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Topic 4.2: Exploration: Causes and Events

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Additional Resources

Additional resources supporting Topic 4.2: Exploration: Causes and Events from AMSCO® Advanced Placement® World History: Modern [1200–Present].

OpenStax Text

The following references and links are to the OpenStax Text, World History Volume 2, from 1400.

Resource

Book Page(s)

Online

2.1 India and International Connections

45–50

2.2 The Malacca Sultanate

53–56

5.2 Crossing the Atlantic

168–176

5.3 The Mercantilist Economy

183–185

6.1 European Colonization in the Americas

213–217

Kordas, Ann, Ryan J Lynch, Brooke Nelson, and Julie Tatlock. World History Volume 2, from 1400. Houston, Texas: OpenStax, 2025.

OpenStax Text materials are © 1999-2025, Rice University. Except where otherwise noted, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


Video Resources

The following video resources are have been created by various authors and supplement the Topic 4.2: Exploration: Causes and Events from AMSCO® Advanced Placement® World History: Modern [1200–Present].

Causes of European Exploration

"Causes of European Exploration" by Steve Heimler from Heimler's History (YouTube).

Columbus, De Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners

"Columbus, De Gama, and Zheng He 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21" by John Green from Crash Course (YouTube).

The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation

"The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25" by John Green from Crash Course (YouTube).

Deep Dive: 4.2 Prince Henry the Navigator

"Deep Dive: 4.2 Prince Henry the Navigator" by Emily Glankler from Anti-Social Studies Channel (YouTube).

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