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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 28.Understands how large territorial empires dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries
  
Topics1. Ottoman Empire ; 2. Empires and imperialism; 3. Southeast Europe and Southwest Asia under the Ottoman Empire; 4. Literary and artistic developments; 5. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 3.Understands political and cultural achievements of the Ottoman Empire (e.g., the significance of the capture of Constantinople for Christians and Ottomans; how the Ottoman military succeeded against various enemies; artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries; achievements of Sulieman the Magnificent; the extent of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires in the 14th and 15th centuries)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  political achievements of the Ottoman Empire (16th-18th centuries CE)
B.  cultural achievements of the Ottoman Empire (16th to 18th centuries CE)
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands political achievements of the Ottoman Empire    
  2. Understands cultural achievements of the Ottoman Empire    
  3. Understands the significance of the capture of Constantinople for Christians    
  4. Understands the significance of the capture of Constantinople for Ottomans   
  5. Understands how the Ottoman military succeeded against various enemies   
  6. Knows artistic achievements of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries   
  7. Knows architectural achievements of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries   
  8. Knows literary achievements of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries   
  9. Knows the achievements of Sulieman the Magnificent   
  10. Knows the extent of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires in the 14th and 15th centuries   


Citation Log: BD(BE,180;​C;​WE,184)
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