Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
c. 1450 - 1750
12-15% of AP Exam
c. 1450 - 1750
12-15% of AP Exam
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Unit 3 Planning Resources (Donate for Access)
Unit 3 Presentations (Donate for Access)
- Ming & Qing China (Topics 3.1, 3.2) Updated 10/2025
- Muslim Land-Based Empires (Topics 3.1, 3.2, 4.7) Updated 10/2025
- Tokugawa Japan (Topics 3.1, 3.2) Updated 10/2025
- Protestant Reformation (+ Renaissance)
- Protestant Reformation (Topic 3.3)
Unit 3 Handouts & Activities (Donate for Access)
- Land-Based Empires Graphic Organizer (Topics 3.1, 3.2)
- Changes and Continuities in Belief Systems (1450-1750) Graphic Organizer (Topic 3.3)
Unit 3 Discussion (Donate for Access)
This discussion is a great way for your students to review the content of Unit 3 before their assessment. Note: I create four rubrics on one Google document and print them out with the setting "four on a page" so I can have smaller copies to attach to my students' discussion questions.
Empires Expand: Ottoman Empire Case Study (Donate for Access)
This activity covers Topics 3.1 and 3.2
Samurai/Tokugawa WebQuest (Donate for Access)
Legitimizing Political Authority: Absolutism Case Study (Donate for Access)
This activity covers Topic 3.2
Autopsy of an Empire Activity (Donate for Access)
The following activities are free to access since I did not create them. I reorganized the content from Stanford History Education Group to streamline them for use in my classes.
Protestant Reformation Document Analysis (FREE to Access!)
Unit 3 Answer Keys
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- Unit 3 Land-Based Empires Graphic Organizer Answer Key
- Unit 3-4 Changes and Continuities in Belief Systems (1450-1750) Graphic Organizer Answer Key
- Unit 3-4 Monumental Architecture Graphic Organizer Key
- Legitimizing Political Rule in France Case Study Graphic Organizer Answer Key
- Ottoman Empire Case Study Graphic Organizer Answer Key
- Unit 3 Study Guide Answer Key