AP Content is complete! You are now AP SURVIVORS!

DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 6 steps below!  ALSO- MOVIE TIME for #7!

1.     Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 79.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  TIME MAP

World Map 1453 CE All the advances made in all regions of Eurasia have now reached Europe. Here, they combine and fizz, and begin to change every aspect of European civilization.

North America 1453 CE The Aztecs are now building their empire in Central America.
South America 1453 CE  The Inca empire has begun its expansion.
Oceania 1453 CE Easter Island statues getting larger!
National Geographic – Interactive Mapping

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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING –

• Ch 7 (p. 172) (the whole chapter,  the whole enchilada).
• Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

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Video	Content	Historical Thinking Skills
1st Video	state-sponsored European exploration between 1450-1750	5B – skill of making connections particularly causation
2nd Video	the effects of the state-sponsored European exploration between 1450-1750	5B – skill of making connections particularly comparison

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In this video Heimler explains the motivations and causes for sea-based exploration (especially European) from 1450-1750. Essentially the age of exploration can be explained by three causes: gold, God, glory (and not necessarily in that order).

Because of the dominant economic system of Europe—mercantilism—states desired to gain more wealth in the form of gold and silver. Because Christianity was a missionary religion Europeans explored distant lands in order to make conversions. And finally, the pursuit of international glory meant claiming distant lands and ruling over large empires.

In this video we’ll look briefly at how the following states built their sea-based empires: Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands.

 

6.  Freemanpedia-pedia: CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Movie Time!  Watch and enjoy the following:
Rapa Nui
1492: Conquest of Paradise
The Mission
Aguirre, Wrath of God

The above movies may contain adult material so be sure to watch them with your parents or guardian. Also, be sure to focus on the visual and cultural interpretations that the movies offer (but be wary and skeptical of the over dramatization and historical inaccuracies that the movies may also contain).

Chinese Junk. This modern drawing shows how much larger one of Zheng He’s ships was than one of Vasco da Gama’s vessels. Watertight interior bulkheads made junks the most seaworthy large ships of the fifteenth century. Sails made of pleated bamboo matting hung from the junk’s masts, and a stern rudder provided steering. European ships of exploration, though smaller, were faster and more maneuverable.