SLO - SS171 World History II

Course Number: SS171

Course Title: World History II

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the major sweep of historical trends and events between 1500 and the present.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the major cultural, economic, social, political and intellectual developments placed within their
geographical context.
3. Demonstrate the ability to understand how the past 500 years has given shape to the modern world with all of its achievements,
failures, challenges, problems and opportunities.
4. Demonstrate an ability to locate on a map and characterize all of the world's major geographical regions and nations.

Specific

Students will be able to:

Unit 1- The Reformation in Europe

1. Describe the conflict between worldliness and spirituality, specify the charges of corruption, and trace the reform movement in the
   fifteenth-century Catholic church.
2. Define Christian humanism and the role of Erasmus in it.
3. Describe the career and religious principles of Martin Luther and show the development of Lutheranism as a separate church.
4. Describe the career of John Calvin and contrast his religious principles with those of Luther and the Catholic church.
5. Compare the Anabaptists and other radical reforms with those of Luther, Calvin and the Anglicans.
6. Describe the Catholic response to the Reformation and estimate the significance of all the sixteenth century religious reforms.

Unit 2 - The A& of Discovery and the Spanish Empire

1. List and describe technological and commercial developments that enabled western Europeans to explore overseas areas.
2. Discuss the role of Portugal and Spain in overseas exploration and development; show the areas involved and the economic,
   governmental, and religious policies that applied.
3. Explain why the Netherlands broke from Spanish control and describe the course of events that completed Dutch independence.
4. Describe the leadership of Elizabeth I of England. Show how she handled major political, dynastic, economic and religious issues.
5. Explain how religious strife became politicized in France; describe events of the civil wars, and show how the strife was resolved.
6. Discuss sixteenth-century artistic and literary accomplishments in Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands.

Unit 3 - The Moslem Empires

1. Describe the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; trace their conquests and describe their military
    technology and practices.
2. Discuss the impact which the rise of the Ottoman Turk and the expanding Ottoman Empire had upon Europe.
3. Characterize the Ottoman culture in terms of government, religion and art.
4. Trace the rise of the Safavids in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; describe the events and persons which led to and
    sustained their rule.
5. Discuss the rise of the Mughal Dynasty in India; describe the events and persons which led to their rule.
6. Describe the Mughal cultural synthesis in terms of scholarship, religion and government.

Unit 4 -The East Asian World

1. Describe the cultural achievement of the Ming dynasty
2. Trace the rise of the Qing dynasty and characterize the social and political structures, relationships and practices which enabled
    them to rule.
3. Describe the artistic and literary achievements of the Qing era.
4. Describe the unification of Japan beginning under Hideyoshi in the sixteenth century; and trace the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate
    in seventeenth century Japan.
5. Discuss the events which led to and the impact of the opening of Japan to the West beginning in the sixteenth century
6. Describe the social, political, economic and cultural developments and achievements of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Unit 5- The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment in Europe

1. Describe the transition between medieval and Newtonian concepts of the universe and explain the contributions of specific
   scientists
2. Name and describe writings that illustrate seventeenth-century individualism, relativism, rationalism and empiricism.
3. Explain the historical meaning of the term Enlightenment. List its concepts used most frequently in the writings of the philosophes.
4. Explain Rousseau's views concerning the Enlightenment. Show what his writings contributed to the rise of Romanticism.

Unit 6 - Europe and the Emerging New World Order in the Eighteen Century

1. Explain why the principle of equilibrium is useful in discussing eighteenth-century politics, war, and science in Europe
2. Trace the chronology of European war and diplomacy from 1740 to 1763. Relate these to the struggle for colonial supremacy.
3. Explain the tension between England and its North American colonies; trace the events of the American Revolution and evaluate its
    impact on European and American history.
4. Describe the most important and urgent social and economic problems of France prior to 1789.
5. Describe in chronological order the events that led to the French Revolution.
6. Describe the political institutions and changes in French government between 1791 and 1804.
7. Explain the conditions and personal qualities which enabled Napoleon to rise in power and conquer most of Europe.

Unit 7- The Industrial Revolution

1. Describe the population changes before the mid-eighteenth century and explain them in terms of disease, weather, food supply, and
    technology
2. Explain why the conditions leading to the Industrial Revolution occurred first in the West rather than in the Middle East of East Asia.
3. Contrast the factory system with other manufacturing methods that preceded it; relate it to the steam engine and the need for
    highly skilled labor.
4. Describe and explain the demographic and social consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

Unit 8 - Europe and the World in the Nineteenth Century

1. Name and locate on a map the areas acquired by Britain at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and show how they were integrated into
the British Empire.
2. Describe the commercial, financial, and industrial objectives of British and French expansion in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific
3. Describe French, German, and Russian expansion in the nineteenth century and compare them with British expansion.
4. Trace the main events of the history of the United States in the nineteenth century and explain why that country may be called a
"second Europe".
5. Describe the liberation movements in Latin America and show how the new states differed from the United States.

