Which Theme?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTAP/ LESSON 4.5OPENERWHICH THEME?Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Which Theme?”,OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeMatchingreal-world events from the age of European maritime empires to the course themeswill help you see the bigger picture of how exploration, trade, power, and culture shaped the world between 1450 and1750.Process1.Read each statement and determine which course theme it exemplifies. Each theme will be used at least once. The themes are:•Political•Innovation•Environment•Culture•Economic•SocialStatementTheme1.European powers used joint-stock companies to fund overseas expansion with shared risk and profit.2.Colonial administrations used local elites or military force to control distant territories.3.The transatlantic slave trade forcibly displaced millions of Africans and reshaped family and kinship structures.4.Silver mined in the Americas fueled global trade networks, especially with China.5.Religious syncretism emerged in colonies where Indigenous beliefs blended with Christianity.6.Plantation agriculture in the Americas led to massive environmental changes like deforestation and soil depletion.7.Gunpowder weapons helped European empires suppress resistance in their colonies.8.Some Indigenous groups resisted colonial rule through revolts or by maintaining cultural traditions.9.European colonization created strict racial hierarchies in Latin America, such as the casta system.10.New maritime technologies like the caravel and improved navigation tools made empire expansion possible.
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT AP/ LESSON 4.5 OPENERWHICH THEME?22.Which theme do you think was the most important in helping European maritime empires grow? Explainyour reasoning.