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Summer Packet 2023

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HIGHLY Recommended Summer Reading

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Read “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli: This is a short social political

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description of politics within society. The book’s main focus is the
acquisition and maintenance of, the principles of, and the mastery of
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power!

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Answer the following questions as you read!
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1. Describe the political situation that prompted Machiavelli to write The Prince.

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(Introduction)
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2. Identify the basic themes of the book.
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3. What is Machiavelli's opinion about humankind? Why does he feel that way?

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4. What were the mistakes of Louis XII listed by Machiavelli in Chapter 3? Why does

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Machiavelli dwell upon their analysis? What rule could one draw from them?

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5. Explain why Machiavelli, in Chapter 5, insists so much on destruction.
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6. With reference to the subject of the innovations treated in Chapter 6, give an example of
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success and an example of failure.

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7. In Chapters 6 and 7, there is a big description of “vices”. What are “vices”? Which vices

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considered useful and advisable? Why?

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8. Describe Cesare Borgia as he is presented in Chapter 7. Why did Machiavelli dedicate
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almost the entire chapter to him?

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9. What is the course a prince should follow when choosing his advisors? What is the
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method of recognizing a good minister?

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9.5 In chapter nine Machiavelli addresses what he believes to be the desires of the common
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citizen and how the prince should rule, what are these? Do you agree or disagree with
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Machiavelli’s position – defend your answer.

10. Explain Machiavelli's opinions about the common people and the nobles. How does he
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about the way that a prince should be viewed by his subjects?

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11. What does Machiavelli say about the military duty of a prince?

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12. What is the crux of the dilemma of the prince that Machiavelli presents in Chapter 17?

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13. What is the significance of the Myth of Chiron in Chapter 18? What is meant by the

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“lion”

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and the “fox”? What are the qualities symbolized by the fox and the lion?
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14. Discuss Machiavelli's ideas about religion.

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15. Why can’t a prince who is not wise himself be well advised?
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16. In what respects was Machiavelli a “Renaissance man” and in what respects did he
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17. Machiavelli addresses the question of “Does a man rise to meet the time or event or does

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the event or time make the man ?” What is your position?

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Recommended Summer Reading

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Recommended Reading! If you are an active reader, and looking for books that will help you
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A History of the World in Six Glasses – Tom Standage
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The six drinks that have influenced and changed the course of history from pre-
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history to modern day

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A World Lit Only by Fire – William Manchester

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A portrait of the Medieval and Renaissance world

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Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling – Ross King

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The story of the painting of the Sistine Chapel and the surrounding intrigue
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Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond

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Why Eurasians have consistently ruled the world

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Under the Black Flag- David Cordingly

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Romance and reality of pirates’ lives in modern European history

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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 – Anne Applebaum

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The Soviet Union holds power over Eastern Europe

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Dogs of God - James Reston Jr

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The pivotal events of 1492 including discovery and the dreaded Inquisition
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A Distant Mirror – Barbara Tuchman

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The calamitous events of the 14th Century

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World -- Jack Weatherford

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Forming of the largest land empire and how one man was able to bring everything

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Summer Videos for Context and Review
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*YouTube if you have access: Watch the following videos to help review your World and
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early European History (APEuro begins at about 1350 A.D.).

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Each takes about twelve minutes – I recommend you write a short (two to four sentences)

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summary of each video to help with retention of information!
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Crash Course European History Preview
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Crash Course European History #1 Medieval Europe
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Crash Course World Mythology #9 The Greeks and Romans Pantheons Part 3

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Crash Course World History #5 Persians and Greeks

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Crash Course World History #8 Alexander the Great
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Crash Course World History #12 Fall of Rome

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Crash Course World History #14 The Dark Ages

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Crash Course World History #15 The Crusades

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Crash Course World History #19 Venice and the Ottomans

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Crash Course WH II #201 Rethinking Civilization

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Crash Course WH II #204 War and Human Nature

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Summer Videos for New Learning

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Movies are an amazingly fun way to learn some history! The following films are all highly
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acclaimed, award winning films AND cover content we will be talking about in class. Pick a
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Amadeus (1984)

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a reflection on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart is considered of all composers,

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to be the most complete genius of the Classical period. Although the movie takes liberties
with the truth of Mozart’s life (ie: he was not a frivolous playboy) it does give the viewer a

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sense of the time period and the extraordinary talent of this fascinating musician.

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

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Won the Academy Award for Best Picture: One of the most influential anti-war movies ever
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made…it follows a group of idealist young Germans as they join the army during World War

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I and are assigned to the Western Front. This movie (and also the book from which the movie

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was taken) would be banned and burned by the Nazis.
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Longest Day (the movie) (1962):
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Many of the people involved in the making of this film were actual participants in the D Day
landing, and several props were actual pieces of personal equipment that went ashore with the

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actor when they were involved in the invasion. The original film was made in black and
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white and the Germans speak German (with sub titles). The list of famous actors in the film is

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very long – as actors lined up to participate no matter how small the part.
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Das Boot (1981- re released 1997):

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A German film – it is the story of a single patrol of one WW II U-boat, U-96, as adapted from

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the book of the same name by Buchheim. It is a film that takes the audience on a “journey to

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the edge of the mind”. Das Boot is celebrated as one of Germany’s best and highest grossing
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Iron Lady (2011)
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The life of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Britain through the turbulent 1980s
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(Falkland War, debate over the Euro etc)

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Monuments Men (2014)

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From a portion of the book Monuments Men, recounting the attempt to save and/or rescue the
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artistic masterpieces of Europe during WWII. All star cast.

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Summer Maps
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You will NEED TO KNOW where European countries and geographical features are located
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– we will be referencing them constantly! Where these things are located influences their
political relationships! There are plenty of websites you can find not only maps of Europe,
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but also blank maps in which you may practice.

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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/europe.gif

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A good physical map of Europe is located at:

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http://www.ezilon.com/maps/europe-physical-maps.html

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Two websites that are very useful in studying for the map tests are:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm
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http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html

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Know where the following are located on a map:

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Modern Countries Bodies of Water Mountains and Regions

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Albania Adriatic Sea The Alps

Andorra Aegean Sea Asia Minor
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Austria Atlantic Ocean The Balkan Peninsula

Belarus Baltic Sea The Baltic States
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Belgium Black Sea The British Isles

Bosnia-Herzegovina Caspian Sea Caucasus Mountains
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Bulgaria English Channel Crimean Peninsula

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Croatia Ionian Sea Iberian Peninsula
Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Scandinavia

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Czech Republic North Sea Ural Mountains
Denmark Norwegian Sea

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Estonia Volga River

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Finland Danube River

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France Rhine River
Germany Po River
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Greece Thames River

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Hungary Elbe River

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Iceland Seine River
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Ireland

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Italy
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Kosovo

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Latvia
Liechtenstein

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Luxembourg
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Macedonia

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Malta
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Monaco
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Montenegro

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Netherlands
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Russia
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Slovakia
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Serbia

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Spain

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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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Vatican City
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