Period 2 World History 20 Week Schedule
7.11 Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and
eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of
Reason).
1. Know the great voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes, and the influence of
cartography in the development of a new European worldview.
2. Discuss the exchanges of plants, animals, technology, culture, and ideas among Europe,
Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the major
economic and social effects on each continent.
3. Examine the origins of modern capitalism; the influence of mercantilism and cottage
industry; the elements and importance of a market economy in seventeenth-century
Europe; the changing international trading and marketing patterns, including their
locations on a world map; and the influence of explorers and map makers.
4. Explain how the main ideas of the Enlightenment can be traced back to such movements
as the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution and to the Greeks,
Romans, and Christianity.
5. Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment
thinkers (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, American founders).
6. Discuss how the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as the
English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence.
Chapter 33 the Age of Exploration
Introduction:
Reasons for the Age of Exploration
 Motives for Exploration
 Advances in knowledge and Technology
Portugal Begins the Age of Exploration
 Key Explorers
 The Impact of Portuguese Exploration
Spain’s Early Explorations
 Key Explorers
 The Impact of Early Spanish Exploration
Later Spanish Exploration and Conquest
 Key Explorers
 The Impact of Later Spanish Exploration and Conquest
European Exploration of North America
 Key Explorers
 The Impact of European Exploration of North America
The Impact of Exploration on European Commerce and Economies
Vocabulary terms:
Cartography:
Longitude
Latitude
Caravel
Art and science
of map making
Plantation:
Strait
Circumnavigate
Epidemic
Large farm
where crops such
sugar, rubber or
tobacco are
grown
Northwest
Capitalism
Market economy Cottage industry
passage:
Water route
through North
America
connecting the
Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans
Colony
Inflation
Mercantilism
Chapter 34 The Scientific Revolution
Introduction
Roots of the Scientific Revolution
Copernicus and Kepler a New View of the Universe
Galileo and Copernican Theory
 Galileo’s Discoveries
 Conflict with the Church
 Galileo’s Influence
Isaac Newton and the Law of Gravity
The Scientific Method
The Key Inventions
Vocabulary terms
Rationalism
Geocentric
Belief in reason
and logic as the
primary source
of knowledge
Mass
Hypothesis
The amount of
matter in an
Object
Thermometer
an instrument
used for
measuring
temperature
Heliocentric
Orbit
Projectile
Data
Microscope
Barometer
Chapter 35 The Enlightenment
Introduction
The Roots of the Enlightenment
 The Scientific Revolution
 The Renaissance and the Reformation
 The Classical and Christian Influences
 New Ideas vs. Old Beliefs
Thomas Hobbes; absolute rule by kings
John Locke; natural rights
Baron Montesquieu; separation of powers
Voltaire; religious tolerance and free speech
Cesare Beccaria; the rights of the accused
The Impact of the Enlightenment on government
 Enlightened rule by Monarchs
 The American and French Revolutions
Women of the Enlightenment
 Madame Geoffrin
 Abigail Adams
 Olympe de Gouges
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Vocabulary terms
Constitutional
monarchy
A form of
government in
which the
monarch’s
power is limited
by a basic set of
laws or
constitution
Despotism
A rule by a
despot or tyrant
Capital
punishment
Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Separation of
Powers
Pen name
Oppression
Tolerance
Criminology
Monday
23
Chapter 33
The Age of
Exploration
Tuesday
MAY
UNIT 8:
Europe Enters the
Modern Age;
Exploration,
Revolution and
Enlightenment
24
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
20
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Discussion on
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Friday
Chp 33 #9 Age of
Exploration Matrix
Chp 33 #10
Explorer
Statement
26
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27
Foreign News
Current Event DUE
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30
No School
Extra Credit
Opportunity 200
word Typed
Research Essay on
Memorial Day
100 pts
31
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Homework DUE
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Event
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Chapter 33 Outline
Check and
Test
JUNE
6
Chapter 35
The
Enlightenment
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FAILURE NOTICES
ISSUED
7
GRADING Window
Opens
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Periods 2 and 5
Middle East Project
500 pts due June 17
1
Discussion on
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Friday
Chp 34 #9
Contribution
Statements
Chp 34 #10
Galileo’s Dialog
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8
Discussion on
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Friday
Chp 35 #9
Enlightenment
Influence
Chp 35 #10
Political Cartoon
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Event
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3
Current Event Due
Test Taken
Timeline Challenge
Due
Homework Due
9
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Event
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Geography
Challenge Due
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All LATE Work Due
Projects Due
Period 6
Travel Guide Project
500 pts due June 17
Modern Europe Geography Challenge and Questions: Workbook pages 228-229 Textbook pages 372-373
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Use the textbook and workbook to complete this task
Copy the questions below and write their answers in complete sentences
Label the map with the names and locations of the places mentioned in your textbook
Which explorer was the first to establish a sea route to Asia?
