3. Complete this passage: Due to advances in war technologies, such as ________________, guns and cannons, ________________ and ________________ became more effective than cavalry from ________________. Thus, territorial rulers replaced knight armies with ________________ armies. ANALYSE AND APPLY 4. Explain the motives of rulers for entering the Thirty Years’ War. 5. Describe what happened during the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in France. 6. Analyse SOURCE4 . a. Explain what it is about. b. Explain when it was created. c. State who created it. d. Suggest how it would differ if it were made after Henry VIII had Anne killed. 7. Describe SOURCE5 and explain Oliver Cromwell’s significance to England’s government. 8. Identify the countries in which the powers of territorial rulers were strengthened. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. Describe SOURCE3 and justify which side’s perspective it shows. 10. Discuss what changed and what remained unchanged in the powers of rulers during this period. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
LESSON 2.6 What were the achievements of the Scientific Revolution?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: • explain the importance of the Scientific Revolution, the scientific theories and discoveries • describe the dangers faced by scientific thinkers during this time.
Tune in When Marco Polo, an Italian merchant and explorer, visited China in the thirteenth century, he was amazed by its wealth and culture. Nothing in Europe compared to it. At that time, no one could imagine that western Europeans would colonise new unknown continents in the next few centuries, or how Europe would dominate the world. Discuss what could have caused such a big change.
SOURCE1 An artist’s impression of Marco Polo being welcomed to the court of Kublai Khan
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