3.1
Movement & Global Interconnections
September 1, 2025
Nakshatra Nallacharu
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AI Summary
These revision notes focus on understanding why and how movement or exchange occurred between regions, what was transferred, and the resulting impacts. For example, the Silk Road connected China, the Middle East, and Europe, spreading goods like silk and ideas, while the Columbian Exchange moved crops, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Eurasia after 1492. By examining causes such as political or economic factors and analyzing both immediate and lasting effects, these notes highlight how trade and exploration fostered cultural blending and global connections, sometimes leading to conflict.
Principle
Identify why movement or exchange happened, what was moved, and how it affected the regions involved.
Method
Identify the event, route, or period (e.g., Silk Road, Columbian Exchange, Age of Exploration).
Describe the causes (political, economic, environmental, cultural).
List what moved (people, goods, ideas, technology, disease).
Explain how it spread between regions.
Analyze short-term and long-term effects on societies.
Compare to other examples of global interconnection
Examples
Silk Road: Linked China, the Middle East, and Europe—spread silk, spices, paper, and ideas.
Columbian Exchange: Goods, animals, crops, and diseases moved between the Americas and Eurasia after 1492.
Age of Exploration: Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English voyages expanded sea trade and led to colonization.
Conceptual Notes
Movement creates cultural blending but can also cause conflict.
Trade and exploration connected the world into larger networks.