World History GeoInquiries

ESRI has released a series of Geoinquiries for World History.  The activities are designed to take about 15 minutes to include and provide an overview of key topics in World History.  Check them out.  Some of the topics may be applicable to American History.

  1. Cradles of Civilization
    Explore the geographic similarities and differences of the locations of the early river valley civilizations.
  2. Silk Roads: Then and Now
    Explore the Silk Roads transfer of goods, ideas, and disease, yesterday and today.
  3. Medieval Europe: Invasions
    Examine Viking, Magyar, and Islamic invasions and their impact on the development of Europe.
  4. The Crusades
    Learn the causes and chronology of the Crusades between 1094 and 1204.
  5. Trade and the Black Death
    Explore the diffusion of the Black Plague through the Silk Road trade routes.
  6. Russian expansion to the sea
    Discover when and how Russia acquired territory between 1553 and 1914 to become the largest country in the world.
  7. Early European exploration
    Compare and contrast Spain’s and Portugal’s early sea explorations to reach Asia.
  8. The Reformation
    Explore the effects of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
  9. The first European industrial revolution
    Discover the first Industrial Revolution–birth and diffusion from 1750 to 1881.
  10. Latin American independence
    Explore the factors leading to the independence movement of Latin American countries.
  11. The age of Napoleon
    Learn about the rise and fall of the French empire during the reign of Napoleon.
  12. Africa’s bounty and borders
    Explore reasons for European colonization in Africa and investigate the effects of colonial-imposed borders.
  13. Post –WWI and The League of Nations
    Analyze the geography of post-WWI Europe, the Middle East, and the League of Nations.
  14. African independence
    Examine the relationship between methods used to gain independence within Africa and political stability.
  15. Cooperation since 1945
    Identify and explain different types of international cooperation since 1945.

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