Domain 1: From Prehistory to Ancient Civilizations
| 1.01 | Describe the archaeological evidence of the origin of human beings in Africa and identify early patterns of migration. |
| 1.02 | Explain the key features of hunter-gatherer societies during the Paleolithic Age. |
| 1.03 | Describe the key features of societies during the Neolithic era and identify significant artifacts from this period. |
| 1.04 | Explain the transition from sedentary agricultural village settlements to early civilizations and the features that distinguish each. |
| 1.05 | Analyze the political and administrative structures, trade networks, social hierarchies, and cultural traditions of Mesopotamian civilizations. |
| 1.06 | Describe the pharaonic system and its role in the social and cultural traditions of ancient Egyptian civilization. |
| 1.07 | Analyze the significance of interactions between ancient Egyptians, Nubians, and Hittites. |
| 1.08 | Discuss urban development, trade networks, social hierarchy, and cultural traditions of the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro civilizations. |
| 1.09 | Describe the political ideology, social hierarchy, and ancestor worship in the Shang and Zhou states. |
| 1.10 | Describe the tenets of ancient Judaism. |
| 1.11 | Analyze the territorial expansion and contraction of the Persian Empire and the development of its structure and administration, religious traditions, and trade networks, as well as the cultural autonomy of its subject peoples. |
| 1.12 | Explain the trade networks as well as the artistic and religious practices of the Minoan, Mycenaean, and Phoenician civilizations. |
| 1.13 | Geographically and chronologically locate ancient civilizations and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |
Domain 2: Classical Civilizations
| 2.01 | Describe developments in trade networks and the political control of the Indian subcontinent, and the significance of Vedic and Buddhist religious traditions during the Mauryan dynasty. |
| 2.02 | Analyze the evolution of political and administrative structures, trade networks, gender relations, and the caste system during the Gupta dynasty, as well as developments in the fields of mathematics, science, and art. |
| 2.03 | Explain the teachings of the Buddha. |
| 2.04 | Describe how the cultural practices and trade networks of the Olmec and Chavin were precursors to successor civilizations. |
| 2.05 | Explain how different forms of government in the principal Greek city-states influenced colonization, mutual alliances, and competition among them. Describe the development and features of pan-Hellenism. |
| 2.06 | Discuss classical Greek contributions to philosophy, literature, and the arts. |
| 2.07 | Analyze the fall of the Greek city-states, the rise of Macedon, and the spread of Hellenistic culture into North Africa and Asia during and after the reign of Alexander. |
| 2.08 | Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman republic, as well as its expansion and influence over the Mediterranean and its northern neighbors. |
| 2.09 | Explain the military and political developments that led to the bureaucratic administration and centralization of power that characterized the early Roman Empire. |
| 2.10 | Describe the features of Roman citizenship, the expansion of slavery, and the role of freedmen within the empire. |
| 2.11 | Describe the tenets of early Christianity. |
| 2.12 | Explain the effect of the diffusion and growth of Christianity on Roman policy before and after Constantine. |
| 2.13 | Explain the growth of the Byzantine influence within the Roman Empire and account for the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west. |
| 2.14 | Analyze the expansion of imperial control and the centralization and standardization of government administration in the Qin Empire, as well as the limitations of the Qin use of Legalism as political ideology. |
| 2.15 | Describe the teachings of Confucius, Mencius, and Laozi. |
| 2.16 | Describe the influence of Confucianism on political ideology, social hierarchies, and gender relations during the an HanHan Empire, as well as the growth of the domestic economy and the practices of compulsory labor and military conscription. |
| 2.17 | Analyze the significance of Han interaction with nomadic groups in Central Asia and with the peoples of East Asia. |
| 2.18 | Describe the social and economic conditions that led to the fall of the Han Empire. |
| 2.19 | Explain the expansion of Eurasian trade and associated interactions between cultures. |
| 2.20 | Geographically and chronologically locate classical civilizations and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |
Domain 3: Postclassical Era
| 3.01 | Describe the political institutions, legal systems, trade networks, and the artistic and cultural traditions of the Byzantine Empire. |
| 3.02 | Explain the tenets of Islam. |
| 3.03 | Analyze the causes and course of Muslim expansion into North Africa, the Iberian peninsula, and Asia. |
