History and Geography - World
Unit 1
- Disintegration of the Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Islamic civilizations and trade
- African states in sub-Saharan Africa
- Medieval Chinese and Japanese civilizations
- Feudal system
Unit 2
- Growth and spread of Christianity
- Growth of civilizations in sub-Saharan Africa
- Causes, course, and effects of religious crusades
- Spread of bubonic plague
- Ottoman Empire
- European voyages to and conquests in the Americas
Unit 3
- Rise of the Atlantic slave trade
- Origins, features, and spread of the Renaissance
- Growth of new ways of spreading information
- Reformation and Counterreformation
- Age of Discovery
- Ideas of the Enlightenment
Unit 4
- French Revolution
- Other Revolutions in Europe and the Americas (1775-1848)
- Rise of Imperialism
- Industrial Revolution
- Scientific Revolution
- Rise of democratic thought and institutions
- Physical geography of regions and countries during the medieval period
- Geographic influences on major events in this span of history