Civilization and World History

9-12.WH.1.A

identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events from 8000 BC to 500 BC: the development of agriculture and the development of the river valley civilizations;

9-12.WH.1.B

identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events from 500 BC to AD 600: the development of the classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, Persia, India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han), and the development of major world religions;

9-12.WH.2.A

summarize the impact of the development of farming (Neolithic Revolution) on the creation of river valley civilizations;

9-12.WH.2.B

identify the characteristics of civilization; and

9-12.WH.2.C

explain how major river valley civilizations influenced the development of the classical civilizations.

9-12.WH.3.A

describe the major political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of Persia, India, China, Israel, Greece, and Rome;

9-12.WH.15.A

locate places and regions of historical significance directly related to major eras and turning points in world history;

9-12.WH.15.B

analyze the influence of human and physical geographic factors on major events in world history such as the development of river valley civilizations, trade in the Indian Ocean, and the opening of the Panama and Suez canals; and

9-12.WH.15.C

interpret maps, charts, and graphs to explain how geography has influenced people and events in the past.

9-12.WH.16.A

identify important changes in human life caused by the Neolithic Revolution;

9-12.WH.16.B

summarize the role of economics in driving political changes as related to the Industrial Revolution; and

9-12.WH.18.A

identify the characteristics of monarchies and theocracies as forms of government in early civilizations; and

9-12.WH.19.B

identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: Hammurabi’s Code, the Jewish Ten Commandments, Justinian’s Code of Laws, Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen;

9-12.WH.21.A

summarize the development of the rule of law from ancient to modern times;

9-12.WH.22.B

describe the historical origins, central ideas, and spread of major religious and philosophical traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism; and

9-12.WH.23.A

describe the changing roles of women, children, and families during major eras of world history; and

9-12.WH.25.A

analyze examples of how art, architecture, literature, music, and drama reflect the history of the cultures in which they are produced; and

9-12.WH.25.B

describe examples of art, music, and literature that transcend the cultures in which they were created and convey universal themes.

9-12.WH.26.A

identify the origin and diffusion of major ideas in mathematics, science, and technology that occurred in river valley civilizations, classical Greece and Rome, classical India, the Islamic caliphates between 700 and 1200, and China from the Tang to Ming dynasties;

9-12.WH.26.E

identify the contributions of significant scientists such as Archimedes, Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Galileo, Pythagoras, Isaac Newton, and Robert Boyle.

9-12.WH.27.D

explain the role of telecommunication technology, computer technology, transportation technology, and medical advancements in developing the modern global economy and society; and

9-12.WH.28.A

identify methods used by archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geographers to analyze evidence;

9-12.WH.28.B

explain how historians analyze sources for frame of reference, historical context, and point of view to interpret historical events;

9-12.WH.28.C

analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view;

9-12.WH.28.D

evaluate the validity of a source based on bias, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author;

9-12.WH.28.E

analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time; and

9-12.WH.28.F

construct a thesis on a social studies issue or event supported by evidence.

9-12.WH.30.A

use social studies terminology correctly;

9-12.WH.30.C

interpret and create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.

9-12.WH.31

The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

9-12.WH.4.B

describe the major characteristics of and the factors contributing to the development of the political/social system of feudalism and the economic system of manorialism;