Course Outline
1st Quarter
Medieval Review: feudalism, manorialism, Church
Renaissance: Florence, City States, Seven Values, Northern Ren., Arts, Sciences
Reformation: Luther, Calvin, English Reformation, Catholic Counter-Reformation
Early Modern Europe: Exploration, Religious Wars, Capitalism, Dutch Republic
Age of Absolutism: Henry IV of France, English Civil War, Louis XIV, Russia
2nd Quarter
Scientific Revolution: Rationalists, Empiricists, Deduction, Induction, Kant
The Enlightenment: Nature, Reason, Progress; Voltaire's Candide
French Revolution and Napoleon: Ancien Regime, Stages of Rev, Nap's Empire
3rd Quarter:
Romanticism, Nationalism and Revolt: Congress of Vienna, Romanticism, 1848 Revs
Industrialization: England's Advantage, Social Effects, Social Darwinism, Marxism
Nationalism: Crimean War, Unification of Italy, Germany, Comparing Eng and Fra
Modernism: Positivism, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Women's movement, Art
World War I: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism; causes, nature, results
Russian Revolution: Lenin, Bolshevism, Stalin
4th Quarter:
Inter-War Period: Treaty of Versailles, Rise of Fascism, Spain, Japan
World War II: Causes, Nature, Results; the Holocaust
The Cold War: Legacy of WWII, United States, Soviet Union, Global Impacts
Eastern Europe: Fall of Communism, Breakup of Soviet Union, Czech., Yugosl.
Europe Today: European Union, Current Events.
After the AP:
Review and Prepare for Global Studies Regents!
