Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, 2.9)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Fertile Crescent, Indus River Valley, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Code of Hammurabi

2. Vocabulary:

Civilization

Codified Laws

Hierarchy

Migration

Polytheistic

Theocracy

Topography

Values & Beliefs

3. Why did ancient civilizations settle along river valleys?

4. Why do civilizations develop government and laws?

5. What can a civilization’s government and laws tell you about the values and beliefs of the civilization?

6. How did new technology, like metal working, water control (irrigation), and trade impact ancient civilizations?

Unit 3: Rise and Fall of Empires (2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Greece, Rome, Silk Road, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Sparta, Athens, Republic, Constantine

2. Vocabulary:

Cultural Diffusion

Democracy

Empire

Social Classes

Unity

3. Why was it desirable (good) for ancient empires to grow/expand?

4. How were ancient empires, like Greece & Rome, able to grow/expand?

5. How were ancient empires able to manage and unite the diverse cultures and people within the empire?

6. How did the growth/expansion of empires impact the culture of the empire?

7. How did the growth/expansion of empires impact the social classes within an empire?

8. What are some reasons ancient empires, like Greece and Rome, fall?

9. List and explain the effect of two lasting achievements for each of the empire below?

Greece

Rome

Byzantine

Unit 4: World Religions (2.2, 2.5, 2.8)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Confucianism, Caste System

2. Vocabulary:

Caste

Monotheistic

Polytheistic

3. How are a civilization’s values and beliefs influenced by religion?

4. How can religion impact a government?

5. How can religion impact social classes?

6. How can religion aid an empire’s growth?

7. How can religion lead to an empire’s fall?

Unit 5: Middle Ages (2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Byzantine Empire, Justinian Code, Magna Carta, Crusades, Agricultural Revolution, Commercial Revolution

2. Vocabulary:

Feudalism

Industrialization

Monarch

Pope

Secular

Urbanization

3. Why did feudalism develop during the Middle Ages?

4. Why was there a struggle between the religious and secular leaders during the Middle Ages?

5. How did the Crusades impact cultures in the Middle East and Europe?

6. How did the development of new technologies result in an agricultural revolution?

7. How did the agricultural revolution impact the development of towns and the social class structure?

Unit 6: Renaissance, Nation-States, and Exploration (4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Renaissance, Exploration, Columbian Exchange, Colonization

2. Vocabulary:

Absolutism

Colony

Humanism

Nation-State

3. How did increased global interaction lead to the Renaissance?

4. How did the Renaissance change the culture of Europe?

5. Why did exploration become important to nation-states?

6. How did exploration impact Europe?

7. How did exploration impact the Americas & Africa?

Unit 7: Revolutionary Idea (4.1, 6.1, 6.2)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Reformation, Martin Luther, Scientific Revolution, Galileo, Newton, Enlightenment, John Locke, Montesquieu, American Revolution, French Revolution

2. Vocabulary

Humanism

Nationalism

Revolution

Status Quo

3. How did the Renaissance and new technological innovations, like the printing press, influence the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, & the Enlightenment?

4. How did the Reformation impact the culture of Europe?

5. How did the Enlightenment influence Revolutions?

6. How did political revolutions challenge the status quo?

Unit 8: Industrialization, Imperialism, & World War I (6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Industrial Towns, Industrial Revolution, Scramble for Africa, Franco-Prussian War, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, Central Powers, Allied Forces, Western Front, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations

2. Vocabulary

Alliances

Capitalism

Imperialism

Industrialization

Isolationism

Mass Production

Militarism

Resource

Socialism

Specialization

Turning Point

3. What factors influence a nation’s ability to industrialize?

4. How does industrialization impact the environment?

5. How does industrialization impact society?

6. How did industrialization lead to imperialism?

7. How did imperialism lead to tension between nations?

8. How did competition and ethnic tensions lead to World War I?

9. How did new technology impact World War I?

10. Why is World War I considered a turning point in history?

Unit 9: Interwar Years & World War II (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.1)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Great Depression, Russian Revolution, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hirohito, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Axis Powers, Allies, Non-Aggression Pact, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Midway, D-Day, V-E Day, V-J Day, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference, Holocaust, United Nations

2. Vocabulary

Appeasement

Communism

Fascism

Genocide

Totalitarianism

3. How did the Great Depression effect the global community?

4. How did Karl Marx influence the Russian Revolution?

5. How did economic instability lead to the development of totalitarianism in Germany & Italy?

6. Why did Europe use appeasement rather than stopping Germany and Italy from taking over lands prior to World War II?

7. How did the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, lead to World War II?

8. How did World War II impact national and global economies?

9. How did the outcome of World War II cause a shift in the balance of power throughout the world?

10. Why was World War II a turning point in history?

Unit 10: Cold War and Decolonization (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.1)

1. Key People/Places/Events

Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine, Iron Curtain, Mao Zedung, Chiang Kai-shek, Berlin Blockade, Brinkmanship, Domino Theory, Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita Krushchev, John F. Kennedy, Glasnost, Perestrokia, Mahatma Gandhi

2. Vocabulary

Capitalism

Communism

Containment

Decolonization

Partition

Superpower

3. How did the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union result in a Cold war?

4. How did the rise of communism in China affect the economic and political development of other nations?

5. How did the idea of containment influence the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

6. How did the rivalry between the United State and Soviet Union impact international relationships?

7. Why did the Cold War end?

8. After World War II, why did European nations begin to give up control over their colonies?

9. Why were there so many negative outcomes, like war, genocides, terrorism, economic collapse, as a result of decolonization?

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