Standards

The Americas Before Columbus: Maya, Aztec, and Inca

WHS.6A Compare the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations and explain how prior civilizations influenced their development.

WHS.26B Summarize the major ideas in astronomy, mathematics, and architectural engineering that developed in the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations.

WHS.28C Analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view.

WHS.28A Identify methods used by archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geographers to analyze evidence.

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. 

European Conquest and Exploration of the Americas: Columbian Exchange and Slave Trade 

WHS.1D Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Ming dynasty on world trade, European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, European expansion, and the Renaissance and the Reformation. 

WHS.6B Explain how the Inca and Aztec empires were impacted by European exploration/colonization. 

WHS.7A Analyze the causes of European expansion from 1450 to 1750. 

WHS.7B Explain the impact of the Columbian Exchange. 

WHS.22C Identify examples of religious influence on various events referenced in the major eras of world history.

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.30AUse social studies terminology correctly. 

Global Trade Patterns around 1500 

WHS.1D Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Ming dynasty on world trade, European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, European expansion, and the Renaissance and the Reformation. 

WHS.4H Explain the evolution and expansion of the slave trade. 

WHS.7C Explain the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa and the Americas. 

WHS.7D Explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe and global trade. 

WHS.7E Explain Ming China's impact on global trade ⓇWHS.7F Explain new economic factors and principles of Europe's Commercial Revolution. 

WHS.20C Identify examples of key persons who were successful in shifting political thought, including William Wilberforce.

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.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.