For which European country did he sail?
By 1600, on which continents did Portugal claim or control territory or cities?
Which explorer was the first to lead a voyage that eventually went around the world?
For which European country did he sail?
By 1600, on which continents did Spain claim territory?
Which explorer was the first to sail to the east coast of South America?
For which European country did he sail?
Which explorer was the first to sail to what are today the Caribbean Islands, between North and South
America?
For which European country did he sail?
Which country had explorers who led expeditions into the lands of the Aztecs and the Incas in North and
South America?
Who were these explorers?
Which European countries during this period sent explorers to North America’s east coast?
Name three of these explorers.
Timeline Exercise and Questions: Workbook pages 246-247 Textbook pages 410-411
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Use the textbook and workbook to complete this task
Complete the bulleted tasks from the workbook instructions
Based on the events on this timeline, which of these periods – the Scientific Revolution, the
Enlightenment or the Age of Exploration began first?
Which other item on the timeline likely had the most impact on item D, Cortes conquering the Aztec
Empire? Explain the connection.
Which other item on the timeline was likely inspired by r based item B, Copernicus Theory of
Heliocentric Universe? Explain the connection.
Which other item on the timeline most likely affected item C, Montesquieu arguing for Three Branches
of Government? Explain the connection.
Which shapes occurred most often on the timeline?
What does this tell you about this time period?
Use the test questions to study the textbook material and write your notes to answer the questions
when you take each Friday’s test
Chapter 33
What was the motive for
Europeans to explore the world?
What are the factors that led to
the Age of Exploration?
Chapter 34
The word “revolution” means
major transformation, what did
the Scientific Revolution
transform?
What would be another phrase
for the “Scientific Revolution”?
What were the effects of
Portugal’s exploration?
Why do people often think of
Copernicus and Kepler together?
What did Spanish explorers
achieve?
Sometimes new inventions make
new discoveries possible, what
invention made Galileo’s work
possible?
Great insights sometimes come
from looking at the relationship
between two things that are not
usually seen together. Newton’s
law described how gravity
affected?
Whose name belongs in the
empty cell of the table?
Which civilization did Spanish
conquistadors destroy?
What did North America lack
that made it a less desirable
location than South America for
starting colonies?
What were the effects of
England’s victory over the
Spanish Armada?
What economic system grew as
a result of exploration and
trade?
Chapter 35
In what way was the
Enlightenment similar to the
Scientific Revolution?
Why did Thomas Hobbes believe
that people needed to be
governed by a ruler with
absolute power?
What part of the US Constitution
and the Declaration of
Independence was most closely
related to the work of John
Locke?
If Baron de Montesquieu were to
visit the United States today, he
might be most pleased to see
what?
What kind of statements might
Voltaire make about people and
the government?
What did Cesare Beccaria
believe?
What is an example of the Step 1
of the Scientific Revolution?
What influenced the
Enlightenment?
What did all of following
inventions improve?
What was at the heart of
women’s contributions to the
Enlightenment?