World History					Unit Objectives					Mr. Thorsen

Ancient Civilizations
-What were the impacts of the agricultural revolution on human societies?
-Assess the roles of religion and compare and contrast the ancient religions.
-Explain the major achievements of the early civilizations of the Fertile Crescent, 
 India and China and the contributions these groups made to modern civilizations.
-Describe the highly developed civilization of ancient Egypt and the role of 
 geography, religion and the pharaoh played in civilization.
-What was the covenant between YHVH and the Israelites and why did they need it?
-What was the impact of the Hyksos invasion upon the Egyptians?
-Identify the main people, places and concepts of ancient India and China.

Greece
-Explain the reasons why the Minoan civilization became so advanced.
-Analyze the roles of the Minoan navy.
-What caused the collapse of the Minoan civilization?
-How did the Mycenaeans come to dominate the Aegean?
-Evaluate the causes for the Trojan War and its effects upon the Mycenaean civilization.
-Predict the possible effects of the Dorian invasion upon the Mycenaean world.
-Identify and describe the 3 centers of Greek culture.
-What were the steps that led to democracy?
-Identify and evaluate the significance of the main people and events of the Persian Wars.
-How did the Greek victory in the Persian Wars impact Athens?
-Evaluate the reasons for the Peloponnesian Wars and the Spartan victory.
-Evaluate the impact of Philip and Alexander of Macedonia upon the known Eastern World. 

Rome
-Describe Roman culture and the importance of the family unit
-What was the impact of Tarquin the Proud's reign upon the future Roman government?
-What are the social, political & economic factors that gave rise to the middle class & how did they ultimately take power in Rome?
-Evaluate the impact of the 395 BC Gallic invasion of Rome upon the Roman civilization
-Analyze why the Roman expansion was so effective in keeping the territories & peoples conquered
-Identify the main characters & events of the Punic Wars
-What conditions brought about the civil wars and social turmoil 
-Analyze the effects of Gauis Marius' and Cornelius Sulla's reforms on the Roman civilization
-Identify the main people and events of the first and second Triumverates 
-Analyze the reasons for Jesus of Nazareth’s execution and His impact on the Earth
-What was the impact of the Roman defeat at Teutenberg forest on Rome and the world languages? 
-Evaluate and assess the factors/ events that brought down the collapse of the W. Roman Empire

Feudalism 
-Describe the major events and people that shaped the Byzantine Empire from the founding of Constantinople to its fall.
-Explain how the Russian society evolved and evaluate the impact of the Mongolian invasion had on Russia.
-Explain the importance of the Kingdom of the Franks on Western Europe and its impact on the Roman Catholic Church.
-Sequence the series of events that led to the rise of feudalism and explain why feudalism emerged.
-What was the inherent structural weakness within feudalism?
-Assess the effectiveness of feudalism in defending territory from invaders
-Describe the reasons for the crusades
-Evaluate the justification used by Western Europeans to launch the crusades
-Identify the main characters and events of the crusades
-Describe the social, political and economic changes that occurred in Europe as a result of the crusades
-Identify and evaluate the causes for the 100yrs War
-Identify the main characters & events of the 100yrs War
-Analyze the impact of the use of gunpowder and the longbow on feudalism & warfare
-Describe the effects of the 100yrs War on France & feudalism
-Compare and contrast the medieval kingdoms of England, France, the Holy Roman Empire
-What was the reconquista and was it successful? 

Renaissance & Reformation
-Sequence the series of events and conditions that caused the Renaissance and analyze how it impacted European society
-Why did the Renaissance first emerge in Italy and why did the Italian city-states develop republics?
-Compare and contrast the old medieval view versus humanism
-Evaluate the impact of Gutenberg’s printing press upon society, religion and learning
-Identify the main artists and writers of the Renaissance
-Identify key people, events and concepts of the Scientific Revolution 
-Sequence the events, people and concepts that caused the Reformation
-Why was the Reformation successful in Germany?
-Evaluate the impact of Luther and Calvin on the Reformation 
-Identify key people, events and concepts of the Reformation in England and the Counter Reformation  

Age of Exploration
-Compare and contrast the Mayan, Aztec and Incan civilizations
-Describe Feudal Japan and the importance of the Shogun
-What factors and inventions brought about the Age of Exploration?
-Identify key explorers and conquistadors and analyze their importance
-Compare and contrast the various exploration and colonization goals behind the major European powers
-Explain how Cortes and Pizarro were able to conquer the Aztec and Incan Civilizations
-What were joint stock companies, who used them and why and who didn't use them and why?  

Age of Absolutism
-What issues did Charles V Hapsburg deal with as Holy Roman Emperor?
-Assess the consequences of Philip II's decisions with England and the Dutch?
-Explain how inflation occurred in Spain and its consequences for the kingdom.
-What were the consequences and effects of the Spanish Armada's defeat in 1588?
-Describe the struggle between the English monarch's and parliament culminating in the Glorious Revolution
-How did Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV centralize the power in France?
-Describe the impacts of Peter and Catherine the Great upon Russian society

Revolutions
-Who were the philosophes and how did Enlightenment ideas lead to the American and French Revolution?
-What economic, political and social factors brought about the French Revolution?
-What was the goal of the French Republic and its effect upon European monarchies?
-What led to the Reign of Terror and why did it end?
-Explain the conditions that brought about the rise of Napoleon
-Evaluate the reign of Napoleon and his impact upon France and Europe
-What was the Continental System and why was it created?
-Explain the struggle between reactionaries and liberals

Industrial Revolution
-How did the Industrial Revolution emerge and why first in England?
-Identify the main inventors and inventions of the Industrial Revolution
-Identify the main thinkers and their theories of the Industrial Revolution
-What impact did unions have on the Industrial Revolution?
-What are the reasons European powers became imperialistic?
-How did imperialism impact African and Asian peoples?

Imperialism
-How did the Industrial Revolution emerge and why first in England?
-Identify the main inventors and inventions of the Industrial Revolution
-Identify the main thinkers and their theories of the Industrial Revolution
-What impact did unions have on the Industrial Revolution?
-What are the reasons European powers became imperialistic?
-How did imperialism impact African and Asian peoples?

World Gone Mad I
-What are the factors that led to the most destructive war the world had yet seen?
-How did the Franco-Prussian War lead to the Great War?
-What finally caused the European powers to unleash their fury on one another?
-What was the significance of the battles of the Marne, Tannenberg, Gallipoli, Verdun, Somme, and 2nd Marne?
-What made life in the trenches a living nightmare?
-What made 1917 a dark year for the Allies?
-Why did the US stay neutral and what finally caused the US to join the Allies?
-What was the strategic reason for Wilson issuing the 14 points?
-What were the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles?

March of Dictators
-In what ways was the USA's prosperity superficial? 
-What factors led to the Great Depression?
-What are the conditions that give rise to radicalism in a society?
-How did the nazis and Hitler gain control of Germany?
-What brought about the Russian Revolution and the rise of Bolshevism?
-Describe life under Stalinist Russia.

WWII
-Analyze the effectiveness of the Allies handling of German violations to the Treaty of Versailles.
-What are the steps of Germany taking over Europe?
-What are the social, economic, and political reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
-How did the United States defeat Japan?
-Analyze the reasons why the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan