Unit 1 Intro Lesson 2 - Teaching World History

What was one major change during medieval and early modern times?

• Increase in world population
• Decrease in agricultural lifestyles
• Decrease in technological advancements
• Decrease in world population

What led to the increase in the world's population during medieval and early modern times?

• Decrease in technological advancements
• Increase in wars and conflicts
• Decrease in agricultural lifestyles
• Increase in agricultural lifestyles

What major change during medieval and early modern times enabled the production of more food and items?

• Decrease in agricultural lifestyles
• Advancement of technologies
• Decrease in global trade routes
• Increase in wars and conflicts

What emerged during medieval and early modern times that allowed people to interact and exchange products and ideas?

• Decrease in agricultural lifestyles
• Decrease in technological advancements
• Global trade routes
• Decrease in world population

What rose to power during medieval and early modern times to rule over the world's people?

• Democratic governments
• Anarchies
• Dictatorships
• Powerful kingdoms, empires, and patriarchal societies

What was one major change during medieval and early modern times that had an impact on the environment?

• Decrease in human impact on the environment
• Increase in human impact on the environment
• Decrease in agricultural lifestyles
• Decrease in world population

What is a site of encounter?

• A place where people go to relax
• A specific place where people from different cultures meet and exchange products, ideas, and technologies
• A place where people go to exercise
• A place where people from the same culture meet

What is one benefit of studying sites of encounter?

• Learning about only Western Europe
• Learning about only one culture
• Gaining an understanding of multiple cultures and perspectives at once
• Gaining an understanding of only one perspective

What is one way studying sites of encounter can provide a more global understanding of medieval history?

• By ignoring the impact of cultures on each other
• By focusing only on Western Europe
• By ignoring other cultures
• By exploring the historical happenings of specific locations

What is one location studied in the program as a site of encounter?

• Rome
• New York
• Paris
• London