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Grade 8

Other Alabama Social Studies AAS sets

WORLD HISTORY TO 1500

  • 1

    Recognize that cave paintings, fossils, and pottery remnants provide evidence of early groups of people; draw logical conclusions about sample artifacts.SS.AAS.8.1

    1. a

      Identifying terms B.C. and A.D. used to describe to describe time.SS.AAS.8.1a

  • 2

    identify and list characteristics of early civilizations.SS.AAS.8.2

  • 3

    Recognize that different world cultures have different values, beliefs, and traditions.SS.AAS.8.3

  • 4

    Locate the ancient Greek peninsula on a map; identify at least one significant contribution from ancient Greece in the fields of politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, or science.SS.AAS.8.4

  • 5

    Recognize that civilizations and empires thrive under strong leadership using Alexander the Great as an example; identify characteristics of strong leadership.SS.AAS.8.5

  • 6

    Locate ancient Rome and the empire on a map; identify at least one significant contribution from ancient Rome in the fields of politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, or science.SS.AAS.8.6

  • 7

    Compare at least one modern aspect of culture to one ancient aspect.SS.AAS.8.7

  • 8

    Locate India and China on a world map; recognize at least one accomplishment of classical civilizations in India and China including the Great Wall, gunpowder, fireworks, and the Taj Mahal; recognize major landforms and climate patterns including monsoon season, the Himalayas, and the Yellow River. SS.AAS.8.8

  • 9

    Locate the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople (Istanbul) on a world map; identify at least one accomplishment or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire.SS.AAS.8.9

  • 10

    Locate Russia on a world map; recognize how Russia was important to the interaction of people and trade between Asia and Europe in at least one area.SS.AAS.8.10

  • 11

    Locate the Middle East and northern Africa on a world map, specifically, the Arabian Peninsula; list at least one religious, social, culture, or political characteristic of early Islamic civilizations.SS.AAS.8.11

  • 12

    Locate China’s neighbors on a map including Japan and Korea; identify at least one influence of China on Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.SS.AAS.8.12

  • 13

    Identify Africa on a world map; recognize the language, religion, and customs of one early African kingdom, including Ghana, Mali, and Songhai; identify the importance of the gold and salt trade and Timbuktu.SS.AAS.8.13

  • 14

    Recognize the key aspects of at least one preColumbian culture, including Aztec, Incan, Mayan, Olmec, Inuit, Creek and North American tribes; locate Central and South America on a world map.SS.AAS.8.14

  • 15

    Recognize an example of military or governmental events that shaped Europe in the early Middle Ages (600–1000 A.D./C.E.).SS.AAS.8.15

  • 16

    Identify at least one cultural change in the High Middle Ages.SS.AAS.8.16

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      Identify the Magna Carta.SS.AAS.8.16a

  • 17

    Identify at least one key event, accomplishment, or person from the late Middle Ages.SS.AAS.8.17

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