
- Understand the motivations, technology, and political developments in 15th century Europe which contributed to the rise of the Age of Exploration.
- Understand the global impact of the Columbian Exchange on both native peoples and the European colonizers.
- Understand how exploration fostered the growth of truly global trading networks.
- Identify key historic figures, events, and geography.
- Identify types of primary sources.
- Evaluate the purpose of historic documents and the motivation of their authors.
- Identify key details in historic documents.
- Evaluate the contemporary impact of historic documents.

Compare and contrast historical and cultural ethical perspectives and belief systems.
Access and generate information from a variety of sources, including the most contemporary technological information services.
Reorganize information for an intended purpose, such as research projects.
Analyze and evaluate their own and others' speaking and writing.
Defend conclusions using relevant evidence and reasoned argument.
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