World History Learning Targets
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Chapter 1 (The beginnings)
Hunting/Gathering—fire and tools
Neolithic Revolution Agriculture to civilization
Chapter 2 (Mesopotamia and Egypt)
1. Importance of rivers to civilization: Water transportation/crops/etc./effect on
religion
2. Factors of a stable/lasting civilization in Hamurabi—good goals, common
stable values/government
3. Trading/shipping/alphabet pheocians…Inventions due to agriculture
4. Religion: Big 3Judiasm, Christianity, Islam
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Chapter 3 ( India and China)
Review impact of rivers and climate
(Geography)Religion/culture/Government play in forming a civilization
Impact of Hinduism/Caste system
Impact of Buddhism
Silk Road/Trade/Natural resources
Confucianism
Dynasty’s role—focus Han and the Great wall
Chapter 4 (Ancient Greece)
Impact of Geography (Mountain and Seas)
Rise of Greeks and City-States
Major Greek Wars/Rivalries—Athens and Sparta & Persians
Major cultural contributions of
GreeceMythology/literature/philosophy/democracy
5. Alexander the Great
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Chapter 5 ( Ancient Rome)
Geography on Romecentral location made Rome suitable location
trade/government/expansion
Impact Roman politics and military—organized
Influence Roman law on modern law
Punic Wars: Determined Rome to be supreme power over Carthage
Fall of Republic and Rise of the Roman Empire
Life in Ancient Rome: Gladiators
Religion—polytheistic to Jewsmonotheismrise of Christianity
Rise and Fall of Roman Empire
Chapter 6 (The World of Islam)
1. Impact/life of Muhammad Revisit the Islam religion
2. Arab conquestsHow spread Islam spread rapidlyImpact of the Battle of
Tours
3. Impact of Geography/trade allowed growth of urban and rural areas
4. How Islam culture contributed to advancements for the world in philosophy,
science, and history
Chapter 7 (Early African Civilizations)
1. Impact of Geography: How climate zones influenced history and culture
2. The control of trade routes was a source of power for African Kingdoms
3. Identify some key elements to early African culturecommon ancestors,
importance of family, community education…etc-Activity incorporate
culture using oral tradition
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Chapter 8 (The Asian World)
Briefly mention the fall of the Han caused a long period of division and chaos
in China
Chinese government-Civil servicealso talk about Marco Polo
The Rise of the Mongols under Genghis KhanHeight of Mongols under
Kublai Khan
Mongol societyreligion/government/culture
Geography leads to more seclusion
Japan’s division in leadership to Feudal JapanShogun/Samurai
Shinto religion/life in early Japan
Islam influencing India
Map of Southeast Asia and briefly talk about Life in Southeast Asia
Chapter 9 (Emerging Europe and the Byzantine Empire)
Explain the transition from a centralized empire to fragmented Kingdoms to
Feudalism
Describe the system of Feudalism
Compare and Contrast Kingdom of England/France/Holy Roman Empire in
the Middle Ages
Explain the connection between the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire
Explain why Christians engaged in the crusades
Chapter 10 (Europe in the Middle Ages)
Advances in farmingdaily life of a peasant
Identify the political power of the ChurchInquisition
Culture/education in the Middle Agesforming universities/literature
The Death and upheaval Black Plague/Decline of Church/Hundred Years’
War
Political recoveryrise of the Monarchy
Chapter 11 (The Americas)
1. Compare and Contrast the different groups in the Americas
2. MesoamericaCompare and Contrast Olmec/Maya/Aztec/Inca
Chapter 12 (Renaissance and Reformation)
1. Italian city-states that were the center of Italian political, economic, and social
lifewhy did it start there?
