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AP World History Unit #7 Outline: The Americas and The Renaissance

Knowledge Scale

4 – I can do everything from #3, PLUS I can develop my own unique explanations as to why Native American civilizations were vulnerable to invasion by Europeans and how the Reformation and Renaissance continue to shape modern Europe and other regions of the world that were conquered and colonized by Europeans.

3 – I know and can describe in detail 4 or more characteristics and/or leaders of North American, Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations. I also know and can describe in detail the contributions of 4 or more leaders in the Renaissance and Reformation, as well as explaining the causes and consequences of each of these two European cultural movements.

2 – I know and can describe 2 or 3 characteristics of North American, Mayan, Aztec and Incan civilizations. I also know and can describe the contributions of 2 or 3 leaders in the Renaissance and Reformation and how those two European cultural movements developed.

1 – I kind of understand the basic cultural characteristics of Medieval Native American civilizations and the causes and consequences of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe.

0 – I have no idea what was happening in the North and South America in the Middle Ages or how Europe was impacted by the Renaissance and Reformation.

Monday, November 6th – Warm-Up #1

Answer the following questions based on what you have learned from Chapter 16, Section 1:

1.  Search: For what purpose did the Mound Builder cultures use earthen mounds?

2.  Analyze: Why did the tribes of upper New York form a political alliance, known as the Iroquois League?

3.  Analyze: Why might the people of the Northwest consider the potlatch to be a good way to signal social standing and wealth? (At least 1 sentence)

4.  Apply: Of the first 17 chapters in your textbook, only 2 address the history of North and South America. Why do you think this is the case? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

Tuesday, November 7th – Warm-Up #2

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 16, Section 2:

1.  Search: What were three major achievements of the Maya civilization?

2.  Search: Three explanations have been given for the collapse of the Maya civilization. What is one of them? (At least 1 sentence)

3.  Analyze: What role did religion play in Maya life? (At least 1 sentence)

4.  Apply: The last date on the Mayan calendar is December 21st, 2012, which led some people to conclude that the Mayans believed the world would end on that date. Regardless of your specific religious belief, or lack thereof, how do you believe that the world will eventually come to an end? How does your belief regarding the end of the world affect your life now? (At least 1 sentence)

Thursday, November 9th - Warm-Up #3

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 16, Section 4:

1.  Search: List two ways in which the Incan government involved itself in people’s lives.

2.  Search: How did Incan religion support the power of the Incan rulers?

3.  Analyze: Why do you think that the Incan government provided care for citizens who were aged or unable to care for themselves? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

4.  Apply: Should the government of the United States today take it upon itself to provide health care for all American citizens? Why or Why not? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

“Day after day 60,000 people congregate here to buy and sell. Every imaginable kind of merchandise is available from all parts of the Empire, foodstuffs and dress,… gold, silver, copper,… precious stones, leather, bone, mussels, coral, cotton, feathers… Everything is sold by the piece or by measurement, never by weight. In the main market there is a law court in which there are always ten or twelve judges performing their office and taking decisions on all marketing controversies.” –Hernando Cortes, Letters of Information, describing the market at Tenochtitlan

5. Search: According to the account, for what purpose did “60,000 people congregate” on a daily basis?

6. Analyze: Based on what you have learned thus far regarding American cultures and European cultures during the Middle Ages (500 to 1500 A.D.), in which of the two cultures would you prefer to live in? Explain your answer.

7. Apply: Which of the following topics is more important to you – Economy (Money) or Morality (Right and Wrong)? Why? Explain your answer.

Friday, November 10th- No Warm-Up

No School- Veteran’s Day

Monday, November 13th - Warm-Up #4

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 17, Section 1:

1. Search: How did Italy’s cities help to make it the birthplace of the Renaissance?

2. Search: What was the attitude of Church leaders and the wealthy toward the arts? Why?

3. Analyze: In what ways did literature and the arts change during the Renaissance?

4. Apply: Do you consider yourself to be a “Renaissance Man” or “Renaissance Woman”? Explain your answer with at least 1 specific fact about you.

Tuesday, November 14th – Warm-Up #5

“I am amazed by the opinion of some men who claim that they do not want their daughters, wives, or kinswomen to be educated because their mores (morals) would be ruined as a result… Here you can clearly see that not all opinions of men are based on reason and that these men are wrong.” –Christine de Pizan, The Book of The City of Ladies

1. Search: Why did “some men” not want their daughters to be educated?

2. Analyze: Does becoming educated generally lead to a decrease in faith in God? Why or Why not? Explain your answer.

3. Apply: Boys – Do you expect your future wife or husband to have a job working outside of the home? Why or Why not? Explain. Girls – Do you expect to have a job working outside of the home? Why or Why not? Explain.

“From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved more than feared, or feared more than loved. The reply is that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved…For it may be said of men in general that they are ungrateful, changeable, liars, anxious to avoid danger, and covetous of gain; as long as you benefit them, they are entirely yours; they offer you their blood, their goods, their life, and their children, as I have before said, when the necessity is remote; but when it approaches they revolt. And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making preparations, is ruined.” –Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

4. Search: According to Machiavelli, is it better to be feared or loved? Why?

5. Analyze: Explain Machiavelli’s meaning when he says that people will offer you their blood, goods, lives, and children “when the necessity is remote”.

6. Apply: Do you believe that all people are born “good”? Why or Why not? Explain your answer.

Thursday, November 16th – Warm-Up #6

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 17, Sections 3 and 4:

1. Search: Why did Martin Luther and his followers split from the Roman Catholic Church? (At least 1 sentence)

2. Search: Why did King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church? (At least 1 sentence)

3. Analyze: Although Calvinism was severely restrictive, many people admired the way of life in Geneva, where it controlled the society. Why do you think this was so? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

4. Apply: a) Do you believe that, with regards to religion, there is only one true belief and church and all others are wrong? (Yes or No) b) Though all trace their foundations to the teachings of Jesus in the Bible, today there are thousands of different Christian churches. Why do you think that so many different Christian churches exist? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

Friday, November 17th – No Warm Up

Unit 7 Notes due

Unit 7 MC & SAQ Exam