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Essential Outcomes

1st Trimester Essential Outcomes

1. Explain where humans originated and in which directions they migrated.
2. Summarize what the “Neolithic Revolution” was.|
3. Explain why the first human civilizations developed in river valleys.
4. List the primary results of the Greek victories during the Persian Wars.
5. Compare and contrast Athenian society with Spartan society.
6. Why was the period of time from 31 BC to 169AD in Roman history known as the “Pax Romana?
7. In your opinion, what was the biggest reason for the fall of the Roman Empire and why?
8. Identify the most important prophet of Islam.
9. Describe the five pillars of Islam.
10. Explain the economic system of “manorialism.”
11. Define “Feudalism.”
12. Explain what the “Inquisition” was.
13. What separated the middle class from the rest of medieval society?
14. Explain the purpose of the Crusades.
15. What were the long-term effects of the “Black Death?”
16. Define “Renaissance” and “Humanism.
17. Illustrate how Gutenberg’s printing press contributed to the Protestant Reformation.

  2^nd Trimester Essential Outcomes

18. What were the reasons for European exploration of the unknown (to them) world?
19. Explain the concept of “mercantilism.”
20. Describe what the “Middle Passage” was like for African slaves.
21. Define “absolutism” and provide two examples of absolutist European rulers.
22. What was the Enlightenment?  How was it related to the Scientific Revolution?
23. How are the ideas of John Locke and Montesquieu important to the history of the United States
24. Identify the causes of the French Revolution.
25. Distinguish between capitalism, socialism, and communism.
26. Contrast the ideas of Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” with those of Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto.”
27. Discuss the major effects that the Industrial Revolution had on the global economy and the lives of workers.
28. Compare nationalism, fascism, and totalitarianism.
29. Identify the primary cause of World War I.
30. Determine the long-term effects of the Treaty of Versailles.
31. Discuss the significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
32. Make a judgment on President Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons on Japan.
33. Define genocide and relate this idea to the Holocaust.
34. Identify the world’s two superpowers after World War II.

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