Honors World History Student and Parent Manual Spring 2014 Spring 2014 | Page 16

SSWH13 The student will examine the intellectual, political, social, and economic factors that changed the world
view of Europeans.
a. Explain the scientific contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton and how these ideas changed the
European world view.
b. Identify the major ideas of the Enlightenment from the writings of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau and their relationship
to politics and society.
SSWH14 The student will analyze the Age of Revolutions and Rebellions.
a. Examine absolutism through a comparison of the rules of Louis XIV, Tsar Peter the Great, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
b. Identify the causes and results of the revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791),
and Latin America (1808-1825).
c. Explain Napoleon’s rise to power, the role of geography in his defeat, and the consequences of France’s defeat for
Europe
d. Examine the interaction of China and Japan with westerners; include the Opium War, the Taiping Rebellion, and
Commodore Perry.
SSWH15 The student will be able to describe the impact of industrialization, the rise of nationalism, and the
major characteristics of worldwide imperialism.
a. Analyze the process and impact of industrialization in England, Germany, and Japan, movements for political reform,
the writings of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, and urbanization and its affect on women.
b. Compare and contrast the rise of the nation state in Germany under Otto von Bismarck and Japan under Emperor
Meiji.
c. Describe the reaction to foreign domination; include the Russo-Japanese War and Young Turks, and the Boxer
Rebellion.
d. Describe imperialism in Africa and Asia by comparing British policies in Africa, French policies in Indochina, and
Japanese policies in Asia; include the influence of geography and natural resources.

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SSWH16 The student will demonstrate an understanding of long-term causes of World War I and its global
impact.
a. Identify the causes of the war; include Balkan nationalism, entangling alliances, and militarism.
b. Describe conditions on the war front for soldiers; include the Battle of Verdun.
c. Explain the major decisions made in the Versailles Treaty; include German reparations and the mandate system that
replaced Ottoman control.
d. Analyze the destabilization of Europe in the collapse of the great empires; include the Romanov and Hapsburg
dynasties.
SSWH17 The student will be able to identify the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies
between World War I and World War II.
a. Examine the influence of Albert Einstein on science, Sigmund Freud on social thinking and Pablo Picasso on art.
b. Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first
Five Year Plan.
c. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in
Germany, and Hirohito in Japan.
d. Analyze the rise of nationalism as seen in the ideas of Sun Yat Sen, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and Mohandas Gandhi.
e. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in Russia, Germany, and Italy and how they
differ from authoritarian governments.