FREE AP World History: Modern Unit 4 Preview | Transoceanic Interconnections
FREE AP World History: Modern Unit 4 Preview | Transoceanic Interconnections
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Unit 4 explores the dramatic expansion of global connections between c. 1450 and 1750, including European maritime exploration, technological innovations, maritime empires, the Columbian Exchange, colonial systems, global commerce, and the development of an increasingly interconnected world economy.
Inside this FREE preview, you’ll see samples of:
- Historical background readings
- AP World History vocabulary activities
- Primary source analysis
- Historical thinking and evidence-based activities
- Timeline and chronology practice
- Short Answer Questions (SAQs)
- Long Essay Question (LEQ) practice
- AP-aligned historical reasoning
The preview includes selections from three historical readings covering The Age of Transoceanic Interconnections, European Exploration and the Rise of Maritime Empires, and the Columbian Exchange and the Transformation of the Early Modern World.
Students encounter important Unit 4 concepts including the Columbian Exchange, Treaty of Tordesillas, mercantilism, encomienda and hacienda systems, Atlantic System, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Middle Passage, plantation economy, joint-stock companies, Dutch East India Company (VOC), Manila Galleons, cultural syncretism, and Commercial Revolution.
The preview also provides a look at the resource’s primary-source analysis, including activities featuring Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas, and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Charter. Students practice sourcing, historical context, close reading, point of view, and evidence-based historical analysis.
You’ll also see examples of the AP-style exam practice included in the complete resource. The SAQ sample addresses causes of European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, while the LEQ asks students to evaluate the extent to which European maritime exploration transformed global economic and cultural interactions from c. 1450–1750.
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