DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 5 steps below!  ALSO- MOVIE TIME for #6!

1.  Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 90.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  TIME MAP

World Map  1648 CE Europeans have pioneered maritime trading systems which, for the first time, span the entire globe. These lead to vast changes in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1453 CE
The history of the region has been dominated by the rise and fall of the Mongol empire, but Ming dynasty China is now at the centre of a tributary system spanning East Asia.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1648 CE 
In China, the Qing dynasty rules, and Japan and Korea have experienced one of the most destructive wars in East Asian history.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1789 CE 
This is the last glorious phase of East Asia’s history before it feels the West’s impact, and Qing dynasty China dominates the region with its tributary system.
National Geographic – Interactive Mapping

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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING –

• Ch 9 (review the whole chapter,  the whole enchilada).
• Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

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In this video Heimler will review the big ideas that you need to know for AP World History Unit 4. The main theme in this unit is the establishment and expansion of sea-based (maritime) empires. The major player from 1450-1750 is Europe.

Because they harnessed maritime technology like the lateen sail and the magnetic compass and improved astrological charts, they were able to sail west to seek a passage to Asia. Instead, they bumped into the Americas.

Because the dominant economic system was mercantilism, these European nations had great incentive to colonize these new lands for the sake of raw materials. Thus, the economy became globalized.

One effect of this new contact was the Columbian Exchange in which food, plants, animals, diseases, and humans were exchanged between the eastern and western hemispheres. Sometimes the effects were devastating, as with smallpox. Other times it was the cause of population explosion, as in Africa and the introduction of new foods.

But one of the more devastating effects of this new contact was the rise in coerced labor systems, the most damaging of which was the introduction of chattel slavery into the Americas.

6.  Movie Time!  Watch and enjoy the following:
Samurai (2024 version)
47 Ronin (1941 version)
47 Ronin (2013 version)
Seven Samurai 
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Ran
The Last Samurai
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Warriors of the Dawn

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).