D -- summarize the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the Ottoman, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Empires.

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1 First Global Era ( ) -- recognize the characteristics of Renaissance thought. M -- compare and contrast Italian secular and Christian Humanism. M -- demonstrate an understanding of the contributions of Renaissance artists, writers, and thinkers to Western Civilization. M -- compare and contrast the beliefs of Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism. M -- explain the impact of religious thought on political, military, and social history. M -- evaluate the causes and effects of the Age of iscovery on European nations. M -- evaluate the effects of the Age of iscovery on Africa, Asia, and the Americas. M -- evaluate changes in world political boundaries between 1450 and 1770, such as European expansion of political and military power in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. -- summarize the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the Ottoman, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Empires. -- describe the major ideas and philosophers of the Enlightenment and their historical legacy. M -- explain the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. -- evaluate the origins, impact, and legacy of the slave trade on history. M -- identify the major events and personalities of the Elizabethan Era. M -- examine the growth of Christianity in different parts of the world from 1450 to examine the character of powerful monarchies during the16th-18th centuries. -- examine the impact of expanding capitalistic enterprise and commercialization on state, class, and/or race relations. -- compare and contrast the impact of the 7 Years' war on Britain and France and their colonies. M -- discuss the pivotal events and turning points in each century. M Revised 8/1/03 1

2 Era of Revolutions ( ) -- explain how various factors, such as industrialization, migration, diets, scientific achievements, and medical accomplishments, created significant changes in world population and urbanization between 1750 and discuss the events leading to the American Revolution and its effect. M -- examine various factors, such as the Seven Years War, Enlightenment thought, and/or rising internal economic crisis, that impacted political conditions in Old Regime France. -- evaluate the effect of the Haitian Revolution on race relations and slavery in the French empire. -- examine the political and ideological objectives of the Latin American independence movement between 1808 and trace the causes and course of the Industrial Revolution. M -- evaluate the social, political, and economic consequences of the Industrial Revolution. M -- examine the causes and effects of the 19th century revolutions in Europe. M -- evaluate how European nationalism created opposition and strain in the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. -- compare and contrast industrialization and its impact on society in countries such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, and/or the United States. -- identify the role of Father Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican Revolution. -- understand the importance of the Crimean War's outcome to England. -- examine internal and external causes of the Meiji Restoration. European Colonialism -- evaluate the role of British colonialism in India. M -- evaluate the role of European colonialism in East Asia. M Revised 8/1/03 2

3 -- evaluate the effects of European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. M -- evaluate the effects of European imperialism in Africa. M 20th Century -- compare the industrial power of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States in the early 20th century. -- examine the causes of World War I. -- examine how propaganda was used to create civilian support of "total war". -- examine accomplishments of the women's movement in the context of World War I and its aftermath. -- evaluate the social, political, cultural, and economic results of WWI. M -- identify causes, personalities and results of the Russian Revolution. M -- explain how the Bolsheviks made adjustments to Marxism to suit specific conditions in Russia. -- describe Lenin's political ideology. -- examine the causes of the Great epression. M -- examine the social, political, and economic consequences of the Great epression. M -- examine the causes of WWII. M -- explain significant turning points of World War II. -- evaluate the consequences of World War II as a "total war". -- compare and contrast both sides of the debate surrounding the use of the atomic bomb during World War II. -- evaluate the history of anti-semitism and its role in the Holocaust. M -- understand the development of fascism as a form of government and type of political thinking. -- explain Benito Mussolini's rise to power. Revised 8/1/03 3

4 -- explain Francisco Franco's rise to power. -- understand the development of Nazism as a form of government and type of political thinking. -- explain Adolf Hitler's rise to power. -- understand the ideas of Nazism presented in Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf. -- trace the origins, events, and results of the Cold War. M -- compare and contrast NATO and the Warsaw Pact. M -- comphrehend how certain locations during the Cold War became hot spots. M -- describe the ease of Cold War tensions in the 1970s. -- understand the development of Communism as a form of government and type of political thinking. -- describe the Communist Party's rise to power in China between 1936 and identify reasons for the fall of Communism. -- summarize the collapse of various communist governments in the 1980s and 1990s. -- describe how international circumstances led to the founding of Israel after World War II. -- examine reasons for ongoing conflict between Israel and other neighboring states after World War II. -- examine reasons for the partition of India into two nations. -- examine the conditions of apartheid in Africa after World War II. -- examine how women's movements and social conditions have impacted the lives of women in various regions of the world. -- compare and contrast women's social equality in different countries. -- discuss the origins and doctrines of Islam and apply this knowledge to recent Middle Eastern history. M Revised 8/1/03 4

5 -- discuss recent historical events, their relationships to the past, and their relevance to contemporary society. M Revised 8/1/03 5