Lesson 1.2
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Section 2
Section 2 - Lesson 1 Continued
What global contacts and connections exist?
Contact with communities outside of your borders is not just a twenty-first-century activity. For economic, political, and social reasons, members of diverse communities established contact and relationships that fostered trade and the exchange of ideas, beliefs, and traditions.
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The world, my cola, and my hamburger
Africa's history and global connections
Historical global connections made by ChinaΒ (Learn Alberta password)
Examine the trade routes of steam ships through the Panama Canal. What global contact was established in 1912?
Examine the map. Identify the global contacts connected to manufacturing regions.