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Let’s Find a Deal – How the Crusades Led to the Expansion of Trade

Time: 60 mins,
Updated: October 23 2020,
Author: Angie Battle, Ann Heermann
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the incentives of creating various new trade routes.
  • Explain why Europeans in the Middle Ages began to explore beyond their borders.
  • Discuss the costs and benefits of trade during the Middle Ages.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

State Standards

Common Core State Standards

Concepts

Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade, Incentives
Subjects:
Economics,Social Studies

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