Social Studies: Content Knowledge (0081)

II. World History

• Knows the formation, organization, and interactions of the classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, Persia, India, and China in the period 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
• Knows the main aspects of the transformation of classical civilizations as a result of invasions, trade, and the spread of religions in the period 300 to 1400 C.E.
• Knows the major political, social, and economic developments in Europe from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment.
• Knows the major political, social, economic, and biological causes and effects of growing global interactions, including trade, exploration, and colonization in the period 1200 to 1750 C.E.
• Knows the major causes and consequences of revolutions, nationalism, and imperialism in the period 1750 to 1914 C.E.
• Knows the major ideological, economic, and political causes and consequences of the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War (e.g., Russian Revolution, decolonization).
• Knows the major developments of the post-Cold War world (e.g., growth of the globalized economy, rise of fundamentalism and nationalism).
• Understands how technological innovations and adaptations have shaped world societies.
• Understands the roles of major world religions in shaping societies and effecting major historical turning points.
• Knows the role of trade and other forms of economic exchange (e.g., tribute, gift giving) both within societies and in contacts between societies.
• Understands the major political ideologies that have influences on the organization of societies in the modern world (e.g., totalitarianism, liberalism, nationalism).
• Understands the major economic transformations that have affected world societies (e.g., spread of the market economy, industrialization).
• Understands the major differences and similarities in family structure and gender roles across societies.
• Understands the roles of both conflict and cooperation in shaping and transforming societies.
• Understands the major demographic trends in world history and their effects.