Map Quiz (9/29)

Countries
England

France

Ireland

Scotland

Germany

http://www.youreuropemap.com/

Austria

Switzerland

Netherlands

Belgium

Spain

Portugal

Italy

Russia

Poland

Sweden

Norway

Finland

Denmark

Turkey

Capitals

Rome

London

Paris

Madrid

Berlin

Amsterdam

Waters

Atlantic Ocean

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

Homework for Monday, September 29

  

Read the Accounts of Louis XIV.

Answer:
Saint-Simon's Portrait of Louis XIV

What positive attributes does Saint-Simon use to describe Louis XIV?

What negative attributes does he describe?

Do you think he respected and liked Louis XIV?

How does this description compare to the description of a true nobleman by Castiglione? Provide two specific examples. 

Madame de Sevigne's Portrait of Louis and his Court

What happens in this account?

What does this story tell us about the pressures felt by the nobility?

What does this story tell us about the lives of the nobles during the reign of Louis XIV?

**Plan to turn this homework in for a grade.**

Homework for Tuesday, September 23

Ignatius of Loyola - founder of the Jesuits

Read: excerpt from Spiritual Exercises

Answer:
Based on the rules included in this text, what did the Jesuits hold as important characteristics of their followers?  What were Jesuits supposed to be like or do?

How were the teachings of Ignatius different from those of the Protestant reformers (Luther, Calvin, etc.)?  Provide SPECIFIC examples.

Jesuit symbol

Ahoy, matey!

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Click here for rules from an actual pirate code!

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What is a pirate's favorite movie?

Booty and the Beast

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Women could be pirates, too!  Click here to read about famous female pirates who roamed the seas.

Terms & IDs
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Callixtus III
simony
pluralism
absenteeism
sale of indulgences
nepotism
John Wycliffe
John Hus
Martin Luther
95 Theses
Johann Tetzel
Pope Leo X
"sola fide"
"sola Scriptura"
"priesthood of all believers"
Diet of Worms
Johann Eck
Confessions of Augsburg
Peasants' War (or German Peasants' Revolt)
Elector Frederick III
Peace of Augsburg
League of Schmalkalden

Homework for Thursday, September 11

Read
Martin Luther's 95 Theses

Respond
Pick 5 of the 95 Theses and re-write them in your own words. (Type and email them to me, please.)

(rheiser@shannonforest.com)

History Today Article & Questions

Read Were the Borgias Really So Bad?

Respond
What is the main argument of the article?
How does this argument compare to the "traditional" account of the Borgia popes?
Which account are you more inclined to believe?  Why?

Homework for Tuesday, September 9

Watch
Crash Course History: The Columbian Exchange

Answer
What is John Greene's argument?
Provide examples of the evidence he uses to support his argument?
Do you find his argument persuasive?  Why or why not?




Terms & IDs
God, gold, glory
Mercantor
astrolabe
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Dias
Vasco da Gama

Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Bartholomew de las Casas
Treaty of Tordesillas
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
encomienda system
mestizos
creoles
Dutch East Indian Company
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Slave Trade
Columbian Exchange

Homework for Monday, September 8

Bartolome de las Casas was a Spanish, Franciscan monk who traveled with the conquistadors and witnessed the treatment of the indigenous peoples by the Spanish colonists.  He condemned their behavior in a text called A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies which he illustrated with graphic depictions of the Spanish atrocities.

Read the following excerpt from his work and examine the images below.











What words does Bartolome de las Casas use to describe the Spaniards?  the Indians?
According to the illustrations, what types of atrocities did the Spanish commit against the Indians?
How do you think Europeans felt when they saw these illustrations and read las Casas' book?

How does this account of the Spanish exploration compare to the letter written by Columbus and the account of the meeting between Moctezuma and Cortes?

Homework for Friday, September 5

Read: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain, 1494

Answer: 
What does Columbus recommend for the organization of institutions (government, church, etc.) in Espanola?
How does Columbus propose the large amounts of gold in Espanola and the New World be regulated?
Based on this letter, what do you think was Columbus' motivation for the discovery and colonization of the New World?

Terms & IDs
"new monarchs"
standing armies
Henry VII of England
Francis I of France
Louis XI of France
taille
War of the Roses
Henry VIII
Ferdinand of Aragon
Isabella of Castile
Reconquista, 1492
Spanish Inquisition
conversos
Maximilian I
Charles V of Holy Roman Empire
Hapsburg-Valois Wars


Video about the discovery of Richard III's remains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgr94xGp1DM
Maybe not his remains...? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/27/richard-iii-remains-leicester-doubt-car-park-academics
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