World History Essay Question P2

SUGGESTED TIME—40 MINUTES FOR EACH PART

Directions: You are to answer the following question. In writing your essay, you should use the first 5 minutes planning your essay. Your essay should:

• Have a relevant thesis supported by appropriate historical evidence.

• Answer all parts of the question.

• Use historical context to show change and/or continuity over time.

Explain how the globalization of commerce brought about major changes over time among the peoples of two of the regions listed below between 1450 and 1750. Note major developments, exchanges, shifts of power, and demographic changes.

• Eurasia

• Africa

• The Americas
Compare and contrast the impact of the Mongol invasions on each of the three regions listed below. In writing your essay, explain each region’s response to the invasion and discuss whether the original society was strengthened or weakened by the invasion.

• China

• India

• Russia