- How did the spread of the Black Death across Eurasia in the mid-14th Century permanently restructure European life and society? What positives emerged as a result of the elimination of ½ to 2/3 of the population of Continental Europe?
- In your opinion who were the most important leaders in the development of Western Culture? Use examples from the Florentine Renaissance, Enlightenment, or the American and French Revolutions.
- How did the arrival of gunpowder and print in the 1450s fundamentally change European life and society for all time? How does this influence the Age of Exploration and religious upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries?
- How did the American Revolution inspire other global revolts during the late 18th and early 19th century? Compare and contrast the outcome of the American Revolution with those in France, Haiti, etc.
- Describe and examine the social structures and dynamics that existed within the plantation economy. What were the conditions that helped to bring about the end of slavery during the 19th Century?