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Lesson 15: The Marriage of Science and Empire

Lesson 15

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2026-09-17

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Explain how modern science and European empires supported each other through expeditions, cartography, natural history, archaeology, and linguistics.
Evaluate the multiple ways in which Cook's voyages, the prevention of scurvy, and the colonial consequences in Australia and Tasmania influenced one another.
Analyze how the exploratory mindset of "admitting ignorance" was reflected in blank spaces on maps, the conquest of the Americas, and global imperial expansion.
Compare European expansion with Zheng He's voyages and the differing attitudes toward overseas expansion held by non-European powers such as the Ottoman Empire and China.

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