Unit Readings:

Western Heritage – Chapter 10 - pp. 355-377; 382-397

Modern European History – Chapters 2, 3, & 6

Supplemental Readings (to be distributed)

Terms – Identify each of the following terms in complete sentences (who, what, when, where!). Then write a sentence explaining why the item is historically significant.

1. Renaissance
2. Jacob Burckhardt
3. Oligarchy
4. Medici Family
5. Patron
6. Secular
7. Humanism
8. Civic Humanism
9. Pope Julius II
10. Vernacular
11. Dante & The Divine Comedy
12. Petrarch
13. Boccaccio & Decameron
14. Machiavelli & The Prince
15. Castiglione & The Book of the Courtier
16. Erasmus & Praise of Folly
17. Thomas More & Utopia
18. Lorenzo Valla & the Donation of Constantine
19. Chiaroscuro
20. Linear Perspective
21. Giotto
22. Leonardo da Vinci
23. Raphael
24. Michelangelo
25. Johannes Gutenberg
26. Prince Henry the Navigator
27. Bartholomew Diaz
28. Vasco da Gama
29. Ferdinand Magellan
30. Treaty of Tordesillas (Line of Demarcation)

Free Response Questions - Respond to the following questions in one or more well-written paragraphs. Remember to begin your paragraphs w/ strong topic sentences!

1. Define humanism in as much detail as you can, explaining its many aspects. (WH pp. 360-367)
2. Describe the innovations & changes in the techniques and subject matter of art introduced during the Italian Renaissance. (WH pp. 367-371; MEH pp. 25-28)
3. Explain the motivations for the early European voyages of overseas discovery and explain the impact these voyages had upon Europe. (WH pp. 387, 395-397; MEH pp. 82-83)
4. Discuss how the Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance. (WH 382-383; MEH pp. 33-35)

5. Write a paragraph discussing the major concerns and ideas of each of the following humanists (2 paragraphs total). Use your texts as well as primary sources that will be distributed.

a) Machiavelli

b) Erasmus