AP European

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Explorers Jeopardy

• AP European
• Age of Exploration

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Who am I? Where in the World? Economic Growth Quotes Images Say What?!?
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Who am I? 100 points

• From 1547-1559 I was King of France. My wife was
  Catherine de Medici. I am the father of three
  sons, all of whom were greatly controlled by
  their mother. I began the Habsburg-Valois wars,
  which would prove to be the downfall of Charles
  V. I died accidentally in a tournament.
  

Henry II of France
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Who am I? 200 points

• I was engaged to Francis II of France at the age
  of nine months and went to live at the royal
  court at the age of six. Francis and I were
  married when he was 14 and I was 15. I was
  imprisoned in 1568 and executed 19 years later in
  1587.

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
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Who am I? 300 points

• I am the son of Catherine de Medici. I was
  sovereign at the time of the St. Bartholomew's
  Day Massacre.

50 Point Bonus!!! For an extra fifty points name
the brother who succeeded me as King of France
Charles IX of France
Henry III
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Who am I? 400 points

• I am one of the great explorers of the early 16th
  century. I sailed under the flag of Spain and
  discovered Mexico. I am know for the wars a
  waged against Montezuma and the Aztecs.

Cortez
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Who am I? 500 points

• I am German by birth, but was very influential in
  the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain. I
  organized the Danes, English, Scots and Dutch to
  fight the armada católica .

William of Orange
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Where in the World? 100 points

• Explain the significance of Magellans
  exploration.

He and his crew were the first explorers to
circumnavigate the world, thereby proving that an
all waterway did exist.
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Where in the World? 200 points

• Look at the following map and explain its
  significance in the context of the 16th and 17th
  centuries.

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Where in the World? 300 points

• Who is portrayed in the following picture and
  what is the setting?

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Where in the World? 400 points

• In what country are the following cities located
  in 1648 Brussels, Ghent, Bruges Lille

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Where in the World? 500 points

• In what part of Europe could one have found
  grammar schools and plebeians?

England
50 Bonus points!!! For an additional 50 points,
define the term plebeian as understood in the
16th century.
The entire middle class of England. They
comprised ½ of the students enrolled at Oxford at
the time.
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Economic Growth 100 points

• List the two major causes responsible for the
  commercial revolution of the 16th century.

Population growth price revolution
20 Bonus Points! Define the price revolution of
the 16th century.
Rise in the cost of goods fall in value of
currency
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Economic Growth 200 points

• Name two ways in which the working class poor
  were negatively effected by the changes of the
  Commercial Revolution.

1. While prices rose, their wages did not increase
2. They worked only when work was available

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Economic Growth 300 points

• Define the term bourgeoisie. To which class does
  it refer and what distinguishes it.

Bourgeoisie upper middle class that
economically often had much in common with the
aristocracy. Socially, however, the aristocracy
still viewed itself as privileged and strove to
keep itself separate from the bourgeoisie.
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Economic Growth 400 points

• Highlight some of the difficulties one might face
  when trying to transport trade goods across
  Europe. Be specific and illustrate at least
  three points.

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Economic Growth 500 points

• Explain the major difference(s) of economic and
  social development in Eastern Europe versus that
  in Western Europe. Give at least concrete
  examples to support your claims.

• hereditary subjection
• robot 3-4 days forced unpaid labor a week
• could not leave manor, marry or learn a trade
  with permission of lord
• religious wars also hindered advancement of
  peasant class

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Quotes Images 100 points

• In his letter written to Charles V in 1532, who
  wrote the following and why
• ...it is well known that Your Imperial Majesty
  could not have gained the Roman Crown save with
  mine aid, and I can prove the same by the
  writings of Your Majestys Agents given at their
  own hands.

German banker Jacob Fugger to encourage the
Emperor to pay back his debts.
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Quotes Images 200 points

• The following quote is from James I, King of
  Scotland and England. The state of Monarchy is
  the supremest thing upon earth for kings are not
  only Gods lieutenants upon earth and sit upon
  Gods throne, but even by God himself they are
  called gods.
• Who was James addressing and how did they react
  to his views?

British Parliament, they were not in agreement.
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Quotes Images 300 points

• Which of the following is not a reason according
  to Heinrich Krämer and Jacob Sprenger why women
  are more likely than men to be witches
• women are more credulous
• women are more impressionable
• women are are gossips
• women crave that which is corrupt
• women are by nature imperfect and therefore more
  susceptible to the Devils wiles

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Quotes Images 400 points
Identify the following two structures. Where are
they located and what do then symbolize within
the political and economic context of the 16th
century.
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Quotes Images 500 points

• What city is being described in the following
  quote When we gazed upon all this splendor...we
  scarcely knew what to think, and we doubted
  whether all that we beheld was real. A series of
  large towns stretched themselves along the banks
  of the lake, out of which still larger ones rose
  magnificently above the waters...and before us
  lay the great city of ___________

30 Bonus Points Who wrote the following passage
in his memoirs?
Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Mexico
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Say What?!? 100 points

• Define the term usury.

High amount of interest charged by money lenders
during this time period. Highly frowned upon.
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Say What?!? 200 points

• Who or what is a hidalgo and from what country
  did they hale?

Lesser Spanish nobles who comprised the largest
class of students in Spain at this time. They
aspired to to hold positions in the church or
government.
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Say What?!? 300 points

• Who were the boy kings and what impact did
  their reigns have on their country?

Francis II, Charles IX, Henry III Put to their
weak politics and the coercion of their mother as
well as other powerful political figures in
France, Catherine de Medicis boys helped
proliferate religious and civil wars in France.
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Say What?!? 400 points

• Define the term mercantilism.

Government regulations on commercialism, in order
to build strong self-sufficient economy, i.e.
through increasing exportation of goods and
levying national tariffs.
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Say What?!? 500 points

• Explain the Duke of Alvas Council of Troubles.
  In what country did it take place? Why did it
  take place? What effects did it have on this
  region?

During the ten years of the revolt of the
Netherlands against Spain. Philip wanted to put
an end to Protestantism in the Netherlands ands
therefore sent in Alva and the Inquisition.
Thousands of protestants were put to death, new
taxes were levied, and the estates of several
prominent nobles were confiscated.