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What’s In A Name: Maritime Conquest and Place Name Changes

Resource type Lesson plan
Published date 12 Jan 2022
DescriptionHow have trade, imperialism, and conquest impacted regions of the world over time? Using the World Historical Gazetteer, this lesson uses the example of place name changes to examine this question and considers the causes, aspects, and results of these changes.
Subjects World History, AP Human Geography
Grade levels 9-12
Keywords Maritime, Colonization, Port Cities, Taiwan
Author(s) Catherine Fratto
Region(s) Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia