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Bandstra World History 2016-17
Unit 4: Global Interactions (1450-1750 CE)
Key Concepts
4.1 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
Where is _______?
Land-based Empires
Maritime Empires
Trade Routes
Spread of Religions
Trade Cities
Label
China (Ming and Qing), Russia, Mughals, Ottomans, Safavids,
Portuguese, Spanish, British, French, Dutch
Eurasian Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan caravan routes, Indian Ocean sea lanes, Mediterranean Sea
Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Syncretic (Vodoun, cult of saints, Sikhism)
London, Mexico City, Beijing, Edo (Tokyo), Nagasaki, Batavia (Jakarta), New York City, Elmina, Isfahan,
Mumbai, Manila, St. Petersburg, Potosi, Sevilla
Thematic Questions
1. How did the new connection of hemispheres affect the environment? How were people starting to use the
environment more to their advantage? How did the exchange of plants and animals alter the environment?
2. How did religions spread during this time period? When spreading, how were religions able to remain the
same? How were they forced to change? How did the increased interaction of cultures have an impact in
other areas of life (technology, religion, social structure, etc.)?
3. Compare and contrast how different rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their
power. What tools and technologies did empires use to expand? Why were some more successful than
others?
4. How did the connection of hemispheres alter the economic exchanges in which both could engage? How did
the new goods that were exchanged impact both the buyers and sellers of these goods? How did
governments set up new agencies to better deal with these new exchanges? Why were some able to
dominate these economic exchanges? Compare and contrast the use of labor systems throughout the world
during this time period.
5. How did the interactions of new peoples force the creation of new definitions of social structures? Who
benefited from these new social structures and why? Why do we continue to see the same social groups on
top and bottom of these new social structures?
Bandstra World History 2016-17
Got Questions?
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Relevant Crash Course Videos
First round of videos #19, 21, 25-26
Helpful Resources (Websites, etc.)
1. http://www.freeman-pedia.com/earlymodern/
Specifics You Need to Know
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Key Figures
Ivan III & Ivan IV
Babur
Akbar the Great
Shah Ismail
Shah Abbas
Suleiman the Magnificent
Peter the Great
Yongle Emperor
Zheng He
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Francis Xavier
Matteo Ricci
Guru Nanak
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
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Architecture/Art
Taj Mahal
Suleimaniye Mosque
Red Fort
Shah Mosque
Naqsh-e-Jahan Square
Edo Castle
Forbidden City
Great Wall of China
Temple of Heaven
Kabuki Theatre
Ukiyo-e
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Kremlin
Menshikov Palace
Topkapi Palace
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Literature/Documents
Guru Granth Sahib
Haiku
Technological Developments
 Astrolabe, sextant,
compass
 Junks
 Firearms
Timeline
1450 CE
1750 CE