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World History: The Age of Exploration/Columbian Exchange (1400-1700)
Sage International School, Boise, Idaho
Unit Introduction
Guiding Questions:
1. To what extent did the Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange characterize
globalization?
2. To what extent was the Columbian Exchange beneficial?
Unit Objectives- Students will be able to:
1. Identify the term globalization.
2. List some of globalization’s pros and cons and rank them based on which are most
significant.
3. Identify the beginning of modern day globalization and explain how it was driven by
economy and technology.
4. Describe how the Age of Exploration and modern day globalization represents the theme
continuity and change.
5. Describe and critique Columbus’s motivations and perspectives during his voyage and
exploration of the New World.
6. Describe the role that religion played in Europe’s New World exploration.
7. List and rank (using evidence and reasoning to support your ranking) the most
appropriate title that should be given to early European migrants (explorers, missionaries,
conquerors, or merchants).
8. Identify, critique, and make a modern day comparison to the European/Western attitude
that justified slavery and colonialism.
9. Explain the major categories of exchange (disease, food, culture/ideas, and people) and
rank them by significance.
10. Compare and contrast the positive and negative outcomes of the Columbian Exchange to
determine the extent to which it was beneficial.
Vocabulary: These are the terms, people, and events that you will have to spell, know, and use
in order to meet the objective(s) above.
Terms: Age of Exploration, Triangular Slave-trade, globalization, Spice trade, Treaty of
Tordesillas, colonialism, mercantilism, disease exchange, Middle Passage, Columbian
Exchange, Eurocentrism
Places: Spain, Portugal, France, England, Asia, Dar-al-Islam
People: Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes
Timeline of events:
Middle Ages
Crusades
Spice trade
Renaissance
Technology increase (printing press, ships, etc.)
World History: The Age of Exploration/Columbian Exchange (1400-1700)
Sage International School, Boise, Idaho
Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas
Colonization increases
Columbian Exchange
Themes of World History: These themes will guide our learning of world history.
1. How has humanity rhymed and how has it changed (continuity/change)?
Students will understand that history rhymes, meaning that there are themes that connect
the past to the present. Yet, in the midst of this rhythm significant changes have occurred
(history does not repeat itself).
2. How have teams (“us” vs. “them”) been organized throughout history?
Students will understand that teams have been organized throughout history and have
been based on different qualifications, stereotypes, and perspectives.