Download 2010-2011 7th Grade History Learning Targets Qtr 1

World History 7 Learning Targets: Quarter 1
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Arabia & Islam Targets
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Locate the Arabian Peninsula and explain
how the desert environment affected the
ways of life of the people living there.
(nomad, oasis, Bedouins, clan)
Describe the trade routes and the goods
that moved along the routes. (caravans)
Recall the difference between monotheism
and polytheism.
Identify the importance of the city of Mecca
before and after the religion of Islam began.
(pilgrimage, Ka’aba)
Summarize the life and teachings of the
prophet Muhammad. (prophet, Angel
Gabriel, Islam, Muslim, Qur’an, Sunnah,
Mosque)
Identify the Five Pillars of Islam.
Describe the common themes between
these three world religions: Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam.
Identify the main difference between the
Shi’a and Sunni Muslims. (Shi’a, Sunni)
Discuss the rule of the Umayyads: location,
government, spread of Islam, and the
reasons for their downfall. (bureaucracy)
Describe the rule Abbasids: reasons the
capital was moved to Baghdad, why the
period is known as the Golden Age, the use
of science and technology, and reasons for
their decline. (Baghdad, Golden Age,
calligraphy, factions)
Identify the difference between Muslims in
Arabia and the Europeans at the time.
Discuss Muslim rule in Spain: Return of the
Umayyads, Cordoba, and the achievements.
(mercenary)
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West Africa Targets
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Locate Mali, the Niger River, and the
Sahara Desert and explain the relationship
between the environment and the way of life
of the people living in West Africa. (Sahara,
Niger River, savannah, vegetation zone,
gold, salt, oral tradition, griot)
Describe the importance of family, labor,
and trade in the development of the West
African Empires. (Ghana, Taghaza, Jenne,
Mali, empire, Regional Commerce, labor
specialization, Sundiata, Mansa Musa)
Trace the developments of the transSaharan trade. Include the religious and
cultural advancements of West Africa.
(caravan, Arab, Arabic, Islam, influence,
hajj, Timbuktu)
Meso American Targets
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Locate the civilizations of the Maya, Aztec,
and Inca. (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico,
Identify the agricultural techniques of the
Maya, Aztec, and Inca. (slash and burn,
floating gardens, terrace farming)
Analyze the religious practices of the Maya.
(sacrifice, priest-king, temple)
Describe the cultural achievements of the
Mayan civilization and its mysterious
downfall. (numbers, calendar, architecture,
glyphs)
Analyze the religious practices of the Aztec.
(sacrifice, priest-king, temple)
Describe the cultural achievements of the
Aztec. (class structure, codex, Tenochtitlan)
Describe the achievements of the Incan
civilization. (roads and bridges, quipu,
Cuzco, Machu Picchu)
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Evaluate the role of the Spanish
Conquistadors in the fall of the Aztec and
Incan civilizations. (Spain, Cortes, Pizarro,
Montezuma)
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