WH.2 1400 to 1750 CE | Epic Ed

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World History

Standard 2: Rise of Civilization 1400-1750 CE

Content Standard 2: The student will analyze patterns of social, economic, political, and cultural changes during the rise of Western civilization and the Global Age (1400-1750 CE).

WH.2.1

Assess the significance of the Renaissance on politics, economics, and artistic creativity, including the works of Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and daVinci.

WH.2.2

Summarize the causes of and influence of the theological movements of the Reformation and how those movements subsequently transformed society.

WH.2.3

Analyze migration, settlement patterns, cultural diffusion, and the transformations caused by the competition for resources among European nations during the Age of Exploration.

WH.2.4

Explain how slavery and the slave trade was used for the development and growth of colonial economies.

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WH.2.5

Compare the various forms of government established by:

A. divine right rule, such as the Mandate of Heaven in China and absolutism in England and France

B. Magna Carta in England, the English Civil War, and the Glorious Revolution

C. enlightened monarchs such as Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great.

WH.2.6

Compare how scientific theories and technological discoveries brought about social and cultural changes, including those made by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton; describe the impact of Islamic learning.

WH.2.7

Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment on modern government and economic institutions, including the theories of Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Adam Smith.