Station 1
• Name one of the new forms of credit and monetization that emerge in Medieval
Europe.
• Identify one of three items that fundamentally impacted Europe that travelled
along the Silk Road.
• Explain the impact of gunpowder on feudalism.
• Describe how the Crusades were responsible for the revival of Latin Europe.
• Why were the powerful trade city-states in Italy important in the revitalization of
Medieval Europe?
• Contrast Gothic architecture to Renaissance architecture
Station 2
• List an element of Renaissance art.
• Define “divine right.”
• Name one of three military conflicts that were motivated by the Reformation or
religion in general.
• Give an example of a powerful trade city-state that emerged in Medieval Italy.
• Summarize one of four factors that led to urban decline in early Medieval Europe.
• Explain the factors of how European monarchs regained their power and became
absolute.
• Contrast Gothic architecture to Renaissance architecture.
• Defend the following statement-Without the Black Death, Europe would have
revitalized in a much later timeframe.
Station 3
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Machiavelli is best identified with what cultural aspect of medieval life.
Name a prominent Protestant reformist.
Define ‘humanism.”
Provide an example of a prominent Renaissance artist and one of their works.
Provide an example of a prominent Renaissance writer and one of their works.
Explain why Florence was such an important city-state in the rise of Medieval
Europe.
• Analyze the reason for the Catholic Church undergoing a Counter-Reformation.
• Analyze the reason for Henry VIII’s creation of the Protestant Church of England.
Station 4
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Define “scholasticism.”
Identify the modern state location for the start of the Renaissance.
Identify the modern state location for the start of the Reformation.
Provide an example of a Medieval/Enlightenment scientist and one of their
discoveries.
Explain how the Enlightenment viewed religion or government.
Explain the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition.
Analyze the role that the Magna Carta played in leading Europe eventually
to a more democratic state.
Analyze how either the Babylonian Captivity or Black Death harmed the
reputation of the Catholic Church.
Station 5
• Name the term used to describe writing in the native language of a culture.
• Name the democratic document that emerges from the Glorious Revolution.
• Describe how the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution fundamentally
change England.
• Explain Gustavus Adolphus’s contribution to Medieval European warfare.
• Analyze the reasons for the decline of knights and feudalism.
• Make a judgment concerning Louis XIV as an prime example of an absolute
monarch.
Station 6
• Name a Latin European nation state that existed by 1650.
• Who invented the printing press in Europe?
• Explain the role of Cardinal Richelieu and Colbert in creating absolute power in
the French monarchy.
• Explain the purpose the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
• Defend the following statement- The printing press had the most profound
impact in changing Medieval European culture to a modern culture.
• Analyze the nature and causation of the witchcraft craze in Europe in the 17th
century.