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.