WHAP Chapter 17 Reading Guide:

The Transformation of the West, 1450-1750

1.  What does Stearns say is happening to the previously agricultural society?

2.  What did the Renaissance call to be “reexamined”?

3.  What declined as a central focus? What was taking its place?

4.  Name 3 participants of the 15th century Renaissance.

5.  What is humanism? Why the change in thought?

6.  What was the impact of the Renaissance and politics and commerce? (Basically summarize the last paragraph of that section in your own words).

7.  Why did the Italian Renaissance decline?

8.  What are some differences between the Northern and the Italian Renaissance artistically AND politically?

9.  What did Gutenberg do?

10. What was the European family like in the 15th century?

11. Who is Martin Luther and what is he credited with?

12. What was his philosophy on Christianity?

13. Why was he popular among the German elite?

14. Why did the commoners support him as well?

15. Henry the VIII established the ______church.

16. How did Jean Calvin’s ideas differ from Luther?

17. What did Calvinism do for politics?

18. What did the Edict of Nantes do? When was it?

19. Why is the Thirty Years War important? (Look at its treaty).

20. The Protestant Reformation led to religious pluralism. Why is that?

21. What is the proletariat?

22. What was their response to the commercial revolution?

23. What did Copernicus do?

24. What did John Harvey do?

25. Who wrote Principia? What did it say?

26. Who is John Locke?

27. What did Deists believe?

28. What is an absolute monarchy? Who is the monarch most associated with this?

29. Define mercantilism.

30. Where did absolute monarchies develop outside of France? Where did they not? (Look at pgs. 392 and 394)

31. Who is Fredrick the Great? What kind of leadership did he support?

32. What is the enlightenment? What are its basic principles?

33. What did Adam Smith’s theory dictate?

  1. What did James Kay introduce?

**Make sure that in this chapter you understand how the commercialization of the economy affected the agriculture and society.**