UNIT 4 - Trading Places (Chapter 4)

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From Regional to Global Trade; Decline of the Mughals; European Intrusion into the Muslim World

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Decline of the Ottomans & Safavids; Wahhabism in Arabia; begin watching Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into the Tropics; go over maps of Europe

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PSATs; no class

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Finish watching Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into the Tropics; Africa's Diversity

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Slavery and the Slave Trade; The Atlantic System; watch The Middle Passage - La Amistad; work on Composing an Introduction

Read Chapter 4 (Trading Places, pp. 55-58) (up through Fundamentalism in Arabia); watch video (2); How did the Islamic Empires differ with respect to their reactions toward Western influence? (ETC: 35 mins)

 Read Chapter 4 (Trading Places, pp. 58) (The Dire Decline of the Islamic Empires); watch video (3); watch Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into the Tropics (up to 29:50)

Read Chapter 4 (Trading Places, pp. 59-61); watch video (4); How did the Atlantic trade routes affect the slave trade in the diverse continent of Africa? (ETC: 35 mins)

 Read Chapter 4 (Trading Places, pp. 62-64); watch video (5); How did European intrusion impact the various regions of Africa? (ETC: 35 mins)

Read Chapter 4 (Trading Places, pp. 65-66); watch video (6); How did European global trade affect the prosperity of Africa and the Islamic Empires?; work on Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into the Tropics (links to questions #11 & #12) (ETC: 40 mins)

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Due: all answers to Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into the Tropics; The Plight of Sub-Saharan Africa; go over Quest

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Map Quiz: Europe; The Age of Absolutism; work on European Absolutism Table

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Due: Composing an Introduction; work on European Absolutism Table

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Due: European Absolutism Table; discuss Absolutism in France, Austria, Prussia, and England; review for the Quarter Test

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Due: Extra Vocab; Quarter Test Review
Read Chapter 5 (Devolution of Power, pp. 67-68); watch video (1); How did France establish the most iconic absolute monarchy Europe? (ETC: 35 mins)

Read Chapter 5 (Devolution of Power, pp. 68-70); watch video (2); How did absolutism differ with respect to the major powers of Europe? (ETC: 35 mins)

Finish European Absolutism Table; review for the Quarter Test Review Review for the Quarter Test Review Study for the Quarter Test

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Quarter Test (Objective only); All About Maps & Chapters 1-4

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No assignment; relax, catch up, be merry!

Fantasy Geopolitics tomorrow!

 

 

    

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