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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 23.Understands patterns of crisis and recovery in Afro-Eurasia between 1300 and 1450
  
Topics1. Europe following the crises of the 14th century; 2. Disease and society; 3. Social, political, and economic characteristics of society; 4. Role of individuals in history; 5. Literary and artistic developments
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 2.Understands major changes in the social, political, and cultural characteristics of European society after the 14th century (e.g., the effect of population decline on European agrarian and commercial economies; causes of and major figures in the Hundred Years War; the causes of peasant rebellions in Europe between 1300 and 1500; how the techniques of painting, sculpting, and architecture changed in this period)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  changes in European society (post 14th century)
B.  changes in European political features (post 14th century)
C.  changes in European culture (post 14th century)
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands major changes in the social characteristics of European society after the 14th century   
  2. Understands major changes in the political characteristics of European society after the 14th century   
  3. Understands major changes in the cultural characteristics of European society after the 14th century   
  4. Understands the effect of population decline on European agrarian economies   
  5. Understands the effect of population decline on European commercial economies   
  6. Knows causes of the Hundred Years War   
  7. Knows major figures in the Hundred Years War   
  8. Knows the causes of peasant rebellions in Europe between 1300 and 1500   
  9. Understands how the techniques of painting, sculpting, and architecture changed in Europe from 1300 to1500   


Citation Log: BD(BE,171;​C;​WE,156)
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