WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Department of
Social Studies
Wantagh High School 
3297 Beltagh Avenue 
Wantagh, NY 11793 
(516) 679 - 6462
Maureen Goldberg
Superintendent of Schools
Christopher J. Widmann
Supervisor
June 9, 2016
AP European History Summer Assignment 2016 - 2017
Dear Wantagh Advanced Placement European History Student:
Congratulations! You have been recommended and selected to take part in this year’s Advanced Placement
European History challenge. This is quite an honor for you as this is a very prestigious course as well as a
very rigorous program that requires a great deal of dedication, time, responsibility, and self-motivation.
Ms. Jones European History class is an accelerated and demanding introduction to European History and
culture from 1450-present. Because this class is similar to a college freshmen-level course, students should
expect, for example, that the reading and writing load will be heavier than most high school history classes.
With that in mind, it requires seriously committed students who are willing to work far above the level required
in a “regular” high school history class.
With that in mind, there is a mandatory summer assignment for this course. The assignment requires
you to use the school issued textbook to complete.
To that end I have prepared a summer assignment that will ensure that you are adequately prepared for the
rigors of this course from day one. It is your responsibility to work on this assignment over the summer and
come to school in September 2016 with the assignment 100% completed. Failure to do so may result in you
being dropped from the class, more than likely it will result in an extremely low grade on the first quiz and
exam. You have the requirements and the assignment; go to it, and DON'T GET BEHIND! YOU WILL BE
TESTED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
The AP European History Exam that you will be taking in early May of 2017 is a three hour exam that costs
$92.00 and will determine if you get college credit. A good grade on the exam is worth 6 college credits!
Feel free to email me at anytime over the summer if you have any questions or concerns regarding the
assignment.
Sincerely,
Ms. H. Jones
Ms. H. Jones
Email: [email protected]
Required Course materials:
NOTE: If you would like to have a personal copy for the purpose of highlighting or annotating may I
suggest Amazon.com or another book reseller as the best place. If you choose to do so, here is the
information you will need.
A History of Western Society since 1300 for Advanced Placement
by John P. McKay , Bennett D. Hill , John Buckler
Bedford Books
ISBN # 9780312640583
Required review books to purchase:
Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2016 Edition [Paperback]
by Princeton Review
ISBN # 978-0804126199
Prentice Hall Brief Review for the New York Regents Exam
Global History and Geography 2016
by Goldberg, DuPre
ISBN #: 978-0133342482
Part I: ID - Sigs
Identify each term/event or person listed and then and state significance of each one
EXAMPLES:
Cesar Borgia
ID: An Italian soldier and politician, he was the younger son of Pope Alexander VI.
SIG: As the son of Pope Alexander VI, Cesar was instrumental in the consolidation of the Papal States, and has been considered the
prototype of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince —intelligent, cruel, treacherous, and ruthlessly opportunistic.
Renaissance:
ID: Period of time from the 14th century to the late 16th century in Europe that was characterized by intellectual and economic changes.
SIG: Helped Europe emerge from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth coupled with
changes in artistic, social, scientific, and political thought.
Chapter 12: Later Middle Ages
Reading: pp. 338-371 IDSigs:
1. “Little Ice Age”
2. Black Death
3. The Decameron
4. flagellants
5. Hundred Years’ War
6. Agincourt
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
representative assemblies
nationalism
Babylonian captivity
The Great Schism
Conciliar Movement
John Wycliff
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14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
craft guilds
Fur-collar crime
Jacquerie
Statute of Kilkenny
Divine Comedy
Christine de Pisan
Chapter 13: Renaissance
Reading: pp. 372-405 IDSigs:
1. Renaissance
2. communes
3. urban nobility
4. popolo
5. despots
6. oligarchies
7. princely courts
8. Cesare Borgia
9. balance of power
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Girolamo Savonrola
Individualism
Humanism
Secularism
Lorenzo de Medici
Printing Press
Quantification
Office of the Night
slave
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
War of the Roses
court of the Star Chamber
hermandades
New Christians
anti-Semitism
Chapter 15: European Expansion (2nd Half)
Reading: pp. 442-477
ID-Sigs:
1. Age of Reconnaissance
12. Bullion
2. Ottoman Turks
13. Inflation
3. Cueta
14. Columbian Exchange
4. Galley
15. viceroyalties
5. astrolabe
16. audiencia
6. D.E.I.C. Dutch East India Company 17. quinto
7. General History of the Indies
18. corregidores
8. Portolans
19. sabbats
9. De Insulis Inventis
20. misogyny
10. Golden Century of Spain
21. skepticism
11. Price Revolution
22. Baroque
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Francis I
Philip II
Bartolome de las Casas
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando Cortes
Michel de Montaigne
William Shakespeare
Johann Sebastian Bach
Part II. Text Reading Essay Questions:
Answer fifteen (15) of the following questions in essay outline/bullet format, not an essay, providing detailed
evidence to support your answer.
