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government in Japan; the rise of the Marathas and the resulting decline of the Mughal Empire in India; the power of entrenched elites in some societies; access to the military power necessary to enforce or challenge the status quo; changes in social/economic hierarchies in some societies; the influence of religion)
Sample questions: “What were some methods that were used to maintain or enforce political order during this period? What were some methods by which political change was achieved?” “Why were many political thinkers during this time proposing a division between church and state? What impact did such ideas have on political practices in some societies?”
C2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation
FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 analyse some of the causes and consequences of key wars and revolutions in different regions of the world during this period (e.g., the Glorious Revolution, the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, the Portuguese invasion of Congo, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Deccan Wars, the American Revolution)
Sample questions: “What criteria would you use to rank the consequences of the Seven Years’ War? Whose perspective does your ranking reflect? How might your ranking change if
you focused on the perspective of the French government? The British government? Would the ranking change again if you considered the perspectives of French colonists, British colonists, and/or First Nations in colonial North America?”
C2.2 analyse interrelationships between specific groups in various societies around the world during this period (e.g., between slaves and masters, serfs and lords, apprentices and employers, monarchs and subjects, colonizers and colonized peoples, soldiers and commanders, patriarchs and their family, nobility and royalty, daimyos and shoguns, mandarins and local populations, different classes or castes)
Sample questions: “Why is it important to understand the historical context of the time and region when analysing the relationships that existed between castes in India?” “What roles did the husband, wife, and children have in families in different societies during this period? How did laws and social traditions reinforce these roles and interrelations between family members?”
C2.3 analyse the impact of the slave trade during this period on various societies around the world (e.g., with reference to the Arab slave trade; the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies; the use of slaves in indigenous societies in North, Central, and/or South America; slavery in colonial North America and the American republic; the impact of slave auctions and inherited slave status on families)
Sample questions: “What role did the Jesuits play in the transatlantic slave trade? What social attitudes were reflected in the way the Jesuits treated their slaves?” “What was the impact of slavery in the Americas? In what ways are the effects of the African slave trade still felt today?”
C2.4 analyse key causes and consequences of some economic and/or cultural exchanges between different countries or regions during this period (e.g., with reference to trade, technology, the impact of new agricultural products, proselyt- ization, language, the influence of the artistic or cultural production of one society on another)
Sample questions: “What influences under- pinned the design and manufacture of bone China in England during this period?” “Why was Louis XIV intent on having a relationship with China, the Ottoman Empire, and Persia? What were some of the intended and unintended consequences of exchanges between these societies?”
C2.5 analyse the impact of exploration and colonization on colonizers and indigenous peoples during this period (e.g., the economic, social, and environmental impact of the exploitation of colonial resources; the threat of assimilation
and loss of traditional culture; economic partner- ships; loss of land and/or economic control among colonized people; conversion and loss of traditional religious/spiritual practices; resistance to colonial incursions; war, including civil war; death from new diseases; the impact of racism and discrimination)
Sample questions: “How did colonies benefit imperial powers? Did these benefits extend
to colonized peoples? If not, why not?” “How was the establishment of the Métis nation related to the exploration and colonization
of North America?” “In what ways do people today continue to be affected by colonial policies or practices dating from this period?”
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