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Interpreting Trade Route Data from the Mercantile Era
Analyze shipping data and cargo route maps to understand global commodity flows during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Mapping Imperialism and Demographic Legacies
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Use historical and contemporary maps, demographic charts, and spatial data to infer the enduring impacts of colonization and empire.
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Learning standards covered
6.3.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeUse maps and other data sets to make inferences about the lasting impacts of exploration, colonization, and/or imperialism.
6.3.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeUse primary and secondary sources to draw conclusions about the positive and negative economic impacts of expansion and major global conflicts (for example, Colombian Exchange, economic depressions, rise of factories, effects of famine, slave trade).