5.01: European Geography
-Name three aspects of modern Europe.
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-What are some important things to know about the European Union (EU)? Include at least 2

-Where does most of Europe (and the World's) population live?

-How did the Thirty Years War change the way people viewed different religions?

-How did Europe's population respond to end of the wars over religion and territory?

5.02: Constitutional versus Absolute Monarchies
-What are the differences between absolute monarchs and constitutional monarchs?

-Why might an absolute monarch claim divine right?

-In what part of Europe were absolute monarchies more popular? Why do you think that was?

-What pushed citizens to replace their absolute monarchies with constitutional monarchies?

-What is the most common way that citizens were able to change their absolute monarchies into constitutional monarchies?

-What was happening in England during the late 1680's?

5.03: The Scientific Revolution
-How did the idea of humanism lead to the Scientific Revolution?

- Why did the Church think that science was a challenge to their authority?

-Describe the main achievement of each male scientist:
-Ptolemy:

-Copernicus:

-Galileo:

-Keplar:

-Bacon:

-Descartes:

-Newton:

-Describe the main achievement of each female scientist:
-Ana de Osorio:

-Margaret Cavendish:

-How did the work of Andres Vesalius and William Harvey change our understanding of the human body?

5.04: Modern Science
-Describe 4 Innovations, Ideas, or Inventions in Modern Science: (Include the scientist responsible)

5.05: The Age of Enlightenment
-What were 3 events or ides that lead to the Enlightenment?
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-Describe the main idea of each philosopher:
-Thomas Hobbes:

-What is a social contract?:

-John Locke:

-David Hume:

-Adam Smith:

-Baron de Montesquieu:

-Denis Diderot:

-Voltaire:

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

-What were some of the effects of the Enlightenment? Include at least 3

5.06: Developing a National Identity
-Describe three causes for the French Revolution:
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2) The Enlightenment and American Revolution:

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-Describe three events during the French Revolution:
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3) Committee for Public Safety and the Reign of Terror:

-Describe three effects of the French Revolution:
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3) Napoleon Bonaparte:

-What did Napoleon do once he was in power?

-How did Napoleon lose power?

-The most populous country in Europe is Russia. Though more than 75% of its total land is in Asia, approximately 110 million people, or 78% of its population, are located within its European territory. The most populous country wholly located within Europe is Germany.

-The Thirty Years War was a 17th-century religious conflict initially in Central Europe. But as the war evolved, it became less of a religious war and more of a thing that which group would govern Europe. This conflict changed the geopolitical face of Europe and the role of religion and nation-states in society.

-When the war ended, there was a declaration of religious tolerance. The idea of a Catholic empire, ruled by one leader and guided by the pope, was over.