin West
Three-Field System
Black Death
Water Wheel
Hanseatic League
Guild
Gothic Cathedral
Renaissance (European)
Universities
Scholasticism
Humanists (Renaissance)
Printing Press
Great Western Schism
Hundred Years War
New Monarchies
Reconquest (reconquista)
Terms found in the Reading
Geoffrey Chaucer (355 & 365)
Marco Polo (356)
Champagne Fairs (358)
Florence (358)
Venice (358)
Medici Family (362)
The Clock (363)
Thomas Aquinas (365)
Dante Alighieri (365)
Giovanni Boccacio (365-366)
Erasmus (366)
Johann Gutenberg (367)
Giotto (367)
Jan Van Eyck (368)
Leonardo da Vinci (368)
Michelangelo (368)
Cosimo de Medici (368)
Pope Boniface VIII (368)
Magna Carta (370)