2. Renaissance SocietyNobility, peasants, townspeople, Machiavelli Power
3. The Revival of arts and ideashumanism, literature, education, art
4. The Division of Catholism/origin of LuthernismMartin Luther
5. Spread of ProtestantismDifferent factions evolve/break of England
6. Catholic Reformation
Chapter 13 (The Age of Exploration)
1. Exploration by the explorers of this time period
2. Spain and Portugal set up empires and profited from the resources and trade of
their colonies
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Chapter 14 (Crisis and Absolutism in Europe)
Identify the causes of conflict between Catholics and Protestants
Explain the impact of religious wars on Europe
Analyze the pros and cons of despotism
Provide some examples of European culture in the 1600-1700’s
Chapter 15 (The Muslim Empires)
1. The expansion of the Ottoman Empirecause and effectsculture and
religion
2. Rise Moguls and Decline of Mogulsleads to colonization by British
Chapter 16 (The East Asian World)
1. China meets the West: China isolated itself/fell behind in technologyleads
to European interferencespice trade in South East Asia
2. Japan becomes unified under Tokugawabrief European contactremained
isolated
Chapter 17 (Revolution and Enlightenment)
1. Identify the main ideas of the scientific revolution
2. Explain the shift in thought process that developed from the Middle Ages to
the Enlightenment periodcultural/political/religious/
3. Understand the connection between the Enlightenment and the American
Revolution
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Chapter 18 (The French Revolution and Napoleon)
List and describe the main causes leading to the French Revolution in
1789Three Estates/Financial crisis/American Revolution/Estates-General
Identify and explain the shift in the Revolution to violent radicalism1st
RepublicReign of TerrorRise of the Revolutionary powerThe
DirectoryNapoleon
Identify the factors that enabled Napoleon to rise to power
Describe the domestic contributions made by Napoleon
Identify the factors that led to the fall of Napoleon and his empire
Chapter 19 (Industrialization and Nationalism)
Describe the factors that allowed the industrial revolution in Britain.
Identify the impact of the industrial revolution
Identify the congress of Vienna
List and describe examples of revolution in Europe
Explain how nationalism led to the unification of Germany and Italyand
how it effected the other European nationsFrance/AustriaHungary/Russia/United States
6. Examine Great Britain’s stability and rise to World Empire during this period
7. Discuss new scientific advancementPasteur and Darwin
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Chapter 20 (Mass Society and Democracy)
1. Examine the Rise of the Global economyinventions/assembly
line/factories/working class/Marx’s Theory/Unions form
2. Identify how the Industrialization led to changes in societyurban
growth/improvements in health and sanitation/corporate elite, middle-class,
urban class/ changes with women in society/advancements in
education/importance of leisure time/
3. Analyze the connection between industrialization and the rise of
democracythe growing prosperity
4. Identify the national rivalries in the late 1800s early 1900s
5. Examine the influence of scienceMarie Curie/Einstein/Freud
6. Define Social Darwinism/Anti-Semitism/Zionism
Chapter 21 (The Height of Imperialism)
1. Explain how industrialization led to European Imperialism during the late
1800s and early 1900snew resources/markets/military power to defend
economy/compete with rival nations
2. Analyze the effects of Imperialism on Native peoples
3. Analyze the political and economic structure of Latin AmericaRevolt in
Mexico/Revolt in South America/Caudillos
Chapter 22 (East Asia Under Challenge)
1. Define and identify the spheres of influence in China
2. Identify the factors leading up to the rise of Modern Japan
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Chapter 23 (War and Revolution World War I)
Identify both short-term and long-term causes of World War I.
Explain why there was a stale-mate on the Western front of World War I.
Explain how the Russian Revolution led to the end of the Eastern front.
Analyze the impact of the United States entry into World War I.
Analyze the Treaty of Versailles
Chapter 24 (The West Between the Wars)
1. Identify the causes and effects of the Great Depressionhow did it effect
various countries/rise of dictators
2. Describe communism in the early part of the Soviet Union.
3. Analyze the Spanish Civil War
4. Identify the factors that contributed to the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany
5. Identify the influences of propaganda on mass societies
Chapter 25 (Nationalism Around the World)
1. Identify the tensions between the Arabs and JewsBalfour
Declaration/Zionist movement/problem of Palestine
2. Describe the military build up of Japan
Chapter 26 (World War II)
List the steps that Hitler took to provoke/test the rest of Europe.
List the steps that the Japanese took to provoke/test the United States
Analyze the initial success of Germany and Japan during World War II.
Describe the reasons the Allies became successful against Germany and Japan
and eventually were victorious.
5. Identify the horrors faced by people who were sent to Nazi concentration
camps
6. Describe the impact war has on the civilian population
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