Essential Questions:
Renaissance Questions:
-What caused the Renaissance to begin and how does Humanism influence the development of the Renaissance?
-What are some influential Artists and thinkers of the Renaissance?
-How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?
- How did Humanism and Secularism differ from previous medieval beliefs?
- How can the Renaissance be assessed as being a spring \board into modernity?
Reformation Questions:
-Compare and Contrast John Calvin and Martin Luther from religious, economic, and social reasons?
-What were the causes and effects of the protestant reformation?
-How did religious reform lead to conflict? How were these conflicts resolved?
- What were some tactics of the Counter-Reformation? How effective were the policies?
-What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years War?
Exploration Questions:
-What were the goals/motives of exploration?
-Why is the legacy of Columbus so controversial?
-What were the political, economic and social effects of European exploration on Europe and the explored territories?
-How did the growth of exploration lead to a strengthening of capitalism, market economy and mercantilism?
-What caused the Renaissance to begin and how does Humanism influence the development of the Renaissance?
-What are some influential Artists and thinkers of the Renaissance?
-How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?
- How did Humanism and Secularism differ from previous medieval beliefs?
- How can the Renaissance be assessed as being a spring \board into modernity?
Reformation Questions:
-Compare and Contrast John Calvin and Martin Luther from religious, economic, and social reasons?
-What were the causes and effects of the protestant reformation?
-How did religious reform lead to conflict? How were these conflicts resolved?
- What were some tactics of the Counter-Reformation? How effective were the policies?
-What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years War?
Exploration Questions:
-What were the goals/motives of exploration?
-Why is the legacy of Columbus so controversial?
-What were the political, economic and social effects of European exploration on Europe and the explored territories?
-How did the growth of exploration lead to a strengthening of capitalism, market economy and mercantilism?