Rise of Europe (Ch. 16-18)

...is about exploring the cultural, political, and economical revival of many western European countries following its relative weakness during the postclassical era. As a result of Europe's rise to a position of global power, Russia begins to increasingly enter the European realm.

Objectives:

1.  Trace the early exploration of the world by the West.

2.  Analyze the changes established by the Colombian Exchange.

3.  Describe how the global economy of the 16th and 17th centuries differed from previous.

4.  Analyze the interconnection between the economic and cultural developments in Western Europe between 1400 and 1800.

5.  Describe the major political changes in Western Europe in this era.

6.  Describe Russia’s economic development and the evolution of serfdom between 1400 and 1800.

7.  Evaluate the extent to which Russia’s westernization bridged the gap between Russia and the West.

Key Concepts:

Explain the definition, role, and significance of…

Chapter 16
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal
Spain
Netherlands
England
Dutch East India Company
British East India Company
Colombian Exchange
Small Pox
Mercantilism / Chapter 17
Humanism
European-style families
Calvinism
Jesuits
Thirty Years War
Commercial Revolution
Johannes Gutenberg
Martin Luther
Edict of Nantes
Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton
John Locke
Absolute Monarchy
Parliamentary Monarchy
Louis XIV
Enlightened Despotism
Frederick the Great
Witchcraft persecution
Cottage Industries / Chapter 18
Mongols
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Cossacks
Boyars
Romanovs
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great

Cumulative Content:

Important, relevant, and testable material from previous chapter…

Serfdom
Feudalism
Crusades / High Middle Ages
Scholasticism
Late Middle Ages / Hundred Years War
Bubonic Plague
Little Ice Age / Kiev-Rus
Mongols
Moscow

The World Economy

Key Places:

Locate on the map…

Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
Spain
Venice
Britain
Netherlands
Cape of Good Hope
Goa
Macao
Brazil
Mexico
Peru
West Indies
Indonesia / East Indies / Spice Islands
Philippines
China
Japan
Nagasaki
India
Calcutta
Ceylon

Guided Timeline:

Portugal / Spain / Netherlands / England
1394-1460
1450
1497-1498 / 1492
1514 / 1509
1542 / 1519-1521
1562
1588 / 1588
1608
1641
1652
1750
1756-1764
1775-1783

Europe

Key Places:

Locate on the map…

Iberian Peninsula
Italy
Venice
Genoa
Rome
France
England
German Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg Austria-Hungary
Prussia

Guided Timeline:

World / Europe
1300 – 1500
Portugal explores African coast
1450
1455 =
Portugal sails East, Spain sails West
1500 – 1600 / 1517 =
1543-1642 =
Dutch in
Africa & SE Asia,
British in
Americas & India / 1600 – 1700
1642-1727 =
1643-1715 =
1688-1690 =
1700 – 1800 / 1712-1786 =
1750
1776 =

Russia

Key Places:

Locate on the map…

Moscow
Ural Mtns
Caspian Sea
Siberia
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
St. Petersburg
Poland

Guided Timeline:

World / Europe / Russia
Renaissance 1350-1500
Portugal explores African coast
1450
1462
Portugal sails East, Spain sails West
Reformation & Commerce 1500-1600
1533 – 1584
Dutch in
Africa & SE Asia,
British in
Americas & India / Scientific Revolution 1600-1700 / 1604 – 1613
1649 =
1689 – 1725
Enlightenment 1700-1800
1750
1762 – 1796
1785 =