Standards

The Byzantine Empire and the Calamitous 14th Century Standards

WHS.4A Explain the development of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy as social and political factors in medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire. 

WHS.4F Explain how the Crusades, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years' War contributed to the end of medieval Europe. 

WHS.19B 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.

WHS.28E 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. 

WHS.29A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, and charts to demonstrate the relationship between geography and the historical development of a region or nation. 

WHS.30A Use social studies terminology correctly. 

WHS.30B Use effective written communication skills, including proper citations and avoiding plagiarism. 

WHS.30C Interpret and create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information. 

Chinese Innovations: From the Tang to the Ming Dynasties

WHS.4G Summarize the major political, economic, and cultural developments in Tang and Song China and their impact on Eastern Asia.

WHS.26A 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.

WHS.28E 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.

WHS.30A Use social studies terminology correctly 

The Mongol Empire and Impact on the Asian World 

WHS.1C Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 600 to 1450: the spread of major world religions and their impact on Asia, Africa, and Europe and the Mongol invasions and their impact on Europe, China, India, and Southwest Asia.

WHS.4J Summarize the changes resulting from the Mongol invasions of Russia, China, and the Islamic world. WHS.28C Analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view.

WHS.28E 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.

WHS.30A Use social studies terminology correctly. 

Trans-regional Interactions/Trade 

WHS.4D Describe the interactions among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish societies in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. 

WHS.4I Analyze how the Silk Road and the African gold‐salt trade facilitated the spread of ideas and trade. 

WHS.15B 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.

WHS.29A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, and charts to demonstrate the relationship between geography and the historical development of a region or nation.

WHS.29B Analyze and compare geographic distributions and patterns in world history shown on maps, graphs, charts, and models.

WHS.30A Use social studies terminology correctly.