Social Studies: World History I
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Social Studies
World History I
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This is the first of a two-year, chronologically organized study of world history and geography. In this first year, students study the world from ancient times to 1500. The course highlights the relationship between the geography and history of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Students refine and expand critical thinking skills, practice decision making and problem solving, and formulate questions to guide research.
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standard 10

DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF INTERACTIONS IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE

  benchmark 10.a Locate Major Trade Routes in the Eastern Hemisphere
    indicator 10.a.1 Assess major trade routes of Eastern Hemisphere
  benchmark 10.b Identify Technological Advances, Transfers and Cultural Interactions
    indicator 10.b.1 Describe the exchange of goods throughout the Eastern Hemisphere
    indicator 10.b.2 Describe the transfer of technology throughout the Eastern Hemisphere
    indicator 10.b.3 Describe diffusion of religions & ideas throughout Eastern Hemisphere
  benchmark 10.c Describe Japan, Emphasizing Religious Traditions and Chinese Influence
    indicator 10.c.1 Identify major geographic features important to the study of Japan
    indicator 10.c.2 Examine borrowing and adaptation of Chinese culture in Japan
    indicator 10.c.3 Describe the religion of Shinto and its influence on Japanese society
    indicator 10.c.4 Describe the rise of a powerful samurai class
    indicator 10.c.5 Compare and contrast feudalism in Japan & Europe
  benchmark 10.d Describe Axum, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai in Africa
    indicator 10.d.1 Identify the location and describe the characteristics of Axum
    indicator 10.d.2 Analyze Bantu settlement in East, Central and Southern Africa
    indicator 10.d.3 Evaluate the importance of the Niger River to Ghana's civilization
    indicator 10.d.4 Evaluate importance of salt, gold and the trans-Saharan trade
    indicator 10.d.5 Assess the impact of Islam on civilizations of Ghana, Mali and Songhai
    indicator 10.d.6 Evaluate the significance of Swahili city-states to spread of Islam
    indicator 10.d.7 Explain the rise of Zimbabwe
    indicator 10.d.8 Assess the role of trading systems in expanding the slave trade
  benchmark 10.e Describe China during the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties
    indicator 10.e.1 Describe the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties
    indicator 10.e.2 Evaluate achievements in architecture, painting, poetry - Tang & Song
    indicator 10.e.3 Describe the flourishing Chinese economy under Song rule
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