World History I

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Unit 1 The Beginnings of Human Society

1. What’s the Point? 8. Rewards from Refuse 15. Special Project
2. Who Studies History? 9. Humans Migrate and Adapt 16. Review
3. Study Methods of History 10. Populating Regions of the Earth 17. Test
4. Perspectives of History 11. Quiz 2: Peopling of the Earth 18. Alternate Test
5. Project: Point of View 12. Establishing Agricultural Communities 19. Glossary and Credits
6. Quiz 1: What is History? 13. Developing Agricultural Societies
7. Reconstructing Early Hominid Development 14. Quiz 3: Life Centered on Agriculture

Unit 2 Early River Valley Civilizations

1. Getting Civilized 8. Quiz 2: Rising Agrarian Societies 15. Special Project
2. Emerging River Valley Civilizations 9. People of Pastoral Societies 16. Review
3. Inventing Writing 10. Emergence of New Kingdoms 17. Test
4. Trading Commerce and Culture 11. Mycenaean Civilization 18. Alternate Test
5. Quiz 1: Early River Valley Civilizations 12. An Adventure in Moving 19. Glossary and Credits
6. Developing Chinese Civilizations 13. Getting Civilized: Revisited
7. New Centers of Agrarian Societies 14. Quiz 3: Pastoral People and Population Movement

Unit 3  Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires

1. To Kush or Not to Kush? 7. Cultural Influence of the Hellenic Period 13. Quiz 3: Emergence of Major Religions and Empires
2. Spread of Judaism 8. Persian Civilization 14. Special Project
3. Iron, Innovation, and Interaction 9. Quiz 2: Classical Greece 15. Review
4. Quiz 1: Times are Changing 10. All Roads Lead to Rome 16. Test
5. Legacy of Athens 11. Emergence of Christianity 17. Alternate Test
6. Greek Cultural Achievements 12. Building Religions and Empires 18. Glossary and Credits

Unit 4  Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter

1. Fading into History 7. The Tang Dynasty 13. Special Project
2. Rebounding Guptas of India 8. Quiz 2: Encountering Islamic and Byzantine Civilizations 14. Review
3. Religious Exchange and Encounter 9. Traveling Africa with the Bantus 15. Test
4. Quiz 1: Expanding Empires and Religions 10. Classical Mesoamerican Cities and Civilizations 16. Alternate Test
5. Conflict and Change in the Middle East 11. Migration and Oceania 17. Glossary and Credits
6. Changing Religious Landscape of Europe 12. Quiz 3: Sharing and Imposing Cultures

Unit 5  Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, A.D.1000-1500

1. China’s Expansion 9. Quiz 2: Age of the Mongol Empire 17. Quiz 4: Patterns of Crisis and Recovery
2. Japanese and Southeast Asian Cultures 10. Long Reach of Islam 18. Special Project
3. European Monarchies and City-States 11. Religious Reforms and Rising Empires 19. Review
4. Patterns of European Cultural Changes 12. Rise of Imperial States in Sub-Saharan Africa 20. Test
5. Quiz 1: China and Europe: Two Centers of Growth 13. Expanding America’s Empires 21. Alternate Test
6. Rise of the Mongol Empire 14. Quiz 3: Expanding States and Empires 22. Glossary and Credits
7. The Mongols’ Mark on Global History 15. Crisis of the Black Death
8. Aftermath of Mongol Dominance 16. Europe’s Uprisings