World History 2

Course expectation and description

Welcome
I am your teacher Mr. Miller. I have been teaching at this school for past five years. I went to Old Dominion University for 6 and received a masters in for teaching social studies at a high school level.

Contact information
Any question regarding any assignment can be sent to my school email

Personal expectations
Be on time Have everything you need for class Know when assignments are due Know when we have quiz or test

SoL Expectation
The student will be able to give the significance and general location of all significant world powers since The 16th Century.

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Identify key points of the Renaissance by: Listing major artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas along with the major contributor of each field. Along with its birth place general area it spread to and reasons for both.

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Give a general area of where each of the five major religions are located during the 16th century.

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List major trade patterns during the 16th century, where they ran through and to, what was traded on them, and their importance.

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List and explain the importance of major technological and scientific innovation during the 16th century along with their county of origin

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Cause and effect of major changes to western Christianity (ie: European Christianity) along with the beliefs in major players of the reformation. Along with major economic, political, and theological issues involved in the Reformation and the effect of the printing press.

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Show motivations of the age of discovery. List any important explorers, which country they explored for, and what their explorative achievements were. Describe religions impact. Explain effect on colonized areas. The impact of the columbian exchange

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Map and explain the impact of the triangular exchange aka the slave trade The impact of precious metals exported from The Americas

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Show impact of the Mughal emperors. How the empires traded with western europe. What was traded from southern India. Effects of global trade on China and Japan and their attempts to limit outside influence. Africa's involvement in global trade

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Show growth of European nations from the commercial and scientific revolutions. Including major theories and discoveries along with their effect.

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Describe the age of absolutism along with the reigns of Louis the 14th and Peter the great. Describe the impact of the English Civil War on the rights of Englishmen.

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Describe the enlightenment era. Major philosophers and their ideas. The impact on political issues. Thier promotion of the American and French Revolution.

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Describe the expansion of art, philosophy, and literature. Be able to list major contributors to each field. What were some technologies introduced in the time period along with their impact on European Economies.

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Describe the colonial system in Latin America and how Spain and Portugal maintained control of their respective colonies during the 19th century. Describe the influences of the American and French Revolution on the Latin American Colonies and leaders of Latin American revolutions. Also the impacto of the Monroe Doc.

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Describe the impact of Napoleon(who was actually taller than the average height during his life) and the Congress of Vienna. The influence of nationalism.

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Describe the causes of the unifications of Germany by Bismarck and the unification of Italy. The cause of industrialization in Europe and The U.S. along with its effect on colonialism, imperialism, culture and society. The major economic ideologies and their origins

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How did the industrial revolution affect women, minorities, and workers. Why did European nations race to colonize. What were the responses of some colonized people.

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The cause World War 1 Its major events Leaders of major nations Global Effects of WW1 Terms of the treaty of versailles

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The communist rise in Russia Relation of Russian Revolution to WW1 Failure of the League of Nation The mandate system

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Cause of the world wide depression in 1930s and its effects on politics. Reason for rise in dictatorships and their effect on the world

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The causes of World War 2, the major events during it, and who the leaders of each major nation were. What were the outcomes of WW2, how was reconstruction promoted in Europe, what was the international coop organization created after WW2.

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The causes of the holocaust and where other major genocides that took place in the 20th century, what were the War Crimes Trials.

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What was the cause of the cold war and the effects of nuclear weapons on it. What was the cause of the collapse of the soviet union. What Eastern Asian conflicts stemmed for the Cold War

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Major foreign leaders including: Margaret Thatcher, Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Deng Xiaoping. The indian Independence movement African independence movements Effect of the end of the mandate system on the Middle East

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Present day characteristics of the five major religions Location of concentration of the five major religions Challenges of the present day world New technologies in present day

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The change in economic independence Effects of terrorism on the modern day world

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