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The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE): Unit 6 Overview (7:34)

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. 01:54 How was the world divided in 1200?
  2. 02:59 How were sixteenth-century historical events reflected in Beatriz’s life?
  3. 04:50 How was Christianity introduced and adopted in Kongo?
  4. 06:11 How did Beatriz’s efforts to respond to the problems that Kongo faced in the seventeenth century a reflection of the new global age?
  5. 07:20 How did Beatriz’s teachings inspire Kongolese in the Americas?