Rise of Europe Honors Vocabulary List

Unit Outline - Rise of Europe - Honors

Lectures

The Rise and Fall of Spain

The Rise of France

The Rise of England

Green Book Study Pages:
The Era of Absolutism, pp.390-397
The Scientific Revolution, pp.402-409
The Enlightenment, pp.457-458

Assignments

I will check you ou a copy of Candide for the question sets. If you feel like getting your own copy of the book so that you can take notes in the margins, I recommend that you buy the $8.95 Peter Constantine Translation.

Candide Chapter 1-6 Questions - Set A

Candide Chapter 7-12 Questions - Set B

Candide Chapter 13-18 Questions - Set C

4 questions on the Mercantilism trading game (detailed answers):
1. What commodities changed value over time and why did they do so?
2. How did the Mercantile/pre-free-trade economic system work?
3. How did the world economy change after the rise of free trade?
4. What sorts of human behavior did you observe? What does this tell you about human nature?

Candide Chapter 19-22 Questions - Set D

Compare the The English Bill of Rights of 1689 to the The US Bill of Rights and answer questions A and B at the end of the reading.

Candide Chapter 23-30 Questions - Set E

Candide Essay

For extra credit, do the 5 Questions for A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift

Readings

The English Bill of Rights - 1689

A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift

Unit Links (Not Required)

Louis XIV's Versailles

The French Royal Family Geneology