Unit 4 Objectives

1. Unit 4 Objectives European Changes

2. 14 – Renaissance & Reformation • Discuss how the acceptance of nonreligious attitudes led to the development of the Renaissance. • Summarize how the study of Greek and Roman culture influenced the arts. • Explain how the Italian Renaissance spread to northern and western Europe.

3. 14 – Renaissance & Reformation • Assess how the Renaissance affected writers and artists of Northern Europe. • Describe how calls for reform of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation • Analyze how the Roman Catholic Church reformed in response to the Reformation.

4. 15 – Exploration & Trade • Assess the new tools and technology that impacted European exploration. • Explain how the growing European interest in the East led to the search for direct trade routes and the desire to spread Christianity. • Describe the discoveries of the explorers who Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal sent out on expeditions.

5. 15 – Exploration & Trade • Compare the rise of Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish trading empires. • Compare and contrast China’s limited contact with other countries during the Ming and Qing dynasties with Japan’s isolation from the outside world. • Assess Japan’s choice to remain isolated during the time of international exchange.

6. 16 – Europe Expands Overseas • Discuss how Columbus’s voyages led to further exploration of the Americas. • Evaluate the first circumnavigation of the world. • Describe how Spanish and Portuguese colonies were established in the Americas. • Assess how Spanish and Portuguese colonies affected native peoples.

7. 16 – Europe Expands Overseas • Contrast the Dutch, French, and English colonies in the Americas • Assess the impact Dutch, French, and English colonies had on Native Americans. • Explain the causes of the Atlantic slave trade • Discuss the effects of the slave trade on Europeans, Africans, Native Americans, and American colonists.

8. 17 – European Monarchs • Explain the religious and political factors that led to the growth and decline of Spain’s empire. • Describe the leadership of France’s Louis XIV, including his political and cultural influence on foreign nations.

9. 17 – European Monarchs • List the leaders and the political conditions that led Prussia and Russia into the western European political areas. • Identify the protest, revolt, and eventual triumph of England’s Parliament, which led to limited monarchy.