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WORLD HISTORY SYLLABUS
MRS. HUMPHREYS
JHUMPHREYS@BEHS.COM
First Quarter
I. Agricultural Revolution Helps Form Civilizations
II. Civilizations
A. Ten Characteristics of Civilizations
1. Religion as a Characteristic: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
III. More Advanced Civilizations Develop
A. Greeks
1. Birthplace of Democracy
B. Romans
1. Unity of the Roman Empire
2. Birthplace of Christianity
3. Causes of the fall
4. Continuation of the Byzantine Empire
IV.Renaissance
V. Reformation
VI. Exploration
A. Conquistadors encounter Mesoamerican Indians
VII. Empires of Asia (combine Chs.14 and 18)
A. Mongols
B. Chinese Dynasties
C. Japanese Empire
VIII. Rise of Absolute Monarchs
IX. Enlightenment (ch. 20.2,.3)
SECOND QUARTER
I. English and American Revolutions
II. French Revolution
III. Industrial Revolution/Cultural Revolution
IV. Democratic Reform Movements
V. Increased Nationalism
THIRD QUARTER
I. World War I/The Years Between the Wars
II. World War II
III. Changes in Post War Africa (ch.34)
IV. The Cold War (ch. 32)
FOURTH QUARTER
I. Role of Asia and the Pacific in the World Since 1945
II. The Middle East since 1945
III.Political and Economic Reform in Latin America
IV. The Cold War Ends/A World in Transition
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