Unit 9 - Transition to the Twentieth Century

1. Describe the developments in weapons technology and public attitudes toward war in Europe between 1871 and 1914.
2. Trace the development of Bismark's system of alliances from 1871 to 1890; and explain the basic ideas behind these alliances.
3. Describe British policy in Africa and show how they were affected by the Boer War.
4. Discuss how Japanese expansionism in Asia was met by the major powers in Europe.
5. Describe the challenges of British naval superiority and relate them to the entry of the United States and Germany into the
community of nations holding overseas territories.
6. Describe the series of diplomatic crises between 1870 and 1914; relate them to the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente; and explain
the immediate origins of the First World War.

Unit 10 - War and Revolution_. 1914 to 1929

1. Describe the major military campaigns of the First World War, the war aims of each great power, and the way the war ended.
2. Discuss the industrial, geographical, and social aspects of the countries participating in the First World War.
3. Explain why the war in France became a stalemate and how the strategy of attrition was employed.
4. Explain how the United States became involved in the First World War and describe American participation in the hostilities.
5. Describe the two revolution in Russia in 1917.
6. Describe the process of peacemaking, list the provisions of the treaty and characterize German reactions to them.

Unit 11- The Interwar World, 1919-1939

1. Explain the effect of the First World War on the political structures of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Eastern Europe.
2. Describe the main political and economic issues, conditions, events, and personalities in the United States during the 1920's.
3. Explain the economic origins and political results of the Great Depression.
4. Describe and explain the main issues of Western relations with colonies in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East
Asia and the Pacific.
5. Describe the economic and political issues that dominated public affairs in Britain, France, and the United States in the 1930's.
6. Describe contributions of science and technology to mass culture and material program and show why they fostered uncertainty.
7. Explain the give examples of pessimism in literature, the arts, and comments of intellectuals between 1919 and 1939.
8. Trace in chronological order and explain the events which led to World War II.

Unit 12 - From the Second World War to Cold War, 1939-1949

1. Describe the technology and methods that characterized land, sea, and air warfare in the Second World War.
2. Describe and locate on map the principle military campaigns of the Second World War.
3. Explain the strategies and results of each campaign.
4. Explain the Alliance plans for the postwar period as developed in wartime conferences.
5. Explain the problems of making peace with Germany and show how they were related to the beginning of the Cold War.
6. Trace the development of specific policies and organizations employed in the Cold War.
7. Describe the basic idea of the United Nations and show how it was affected by the Cold War.

Unit 13 - The Are of Ideology and Containment, 1945 to 1975

1. Describe the international confrontations in Europe and Asia between 1949 and 1953 and relate them to the last phase of Stalin's
   rule.
2. Describe the rise of Kruschev to power, explain his new orientation of Soviet policy, and trace the course of Cold War diplomacy
   during his tenure.
3. Explain the establishment of the state of Israel and trace the confrontations in the Middle East between 1948 and 1973.
4. Describe the origins, trace the events, and explain the issues involved in the Vietnam War.
5. Discuss major the social, political and cultural events and changes in America during the 1960's and 1970's, explain their causes and
   describe their effects on American domestic and foreign policy.

Unit 14 - The End of Empires: Decolonization of the "Third World"

1. Describe and evaluate the concept of the "third world".
2. Describe the events and explain the results of political development in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
3. Discuss the political development of China under Mao Zedong and explain the changes brought about under Deng Xiaoping.
4. Explain the political and economic development of Indochina, the Philippines, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and the Pacific
Islands since 1945.
5. Describe the events and explain the goals of Arab nationalism with special regard to Algeria, Israel, the Cold War, and Moslem
religious fundamentalism.
6. Explain the special problems of the newly independent countries of Africa south of the Sahara.

Unit 15 - The End of the Twentieth Century

1. Describe the events that created international tension during the period of American and Soviet detente and explain why and how
    detente and eventually the Soviet Union collapsed.
2. Explain the process of liberalization of China under Deng Xiaoping and his successors in China today.
3. Trace and explain the evolution of Japan as a world economic power.
4. Describe the impact of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on the economies of Europe, Asia and America.
5. Describe and explain the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, the civil war in Lebanon, and the rise of
    terrorism as official policy.
6. Explain the relative decline in the ability of the "superpowers" to dominate world policy decisions.
7. Describe the most important positive and negative developments of science, technology, and culture in the second half of the
    twentieth century.