Unit 4 Overview: Transoceanic Interconnections (9:12)
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
- 01:29 What does John Arthur mean when he says that gumbo came “from many places … and from one place”?
- 02:09 How were Europeans able to establish overseas empires all over the world from 1450 to 1750?
- 04:40 What is the Columbian Exchange and what were some positive and negative aspects of this exchange?
- 06:27 Why does John Arthur say that the Columbian Exchange was really more of an extraction than an exchange?
- 08:34 How can you analyze the history of gumbo using the themes of governance, cultural developments and interactions, social interactions and organization, and humans and the environment?