| List of Benchmarks for World History | | | | Standard 27. | Understands how European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformations in an age of global intercommunication between 1450 and 1750 | | | | | Topics | 1. Role of individuals in history; 2. Power and European states, 16th-18th centuries; 3. Development, ideology, and structure of political systems |
| | | | | Level IV (Grade 9-12) | | | | | Benchmark 3. | Understands the accomplishments of significant European leaders between the 16th and 18th centuries (e.g., the success of Russian expansion in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia, and the success of the tsars in transforming the Duchy of Moscow into a Eurasian empire; the life and achievements of Louis XIV, and elements of absolutist power during this period; how Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded Russian territory; major achievements in the reigns of Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II, and which of these leaders displayed the features of an "Enlightened Despot") | | | | | Vocabulary terms
A. significant European leaders (16th to 18th centuries CE)
| | | Knowledge/skill statements | | | | 1. | Understands the success of Russian expansion in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia | | | | 2. | Understands the success of the tsars in transforming the Duchy of Moscow into a Eurasian empire | | | | 3. | Understands the life and achievements of Louis XIV | | | | 4. | Knows elements of absolutist power between the 16th and 18th centuries | | | | 5. | Understands how Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded Russian territory | | | | 6. | Knows major achievements in the reign of Frederick the Great | | | | 7. | Knows major achievements in the reign of Catherine the Great | | | | 8. | Knows major achievements in the reign of Joseph II | | | | 9. | Knows which leaders, among Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II, displayed the features of an "Enlightened Despot" | |
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