Global History & Geography I

New York State Curriculum Unit	Topics	Text Chapter
I. INTRODUCTION	Introduction to the Social Sciences Historians as Scientists & Artists	supplemental materials--not covered in the textbook.
II. ANCIENT WORLD 4000 B.C.E.-- 500 C.E.	PREHISTORIC TIMES: Origins of Humans Earliest Human Migrations The Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution EARLY RIVER CIVILIZATIONS: Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Area -- Sumerians Newcomers to the Area -- Phoenicians, Babylonians & Hebrews Later SW Asian Empires -- Assyrians, Chaldeans, Persians Ancient Egypt Early Nile River Valley Ancient Egyptian Dynasties / History Ancient Egyptian Culture Ancient India The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent & The Indus River Civilizations of Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro Hinduism Buddhism & Jainism Maurya Rulers Ancient China The Geography of China Yellow River Culture & The Shang Dynasty Early Imperial China --> The Chou & The Ch'in The Age of the Philosophers The Han Emperors & The Silk Road EARLY EUROPEAN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS: Ancient Greece Early Aegean Culture The Emergence of the Greek Polis The Golden Age of Athens & Hellenic Culture Alexander the Great & The Hellenistic Age Ancient Rome The Roman Republic The Founding of Rome & Early Roman Society The Development of the Roman Republic The Decline of the Roman Republic The Roman Empire The Pax Romana Roman Culture During the Imperial Period The Rise of Christianity The Collapse of the Western Roman World	1-1 1-2 1-3 2-1 2-2 2-3 3-1 3-2 3-3 4-1 4-1 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 4-4 4-4 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 6-1 6-2 6-3 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4
III. EXPANDING ZONES OF EXCHANGE & ENCOUNTER [500 - 1200]	THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE THE RISE OF ISLAM & THE EARLY MUSLIM EMPIRES EARLY RUSSIA & THE TURKIC EMPIRES EARLY AFRICAN KINGDOMS & TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Early Middle Ages The Frankish Empires Viking Invasions Feudalism The Rise of the Medieval Town Early Royal Governments Learning & Culture in the High Middle Ages THE EUROPEAN CRUSADES -- SPAIN & THE MIDDLE EAST CHINA FROM THE SUI TO THE SUNG DYNASTIES EARLY JAPANESE HISTORY & FEUDAL JAPANESE SOCIETY THE GUPTA EMPIRE IN INDIA	8-1 8-2 8-3 14-1 9-1 9-2 9-3 9-4 10-1 10-2 10-4 10-5 12-1 12-4 13-1
IV/V. GLOBAL INTERACTIONS & THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE [1200 -- 1770]	A NEW EMPIRE IN RUSSIA THE MONGOLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EURASIA WEST AFRICAN EMPIRES THRIVE ON TRADE LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE Nation-Building--England, France, & Spain The Calamitous 14c THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE & HUMANISM The Italian Renaissance The Northern Renaissance RELIGIOUS REFORM IN EUROPE The Protestant Reformation The Catholic Response (Counter- Reformation) THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA: The Geography of Latin America Pre-Columbian Civilizations THE "OLD" IMPERIALISM The Commercial Revolution The Columbian Encounter & Exchange The Spanish Colonial Empire in the Americas European Competition for Colonies Around the World and the Slave Trade THE MOGHAL EMPIRE THE MING DYNASTY IN CHINA JAPAN IN ISOLATION	11-5 12-2 14-2 11-1/11-4 11-2/11-3 15-1/15-2 15-3/16-1 16-1/16-2 16-3 16-4 14-4 17-4 15-4 17-1/17-2 15-5 13-2 12-3 12-5

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	This new course is the 9th. grade component of the two-year New York State Regents program in Global History and Geography. The first Regents exam that will reflect this new curriculum was given on Thursday, June 15, 2000 and covered two years of history from Prehistoric times to the present day. New York State Curriculum Guide & Sample Exam
GLOBAL HISTORY VOCABULARY REVIEW QUIZZES: 1, 2, 3 Ten Commandments of Good Historical Writing