Jacaranda History Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum, 3e learnON and Print (Paperback, 1st)

About This Resource ix

Acknowledgements xvi

Understanding cognitive verbs

1 Historical concepts and skills 1

1.1 Overview 2

1.2 Historical concepts and skills 4

1.3 SkillBuilder: Historical questions

1.4 SkillBuilder: Chronology

1.5 SkillBuilder: Using historical sources

1.6 SkillBuilder: Continuity and change

1.7 SkillBuilder: Causes and consequences

1.8 SkillBuilder: Historical significance

1.9 SkillBuilder: Communicating

1.10 Review 13

2 Emergence of the modern world in Europe 17

2.1 Overview 18

2.2 How do we know about the emergence of the modern world? 20

2.3 What caused economic and social change in the Early Modern Period? 24

2.4 How did the Protestant Reformation bring about change? 27

2.5 How did the power of rulers change in Early Modern Europe? 32

2.6 What were the achievements of the Scientific Revolution? 36

2.7 Inquiry: What are the different interpretations of issues in pre-Modern Europe? 40

2.8 Review 42

3 Medieval Europe 47

3.1 Overview 48

3.2 How do we know about medieval Europe? 50

3.3 What are the key features of the feudal system? 55

3.4 How was life for people in the feudal system? 59

3.5 What were the defence features of the medieval castle? 63

3.6 How was warfare conducted in the Middle Ages? 66

3.7 How were people punished for committing crimes in medieval times? 70

3.8 What was the power and authority of the Church in medieval times? 75

3.9 What was the power of the written word? 78

3.10 Inquiry: Was King Arthur real? 82

3.11 Inquiry: The Magna Carta 83

3.12 What were the changing relations between Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the Middle Ages? 85

3.13 What was the Black Death? 88

3.14 How did the bubonic plague spread? 92

3.15 How did people respond to the Black Death? 99

3.16 How did the Black Death change society? 104

3.17 Inquiry: How does an event impact different societies? 107

3.18 Review 109

4 The Ottoman Empire 117

4.1 Overview 118

4.2 Leadership and power in the Ottoman Empire 120

4.3 How did the Ottoman Empire expand? 124

4.4 What caused the fall of Constantinople? 129

4.5 Who was Suleiman the Magnificent? 135

4.6 What was life like in the Ottoman Empire? 141

4.7 What was the Ottoman contribution to art, architecture and literature? 147

4.8 Inquiry: Collaborative research 152

4.9 Review 154

5 Renaissance Italy 159

5.1 Overview 160

5.2 How do we know about Renaissance Italy? 162

5.3 What were the origins of the Renaissance? 167

5.4 Why is Florence called the cradle of the Renaissance? 171

5.5 How did Venice contribute to the Renaissance? 177

5.6 What was it like to live during the Renaissance? 183

5.7 How did art, architecture and sculpture change during the Renaissance? 189

5.8 Who contributed to the Scientific Revolution? 194

5.9 How did the Renaissance spread? 199

5.10 What were the Reformation and Counter-Reformation? 203

5.11 What were the legacies of the Renaissance? 206

5.12 Inquiry: Who were the significant women of the Renaissance? 209

5.13 Review 211

6 The Spanish and the Americas 215

6.1 Overview 216

6.2 How do we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas? 218

6.3 Who were the Aztecs? 220

6.4 How did the arrival of the conquistadors change the Americas? 226

6.5 What were the effects of conquest and colonisation? 230

6.6 What were the long-term legacies of conquest and colonisation? 234

6.7 Inquiry: Spanish conquest exhibition 239

6.8 Review 241

7 The Vikings 245

7.1 Overview 246

7.2 How do we know about the Vikings? 248

7.3 How did the geography and climate of Scandinavia influence the Viking way of life? 251

7.4 Who were the Vikings and how did they live? 255

7.5 What was the early Viking religion and how did it change? 260

7.6 What was the impact of the developments in longboat technology? 266

7.7 How did Viking craftwork protect the warriors in battle? 270

7.8 Who did the Vikings attack and raid? 273

7.9 Where did the Vikings begin to settle beyond their homelands? 276

7.10 Where did the Vikings develop trade routes? 279

7.11 What are some of the extraordinary achievements of the Vikings? 283

7.12 What are some factors that led to the decline and end of the Viking Age? 288

7.13 Inquiry: How trustworthy are the sagas? 292

7.14 Review 293

8 Angkor and the Khmer Empire 299

8.1 Overview 300

8.2 How do we know about Angkor and the Khmer Empire? 302

8.3 How much did geography influence Khmer civilisation? 305

8.4 What was the historical setting? 309

8.5 How did the Khmer create an empire? 313

8.6 How did religions influence the Khmer Empire? 317

8.7 What was life like in the Khmer Empire? 322

8.8 Why are Angkor’s buildings famous? 326

8.9 Why did Angkor and the Khmer Empire decline? 330

8.10 What are the legacies of the Khmer Empire? 333

8.11 Inquiry: Contested histories 338

8.12 Review 340

9 Japan under the sh ? oguns 345

9.1 Overview 346

9.2 How do we know about Japan under the shoguns? ? 348

9.3 What was life like in early Japan? 353

9.4 How did the shoguns ? take control? 358

9.5 How did Japanese society organise itself? 366

9.6 Who were the samurai? 371

9.7 How did people express themselves? 375

9.8 How did people use the land? 380

9.9 How did Japan rejoin the world? 383

9.10 Inquiry: What is the significance of Shinto? and Buddhism? 389

9.11 Review 391

10 Mongol expansion 397

10.1 Overview 398

10.2 How do we know about the Mongol expansion? 400

10.3 What was China like before Mongol conquest? 404

10.4 Who were the Mongols? 410

10.5 How did Temujin come to power? 414

10.6 How did the Mongols conquer the world? 417

10.7 What was China like under Mongol rule? 423

10.8 What was the Yuan court like? 428

10.9 Was there peace under Mongol rule? 432

10.10 How did the empire end? 435

10.11 Inquiry: How did the Mongolian armies conquer and control societies? 439

10.12 Review 440

11 Polynesian expansion across the Pacific 445

11.1 Overview 446

11.2 How do we know about the Polynesian expansion across the Pacific? 448

11.3 Exploring the Polynesian Triangle 451

11.4 What happened on Rapa Nui? 455

11.5 What was life like in Hawai’i? 460

11.6 Who were the people of Aotearoa? 464

11.7 Were customs and culture the same everywhere? 470

11.8 What happened when Polynesians settled and stayed? 475

11.9 Inquiry: Religion in Polynesia 479

11.10 Review 481

Glossary 485

Index 492