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Ivy Waters International Standards · G7.C-01

Feudalism, Geopolitical Empires & Expansion

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G7.C-01Ages 12–13 · Grade 7 · Good Citizenship/Humanities

Feudalism, Geopolitical Empires & Expansion

Societies & Systems (Humanities)

Your child can map and analyze how feudal social pyramids functioned and track how medieval and early modern maritime trade routes expanded global power dynamics.

In real life

Exploring a castle or old trading port, your child maps the pyramid on the spot: "The lord owned this, the peasants worked that." Then they trace on the harbour map how spice ships turned this small town into a power.

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