NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

World History

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High School

Strand: History

• NCES.WH.H.4 - N/A

  • NCES.WH.H.4.1 - Explain how interest in classical learning and religious reform contributed to increased global interaction (e.g., Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Catholic Reformation, Printing revolution, etc.).
  • NCES.WH.H.4.2 - Explain the political, social and economic reasons for the rise of powerful centralized nation-states and empires (e.g., Reformation, absolutism, limited monarchy, empires, etc.).
  • NCES.WH.H.4.3 - Explain how agricultural and technological improvements transformed daily life socially and economically (e.g., growth of towns, creation of guilds, feudalism and the manorial system, commercialization, etc.).
  • NCES.WH.H.4.4 - Analyze the effects of increased global trade on the interactions between nations in Europe, Southwest Asia, the Americas and Africa (e.g., exploration, mercantilism, inflation, rise of capitalism, etc.).