What is a cartographer? How was the work of cartographers' work encouraged by Prince Henry?

What brought about aggressive world powers and how were they defeated in World War II?

What lessons are taught to people today by the Holocaust?

In what different ways was spectacle, royal splendor, or public display evident in the documents? How would you define the purpose of such display? How effective do you think spectacle has been in consolidating state authority?

What conflicts between former allies come about after the end of World War II?

How did U.S. foreign policy after World War II differ from U.S. foreign policy after World War I?

Formulate an evaluative question about the cartoon.

Have a look at the maps in this chapter with an eye to the areas of the world that were not incorporated into a major empire. Pick one or more of them and do a little research as to what was happening there in the early modern era.

Use your problemsolution table to answer the Section Focus Question: How did President Truman use the power of the presidency to limit the spread of communism in East Asia?

Make Generalizations

Describe the conditions that U.S. troops faced during the Spanish-American War, and how they affected the war's outcome.

How might you use these images to support the idea that trade served more than economic needs?

In thinking about the similarities and differences among the empires of the early modern era, what categories of comparison might be most useful to consider?

How was the cause of World War II helped by the peace settlement of World War I?

What did Germany do in the late 1800s to become an industrial giant?