Step 4: Put it All Together
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.
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THE EUROPEAN VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY What role did Europe play in world trade prior to 1492? What role did governments play in European expansion? What role did technology play? |
THE IMPACT OF CONQUEST IN THE AMERICAS What explains the dramatic decline in native populations after the arrival of Europeans in the New World? How did the Columbian Exchange transform the Americas? |
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THE IMPACT OF CONQUEST IN EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD What role did increasing demand for sugar play in shaping the economy and society of the New World? How did European expansion give rise to new ideas about race? 
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MAKE CONNECTIONS How did the developments of the Late Middle Ages create the conditions that made European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries possible? Defend or refute the following statement: “The era of global trade began in the sixteenth century and was initiated by European conquests in the Americas.” 
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