2004 (#5): Analyze the influence of humanism on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. Use at least THREE specific works to support your analysis.
Can be given after study of Italian Renaissance (U1)
2003B (#3): To what extent and in what ways did women participate in the Renaissance?
Can be given after study of Renaissance (U1)
2005 (#3): Using examples from at least two different states, analyze the key features of the “new monarchies” and the factors responsible for their rise in the period 1450 to 1550.
Can be given after study of New Monarchies (U1)
2003 (#4): Explain how advances in learning and technology influenced fifteenth- and sixteenth-century European exploration and trade.
Can be given after study of exploration (U1)
2006B (#5): How and to what extent did the methods and ideals of Renaissance humanism contribute to the Protestant Reformation?
Can be given after study of Reformation (U2)
2005 (#4): Compare and contrast the motives and actions of Martin Luther in the German states and King Henry VIII in England in bringing about religious change during the Reformation.
Can be given after study of Reformation (U2)
2002B (#2): To what extent did political authorities influence the course of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century?
Can be given after study of Reformation (U2)
2001 (#4): Discuss the political and social consequences of the Protestant Reformation in the first half of the sixteenth century.
Can be given after study of Reformation (U2)
2006 (#3): Analyze the aims, methods, and degree of success of the Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation) in the sixteenth century.
Can be given after study of Reformation (U2)
2000 (#3): “Leadership determines the fate of a country.” Evaluate this quotation in terms of Spain’s experience under Philip II.
Can be given after study of Philip II (U2)
1999 (#6): Discuss the relationship between politics and religion by