Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

Explain how cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of technology and facilitated changes in patterns of trade and travel from 1450 to 1750.

Describe the role of states in the expansion of maritime exploration from 1450 to 1750.

Explain the causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Explain the process of state building and expansion among various empires and states in the period from 1450 to 1750.

Explain the continuities and changes in economic systems and labor systems from 1450 to 1750.

Explain changes and continuities in systems of slavery in the period from 1450 to 1750.

Explain how rulers employed economic strategies to consolidate and maintain power throughout the period from 1450 to 1750.

Explain the continuities and changes in networks of exchange from 1450 to 1750.

Explain how political, economic, and cultural factors affected society from 1450 to 1750.

Explain the similarities and differences in how various belief systems affected societies from 1450 to 1750.

Explain the effects of the development of state power from 1450 to 1750.

Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained or have changed over time.

Explain how economic developments from 1450 to 1750 affected social structures over time.