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AP World History - Unit 4 Review: SPICE (1450-1750)

ap world history - unit 4 review: spice (1450-1750)

originally streamed in 2020 with Melissa LongneckerTeacher

Review session covering AP World History Unit 4 (1450-1750) using the SPICE framework. Learn how to analyze social hierarchies, political empires, the Columbian Exchange, cultural syncretism, and economic systems like mercantilism for your AP exam. ...more

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units

Unit 4 – Global Connections: 1450-1750 Unit 3 – Land-Based Empires (1450-1750)

topics

SPICE Review of 1450 to 1750 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750 4.2 Exploration 4.3 Columbian Exchange 4.4 Maritime Empires Established 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed 4.6 Resistance to European Expansion 4.7 Class and Race from 1450-1750 Labor Systems in the Early Modern World (c. 1450 - c. 1750) Changing Social Hierarchies, 1450-1750 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750 3.1 Expansion of Land-Based Empires 3.2 Governments of Land-Based Empires 3.3 Belief Systems of Land-Based Empires

timestamps

0:00
Introduction and Welcome
1:09
Session Goals
3:19
Key Vocabulary Terms
5:54
SPICE Themes Overview
6:55
Social Theme Continuities
9:01
Social Changes and Elites
12:09
Gender and Family Impacts
13:43
Race-Based Hierarchies
14:44
Answering Questions
19:30
Politics Theme
21:03
Types of Empires
23:09
Land Empires Growth
25:42
Legitimizing Rule
28:19
Politics Questions
32:00
Interactions with Environment
35:39
Columbian Exchange Details
39:51
Environmental Impacts
40:54
Little Ice Age
44:34
Culture Theme
45:07
Religion Reforms
47:44
Religious Syncretism
49:17
Arts and Sciences
52:57
Economics Theme
53:58
European Merchants in Asia
55:01
Silver Trade
56:34
Mercantilism and Companies
1:00:41
Cash Crops and Labor
1:02:45
Unfree Labor Systems
1:06:21
Answering Final Questions
1:15:47
Session Closing

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