Study Session

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750)

DBQ + LEQ Studio: Essay planning

Key themes

Flashcard topics

Sample questions

45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

7 min: Warm-up — Write down everything you already know about the topic.
8 min: Flashcards — Review 6 terms that could show up in the documents.
18 min: Outline — Write a thesis and outline 2 body paragraphs.
12 min: Review — Add a sourcing sentence (who wrote a document and why) and a complexity sentence.

Start with these eight terms.

CaravelLateen sailCompassTreaty of TordesillasColumbian ExchangeEncomienda systemHaciendaMita system

Use this as your main timed prompt.

DBQ

Evaluate the extent to which the Columbian Exchange affected the Eastern and Western Hemispheres differently in the period circa 1450 to 1750.

Keep these in mind while you answer.

Write a thesis in 1-2 sentences
Label each paragraph with an argument
Add 1 sentence that shows complexity: another view, or a link to another time or place

Finish with these so what you practiced sticks.

Use these to extend the session or build a full practice set.

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which the Columbian Exchange affected the Eastern and Western Hemispheres differently in the period circa 1450 to 1750.

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which mercantilist policy shaped colonial labor systems in the period circa 1450 to 1750.