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STANDARD WHII.2
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic
conditions in the world about 1500 a.d. (c.e.) by
SOL Standard
Essential
Essential Knowledge
Understanding
a) locating major states
and empires.
By 1500 A.D. (C.E.), major
Major states and empires in the Eastern Hemisphere
states and empires had
 England
developed in various regions of
 France
the world.
 Spain
 Russia
 Ottoman Empire
 Persia
 China
 Mughal India
 Songhai Empire
Major states and empires in the Western Hemisphere
 Incan Empire
 Aztec Empire
c) describing the
By 1500 A.D. (C.E.), the five
Location of world religions in 1500 a.d. (c.e.)
distribution of major
world religions had spread to
 Judaism: Concentrated in Europe and the Middle East
religions.
many areas of the Eastern
 Christianity: Concentrated in Europe and the Middle East
Hemisphere.
 Islam: Parts of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe
 Hinduism: India and part of Southeast Asia
 Buddhism: East and Southeast Asia
d) analyzing major trade
patterns.
By 1500, regional trade
Traditional trade patterns linking Europe with Asia and
patterns had developed that
Africa
linked Africa, the Middle East,
 Silk Routes across Asia to the Mediterranean basin
Asia, and Europe.
 Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean
 Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa
 Northern European links with the Black Sea
 Western European sea and river trade
 South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia
Importance of trade patterns
• Exchange of products and ideas
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Essential Questions
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Think of a world map. Choose five of the empires listed above and identify where (what
continents) were those major states/empires were located about 1500 A.D. (C.E.).
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What were the five major religions in 1500 AD/CE?
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Where were the five world religions located around 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
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What were the regional trading patterns about 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
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Why were the regional trading patterns important?