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Unit 3 Frames (5:40)

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 01:11 Why was the Columbian Exchange the world’s first global system, according to the video?
  2. 02:25 How did European entry to the Americans—and the conquest that followed—change communities?
  3. 03:04 What were the large land-based empires that existed at the beginning of this period in and around former Mongol territory? Why did the dominance of these empires begin to fade?
  4. 04:12 What were some large changes in this period related to the production and distribution frames?
  5. 04:12 What were some large changes in this period related to the networks frame?