A. Chapter 12 pgs. 338- 371
1)Discuss the social, economic, and cultural consequences of the Black Death.
2) Identify the origins of and popular response to the Hundred Years’ War.
3)Analyze the costs and consequences of the Hundred Years’ War with regards to economics, politics and society
in France and England.
4) Discuss the impact of the Babylonian Captivity, Great Schism, and Conciliar Movement on the Church.
5) Summarize the conditions of marriage in the 14th century with regards to economics, family, age, and social
class.
6) Identify the economic and cultural aspects of Parish life.
7) Analyze the reasons for and impact of the Peasant Revolts in France and England during the 14th century.
8) Discuss the characteristics of race and ethnicity, and explain how these differences led to acts of discrimination.
9) Compare and contrast the literary works of Dante, Chaucer, and Villon.
B. Chapter 13 pgs. 372- 405
10) Identify the principle city-states and discuss their political, social, and economic characteristics.
11) Analyze the successes and failures of the balance of power that existed in 15th century Italy.
12) Compare and contrast the characteristics and styles of Renaissance art to that of the Middle Ages.
13) Analyze the role of 15th century Florence and the patron in the development of Renaissance art.
14) Identify the Artist and their significant contributions/ works of art:
a. Giotto:
b. Masaccio:
c. Donatello:
d. Fillipo Brunelleschi:
e. Leonardo da Vinci:
f. Michelangelo Buonarroti:
g. Raphael:
15) Analyze the social, cultural, political, or economic impact of the following technological advancement:
a. clock
b. printing press
16) Analyze the origin of slavery during the Renaissance era and the various views of the practice during this
time.
17) Analyze the causes of the northern renaissance & identify how Christian humanism differed from earlier
humanist.
18) Discuss the significant contributions of the following northern humanist & artist:
a. Thomas More:
b. Desiderius Erasmus:
c. Francois Rabelais:
d. Jan van Eyck:
C. Chapter 15 Pgs 442- 478
21) Identify the accomplishments of the following persons involved in overseas exploration:
a. Prince Henry the Navigator:
b. Bartholomew Diaz:
c. Vasco da Gama:
d. Ferdinand Magellan:
e. Christopher Columbus:
22) Discuss the economic effects of Spanish discoveries in the new world on that of 16th century Spain during the
period known as the Golden Century of Spain.
23) Identify the governing systems established by Spain & Portugal in the new world.
24) Discuss the causes and characteristics of the witch-hunts from1560-1660 and explain why they came to an
end.
25) Discuss the significance and characteristics of Michel de Montaigne’s work.
26) Discuss the significance and characteristics of Elizabethan & Jacobean literature.
27) Explain why the Catholic Church embraced Baroque Art.
Part III. Free Response Questions:
The following are examples of past AP Euro Free Response Questions (FRQ's) asked on the national exam. Your
task this summer is to outline a response for EACH of the following questions. The FRQ's account for 55% of your
section II score, so becoming familiar with how to structure them is extremely important. Pay close attention to each
prompt and be sure to develop a thesis that ANSWERS THE QUESTION!
1) Explain the ways in which Italian Renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual’s role in society.
2) Evaluate the changes and continuities in women's public roles during the Renaissance.
3) Using examples from THREE different states, analyze the key features of the "new monarchies" and the factors
responsible for their rise in the period 1450 to 1550.
4) Explain how economic, technological, political, and religious factors promoted European explorations from about
1450 to about 1525.
5) Analyze the effects of the Columbian Exchange (the interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the
Old World and the New World) on the population and economy in the period 1550 to 1700.
Part IV. MAP: Use the internet to find and label the requested information on the map provided
Nations
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Ireland
United Kingdom
Portugal
Spain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Poland
Czech Republic
Austria
Capitals
o London
o Prague
o Budapest
o Moscow
o Berlin
o Vienna
o Rome
o Paris
Regions – Use a different Color for
each
o Northern Europe
o Western Europe
o Eastern Europe
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Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Greece
Slovakia
Hungary
Albania
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Croatia
Romania
Ukraine
Belarus
Iceland
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