10–15% of the AP exam. Key topics: Italian Renaissance: humanism, civic humanism, and patronage of the arts, Northern Renaissance: Christian humanism, Erasmus, Thomas More, Renaissance art and architecture (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael), New Monarchies and centralization of royal power, Portuguese exploration and the sea route to Asia (Prince Henry, Vasco da Gama), Spanish exploration: Columbus and the Caribbean, The Columbian Exchange: biological and demographic consequences, Impact of the printing press (Gutenberg) on literacy and religious reform, European encounters with the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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