Global Interactions

Virginia SOL WHII.5

Understand Asia from 1500 to 1800 A.D. in terms of trade, empires, and cultural developments.

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe the location and development of previously established trade routes and the Ottoman Empire.
  • Describe the location and development of northern and southern empires in India including major trading posts and the growth of Sikhism.
  • Describe the location, origins, and development of China including the Ming and Qing (Manchu) dynasties.
  • Describe the location, origins, and development of Japan including the Tokugawa shogunate's closed-country policy and the roles of the emperor and shogun.