Course Description
This course features the physical geography and historical events that occurred within the regions of Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Early civilizations that influenced the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania, East Asia, Latin America and Modern Latin America are studied and evaluated. The political, economic, social and religious systems of these areas of the world are discussed and analyzed from a global perspective. The Arts and Literature native to the regions are also assessed as a means of understanding the cultural contributions of these regions.
Credits: 5
Languages: English and Spanish
Released: 2006
Course Content
Unit 6 - Eastern Europe
California Curriculum Standards
Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. (10.3.5)
Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism. (10.3.6)
Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. (10.4.2)
Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of “total war”. (10.5.1)
Examine the principal theatres of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate). (10.5.2)
Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war. (10.5.3)
Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war effort. (10.5.4)
Describe the effects of the war and resulting peace treaties on population movement, the international economy, and shifts in the geographic and political borders of Europe and the Middle East. (10.6.2)
Understand the widespread disillusionment with prewar institutions, authorities, and values that resulted in a void that was later filled by totalitarians. (10.6.3)
Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g. the Gulag). (10.7.1)
Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine). (10.7.2)
Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits. (10.7.3)
Compare the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930s, including the 1937 Rape of Nanking, other atrocities in China, and the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939. (10.8.1)
Understand the role of appeasement, nonintervention(isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the United State prior to the outbreak of World War II. (10.8.2)
Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theatres of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors. (10.8.3)
Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas Mac Arthur, Dwight Eisenhower). (10.8.4)
Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan. (10.8.6)
Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan. (10.9.1)
Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. (10.9.2)
Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa. (10.9.3)
Describe the uprisings in Poland (1952), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control. (10.9.5)
Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics. (10.9.7)
Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States. (10.9.8)
Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved. (10.10.1)
Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns. (10.10.2)
Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy. (10.10.3)
Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, computers.) (10.11)
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Identify the physical regions of Middle America, the Caribbean Islands, South America
- Describe how location has affected the agricultural and physical geography of the regions
- Identify the major resources available to the regions
- Describe the early foundations of culture and civilization of Latin America
- Explain achievements of the various ancient civilizations of Latin America and its effect on
current day culture
- Describe the effects of European exploration on the ancient civilizations of the Americas
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Explain the causes and effects of colonization on the Americas
- Understand mercantilism
- Compare and contrast colonization practices of the Portuguese to the Spanish and other European nations
- Describe various social systems of Latin American colonies
- Describe various revolutionary movements in Latin America
- Explain causes of unrest during the 1800s
- Describe the role of the US in Latin American
affairs in the 1800s
Unit 7 - South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceana
California Curriculum Standards
Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. (10.3.5)
Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism. (10.3.6)
Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology). (10.4.1)
Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. (10.4.2)
Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule. (10.4.3)
Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion. (10.4.4)
Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. (10.9.2)
Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa. (10.9.3)
Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States. (10.9.8)
Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved. (10.10.1)
Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns. (10.10.2)
Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy. (10.10.3)
Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, computers.) (10.11)
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Identify physical regions of South Asia, Southeastern Asia
- Describe how location has affected the agricultural and physical geography of the regions
- Identify major resources available in the regions
- Describe how early civilizations helped shape the culture of present day South Asia
- Describe the importance of Hinduism and Buddhism in the region
- Describe the influence of Muslim culture in South Asian culture
- Identify the political, economic, and social causes and effects of imperialism in the regions
- Discuss methods of Gandhi and effects of freedom on the region
- Explain current political systems in the regions
- Describe how early civilizations helped shape the culture of present day societies in the regions
- Explain effects of Cold War on the regions
- Explain why nationalist movements grew in Southeast Asia
- Describe how religion has affected the development of art and literature in the regions
- Describe the history of colonization of Australia and New Zealand
- Describe the differences between island and mainland cultures
Unit 8 - East Asia
California Curriculum Standards
Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the contemporary world. (10.1.3)
Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. (10.3.5)
Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology). (10.4.1)
Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. (10.4.2)
Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule. (10.4.3)
Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion. (10.4.4)
Compare the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930’s, including the 1937 Rape of Nanking, other atrocities in China and the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939. (10.8.1)
Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors. (10.8.3)
Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g. Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower.) (10.8.4)
Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan. (10.8.6)
Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan. (10.9.1)
Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. (10.9.2)
Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa. (10.9.3)
Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising.) (10.9.4)
Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States. (10.9.8)
Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved. (10.10.1)
Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns. (10.10.2)
Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy. (10.10.3)
Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, computers.) (10.11)
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Identify physical regions of China, Korea and Japan
- Describe how location has affected the agricultural and physical geography of the regions
- Identify major resources of the regions
- Describe how early civilizations helped shape the culture of present day China, Korea, and Japan
- Describe the social systems of China, Korea, and Japan
- Understand the causes of China’s strained relations with the west
- Identify the political, economic, and social causes of Imperialism in China
- Describe the causes of the Chinese Civil War
- Describe Communist rule in China
- Explain the causes and effects of Mao Zedong’s policies
- Identify social changes in China after Mao’s Death
- Describe the current challenges facing China today
- Describe the causes and effects of the Korean War
- Describe why reunification is difficult for the two Koreas
- Describe the importance of China in the development of Japanese cultures
- Describe the effects of the west on Japanese culture
- Understand why Japan is a militaristic society
- Describe the causes and effects of WWII on Japan
- Describe the factors that helped Japan become an economic superpower
- Describe challenges Japan faces today
Unit 9 - Early History of Latin America
California Curriculum Standards
Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the contemporary world. (10.1.3)
Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France and Latin America (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison.) (10.2.1)
Understand the unique character of the American Revolution, its spread to other parts of the world, and its continuing significance to other nations. (10.2.3)
Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement. (10.3.4)
Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. (10.3.5)
Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology). (10.4.1)
Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. (10.4.2)
Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule. (10.4.3)
Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion. (10.4.4)
Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved. (10.10.1)
Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns. (10.10.2)
Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy. (10.10.3)
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Identify the physical regions of Middle America, the Caribbean Islands, South America
- Describe how location has affected the agricultural and physical geography of the regions
- Identify the major resources available to the regions
- Describe the early foundations of culture and civilization of Latin America
- Explain achievements of the various ancient civilizations of Latin America and its effect on current day culture
- Describe the effects of European exploration on the ancient civilizations of the Americas
- Explain the causes and effects of colonization on the Americas
- Understand mercantilism
- Compare and contrast colonization practices of the Portuguese to the Spanish and other European nations
- Describe various social systems of Latin American colonies
- Describe various revolutionary movements in Latin America
- Explain causes of unrest during the 1800s
- Describe the role of the US in Latin American affairs in the 1800s
Unit 10 - Modern Latin America
California Curriculum Standards
Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. (10.3.5)
Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism. (10.3.6)
Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. (10.9.2)
Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa. (10.9.3)
Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States. (10.9.8)
Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved. (10.10.1)
Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns. (10.10.2)
Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy. (10.10.3)
Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, computers.) (10.11)
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
- Describe major obstacles that the Latin American countries faced after independence
- Describe reasons different countries chose different political and economic systems
- Describe the role the US played in the development of Latin American economic and political systems
- Define land reform and its effects on the social and political systems in Latin America
- Describe political and economic challenges that Mexico faced at the end of WWII
- Explain reasons NAFTA was formed
- Describe the current day social and political challenges facing Mexico
- Understand relationship between Mexico and the US
- Describe current challenges facing the islands of the Caribbean
- Describe current events that have occurred in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama
- Describe political and economic challenges facing Central and South America
- Describe the role of various political and military leaders in the creation of the newly independent nations of South America
- Describe the causes and effects of rapid population growth in the regions
- Explain the causes and effects of the drug trafficking trade network
- Understand environmental challenges faced by the regions
- Identify various social challenges that face Latin America today including urbanization and the role of the Church
- Explain the cultural significance of the arts to the social and cultural development of Latin American society
