Required Summer Reading
AP European History
Eastview High School
“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a
person’s history. It is our duty to have books. A library is not
a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.”
-Henry Ward Beecher
1. A History of Western Society, McKay, et al., Chapter 11. Students are expected to read these pages during
the summer; they serve as an introduction to the course. Students must also complete the accompanying
Study Guide – the Study Guide will be collected and scored during the first week of school in September
(students may download a PDF of Ch11 reading and the Study Guide from the Eastview website).
2. Select ONE of the following books to read this summer – you will participate in a Socratic Seminar the first
week of school (you are responsible for obtaining a copy of the book you select):
a) Brunelleschi’s Dome, by Ross King
b) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
c) History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage
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APEUROPEANHISTORY
McKay,et.al.(11e)
Chapter11–StudyGuide
TheLaterMiddleAges(ce1300-1450)
StudyGuidesarescoredHOLISTICALLYusingthe
followingcriteria:
1) Student’soriginalscholarshiponly!!
2) Productrepresentsprideofeffortand
scholarship–itmustbeyourBESTwork!
3) Thoroughness,andthoughtfulnessof
responsesareessential.
4) Timelinemustbecomprehensively
completed.
“Ohumanrace,borntoflyupward,wherefore
atalittlewinddostthousofall?”
-DanteAlighieri,TheDivineComedy
PRELUDETODISASTER(11.1)
Whileyouread:
1. WhatwerethecausesandconsequencesoftheGreatFamine(13151322)?
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2. AslifebecamedifficultforEuropeansinthe14 century,whatgroups
ofpeoplebecameconvenientscapegoats?Explain.
3. HowdidtheFrenchandEnglishkingsrespondtothecrisesandhow
affectiveweretheirpolicies?
Afteryouread:
1. InEurope,theperiodfrom1315to1322isbestcharacterizedas:
A) Atimeofscarcityandstarvation
B) Atimeofplentyandprosperity
C) Stableandpeaceful
D) Atimeofcivilwarandbloodshed
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THEBLACKDEATH(11.2)
Whileyouread:
1. WhatwasthesourceofthebubonicplagueandwhydiditspreadsorapidlyinEurope?
2. Whatimpactdidtheplaguehaveonwagesandthedemandforlabor?Whathappenedtolandvalues?
3. Describethepsychologicaleffectsoftheplague.Howdidpeopleexplainthisdisaster?
Afteryouread:
2. Inatimewhereclericswereoftencriticized,theirbehaviorduringtheplagueischaracterizedas
A) exemplary,aspriests,monks,andnunscaredforthesickandburiedthedead.
B) shameful,aspriest,monks,andnunsfledtomonasteriesinthecountryside.
C) normal,aseveryonewassimplytryingtosurvivesoleavingthecitywascommon.
D) indifferent,survivalwastheonlythingonpeople’sminds.
3. Economically,theBlackDeathresultedin
A) acompleteeconomiccollapse.
B) asharpdropinpercapitawealth.
C) asharpincreaseinpercapitawealth.
D) asharpincreaseinurbanunemployment.
THEHUNDREDYEARS’WAR(11.3)
Whileyouread:
1. WhatweretheimmediateandothercausesoftheHundredYears’War?
2. Whydidthepeoplesupporttheirkingsinwar?
3. WhatroledidJoanofArchaveintheHundredYears’War?Whyisherstorysignificantinthishistory?
4. WhatweretheresultsoftheHundredYears’War?
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Afteryouread:
1. TheEnglishvictoryattheBattleofCrécyresultedfrom
A) thechivalricsuperiorityoftheEnglishknights.
B) theiralliancewiththeGermans.
C) thecowardiceoftheFrenchknights.
D) theeffectiveuseoflongbows.
2. OneimportantmodeofinfluencingpublicopinionusedbytheEnglishandFrenchkingsduringtheHundredYears'
Warwas
A) publishingbroadsheets.
B) distributionoffreegraintothepopulace.
C) proclaimingacrusade.
D) instructingprieststodeliverpatrioticsermons.
3. TheeffectoftheHundredYears’WaronEnglandwasthatit
A) BroughtgreatwealthintheformofcashreservestoEngland.
B) Causedagreatincreaseinwoolexports.
C) AllowedmanyEnglishknightstobecomeveryrich.
D) Resultedinagreatnetlossincash.
CHALLENGESTOTHECHURCH(11.4)
Whileyouread:
1. HowdidtheBabylonianCaptivityweakenthepowerandprestigeofthechurch?
2. Whatwastheconciliarmovementandwhowereitsadvocates?Wasthisarevolutionaryidea?Explain.
3. WhywasJohnWyclifathreattotheinstitutionalchurch?
4. WhatpoliticalandculturalinterestsdidthemartyredJanHusserve?
Afteryouread:
1. Theconciliarmovementwas
A) anefforttogivethepopethepowertousecouncilstowipeoutheresy.
B) theeffortbytheFrenchlordstoestablishaparliament.
C) anewmonasticordervowingpovertyandcaretothesick.
D) anattempttoplaceultimateauthorityoftheCatholicChurchwithageneralcouncil.
SOCIALUNRESTINACHANGINGSOCIETY(11.5)
Whileyouread:
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1. Didpeasants’livesimproveordeteriorateinthe14 and15 centuries?Explain.
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Whydidagreatamountofconflictandfrustrationamongguildmembersdevelopinthe14 century?
WhatwerethereasonsfortheFrenchof1358andtheEnglishPeasants’Revoltof1381?
Summarizethedevelopmentofliteracyandvernacularliteratureduringthistimeinhistory.
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Afteryouread:
1. TheEnglishStatuteofLaborers(1351)
A) fixedthenumberofnewmembersofguilds.
B) forbadethemigrationofdaylaborers.
C) forbadethecreationofcraftunions.
D) attemptedtofreezesalariesandwagesatpre-1347levels.
2. IntheMiddleAges,whoandwhenapersonmarriedweredeterminedby
A) economicconsiderationsandparentaldirection.
B) romanticlove.
C) accidentalpregnancies.
D) themanoriallord.
SHORTANSWERQUESTION(SAQ)
AnalyzeTWOmethodsusedbyEuropeanstoclassifyandprotectethnicidentity.AnalyzeONEpositiveeffectofEuropeans’
effortstoprotecttheirethnicidentityduringthisperiod(limityourresponsetothespacebelow).
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