Unit 1: Exchanged and Interconnections

How exploration changed with new inventions and ideas

How population changes influenced movement

How the world changed based on new mapping

How cultural differences and transactions shaped basic living

MW.His.1.a. Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by the movement
of individuals and groups during maritime exploration (e.g., Treaty of Tordesillas,
Seven Voyages of Zheng He, Columbian exchange).
MW.His.8.a. Analyze how current interpretations of cultural exchange of the early modern
world are limited by the availability of sources and the perspectives represented
(e.g., accounts by Gomes de Zurara, Conquistadors, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq,
Francisco de Almeida, Bartolomé de las Casas, Francis Xavier).
MW.Geo.6.a. Evaluate the impact of settlement on the environmental and cultural
characteristics of the early modern world (e.g., hacienda, encomienda, Jesuit
missionaries, East India Company, Ottoman Empire, unification of Japan,
Indigenous genocide).
MW.Eco.5.a. Describe how the Atlantic system affected global trade through cultural diffusion
and competition (e.g., de-emphasis of Silk Road, extraction of natural resources,
growth of transatlantic slave trade, colonization of the Americas).

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