World History Honors

NEW SYLLABUS 

Unit 1: How did Geography, Government, & Religion shape the First Civilizations?

                  What is History, and how is it studied and written?

                  How did Humans progress from Hunter-Gatherers to the 1st Civilizations?

                  How did Geography impact the 1st four Civilizations?

                  How did Civilizations evolve into Empires, culminating with Greece and Rome?

Unit 2: How did the Fall of Rome lead to the Rise of the Byzantines in the East and Medieval Europe in the West?

                  How were the Byzantines a continuation of, and a departure from The Roman Empire?

                  What caused the Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire?

                  What part did Feudalism play in the re-organization of Western Europe?

                  What were the events that disrupted European society in the Medieval Period?

                  What were the interactions between Medieval Japan and the rest of Asia?