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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Understand the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic institution (e.g., founding of universities, political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the Latin language and religious texts, St. Thomas Aquinas’s synthesis of classical philosophy with Christian theology, and the concept of “natural law”).

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Know the history of the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula that culminated in the Reconquista and the rise of Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms.

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Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.

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HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.

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HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.

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HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems.

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Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism (i.e., a balance between intellect and religious faith).