1. Identify the five major religions of the world by comparing their teaching, their founders and their origins.
2. Outline the five chief obligations and restrictions of Islam.
3. Describe the Islamic culture-families, society, art, and scientific developments.
4. Explain the Turkish influence on the Muslim world.
5. Distinguish between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

1. Analyze the characters and theme of a Renaissance love story on a medieval tale of courtly love.
2. Recognize examples of situational irony.

1. Trace the development of Charlemagne's Empire through the Merovingians and the Carolingians.
2. Summarize the basic principles of Feudalism.
3. Describe Feudal Justice, Warfare, and Chivalry.
4. Describe the roles played by Church leaders and the importance of monasticism in the Medieval Church.
5. Discuss the contribution to the daily life of the medieval peasant.
6. Describe the roles of the peasant and the Lord under the Manorial System.
7. Describe Castles and their function.

a. Discuss how Castles contributed to the growth of towns.
b. Discuss the culture in these towns.

a. Discuss the various stages in the development of the countries.
b. Explain the creation of Parliament in England including the loss of power of the King through the Magna Carta.

1. Describe the what the legacies of the Byzantine culture were to the Western world.
2. Explain what caused the decline of the Byzantine culture.
3. Sequence the events that caused the development of Kievan Rus.
4. Describe how the geographic setting influenced the development of Kievan Rus.
5. Discuss why the Rulers of Muscovy and the leaders of the Russian Church believed that Russia was the "third Rome".
6. Explain what it means to be xenophobic and why was Russia this way.

1. Interpret a Shakespearean romance.
2. Recognize dramatic structure in a play.
3. Describe the staging of a scene.
4. Write essays contrasting two characters, analyzing tragicomic form, and examining dramatic structure.
 
 

1. Identify and compare the major Italian and Northern Renaissance artists and writers.
2. Identify the differences between Renaissance and Medieval art.
3. Explain the causes of the Reformation.
4. Describe the fragmentation of the Roman Catholic Church, the spread of Protestantism by the sects (Anglican Church&Calvinism) and the steps the Catholic Church took during the counter-Reformation.
5. Describe how superstition and violence affected the lives of ordinary people.
6. Discuss how printing revolutionized education and society.
7. Describe the changes in daily life of people from 1350-1700.
8. Discuss the causes of the Scientific Revolution and list the advances scientists made in the studies of astronomy, physics and anatomy.
9. Identify and describe the changes in China that took place during the Ming dynasty.
10. Describe the ways in which trade changed the daily lives of people in China.
11.  Identify the events that lead to the spread of Islam in India.
12.  Describe the impact of the spread of Islam on India's society and culture

1. List the technological advances that made European exploration possible.
2. Define the term mercantilism and explain the role that colonies played in mercantilism.
3. Compare Portuguese and Spanish Colonial Policies.
4.  Describe the religious and political causes of the French Wars of Religion and explain how they were brought to an end.
5.  Explain the causes and effects of the price revolution of the 16^th and 17^th centuries.
6.  List the causes and results of the Thirty Years War.
7.  Describe the principles of Baroque art.
8.  Explain the significance of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.
9.  Describe the impact of Europeans on the African slave trade.
10.  List the effects of the slave trade on the peoples of Africa.
11.  Describe traditional African political systems.
12.  Describe the gradual expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
13.  Evaluate the impact of the Renaissance on the economic, social, and political development of countries.