P- Poverty and Prosperity
O- Objective Knowledge and Subjective Vision
I - Individual and Society
S - States and other Institutions of Power
E - Europe and the World Interact
P OVERTY AND PROSPERITY
- How has capitalism developed as an economic system?
- How has the organization of society changed as a result of or in response to the development and spread of capitalism?
- What were the causes and consequences of economic and social inequity?
- How did individuals, groups, and the state respond to economic and social inequality?
- What roles have traditional sources of authority (church and classical antiquity) played in the creation and transmission of knowledge?
- How and why did Europeans come to rely on the scientific method and reason in place of traditional authorities?
- How and why did Europeans come to value subjective interpretations of reality?
- What forms have family, class, and social groups taken in European history, and how have they changed over time?
- How and why have tensions arisen between the individual and society over the course of European history?
- How and why has the status of specific groups within society changed over time?
- What forms have European governments taken, and how have these changed over time?
- In what ways and why have European governments moved toward or reacted against representative and democratic principles and practices?
- How did civil institutions develop apart from governments, and what impact have they had upon European states?
- How and why did changes in warfare affect diplomacy, the European state system, and the balance of power?
- How did the concept of balanced o power emerge, develop, and eventually become institutionalized?
- Why have Europeans sought contact and interaction with other parts of the world?
- What political, technological, and intellectual developments enabled European contact and interaction with other parts of the world?
- How have encounters between Europe and the world shaped European culture, politics, and society?
- What impact has contact with Europe had on non-European societies?