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5 Roman Civilization
6 Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World
7 Rome's Three Heirs: The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds
8 The Expansion of Europe: Economy, Society, and Politics in the High Middle Ages
9 The High Middle Ages: Religious and Intellectual Developments
10 The Later Middle Ages
11 Commerce, Conquest, and Colonization
12 The Civilization of the Renaissance
13 Reformations of Religion
14 Religious Wars and State Building
15 Age of Absolutism and Empire
16 Scientific Revolution
17 Enlightenment
18 The French Revolution
19 Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth Century Society
20 From Restoration to Revolution, 1815-1848
21 What is a Nation? Territories, States, and Citizens, 1848-1871
22 Imperialism and Colonialism
23 The Challenge of the Modern West
24 The First World War
25 Turmoil Between the Wars
26 The Second World War
27 The Cold War World: Global Politics, Economic Recovery, and Cultural Change
28 Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War, 1960-1990
29 Globalization and the Twenty-First-Century World

Chapter 15: Age of Absolutism and Empire

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  1. Print out and read the Chapter Summary and Chapter Outline.
  2. Consider this chapter’s Focus Questions and respond as best you can. Submit your answers to your gradebook and review the sample answers.
  3. After working through the study plan generate a Progress Report.

Learn

  1. Read your texbook chapter.
  2. Access the iMaps. Use the menus to view on the information you want to see as you study the geography and historical events represented on each map. Listen to the audio narration and take the GeoQuiz to test your understanding.
  3. Print out the Map Worksheets and re-label them.
  4. Take the Chapter Quiz and mail the results to your instructor’s gradebook. You can take these quizzes as often as you like.
  5. Complete the Documents Quiz to test your understanding of the primary sources found in your textbook.
  6. Master the key events and terms for this chapter by working through the deck of FlashCards. You can even shuffle cards from earlier chapters to help study for an exam. NEW: Hundreds of flashcards include audio pronunciations.
  7. Click the Chrono-sequencer and match the dates and events.

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  1. Access the Research Topic and examine primary sources for further study, extra credit or a project. Each source is accompanied by a media analysis worksheet that you can fill out online as you examine these resources.
  2. The MapPlayer combines several maps in this chapter and others, complete with audio introductions, transitions, and conclusions.
  3. Images are available for further study and include a media analysis worksheet.
  4. Documents for this chapter – taken from the online reader – are listed for your convenience.
  5. Access the Glossary and search definitions.

 

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