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Social Studies World History II	Overview This is the second of a two-year, chronologically organized study of world history and geography. In this second year, students study the world from 1500 through the contemporary era. The course weaves together the skills and content of both history and geography so that students may learn how history and geography affect each other and therefore gain a more complete understanding of the world around them, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Students continue to refine and expand critical thinking skills, practice decision making and problem solving, and formulatequestions to guide research.

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DEMONSTRATE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, & ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AT 1500

2.a

Locate Major States and Empires

2.a.1

Explain the development of major states & empires by 1500 AD

2.a.2

Locate major states and empires of the Eastern Hemisphere

2.a.3

Locate major states and empires of the Western Hemisphere

2.b

Describe Artistic, Literary, & Intellectual Ideas from the Renaissance

2.b.1

Define Renaissance as the rebirth of classical times

2.b.2

Trace Renaissance spread from Italian city-states to Northern Europe

2.b.3

Describe accomplishments in the visual arts during the Renaissance

2.b.4

Describe accomplishments in literature during the Renaissance

2.b.5

Describe accomplishments in intellectual ideas during the Renaissance

2.b.6

Describe Machiavelli's political theory

2.c

Describe the Distribution of Major Religions

2.c.1

Describe Judaism and locate concentrations of its followers in 1500

2.c.2

Describe Christianity & locate concentrations of its followers in 1500

2.c.3

Describe Islam & locate concentrations of its followers in 1500

2.c.4

Describe Hinduism & locate concentrations of its followers in 1500

2.c.5

Describe Buddhism & locate concentrations of its followers in 1500

2.d

Analyze Major Trade Patterns

2.d.1

Identify the silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin

2.d.2

Identify maritime routes across the Indian Ocean

2.d.3

Identify Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa

2.d.4

Identify Northern European links with the Black Sea

2.d.5

Identify Western European sea & river trade

2.d.6

Identify the South China Sea and Southeast Asia

2.d.7

Assess importance of trade patterns in exchange of products & ideas

2.e

Cite Major Technological & Scientific Exchanges in Eastern Hemisphere

2.e.1

Explain the spread from China of paper, compass, silk, & porcelain

2.e.2

Explain the spread from India/Middle East of textiles & numeral system

2.e.3

Explain the transfer of scientific knowledge through trade routes

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