Social Studies - 2019-20
WHI.14a - European Monarchies
The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and political changes and cultural achievements in the high and late medieval periods by
a) describing the emergence of centralized monarchies (England, France, Spain, and Russia) and distinctive political developments in each;
BIG IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
European monarchies consolidated their power in the high and late medieval periods.
ESSENTIALS
England
William the Conqueror, leader of the Norman Conquest, united most of England.
King John signed the Magna Carta, limiting the king’s power.
The Hundred Years’ War between England and France helped define England as a nation.
Parliament evolved.
France
The Capetian dynasty united most of France, and King Philip II (Augustus) made Paris the French capital.
The Hundred Years’ War between England and France helped define France as a nation.
Joan of Arc was a unifying factor.
Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella unified most of Spain and expelled Jews and Moors.
Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere expanded under Charles V.
Russia
Ivan the Great threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and expanded the Russian nation.
Power was centralized in the hands of the tsar.
The Orthodox Church influenced unification.
KEY VOCABULARY
Terms
Magna Carta (12a)
Medieval (12a)
Norman Conquest (12a)
Hundred Years War (12a)
Common law (12a)
Parliament (12a)
Evolution (12a)
Tsar (12a)
Moors (12a)
Crusades (12b)
Crusader states (12b)
Black Death (12c)
Bubonic Plague (12c)
Scarcity (12c)
People
Ottomans (12a)
William the Conqueror (12a)
Henry II (12a)
King John (12a)
Hugh Capet (12a)
Joan of Arc (12a)
Ferdinand & Isabella (12a)
Charles V (12a)
Ivan the Great (12a)
Pope Urban (12b)
Saladin (12b)
Mongols (12b)
Places
England (12a)
France (12a)
Russia (12a)
Moscow (12a)
Holy Land (12b)