Post-Classical Europe
Medieval Dark Ages, High Middle Ages & the Renaissance
This Unit:
Part A:
Part F: Map!
Everything above is worth 50 Assessment Points
Part G: Short Answer Prompts
- Medieval Dark Ages [Chapter 8: Sections 1-3]
- High Middle Ages [Chapter 9]
- You were asked to skim this chapter for 5 major themes:
- Political Consolidation [sections 1&2]
- Economic Revival [section 1]
- Crusades [section 3]
- The Black Death [section 5]
- The Hundred Years' War [section 5]
- You were asked to skim this chapter for 5 major themes:
- European Renaissance [Chapter 14: Sections 1-2 only]
Part A:
- Know your SPICE-T Themes for a quick matching section
- ex. Relating to belief systems, religions, ideologies, art and architecture, technologies, etc.Relating to belief systems, religions, ideologies, art and architecture, technologies, etc.
- answer: (C) - Culture
- The following questions are comparative in nature regarding western and eastern Europe from 500 to 1100 CE.
- The following questions deal with continuities and change over time in western Europe from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the late Renaissance c. 1600 CE.
- The following question are about Europe’s religious beliefs and institutions during the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.
- Interdict / Sacraments / Scapegoat / Castles / Excommunication / papal supremacy / Feudal Contract / Feudalism / Chivalry / lords & vassals
- Medici / Brunelleschi / Raphael / Michelangelo / da Vinci / Machiavelli / Durer / Erasmus / Moore / Cervantes / Gutenberg
Part F: Map!
Everything above is worth 50 Assessment Points
Part G: Short Answer Prompts
- 1) What is humanism? How was it different than Medieval thinking?
- 2) How did art change from the Medieval Period through the Renaissance? Explain how humanism influenced these changes. Use specific evidence; ex. cite the artist of title of a piece of art that proves your argument.
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