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Skills:

Be able to identify a claim  evidence and reasoning from a reading passage

Be able to identify the Ethos , Pathos, Logos from a reading passage

 

World Religions- Monotheistic and Polytheistic  (be able to compare and contrast as well) Hinduism , Buddhism  , Judaism, Christianity, and  Islam

 

1. What do we know about Siddhartha’s early life?

 

1. What was the first fact of life that Siddhartha learned after seeing the outside world?

 

1. What did Siddhartha achieve after sitting under the Bodhi tree and thinking deeply about ?

 

1. What did Siddhartha become known as after sitting under the Bodhi tree?

 

1. What is the 8 fold path?

 

1. Buddhism and religions in general spread (moved) across the world mostly as a result of what?

 

1. Define Monotheistic

 

1. Identify the major sects of Judaism , Christianity, and Islam .

 

1. What is communion?

 

1. Who helped spread the teachings of Jesus?

 

1. According to the Torah, what was the promise that was made between the Jews and God called?
2. What is the Muslims’ place of worship is called a?

13. What are the five pillars of Islam?

14. What are the important symbols for all the religions we studied?

15. What is the number of followers of each of the religions we studied?

Ancient China – Qin , Han, Tang / Song, Ming and Qing    along with Chinese Philosophers / Philosophies (Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism etc)

16. Define the Mandate of Heaven and know its purpose

 

17. Define autocracy and Dynastic Cycle

 

18. Know the chronological order of the Dynasties

 

19.  What are Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism

 

20. What was the purpose of the creation of these philosophies

 

21.  What was the most valuable Chinese export

 

Mongolian Empire

22. What was the largest continuous land empire in history
23. Who was the First leader of the Mongolian Empire

 

The significance of the Great Wall  and The Silk Road

 

24. What was the Silk Road and what is its legacy

 

25.  Did the Great Wall serve its purpose

 

26. What is the Great Walls legacy

 

Yuan Dynasty (Pax Mongolica)

 

27. What was the Pax Mongolica

 

28. Who led the Yuan Dynasty

Feudalism in Japan and Europe ( compare and Contrast)

29. Define Fuedalism
30. What was its purpose
31. Compare and Contrast Feudalism in Japan and Europe
32. Know some geographical facts about Japan

 

Byzantine Empire

33. What are the origins of the Byzantine Empire
34. How long did it last
35. Who brought it to its Golden Age
36. How did he bring it to its Golden Age
37. What are the reasons for its downfall

 

Ottoman Empire

38. What are the origins of the Ottoman Empire
39. How long did it last
40. Who brought it to its Golden Age
41. How did he bring it to its Golden Age
42. What factors led to its decline
43. Define Genocide

 

Crusades ( causes and effects)

44. What were the causes of the Crusades and the results of the first four Crusades?

 

Plague  (causes and effects)

45. What are the origins of the bubonic plague
46.  What are the causes and effects of the Bubonic Plague

 

Renaissance / Reformation

47. What does Renaissance mean
48. When did this era begin
49. Where did it begin and why
50. Define   Patron Humanism, Individualism, Secularism, Perspective  
51. Who wrote The Prince
52.  What was the Medici family known for
53. How did the Renaissance spread to other parts of Europe – Northern Renaissance
54. What are some characteristics of the Northern Renaissance
55. Who are some important authors and playwrights of that era
56. Who brought England to its Golden Age and how
57. Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church
58. What was the Reformation and what did it lead to
59. What was the first book to be printed using the Gutenberg Press

60 What was the significance of the Gutenberg Press

61. Define vernacular and know what language Martin Luther translated the Bible to
62. Define indulgences
63. What was the Counter-Reformation
64. Understand the legacy of the Reformation  

 

Scientific Revolution and Age of Enlightenment

65. Define  Scientific Revolution and Age of Enlightenment
66. When did each era begin and end
67. What led to the Scientific Revolution
68. What led to the Age of Enlightenment
69. Who were some of the contributors of the Scientific Revolution and their achievements Bacon, Descartes,  Galileo, Newton, Kepler, Copernicus etc
70. Who were some of the Enlightenment thinkers and what topics did they discuss or come up with Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Wollstonecraft etc
71. Name the enlightened despots and know their achievements
72. What are the major themes of the Scientific Revolution and Age of Enlightenment
73. What is the legacy of both those eras