(1.2) Unit 1 Overview: The World in 1750

What is one pattern that we can study about history?

What is another way to explain what a narrative is?

What historical perspective has traditionally dominated the narratives of the world at c. 1750?

• The Rise of the East

• The Fall of the West

• The Decline of the East

• The Rise of the West

In the "Rise of the West" narrative, who is still in the dominant position today?

• The "West"

• The "East"

• The United States

• China

• Russia

We test things using...

What is a history frame?

List at least two of the empires that had existed for centuries by c. 1750.

...was a state that was relatively new in c. 1750, and had begun to expand across Europe and Asia, in to Eastern Europe and across Asia to the Pacific.

Some of the large widespread religions during this time were (and still are)... [list at least 3]:

Most of what was made or grown in the world c. 1750 was still produced by families or small groups of people and consumed by them or their neighbors. [select 2]

• families

• small groups of people

• large corporations

• factories