The Unit Organizer
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NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
Countries Around the World
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LAST UNIT/Experience
Koreas, Vietnam, Japan
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3
CURRENT
CURRENT
UNIT UNIT
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India
NEXT UNIT/Experience
Southwest Asia
UNIT MAP
Multiple Choice-Roles of Citizens
in India, Government of India, Early
Physical
Civilization Achievements, Rules of
the Caste System, Natural Resources
Features
Found in India, Tsunami defenses,
European Country that Controlled India,
Urbanization of India, Population Location
of India, Indicators of High or Low Standard
of Living, ethnocentrism
MatchingBuddhism and Hinduism
*History of How it Started, Main Beliefs,
How it Spread, God(s), Laws They Follow
(4 Noble Truths/8 Fold Path)
Indus and Ganges River
*Location, Reason Why Important,
Why Valuable
Start
with
The physical features, religions
focusing on Hinduism & Buddhism,
history including British Imperialism
and continuing through present day
India's struggles and successes
Which those physical
features are
connected to
Hinduism
That shares
similarities with
Buddhism
Concluding
with
India Today
The history which
includes
Imperial
India
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UNIT
** Denotes Short Answer question
Remember these ideas when answering the Short Answer questions:
1. Use complete sentences
2. Answer ALL the questions
3. You are REQUIRED to use information/data/ideas to explain or defend your ideas
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All of the above ideas are further discussed on your Essay Format Handout AND in class.
Other Important Ideas
Indiana State Standards AND Short Answer Questions are on back.
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
Fill-in- Himalayas, Monsoon,
Subcontinent, Delta, Imperialism,
Gandhi
Indiana State Standards
**Denotes Short Answer Questions
1. Identify and compare the rise of early agricultural river valley civilizations in Africa and Asia. Example: Indus River Valley (7.1.1)
2. Describe the historical origins, central beliefs and spread of major religions. Example: Hinduism, Buddhism (7.1.2)
3. Explain the reasons for European colonization of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific and analyze the long and short term impact that colonization and
imperialism had on the social, political, and economic development of these societies from both the European and indigenous perspectives. Example
British in India (7.1.11)
4. Create and compare timelines that identify major people and events and developments in the history of civilization and/or countries of Africa, Asia and
the Southwest Pacific. Example: India from 1950 to the present (7.1.15)
5. Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Analyze cause-and-effect relationships, bearing in mind multiple causation in the role of individuals, beliefs and
chance in history. Example: Independence movements in India (7.1.16)
6. Distinguish between unsupported expressions of opinion and informed hypotheses grounded in historical evidence. (7.1.17)
7. Compare and contrast perspectives of history in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific using fictional and nonfictional accounts. (7.1.18)
8. Compare, contrast, and evaluate different routes to independence from colonial rule taken by countries in Asia, Africa and the Southwest Pacific.
Example: India (7..2.1)
9. Compare and contrast historical and contemporary governments in India. (7.2.2)
10. Describe how major forms of governments of India currently protect or have protected citizens and their civil and human rights. (7.2.3)
11. Define and compare citizenship and the citizen's role in selected countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Example: Compare methods of
voting, participation in voluntary organizations and participation in government in India (7.2.5)
12. Identify and describe major physical characteristics of regions in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Example: mts, rivers (7.3.4)
13. Identify and explain the importance of the early cultural hearths in the Indus River Valley. (7.3.11)
14. Identify current trends and patterns of rural and urban population distribution in selected countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Example:
Life expectancy, income, industry, education, natural resources, climate and land forms in India. (7.3.8)
15. Provide examples of ethnocentrism and how this attitude affected the relationships between different people in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific.
(7.3.9)
16. **Compare and contrast the standard of living in various countries (India) in Africa, Asia, and Southwest Pacific using Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
per capita, life expectancy, literacy rate as an indicators; hypothesize how factors including urbanization, industrialization, and globalization, could affect
differences in the standard of living statistics. (7.4.4)
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