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Questions to consider when researching:
Did interdependence benefit the exchange of ideas?
Did interdependence benefit the exchange of goods?
Did interdependence benefit the exchange of services?
How has technology affected trade?
Think about ancient and modern technology, the time, effort, and money it costs to ship goods long distances.
How has transportation affected trade?
Consider time, money, and the preservation of goods.
Which cultures have flourished by exporting goods?
How has trade impacted the economy and society?
How has trade with other cultures impacted your life?
Look at the things you use and own. Are they made in America, or another country?
Questions to get you thinking:
How did the Silk Routes encourage different cultures to become dependent on each other?
Consider who and what traveled on the routes.
Which goods were the most profitable in classical times?
Silk was not the only export or import. Other products were frequently sent in large quantities across the Silk Routes.
Which goods are the most profitable today?
Is there a modern version of the Silk Routes?
How has India benefited by trade today?
How has trade in India caused change to occur in Indian cultures?
How have the workers in India embraced the outsourcing of technology?
How have African cultures benefited by trade both long ago and today?
Project Procedures
Select three cultures you are interested in studying.
Research the trade of goods and services of each culture you chose.
Examine how each culture benefited from interdependence with other cultures.
Research each culture and find evidence proving if being interdependent benefited that culture and why.
Using technology show the evidence that two or more cultures depended on each other and helped each other grow either through the exchange of ideas, goods and/or services.
Online Resources for Research
|Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent|
Trade and Transport – The British Museum
|India Sites|
Ancient India – British Museum
|Ancient China|
Ancient China – British Museum
|Pre-Columbian|
Mesoweb Encyclopedia Search Page
|Ancient Greece|
Ancient Greece – BBC/Schools
Ancient Greece – British Museum
The Ancient Greek World – Pennsylvania University
|Ancient Rome|
The Romans – BBC/Schools
|East Africa|
Aksum – World Heritage Site
Great Zimbabwe – World Heritage Site
Access the Resources section for databases.
Cultural Influences?
Graphic organizers help us organize our thinking. Select this link to access a Google Doc version of the chart below. Go to File> Make A Copy to make your own copy of the Doc. Save the Doc to your GATP Google Drive folder. List information around ideas, goods, services and others as they came into the culture and also how they were "exported" out of the culture.
Culture:
Era:
Benefits of Interdependence
Graphic organizers help us organize our thinking. Select this link to access a Google Drawing version of the diagram below. Go to File> Make A Copy to make your own copy of the Drawing. Save the Drawing to your GATP Google Drive folder. List Goods - Ideas - Services in each third of your diagram. Then add examples of each from the culture you are studying.
The Benefits of Interdependence: Consider exchange of goods, ideas, and services
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