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=World History II - Units I and II - The World at 1500 AD and the Renaissance=


 * Unit Content and Notes**

1. Why were the regional trading patterns importan 2. What were the regional trading patterns about 1500 a.d. (c.e.)? 3. Where were the five world religions located around 1500 a.d. (c.e.)? 4. What were the artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance? 5. On the world political map, where were some of the major states and empires located about 1500 a.d. (c.e.)? 6. What technological and scientific advancements had been made and exchanged by 1500 a.d. (c.e.)?
 * Essential Questions**

1. By 1500 a.d. (c.e.), technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world. 2. By 1500, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. 3. By 1500 a.d. (c.e.), the five world religions had spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere. 4. New intellectual and artistic ideas that developed during the Renaissance marked the beginning of the modern world. 5. By 1500 a.d. (c.e.), major states and empires had developed in various regions of the world.
 * Essential Understandings**