World History
Overview: This course will survey history, politics, ideas, economics, cultural developments, religion,
individuals, technology, and society in a global context from pre-history to the present day.
Unit 1: Changes In European Society (1500 – 1820)
Absolute Monarchs: Spain, England, & the Netherlands
Absolute Monarchs: France (1550 - 1715)
Absolute Monarchs:
The Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Prussia, France, Britain, & Russia:
The Seven Years War & Beyond
Unit 2: Changes In European Society Part II(1500 – 1820)
The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
The English Civil War
American Revolution
Unit 3: Industrialism & Nationalism (1700 - 1920)
The French Revolution Begins
Napoleon and the French Revolution
The Congress of Vienna
Spanish Colonies Rebel and Other Independence Movements
Unit 4: Industrialism & Nationalism (1700 - 1920)
Survey of The USA: 1776-1900Life In The Industrial Age
The Industrial Revolution
Nationalism In Europe
Technology, Science, and the Arts
in the 1800s and Early 1900s
Unit 5: Imperialism
Africa, the Middle East, and Beyond
India, Southeast Asia, and Beyond
China and Japan
Latin America, Mexico, and the World
in the 1800s and early 1900s
Unit 6: The World At War
World War I
World War I Ends & The League of Nations Begins
The Communist Revolution in Russia
The Aftermath of War
China, India, and the Middle East after World War I
Unit 7: The World At War
World War II on the Horizon: The Great Depression & Totalitarian Regimes
World War II Starts
World War II: The European Theatre
World War II: The Pacific Front
Unit 8: Cold War
The Cold War Starts
The Cold War From 1953-1975
The End of the Cold War
Unit 9: The Contemporary World (1945 – Present)
India, Pakistan, & Southeast Asia (1947-Modern Day)
Africa & The Middle East
Latin America
Today’s World