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.
​Unit 2: Networks of Exchange - 1200 to 1450 CE
  • ​​College Board Unit 2 Standards - a MUST read before starting your review
  • Standard-Specific ​Content Review Lesson Links
    • ​Standard 2.1 - The Silk Roads: c.1200 to c.1450 CE
    • 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)
      • ​​Review Lessons
    • ​​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
      • ​Review Lessons
    • ​​Standard 2.4 - Trans-Saharan Trade Routes: c.1200 - 145- CE
      • Learning Objective: ​Review Lessons
    • Standard 2.5 - Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
    • Standard 2.6 - Environmental Consequences of Connectivity: c. 1200 to c. 1450
    • 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
  • ​​​​​Whole-Unit Content Review Lesson Links
 
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