AP EUROPEAN HISTORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
Mrs. Winrow
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Yes, it's true. Summer is a great time to do some reading and thinking. Summer readings
prepare you for the rigorous study of Europe's history beginning with the Renaissance
through 2002. Join me in August for an adventure and the challenge of learning 500 years
of history.
I look forward to seeing you in August.
Due August 11: Focus Questions: see instructions below
Due First day of Class: Important People and Dates Notecards
Europe Map Quiz: End of 1st quarter.
Cypress Lake High School library:
Check out the AP Text book:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION by Spielvogel
ASSIGNMENTS:
1) Read in Western Civilization textbook:
Chapter 11: Late Middle Ages pages 274-300
Chapter 12: Age of Renaissance pages 302-333.
Answer the Focus Questions found at the beginning of each chapter. Your answers
need to be clear, concise and an indication of your best writing abilities. Be sure to include
important people, dates and events when needed. Grammar and punctuation are
important. Each response should be at least a paragraph (8-10 sentences).
Focus Questions are due on or before August 11. You may bring a hard copy to the
school office or email you assignment. I will collect mail the day it is due. Save a copy of
your assignments. Print your name on each page at the upper right corner.
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2) EUROPEAN MAP QUIZ: Practice
Go to the website shown below to learn European geography. Click Countries to practice.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm
MAP Quiz at the end of first Quarter.
3) AP EUROPEAN HISTORY: Due First Day of Class
About YOU: First note card will have the following information;
NAME
GRADE
EMAIL ADDRESS
CELL PH
2013-14 CLASS SCHEDULE
AP CLASSES YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN and GRADE EARNED
WHY ARE YOU TAKING AP EURO?
WHAT GRADE DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE?
IMPORTANT PEOPLE NOTECARDS: On 3x5 note cards identify the following
people. Write the name on the FRONT of the card. On the BACK you will identify
the importance of the person to European History. Your answer does not need to
be in complete sentences but should be thorough. Include important ideas,
contributions, quotes, time period, nationality, etc. By preparing carefully you will
already know about some of the most important people in European history.
1. Niccolo Machiavelli
2. Francesco Petrarch
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. John Locke
5. Emperor Charles V
6. Martin Luther
7. John Calvin
8. Erasmus
9. Thomas More
10. Nicolaus Copernicus
11. Johannes Kepler
12. Tycho Brahe
13. Andreas Vesalius
14. Galileo Galilei
15. Isaac Newton
16. Renee Descartes
17. Henry IV (of Navarre)
18. Cardinal Richelieu
19. Charles I (England)
20. Louis XIV
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24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Maria Theresa of Austria
Frederick the Great
Elizabeth I
Mary I
Philip II (Spain)
Oliver Cromwell
Voltaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Joseph II
Olympe de George
Edmund Burke
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Metternich
Ulrich Zwingli
IMPORTANT DATES NOTECARDS: DATE ON FRONT; information on BACK.
Identify the following dates in history which became “Turning Points.” Indicate the
implied EVENT, its significance and major people of the period.
1492
1517
1588
1648
1688
1740
1789
1815
1848
1870
1918
1929
1939
1945
1989
1991