Unit IV: Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750
By the end of this unit, you will understand the following Key Concepts:
4.1 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
A. In the context of the new global circulation of goods, there was an intensification of all existing regional trade networks that
brought prosperity and economic disruption to the merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean,
Mediterranean, Sahara, and overland Eurasia.
B. European technological developments in cartography and navigation built on previous knowledge developed in the classical,
Islamic, and Asian worlds, and included the production of new tools, innovations in ship designs, and an improved
understanding of global wind and currents patterns – all of which made transoceanic travel and trade possible.
C. Remarkable new transoceanic maritime reconnaissance occurred in this time period.
D. The new global circulation of goods was facilitated by royal chartered European monopoly companies that took silver from
Spanish colonies in the Americas to purchase Asian goods for the Atlantic markets, but regional markets continued to
flourish in Afro-Eurasia by using established commercial practices and new transoceanic shipping services developed by
European merchants.
E. The new connections between the Eastern and Western hemispheres resulted in the Columbian Exchange.
F. The increase in interactions between newly connected hemispheres and intensification of connections within hemispheres
expanded the spread and reform of existing religions and created syncretic belief systems and practices.
G. As merchants’ profits increased and governments collected more taxes, funding for the visual and performing arts, even for
popular audiences, increased.
4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
A. Traditional peasant agriculture increased and changed, plantations expanded, and demand for labor increased. These changes
both fed and responded to growing global demand for raw materials and finished products.
B. As new social and political elites changed, they also restructured new ethnic, racial, and gender hierarchies.
4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
A. Rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their power.
B. Imperial expansion relied on the increased use of gunpowder, cannons, and armed trade to establish large empires in both
hemispheres.
C. Competition over trade routes, state rivalries, and local resistance all provided significant challenges to state consolidation
and expansion.
DAY 1
Dec. 11/12
Topic
Framing the Period
Classroom Activities
1. In-class Quiz:
Wood Chapter 10
Online Reading
2. Lecture:
Questions of
Periodization
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 14 and
Africa AND the
European Slave
Trade article
(found on
website) and take
online quiz (due
Jan. 06/07 by
8am)
2. Read Economy
and Society in
Latin America
article (found on
website) and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Jan. 08/09)
3. Columbian
Exchange Project
(due Jan. 08/09)
DAY 2
Dec. 15/16
Topic
European Transition:
European Exploration
and Expansion, the
Commercial
Revolution, and the
Columbian Exchange
Classroom Activities
1. Lecture:
European
Transition and
Exploration from
1450 to 1750
DAY 3
Dec. 17/18
Topic
European Transition:
European Exploration
and Expansion, the
Commercial
Revolution, and the
Columbian Exchange
Classroom Activities
1. Finish Lecture:
European
Transition and
Exploration from
1450 to 1750
DAY 4
Dec. 19 and Jan. 05
Topic
Columbian Exchange
DAY 5
Jan. 06/07
Topic
Africa and the
European Slave Trade
Classroom Activities
1. Video Lecture:
When Worlds
Collide
Classroom Activities
1. Lecture: Atlantic
Slave Trade
2. Primary Source
Analysis: Africa
and the European
Slave Trade
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 14 and
Africa AND the
European Slave
Trade article
(found on
website) and take
online quiz (due
Jan. 06/07 by
8am)
2. Read Economy
and Society in
Latin America
article (found on
website) and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Jan. 08/09)
3. Columbian
Exchange Project
(due Jan. 08/09)
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 14 and
Africa AND the
European Slave
Trade article
(found on
website) and take
online quiz (due
Jan. 06/07 by
8am)
2. Read Economy
and Society in
Latin America
article (found on
website) and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Jan. 08/09)
3. Columbian
Exchange Project
(due Jan. 08/09)
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 14 and
Africa AND the
European Slave
Trade article
(found on
website) and take
online quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Jan. 06/07 by
8am)
2. Read Economy
and Society in
Latin America
article (found on
website) and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Jan. 08/09)
3. Columbian
Exchange Project
(due Jan. 08/09)
4. Begin studying
for Unit IV – Part
I Exam covering
Wood Chapter 10
and Duiker
Chapter 14 (on
Jan. 12/13)
Homework/Due on
1. Read Economy
and Society in
Latin America
article (found on
website) and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Jan. 08/09)
2. Columbian
Exchange Project
(due NEXT
CLASS – Jan.
08/09)
3. Study for Unit IV
– Part I Exam
covering Wood
Chapter 10 and
Duiker Chapter
14 (on Jan. 12/13)
4. Study for AP
World History
Midterm (week of
Jan. 20)
DAY 6
Jan. 08/09
Topic
New World Labor
Systems
Classroom Activities
1. Columbian
Exchange Project
2. Primary Source
Analysis and
Comparative
Exercise: New
World Labor
Systems
Homework/Due on
1. Study for Unit IV
– Part I Exam
covering Wood
Chapter 10 and
Duiker Chapter
14 (NEXT
CLASS – Jan.
