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AP World History Unit Syllabus* – A Day

Period 4: Global Interactions 1450-1750

Strayer - Ways of the WorldChapters 14-16 Bentley – Traditions and Encounters Ch.22-27

Date / Topics / Class Activities / Handouts / Homework / Reading Assignments
Tue
1/5 /
  • Evaluate Comparison essays
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  • Read Ch. 14 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 14
  • Read Barron’s 185-189, 201-222, 229-234
  • Listen to Podcasts #18-22 HERE
  • Unit Terms and Dates and GRQs
  • Take the self-test andVocab Quiz

Thur
1/7 /
  • Exploration map and activities #21 & 23
  • Power Point Exploration and World Economy
  • BWH - Food
  • Maps #25 and 26
  • Mankind #8 - Aztecs 7:26-16:43 & Cortez 37:11
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  • Finish EVERYTHING for Ch. 14
  • Read Ch. 15 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 15
  • Read Barron’s 223-228
  • Listen to Podcast #20 HERE
  • Unit Terms and Dates and GRQs
  • Take the self-test andVocab Quiz
  • Watch Crash Course #24

Mon
1/11 /
  • Continue Exploration and World Economy
  • Mankind #7 & 8 – Silver beginning to 13:02, Columbus and Diaz 25:35 – 31:54
  • BWH - Silver
  • Power point Africa and Atlantic World
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  • Same as above

Wed
1/13 /
  • DBQ Writing workshop / practice activity
  • Columbian Exchange DBQ and / or Olympic DBQ
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  • Same as above

Fri
1/15 /
  • Finish chapter discussion
  • Speed dating activity for explorers
  • Maps #22 and 24
  • Crash Course #25
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  • Finish EVERYTHING for Ch. 15
  • Read Ch. 16 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 16
  • Read Barron’s 137-140, 191-200
  • Listen to Podcast 21 HERE
  • Unit Terms and Dates and GRQs
  • Take the self-test andVocab Quiz

Mon
1/18 / MLK Holiday /
  • Same as above

Wed
1/20 /
  • Discuss power pointsProtestant Reformation, Scientific Rev., and Enlightenment
  • Reformation DBQ activity
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  • Same as above
  • Study for Vocab

Fri
1/22 /
  • Finish Ch. 16 discussion
  • Unit 4 Vocab and Dates Test
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  • Finish EVERYTHING for Ch. 16
  • Study for Test

Tue
1/26 /
  • Take Unit 4 Exam
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  • Finish GRQs

Thur
1/28 /
  • Guided Reading questions DUE
  • Test corrections
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  • Read Ch. 17 outline
  • Read Strayer Ch. 17
  • Listen to Podcasts 25-27 HERE
  • Unit Terms and Dates
  • Take the self-test andVocab Quiz

* Schedule is TENTATIVE and may possibly change.

Essential Question:

▼To what extent did technological and cultural developments within human societies result in the “globalizing”of

communication and exchange networks between 1450 and 1750? ▼ In what ways did the communication andexchange

networks during this erareflect changes from and continuities with exchange networks in the previousperiod of world

history?

Main Topics for Discussion

· Europe's role in the world began to expand significantly beginning with world wide exploration. Slave trade across the

Atlantic linked Africa and the Americas.

· Silver from the Americas allowed Europeans to buy their way in to Asian markets.

· The Columbian Exchange led to new and unexpected interactions including probably the world’s greatest demographic

collapse - as much as 90% of the population in the Americas died in this period.

· Christianity became a global religion.

· Islam spread most rapidly in Asia and Africa.

· Large cities in Eurasia and the Americas became the centers for new commercialized economies.

· Major states became stronger in various parts of the world promoting trade, manufacturing and common cultures.

· The “gun powder revolution” increased the military power of major states.

· The Scientific Revolution transformed the thinking and processes of progress, but only for the educated elite.

· The world population continued to grow significantly, largely as a result of new foods from the Americas.

· Long time elites in societies continued to maintain power and leadership.

· Most government was monarchical.

· The dominance of men over women was considered “natural”.

· For most of humanity, this was a continuation of the traditional agrarian societies.

Terminology (you must identify definition, significance, and any specific examples in relation to the unit)

Chapter 14
Columbian Exchange
Conquistadors
Constantinople 1453
The Great Dying
Mercantilism
Plantation complex
Zunghars / Chapter 15
African diaspora
British / Dutch East India companies
Indian Ocean commercial network
Silver drain
Tokugawa shogunate / Chapter 16
Catholic Counter-Reformation
Council of Trent
Edict of Nantes
European Enlightenment
Ninety Five Theses
Protestant Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Society of Jesus
Thirty Year's War

Dates to Remember (will be on vocab test) –List in MISC section of binder

Utilize correlation guide for Key Concept – Period 4

Chapter 14– Empire and Encounters

Main Idea 1 – Empires of Western Europe was different than previous empires because an ocean separated their conquered land.

