Content Specification - SS.6.7.a.1:
Students will create maps that illustrate items exchanged and ideas spread along the Silk Roads, across the Indian Ocean, and on the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.a.2:
Students will examine how the location of resources helped determine the location of trade routes and the economic impact of the exchange of resources.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.a.3:
Students will study interregional travelers such as Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Mansa Musa, and Zheng He and examine why they traveled, the places visited, what was learned, and what was exchanged as a result of their travel.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.b.1:
Students will map the extent of the Mongol Empire at the height of its power.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.b.2:
Students will examine the methods used by the Mongols to enable them to rule over a diverse population noting how Mongol rule expanded trade.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.b.3:
Students will examine the spread of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) as a result of interregional exchange and its impact on various regions within Afro-Eurasia using a variety of sources such as maps, poetry, and other primary source documents.

Content Specification - SS.6.7.c.1:
Students will examine how various technologies affected trade and exchanges. Some examples are types of ships including junks and caravels, improvements to ships such as sails and rudders, navigation tools such as the compass and astrolabe, and gunpowder.