WHAP REVIEW: Unit 2
Review Before You Review! Know the REQUISITE SKILLZ
- Historical Thinking Skills: A Refresher
- we are going to need all of these in our bag for the test, look it over
- WHAP Course Themes
- (S) Social Interactions - The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organizations.
- (P) Governance - A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.
- (I) Humans & The Environment - The environment shapes human societies, and as populations grow and change, these populations in turn shape their environments.
- (C) Cultural Developments & Interactions - The development of ideas, beliefs, and religions illustrates how groups in society view themselves, and the interactions of societies and their beliefs often have political, social and cultural implications.
- (E) Economic Systems - As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
- (T) Technology & Innovation - Human adaption and innovation have resulted in increased efficiency, comfort, and security & technological advances have shaped human development and interactions with both intended & unintended consequences.
- College Board Unit 2 Standards - a MUST read before starting your review
- Unit 2 Standards Summary
- Standard-Specific Content Review Lesson Links
- Standard 2.1 - The Silk Roads: c.1200 to c.1450 CE
- Learning Objectives:
- ECON Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
- Increased trade due to “improved commercial practices” and new tech (caravanserai, credit, money economies)
- New trading cities
- Luxury goods incl textiles and porcelain from China, Persia, India
- ECON Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
- Review Lessons
- Learning Objectives:
- Standard 2.2 - The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World: c.1200 to c.1450 CE
- Learning Objectives:
- GOV Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time.
- Mongol Khanates but also other collapse and new states (!?)
- ECON Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time.
- “including the Mongols” … draw in new people
- CUL Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change.
- Tech & culture transfers (violent and peaceful)
- GOV Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time.
- Review Lessons
- Learning Objectives:
- Standard 2.3 - Exchanges in the Indian Ocean: c.1200 to c.1450 CE
- Learning Objectives:
- ECON Explain the causes of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
- As objective A, including new trading cities and states
- New tech includes compass, astrolabe, and larger ship designs
- CUL Explain the effects of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
- Diasporic merchant communities spread faith
- Culture & tech b/w empires, including Zheng He’s voyages (?)
- ENV Explain the role of environmental factors in the development of networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Use knowledge environment, including monsoons
- ECON Explain the causes of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.
- Review Lessons
- Learning Objectives:
- Standard 2.4 - Trans-Saharan Trade Routes: c.1200 - 145- CE
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons
- Explain the causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade.
- Use existing technologies
- GOV Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade
- Mali draws new people into network
- Jason Rupertus Unit 2.4
- Heimler's History - Unit 2.4
- Explain the causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade.
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons
- Standard 2.5 - Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons:
- CUL Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Diffusion literature, art, culture, science, tech
- Cities grow or decline
- Travel writer genre develops
- Official College Board Video Lesson: Unit 2.5 - 2.7
- Heimler's History - Unit 2.5
- CUL Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons:
- Standard 2.6 - Environmental Consequences of Connectivity: c. 1200 to c. 1450
- Learning Objective:
- ENV Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Diffusion crops and disease along trade
- Incl. Bubonic plague
- ENV Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Review Lessons:
- Official College Board Video Lesson: Unit 2.5 - 2.7
- Adam Norris - Unit 1.6
- Heimler's History - Unit 2.6
- Learning Objective:
- Standard 2.7 - Comparison of Economic Exchange: c. 1200 to c. 1450
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons:
- Explain the similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Incl “Changes in trade networks resulted from and stimulated increasing productive capacity, with important implications for social and gender structures and environmental processes.”
- Official College Board Video Lesson: Unit 2.5 - 2.7
- Explain the similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
- Learning Objective: Review Lessons:
- Standard 2.1 - The Silk Roads: c.1200 to c.1450 CE
- Whole-Unit Content Review Lesson Links
- Heimler's History - Unit 2 Review
- Daniel found this review video series from Jim Rhodes - check it out, treasure trove of materials
- Other Resources:
- Strayer chapter outlines
- Strayer chapter note cards
- Shererhistory.com (you're on it!)
- Freemanpedia
- Khan Academy
- World History Connections
- Crash Course
- Crash Course World History
- Crash Course European History
- Crash Course American History
- Crash Course World History 2.0
- really cool thematic approach; topics like war, disease, migration, etc.
- Find a valuable resource? Email me and I will post links for everyone
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