12/13)
2. Study for AP
World History
Midterm (week of
Jan. 20)
DAY 7
Jan. 12/13
Topic
Unit IV Part I Exam –
Multiple Choice
(Wood Online
Chapter 10 and
Duiker Chapter 14)
Classroom Activities
1. Unit IV – Part I
Exam – Multiple
Choice
2. Table Top Exam
Review
DAY 8
Jan. 14/15
Topic
DBQ Returned and
Revisited and Unit IV
– Part I Exam Review
DAY 9
Jan. 16 (A-day only)
Topic
Midterm Review
Midterm Week
Jan. 20 – 23
Topic
Midterm Exam
Classroom Activities
1. Return DBQ and
Discuss Common
Mistakes
2. DBQ Activity
3. Unit IV – Part I
Exam Review
Classroom Activities
1. Midterm Review
Classroom Activities
1. Midterm Exam
Homework/Due on
1. Study for AP
World Midterm
(week of Jan. 20)
2. Read Duiker
Chapter 16 and
take online quiz
(due Jan. 27/28 by
8am)
3. Read Duiker
Chapter 17 and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Feb. 04 /05)
4. Begin studying
for Unit IV – Part
II Exam (on Feb.
06/09)
Homework/Due on
1. Study for AP
World Midterm
(week of Jan. 20)
2. Read Duiker
Chapter 16 and
take online quiz
(due Jan. 27/28 by
8am)
3. Read Duiker
Chapter 17 and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Feb. 04/05)
4. Begin studying
for Unit IV – Part
II Exam (on Feb.
06/09)
Homework/Due on
Homework/Due on
1. Study for AP
1. Read Duiker
World Midterm
Chapter 16 and
(week of Jan. 20)
take online quiz
2. Read Duiker
(due NEXT
Chapter 16 and
CLASS – Jan.
take online quiz
27/28 by 8am)
(due Jan. 27/28 by 2. Read Duiker
8am)
Chapter 17 and
3. Read Duiker
prepare for an inChapter 17 and
class quiz (due
prepare for an inFeb. 04/05)
class quiz (due
3. Begin studying
Feb. 04/05)
for Unit IV – Part
4. Begin studying
II Exam (on Feb.
for Unit IV – Part
06/09)
II Exam (on Feb.
06/09)
Peter the Great of Russia forcibly cutting the beards of the Russian boyars
DAY 10
Jan. 27/28
Topic
Gunpowder Empires:
Ottomans, Safavids,
and Mughals
DAY 11
Jan. 29/30
Topic
The Rise and
Westernization of
Russia
Classroom Activities
1. Lecture:
Gunpowder
Empires
Classroom Activities
1. Lecture: The Rise
and
Westernization of
Russia
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 17 and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Feb. 04/05)
2. Begin studying
for Unit IV – Part
II Exam (on Feb.
06/09)
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 17 and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Feb. 04/05)
2. Begin studying
for Unit IV – Part
II Exam (on Feb.
06/09)
DAY 12
Feb. 02/03
Topic
The Rise and
Westernization of
Russia and Ming
China and Tokugawa
Japan
Classroom Activities
1. Finish Russia
Lecture
DAY 13
Feb. 04/05
Topic
Ming China and
Tokugawa Japan
DAY 14
Feb. 06/09
Topic
Unit IV – Part II
Exam (Wood Online
Chapter 14 and
Duiker Chapter 16)
Classroom Activities
1. Duiker Chapter
17 In-Class Quiz
2. Lecture: Asia in
Transition and
Asian Reactions
to European
Arrival
Classroom Activities
1. Unit IV – Part II
Exam – Multiple
Choice
2. Table Top Exam
Review
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker
Chapter 17 and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Feb. 04/05)
2. Study for Unit IV
– Part II Exam
(on Feb. 06/09)
Homework/Due on
1. Study for Unit IV
– Part II Exam
(NEXT CLASS –
Feb. 06/09)
2. Prepare for Unit
IV – Part II Exam
DBQ Essay (on
Feb. 07/10)
Homework/Due on
1. Prepare for Unit
IV – Part II Exam
DBQ Essay
(NEXT CLASS –
Feb. 07/10)
DAY 15
Feb. 10/11
Topic
Unit IV – Part II Exam Essay
Classroom Activities
1. DBQ Essay
2. Review Unit IV – Part II Multiple Choice
Homework/Due on
1. Read Duiker Chapter 18 and Chapter 20 (only pages
576-584) and take online quiz (due Feb. 17/18)