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World History
Early Modern Period
Period
Early Modern: 1450
C.E – 1750 C.E.
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European
Exploration and
Expansion
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Inter-continental
Network

Globalization of
Trade
Theme/Big Ideas
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Global Convergence
Columbian Exchange
and the Great Dying
Scientific Revolution,
Enlightenment, and
Reformation
“Silver” Revolution
Gunpowder Revolution
Rise of the Nation
State
Atlantic Trade network
and European Trade
Dominance
Humanism
Terms/Concepts
Create by Region:
1. Spain / Portugal
2. England
3. France
4. German Areas (Holy Roman Empire)
5. The Ottoman Empire
6. Russia
7. India
8. China
9. Japan
10. Sub-Saharan Africa
11. Latin America under Europeans
Revolutions in Thought and Expression:
1. Humanism + Renaissance
a. Medici’s
b. Michelangelo and Brunelleschi
c. Da Vinci and Donatello
d. Machiavelli
e. Shakespeare
2. Protestant Reformation
a. Gutenberg Printing Press
b. Martin Luther and 95 Thesis
c. Calvinism
3. Catholic Counter Reformation
a. Council of Trent
b. Jesuits + Ignatius Loyola
4. Scientific Revolution
a. Copernican Revolution
i. Copernicus
ii. Galileo
b. Scientific Method: In Search of Truth
i. Bacon
ii. Kepler
c. Newtonian Revolution
d. Deism: God is the clock maker
5. Enlightenment
a. Divine Right vs. Social Contract
b. Individual Rights
c. State of Nature
d. Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
e. Voltaire and Montesquieu
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Enlightened Monarchs
European Exploration and Expansion:
1. Causes:
a. Ottoman Cut Off and the Western Passage
b. Renaissance
c. Christianity and Business begin to reconcile
d. Technology
i. Lateen Sails
ii. Sternpost Rudder
iii. Astrolabe
iv. Magnetic Compass
v. Caravel
2. Famous Explorers
a. Prince Henry “the Navigator”
b. Vasco de Gama
c. Christopher Columbus
d. Magellan
e. Da Gama
Regions
Europe:
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Spain
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Portugal
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England
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France
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German Area
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Latin Colonies
Eastern Europe:
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Russia
Islamic Cultural
Regions:
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Ottoman Empire
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India
Eastern Asia:
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China
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Japan
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cortes (conquistador)
Developments:
a. Treaty of Tordesillas= lijne of demarcation
Portugal East and Spain West
b. Great Dying: Disease as the ultimate WMD
c. Accidental Empire: Aztecs give it up to
Cortes
d. The Encomienda System: American
Feudalism: American Caste System
e. African Slave Trade
f.
Columbian Exchange: Swapping plants,
animals, resources, cultures, and diseases
g. Commercial Revolution: Mercantilism,
Stock Companies, Dutch East-India
Company, etc. (precursor to capitalism)
Silver and gold flood and inflation ultimately
undermines Spain’s economy (b/c not
based on production but rather
commodities)