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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 5.Understands the political, social, and cultural consequences of population movements and militarization in Eurasia in the second millennium BCE
  
Topics1. Southwest Asia and Egypt in 2nd millennium BCE; 2. Role of individuals in history; 3. Religion, belief systems, and values
   Level IV (Grade 9-12)
  Benchmark 2.Understands the beliefs and accomplishments of Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers (e.g., the religious ideas of Akenaton [Amenhotep IV] and the viewpoint that Atonism was an early form of monotheism, the accomplishments of Sargon and Akenaton [Amenhotep IV])
   Vocabulary terms
A.  beliefs of Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers
B.  accomplishments of Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the beliefs of Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers    
  2. Understands the accomplishments of Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers   
  3. Knows the religious ideas of Akenaton (Amenhotep IV)   
  4. Understands the viewpoint that Atonism was an early form of monotheism   
  5. Knows the accomplishments of Sargon    
  6. Knows the accomplishments of Akenaton (Amenhotep IV)   


Citation Log: BD(BE,144;​C;​WE,63)
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