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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 41.Understands the causes and global consequences of World War II
  
Topics1. Causes of World War II; 2. Development, ideology, and structure of political systems; 3. Cooperation and conflict; 4. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 1.Understands the rise of fascism and Nazism in Europe and Japan (e.g., the ideologies of fascism and Nazism, and how fascist regimes seized power and gained mass support in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan; German, Italian, and Japanese military conquests and drives for empires in the 1930's; how Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini rose to power; the causes of the Spanish Civil War and how this war coincided with the rise of fascism in Europe; what Nazi oppression in Germany was like)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  fascism
B.  Nazism
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the rise of fascism in Europe    
  2. Understands the rise of Nazism in Europe    
  3. Understands the rise of fascism in Japan   
  4. Knows the ideology of fascism    
  5. Knows the ideology of Nazism   
  6. Understands how fascist regimes seized power and gained mass support in Germany   
  7. Understands how fascist regimes seized power and gained mass support in Italy   
  8. Understands how fascist regimes seized power and gained mass support in Spain   
  9. Understands how fascist regimes seized power and gained mass support in Japan   
  10. Understands German military conquests and drives for empires in the 1930’s   
  11. Understands Italian military conquests and drives for empires in the 1930’s   
  12. Understands Japanese military conquests and drives for empires in the 1930’s   
  13. Understands how Hitler rose to power   
  14. Understands how Franco rose to power   
  15. Understands how Mussolini rose to power   
  16. Knows the causes of the Spanish Civil War and how this war coincided with the rise of fascism in Europe   
  17. Knows what Nazi oppression in Germany was like   


Citation Log: BD(BE,204;​C;​WE,266;​LE,296)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
W   NCHS: World History, expanded edition

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document