Standards:

SS6G4 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Latin America and

the Caribbean and Canada.

SS6E1 The student will describe different economic systems (traditional, command,

market, mixed) and how they answer the basic economic questions (What to produce?

How to produce? For whom to produce?) and explain the basic types of economic

systems found in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina.

SS6H5 The student will describe major developments in Europe during the 20th

century.

a. Describe major developments of World War I; include the reasons for the War,

the Russian Revolution, the collapse of empires, and the consequences of making

Germany pay for World War I.

b. Describe the impact of the world-wide depression on Europe, especially

Germany.

c. Describe World War II; include the ideas of Nazism and Facism, the Allied

and Axis powers, the Holocaust, D-Day, Stalingrad, and the roles of Hitler,

Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Truman.

d. Explain the collapse of the Soviet Union; include the failure of communism,

the rise of the desire for freedom (Solidarity in Poland), and the fall of the

Berlin Wall.

e. Explain the significance of the reunification of Germany after the collapse of

the Soviet Union.

f. Explain the origin and function of the European Union.

SS7H7 The student will explain the growth and development of Southern and

Eastern Asia.

a. Trace the origins and spread of Hinduism and Buddhism.

b. Explain the importance of the Silk Road in the movement of goods and ideas

to other parts of the world.

c. Describe contributions of China; include the development of paper, tea, and

gunpowder; and describe the contributions of India; include the use of cotton

clothing, Arabic numeral system, and the game of chess.

SS7H8 The student will describe the policies of China that led to isolation and

the reaction to western desire to trade with China.

a. Explain why in the 15th century China ceased to trade with other parts of the

world.

SS7H9 The student will describe the major developments in eastern Asia during

the 20th century.

a. Describe the condition of Japan, China, and Korea after World War II.

b. Explain the rise of Mao Zedong to power; include the long march, the establishment

of communism, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural

Revolution.

c. Describe the collapse of colonialism in Asia; include India and Indo-China.

d. Describe the Korean War; include the reasons for the existence of a North and

South Korea.

e. Describe the Vietnam War; include the causes, results, and the reunification of

Vietnam.

f. Explain the rebuilding of Japan after World War II.

SS7G9 The student will be able to describe and locate important physical and

human characteristics in Southern and Eastern Asia.

a. Describe and locate major physical features in Southern and Eastern Asia;

include Himalayan Mountains, Mekong River, Ganges River, Indus River,

Brahmaputra River, Huang He (Yellow River), Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River,

Gobi Desert, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Korean Peninsula, Bering Strait,

Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, and Honshu.

b. Describe and locate the following nations in Southern and Eastern Asia: India,

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia,

Maylasia, Philippines, Japan, China, North and South Korea, Russia, and

Georgia.

SS7G10 The student will evaluate the impact of government policies and individual

behaviors on Southern and Eastern Asia’s environment.

a. Describe environmental problems nations such as India, Indonesia, and

Pakistan in Southern Asia are facing (e.g., pollution of the Ganges River, air

pollution, such as the Asia Brown Cloud, and overpopulation).

b. Explain the problems nations in Southern Asia such as India, Pakistan, and

Indonesia have in developing policies concerning environmental issues such as

pollution of rivers, industrial pollution, and the extraction of natural

resources, including the destruction of the rain forest.

SS7G12 The student will describe the diverse cultural characteristics of the people

who live in Southern and Eastern Asia.

a. Describe the predominant religious practices, customs, and traditions of the

people of India, Indonesia, China, and Japan.

b. Evaluate the effect of the literacy rate on the development of countries such as

India, Indonesia, China, and Japan.

c. Explain the major literary, artistic, and music forms of India, China, and

Japan.

SS7E10 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and

examine their presence or absence in Southern and Eastern Asian countries such as

Pakistan, India, China, and Indonesia.

a. Describe investment in human capital; include the health, education, and training

of people, and the impact of poverty on economic development.

b. Describe investment in capital goods; include factories, machinery, and new

technology.

c. Describe the role of natural resources; include land, air, water, minerals, time,

and other gifts of nature.

d. Analyze the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive

resources.