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SS.6.1 The Environment and Early River Civilizations

  • Geography
    • SS.6.1.14 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions and Culture
      • Culture Characteristics
        • SS.6.1.14.1 Compare cultural characteristics of early river valley civilizations
  • Civics
    • SS.6.1.6 Civic and Political Institutions
      • Politics and Religion
        • SS.6.1.6.2 Explain the connection between politics and religion in the complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China
  • History
    • SS.6.1.19 Causation and Argumentation
      • Technological Innovations
        • SS.6.1.19.3 Analyze the role of technological change in early river valley civilizations

SS.6.2 Classical Eastern and Western Civilizations

  • Civics
    • SS.6.2.6 Civic and Political Institutions
      • Classical Eastern Civilizations
        • SS.6.2.6.1 Describe cultural and political structures in classical eastern societies
      • Classical Western Civilizations
        • SS.6.2.6.2 Describe cultural and political structures in classical western societies
  • Geography
    • SS.6.2.16 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns
      • Arts, Science, and Technology
        • SS.6.2.16.3 Evaluate the lasting impact of philosophy, art, science, and technology of Classical Greece, Rome, India, and China
  • History
    • SS.6.2.19 Causation and Argumentation
      • Fall of Classical Civilizations
        • SS.6.2.19.4 Compare causes of decline in the Roman, Han, and Gupta empires

SS.6.3 Major Religions and Larger Societies

  • Geography
    • SS.6.3.14 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions and Culture
      • Religious and Philosophical Influence on Societies
        • SS.6.3.14.1 Explain how religion and philosophy shaped European, Asian, and Middle Eastern societies during the classical period

SS.6.4 Post-Classical Societies

  • Geography
    • SS.6.4.15 Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements
      • Innovations of Post-Classical Societies
        • SS.6.4.15.1 Analyze the importance of innovations of the Middle Eastern Abbasid Dynasty, Indian Gupta Empire, and Chinese Tang and Song Dynasties
    • SS.6.4.14 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions and Culture
      • Expansion of Sub-Saharan African States
        • SS.6.4.14.2 Explain the reasons for expansion of Sub-Saharan African regions
  • History
    • SS.6.4.19 Causation and Argumentation
      • European Feudalism
        • SS.6.4.19.3 Explain how the fall of the Roman Empire led to the emergence of European feudalism
  • Economics
    • SS.6.4.9 Economic Decision Making
      • Manorialism and Feudal System
        • SS.6.4.9.4 Describe the distribution of resources among classes in the feudal hierarchy

SS.6.5 Post-Classical Trade Networks

  • Economics
    • SS.6.5.10 Exchange and Markets
      • Trade Networks
        • SS.6.5.10.1 Describe how trade networks and the transfer of goods and ideas linked post-classical societies
  • Geography
    • SS.6.5.15 Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements
      • Spread of Culture and Ideas
        • SS.6.5.15.2 Explain how the transfer of goods and ideas along trade routes affected ideas and cultures of different people in post-classical societies

SS.6.6 Encounters and Exchanges

  • Geography
    • SS.6.6.15 Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements
      • Mongol Conquest
        • SS.6.6.15.1 Explain how encounters and exchanges of the Mongols linked the world
  • History
    • SS.6.6.19 Causation and Argumentation
      • The Crusades
        • SS.6.6.19.2 Describe encounters between Christians, Muslims, and Jews during the Crusades
      • Chinese Explorations
        • SS.6.6.19.3 Explain how the voyages of Zheng He contributed to the rise of the Ming Dynasty

SS.6.7 Mesoamerican Empires

  • Geography
    • SS.6.7.16 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns
      • Characteristics of Mesoamerican Empires
        • SS.6.7.16.1 Compare cultural and technological innovations of the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, and Inca civilizations

SS.6.8 Renewal in Europe

  • Civics
    • SS.6.8.6 Civic and Political Institutions
      • Medieval Europe Transformation
        • SS.6.8.6.1 Explain the reestablishment of Europe’s political and social order in medieval times
  • History
    • SS.6.8.17 Change, Continuity, and Context
      • Effects of Black Death
        • SS.6.8.17.2 Analyze social, political, and economic effects of the Black Death on Europe
    • SS.6.8.19 Causation and Argumentation
      • Rise of the European Renaissance
        • SS.6.8.19.3 Explain the rise of the European Renaissance
      • Influence of the Renaissance
        • SS.6.8.19.4 Explain how people, ideas, art, literature, science, and technology shaped the Renaissance