World History (UNIT 9)
Chapter 17: Age of Exploration
Lesson One: European Exploration and Expansion (Dec 2)
Vocabulary: Caravel, Colony, Conquistador
1. What were the motivations behind European exploration of distant lands?
2. What other European countries explored and settled in the Americas?
Lesson Two: The First Global Economic Systems (Dec 5)
Vocabulary: Mercantilism, Plantations, Middle Passage
1. What economic theories were put into practice during the age of exploration?
2. How did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas and Europe?
3. How did European expansion affect Africa and the slave trade?
Lesson Three: Colonial Latin America (Dec 6)
Vocabulary: Peninsulare, Mestizo, Mulatto, Creole, Encomienda, Mita
1. What were the social characteristics of colonial Latin America?
2. What role did the Catholic Church play in colonization of Latin America?
Chapter 18: Conflict and Absolutism in Europe
Lesson One: Europe in Crisis (Dec 7)
Ch. 17 Reading Quiz
Vocabulary: Heretic, Armada, Inflation
1. What roles did France and Spain play in religious conflicts? What was the purpose of the
Edict of Nantes?
2. What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years War?
Lesson Two: War and Revolution in England (Dec 8)
Vocabulary: Divine Right of Kings, Puritans, Cavaliers, Roundheads, natural rights
1. How did disagreements over rule between the Stuarts and Parliament lead to the English
Civil War? What were causes and effects of the Glorious Revolution?
2. In what important way was the monarchy of William and Mary different from the Stuart
monarchy?
Lesson Three: Absolutism in Europe (Dec 9)
Vocabulary: Absolutism, Boyar, Czar
1. Why is the reign of Louis XIV regarded as the best example of absolutism in the
seventeenth century?
2. How did Prussia and Austria emerge as great powers in seventeenth and eighteenth
century Europe?
3. In what ways did Peter the Great modernize the culture and military in Russia?
Lesson Four: European Culture after the Renaissance (Dec 12)
Vocabulary: Mannerism, Baroque
1. How did art movements change in Europe after the Renaissance?
2. What characterized the Golden Age of literature in England and Spain?
UNIT 9 Assessments
UNIT 9 Notebook Check (December 13) Ch. 18 Reading Quiz
UNIT 9 Exam (December 14)