Download Ch.13 Study Guide - Stamford High School

AP World History
Mr. M. Moynihan
Directions – Read chapter #13. Be prepared to identify and discuss the following people, terms and
events from the chapter. In addition are study questions that need to be outlined in bullet format. DO
NOT copy information from the text word for word; rather, read and process the information
before responding to these prompts in your own words.
Midterm Date – 01/21/14 (p.1) and 01/23/14 (p.6)
Chapter 13 KEY TERMS:
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Renaissance
Guilds
Hanseatic League
putting – out System
ghetto
medieval
Anselm
Francis of Assisi
Thomas Aquinas
Humanism
Medici (med-EECH-ee)
Johannes Gutenberg (yo-HAHN-es GOOT-enbairg)
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Battle of Lepanto (le-PAHN-toe)
Vikings
Leif Eriksson (layf)
William the Conqueror Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco de Gama (VAS-go de GAHM-uh)
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci (a-MARE-ih-go ves-POOCH-ee)
Vasco de Balboa (bal-BOH-uh)
Ferdinand Magellan (ma-JELL-uhn)
Chapter 13: QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION OR ESSAYS
1. Why was early European exploration dominated by Portugal and Spain?
2. Why did Europe have a “Renaissance”?
3. What were the long-term effects of the Italian Renaissance?
4. Why was Europe so much more aggressive in exploration than the international traders discussed in Chapter 12?
5. Discuss the roles played by individual initiative and state regulation in the European voyages of discovery .