  1. What allowed Spain, England, France, Spain, and Portugal to gain territories in the New World while the rest of Europe did not?

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  1. Until the Age of Exploration, Europeans played a nominal role in trade. Why was colonization so important to them? (Should be about 4 sentences)
  1. What advantages did the Europeans have when they were colonizing the New World?

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  1. How did the division in the Inca and Aztec Empires help the explorers?

Aztecs -

Incas –

  1. What were the consequences of the European empire building in the Americas?
  1. According to Strayer, what is the “great dying” and what was its effect on the Americas?
  1. What did the exchange of new foods/diseases/animals do for……

Europe –

Asia –

The Americas –

  1. How did the Columbian Exchange affect lives today?
  1. What large-scale transformations (social, economic, etc.) did European empires generate? (the answer spans the entire section, not just the last few paragraphs. This will require you to analyze what you just read)
  1. Fill in the chart below

Main Idea 2 – Europeans greatly affected the growth of the Americas and the development of the Americas to what they are today.

  1. Mercantilism – definition:

Significance:

  1. Describe the economic, social, effects the Spanish had on the Aztecs

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Social -
  1. Describe the different groups of people that developed in the Americas after the Spanish conquered and developed South America

peninuslares
creoles
mestizo
Indians
Mulattoes
  1. How were the Native Americans treated by the Europeans? Why do you think they were treated like that?
  1. How could an Indian move up in society? Was this easily done?
  1. Why was sugar important to Europe and what was unique about the sugar crops in the Sp. Empire?
  1. Why did Europeans turn to African Americans to use on their sugar plantations instead of Native Americas?
  1. How was slavery in North America different from slavery in the Carribbean Islands?
  1. What were the reasons the British wanted to settle in North America?
  1. Compare the experice the British faced in conquering North America to the Spanish in South America.

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  1. What is meant by the “grand irony of the modern history of the Americas.”?

Main Idea 3 – While Columbus was discovering the Americas, the Russians were slowly building an empire from Moscow.

  1. How was the conquest of the Russians different than in the Americas? How was it similar?

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  1. How was Russia’s conquest of land different from the European powers?
  1. Why would some conquered people convert to Christianity?

Main Idea 4 – At the same time Europeans were expanding their empire so too were the Asians. The main difference is Asian expansion was that there explasion was regional instead of global like the Europeans.

  1. Where did the Qing dynasty come from?
  2. How were the Qing conquest of China csimilar to the Mongol conquest of China?
  1. Descirbe the Qing Dysnasty government.
  1. How did religion cause a division in the Mughal Empire?
  1. What did Akbar do for Hindus and why did he face opposition towards his policies?

Chapter 15– Global Commerce

Main Idea 1 – The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama finally broke through to trade with Asia. Europeans wanted Asian spices. The European goods were of very little value in Asia.

  1. Why was Europe so driven to become involved in trading with Asia?

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  1. What were some problems Europeans had in trading with Asians?
  1. Why was it difficult for Europe to trade with the Middle East? What did that do to Europe?
  1. What did Portuguese explorers/traders learn when they went to first trade in the Asian market? What did the Portuguese learn about Indian Ocean?
  1. What is a “trading post empire”?
  1. What happened to the Portuguese trading post empire? Why?
  1. Why do you think the Portuguese did not want to conquor lands but set up a “trading post empre” instead? What would the benefits of having a “trading post empire” be for Portugal?
  1. Spain wanted to begin to trade in the Indian Ocean Basin. How did they do it? How did they take over of the Phillippines?
  1. What happened in the Philippines when the Spainsh brought Christianity over?

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  1. How did the British and Dutch organize and pay for their involvement in the Indian Ocean trade? (in your OWN words, explain in at least 3 sentences)
  1. What part of India did the British take over? How did they do it? Why did they have to take over parts of India this way?
  1. Explain how the Dutch and the British got around paying for Asian goods with out gold or silver?
  1. Why were the Dutch and British welcome in parts of Japan?
  1. Once Japan was united, the shogun (military commander) distrusted the Europeans and tried to kick them out of Japan. How did the shogun force the Europeans and Christianity out of Japan?
  1. Explain how big of an impact Europe had on Asian trade. (at least 4 sentences)

Main Idea 2 – Silver was in demand world wide especially in China. The Spanish colonies in the Americas produced 85% of the worlds silver at this time.

