Asian+Unit

ASIAN UNIT Influence of Mongolia: Rise of Chinese Invention Essential Question: How can the pursuit of commerce lead to enduring changes in a society?


 * __History: __ **
 * Content Statement 3: ** Germanic invasions helped to break up the Roman Empire and set the stage for the development of feudal and manorial systems. //**Later invasions helped establish Mongol dominance in central Asia and led to the destruction of the Byzantine Empire by the Turks.**//


 * Content Statement 4: ** Mongol influence led to unified states in China and Korea, but the Mongol failure to conquer Japan allowed a feudal system to persist.


 * Content Statement 8: ** Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) and //**Asia**// (Byzantine, Ottoman, Mughal //**and China) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.**//

__**Geography **__ **Content Statement 12:** Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.

**Content Statement 13:** Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.

__ **Economics ** __
 * Content Statement 20: ** The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions of the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.

Content Statement 21: The growth of cities and empires fostered the growth of markets. Market exchanges encouraged specialization and the //**transition from barter to monetary economies**// Secondary Content Statements
 * History **
 * Content Statement 1: ** Historians and archaeologists describe historical events and issues from the perspectives of people living at the time to avoid evaluating the past in terms of today’s norms and values.


 * Geography**
 * Content Statement 14: ** Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of technology and major world religions

__**Government:**__ Content Statement 16: The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues.