Empires expanded and conquered peoples around the world, but they often had difficulties incorporating culturally, ethnically, and religiously diverse subjects, and administrating widely dispersed territories. Agents of the European powers moved into existing trade networks around the world. In Africa and the greater Indian Ocean, nascent European empires consisted mainly of interconnected trading posts and enclaves. In the Americas, European empires moved more quickly to settlement and territorial control, responding to local demographic and commercial conditions. Moreover, the creation of European empires in the Americas quickly fostered a new Atlantic exchange network that included the transatlantic slave trade and transpacific exchange network. Around the world, empires and states of varying sizes pursued strategies of centralization, including more efficient taxation systems that placed strains on peasant producers, sometimes prompting local rebellions. Rulers used public displays of art and architecture to legitimize state power. African states shared certain characteristics with larger Eurasian empires. Changes in African and global trading patterns strengthened some West and Central African states — especially on the coast; this led to the rise of new states and contributed to the decline of states on both the coast and in the interior.
The cover sheet includes skills, vocabulary, and exemplars for each subtopic in the unit.
The snapshot is a basic outline of the major concepts, topics, and themes present within this particular unit.
Required Reading Guides: Ch. 13 and 14
Reading guides are to be completed by using the Ways of the World Strayer book, the AMSCO books and/or resources found on the Unit pages. I will randomly collect them for either classwork or homework grades.
Ways of the World (Strayer) textbook: Ch. 13 and 14
Modern AMSCO 2020: Unit 3 (3.1-3.4)
Older AMSCO Book: Ch. 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20
Use the links/info on Mr. Mathos page and sites like Freemanpedia to answer and fill out the chart comparing and contrasting the Land-Based Empires from Unit 3. You can download this document and type directly into it.
The link to the right will take you to another google site created by another teacher. The project is called Autopsy of an Empire. I will explain all parts in the class but it will take us 1-3 class periods. Not required this year
Use the links/info on Mr. Mathos page and sites like Freemanpedia to answer and fill out the chart on the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Samurai of Japan. Add these to your notes of the other land-based empires of the unit.
Supporting link can be found within the word document.
Think of it as a time period (1450-1750) review power point ;)
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A big thank you to the other WHAP teachers.
These notes should be used to SUPPLEMENT the note taking of your own. I would use these to help organize yours as well.
An Example of HOW to use these...
1. If you find a topic in these notes unfamiliar to you I would highlight it and add notes (annotate) to increase your understanding
2. See what is in the notes and make sure your notes reflect most of the same information but in YOUR OWN WORDS.
Power Points to help aid in your note taking process and the understanding of the content necessary to be successful in this unit.