  1. Look at map 15.2 on page 682. What is the map showing you? (don’t just repeat what the caption says. Actually analyze the map)
  1. What is the “silver drain” and how does it work?
  1. What is a “piece of eight” (you have to look this up online, it is not directly stated in your book)
  1. What impact did the discovery of the world's largest silver mine at Potosi have on the Native American miners?
  1. What did a Spanish priest mean when he referred Potosi and a “portrait of hell”?
  1. How did the Japanese control their access to silver? What did they do with the silver?
  1. How were the Japanese different from the Spanish when it came to silver?
  1. What was China’s role in silver trade?

Main Idea 3 – People who live in colder climates have always used fur for warmth. Europe had diminished the supply of animals they could hunt for fur and the time period known as the Little Ice Age increased the demand for furs worldwide.

  1. What countries from Europe were involved in the fur trade and where were they located in the Americas?
  1. How did the fur trade damage the environment?
  1. Describe how did the fur trade affect the Native Americas? (make sure to read to the end of the section)

Positively –

Negatively –

  1. How did the European culture and the Native American culture mix together?

Main Idea 4 – The slave trade had the largest impact on human life. The slave trade caused displacement from home cultures, forced labor, broken families.

  1. Describe early types of slavery.
  1. What was distinctive about the Atlantic Slave trade?

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  1. What explains the rise of the African slave trade?
  1. Where did slaves that were shipped to the Mediterranean come from?
  1. Why was Africa the go to place for slaves?

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  1. What is meant by “racial stereotypes were transmitted, along with black slavery itself, from Muslims to Christians”?
  1. Why did Europeans wait on the coast for the slave trade to come to them?
  1. What did Africans want in exchange for their slaves? Why would they want these goods?
  1. How did the slave trade affect African socities?

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  1. How did the slave trade affect Asia? Europe?

Chapter 16– Religion and Science

Main Idea 1 – Christianity stayed in Europe at the beginning of the early modern era. Islam began to make its way into Europe through the Ottoman Turks’ conquer of Vienna.

  1. Describe the Protestant Revolution. (at least 4 sentences)
  1. What caused the Reformation (you might need to look this up online. Your book is not very clear)

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  1. How did the Protestant Reformation Transform Europe:

Politically
European society
Culture
  1. What were French Protestants called? What did Henry IV do?
  1. In yourOWN WORDS describe the 30 years war. (at least 4 sentences)
  1. Look at the map on page 726. What is this map showing (don’t just summarize the description on the left)
  1. How was European imperial expansion related to the spread of Christianity?

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  1. What were the two critical elements for the missionaries’ success in Spanish America and in the Philippines?

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  1. What did Europeans believe that allowed them to conquer the Native Americans? What did the Natives think? What did the Natives do?
  1. More often than not, Christian traditions mixed with Andean traditions. Describe how the two were intertwined together.
  1. Why were missionary efforts to spread Christianity so much less successful in China than in Spanish America? (this answer can be found through the entire section of Conversion and Adaption in Spanish America and An Asian Comparison: China and the Jesuits)
  1. Why were the Jesuits successful on getting access to China while the Christians were not?

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  1. Read the quote on page 732. What does the quote mean? What is the tone of the quote? What is the POV? (POV is WHY is the author feeling the way he does? Is he biased? WHY?)

Main Idea 2 – Christianity also spread to Africa where it was intertwined with local cultural customs.

  1. Africanized versions of Christianity emerged, such as Santeria and Vodou, in the New World. From what were these syncretic religions derived and how did the Europeans perceive these practices?
  1. What accounts for the continued spread of Islam in the early modern era?
  1. What accounts for the emergence of reform or renewal movements within the Islamic world, especially in the mid-eighteenth century in Arabia?
  1. A new cultural change was especially appealing to women. What did the bhakti movement and its practices provide for them? (at least 5 sentences)
  1. From what did Sikhism evolve?

Main Idea 3 – While some Europeans were spread religion. Others remained at home to discover new things. This was the start of the Scientific Revolution

  1. What was the long-term significance of the Scientific Revolution and its applications to the affairs of human society?

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  1. Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world? (fill in the chart below to answer the question)

Europe / China / The Islamic World
Europe’s historical development… / China’s historical Development… / The Islamic World’s Development…
Europeans had evolved… / The Chinese had evolved… / The Islamic world had evolved…
What position was western Europe in? / What position was China in? / What position was the Islamic World in?
In the 16th – 18th centuries… / In the 16th – 18th centuries… / In the 16th – 18th centuries…
  1. What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution?

To medieval thinkers –

Nicholas Copernicus’ argument –

Johannes Kepler’s theory –

Galileo Galilei developed –

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  1. How did 19th century developments in the sciences challenge the faith of the Enlightenment?

Darwin and Marx believed –

Sigmund Freud –

  1. In what ways was European science received in

Qing China –

Japan –

The Ottoman Empire -