Geography – Unit 3 Mapping Part 2
STUDENT MATERIALSSTUDENT MATERIALSS-1GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 2WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYPreparation• Access the following maps:• 1550 Political Map• 1750 Political Map• Silver Trade and Transoceanic Voyages Thematic MapPurposeThis activity will provide additional evidence to help you respond to the Unit Problem: How did transoceanic connections transform global economic systems and societies in different parts of the world? In this activity, you will look back on what you’ve learned during this unit by comparing two political maps. And you’ll review your predictions about the changes in long-distance trade and empires from the Unit 3 Part 1 activity. Finally, you’ll examine a map showing transoceanic voyages and the silver trade as you discuss how these voyages and trade reshaped the world.ProcessThis activity begins with an identification opening in which you identify 10 political communities in the year 1750 CE. Next, you’ll compare the maps of political communities in 1550 and 1750 CE as you evaluate how communities changed and stayed the same over this 200-year period after the first transoceanic connections. Finally, you will compare your predictions from the Part 1 activity to a map of the silver trade and transoceanic voyages and write a response to a prompt about how these connections transformed economic systems and societies.Step 1Identify the political communities associated with the numbers on the black-and-white map of the world in 1750 CE and record your answers on the worksheet. If applicable, indicate which empire controlled the territory. Step 2In small groups, examine the 1750 Political Map alongside the 1550 Political Map that you saw in the Part 1 map activity at the start of the unit. Compare these two maps and identify three significant changes and continuities between the two. Step 3Remaining in small groups, open and review the Silver Trade and Transoceanic Voyages Thematic Map. Review the predictions you made in the Part 1 map activity for this unit. What did you get right? What did you miss? Finally, prepare a short paragraph or bullet list in response to this prompt:The first sustained transoceanic connections that you’ve learned about in this unit reshaped life on Earth. Using the maps you encountered in this unit as evidence, explain one way that transoceanic connections transformed long-distance trade and one way that these connections reshaped one political community of your choice.
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-2GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 2WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYStep 1Directions: Identify the communities labeled with numbers 1-10 and record them in the table below. If applicable, include the name of the controlling empire in parentheses. Example: Angola (Portugal)
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-3GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 2WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYPolitical communitiesNumberName (and controlling empire, if applicable)12345678910Step 2Directions: Compare the 1550 Political Map with the 1750 Political Map. What changed the most between these two maps? What stayed the same? Record at least three of these observations in the table below.Significant changes and continuities from 1550 to 1750 CE (1–2 sentences)
Name:Date:Name:Date:STUDENT MATERIALSS-4GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 3 MAPPING PART 2WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYStep 3Directions: Examine the Silver Trade and Transoceanic Voyages Thematic Map. As a group, discuss what this map tells us about how long-distance trade changed thanks to transoceanic connections. Remember to look back at your predictions from the Part 1 map activity earlier in the unit. When you’re ready, respond to the prompt below.Prompt: The first sustained transoceanic connections that you’ve learned about in this unit reshaped life on Earth. Using the maps you encountered in this unit as evidence, explain one way that transoceanic connections transformed long-distance trade and one way that these connections reshaped one political community of your choice.