| 3.04 | Describe the political institutions, legal systems, trade networks, and the arts of the emerging Muslim world, as well as its role in developing and transferring mathematics, science, philosophy, and technology. |
| 3.05 | Analyze the impact of the spread of Islam on indigenous political and administrative structures, trade networks, and the culture of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires. |
| 3.06 | Describe the growth and culture of the Swahili city-states as well as their trade networks in the Indian Ocean system. |
| 3.07 | Explain the impact of the Mongol empires on Eurasia as well as invasions and migrations across Europe. |
| 3.08 | Describe the evolution of political and religious institutions, economic systems, trade networks, and social hierarchies in early and late postclassical Europe. |
| 3.09 | Discuss the causes and effects of the Crusades and other interactions between the Christian and Muslim worlds. |
| 3.10 | Explain key developments in medieval English legal and constitutional history. |
| 3.11 | Describe the impact of commercial innovations, mass production, and expansion of trade networks as well as the evolution of the civil service system during the Tang, Song, and Yuan empires. |
| 3.12 | Explain the elevation of Mahayana Buddhism to a state religion and the subsequent development and spread of neo-Confucianism throughout East Asia. |
| 3.13 | Discuss the domestic factors as well as foreign influences that contributed to the culture of the Nara and Heian periods and the Kamakura and Ashikaga shogunates. |
| 3.14 | Describe the political and administrative structures, religious practices, and economic systems of the Mayan city-states and the Aztec and Incan empires. |
| 3.15 | Geographically and chronologically locate postclassical states and empires and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |
| 4.01 | Account for the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula and the subsequent rise of Spain and Portugal after the Reconquista. |
| 4.02 | Account for the emergence of humanism in the arts and literature during the Renaissance. |
| 4.03 | Describe the influence of the Reformation and the Counter Reformation on political and administrative structures, economic systems, social hierarchies, and culture in early modern Europe. |
| 4.04 | Discuss the economic and political reasons for European exploration and the global effects of the Columbian Exchange |
| 4.05 | Analyze the consolidation of political power in continental Europe as manifested in the rise of nation-states and colonial systems. Explain the rise of the English nation-state and the British colonial system. |
| 4.06 | Explain the developments in European economic, political, religious, and scientific life resulting from the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. |
| 4.07 | Describe the features of the slave systems in Africa and explain the effects of the expansion of trans-Saharan, East African, and trans-Atlantic trading systems. |
| 4.08 | Describe the rise of the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires and the political and administrative structures, trade networks, social hierarchies, and cultural traditions that emerged. |
| 4.09 | Discuss the expansion of Russian power and ambitions in relation to Europe and Asia. |
| 4.10 | Explain the political and social developments in Ming and early Qing China. |
| 4.11 | Describe the factors contributing to Japan's unification. |
| 4.12 | Discuss the beginnings of the worldwide trade system and the role of Europeans in fueling increased economic interaction. |
| 4.13 | Geographically and chronologically locate early modern states and colonies and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |
Domain 5: The Long 19th Century
| 5.01 | Describe the conditions and events that led to the American Revolution and its effects on the Atlantic world. |
| 5.02 | Describe the conditions and events that led to the French Revolution and Napoleonic France as well as the effects of both on Europe. |
| 5.03 | Discuss the effects of the American and French Revolutions on subsequent revolutions and national movements in Haiti and Latin America. |
| 5.04 | Analyze the political evolution of nation-states in Europe and the shifting alignments of nations in the years between the Treaty of Vienna and World War I. |
| 5.05 | Explain the causes of the Industrial Revolution and its economic, social, and political effects in Britain and other countries as it spread globally. Explain the link between expanding industrialization and imperial competition among industrializing nations. |
| 5.06 | Describe the impact of the abolition of the slave trade coupled with the rise of European colonialism on African political and administrative structures, social hierarchies, cultural traditions, and participation in global trade networks. |
| 5.07 | Explain the causes and effects of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and the collapse of the Qing dynasty. |
| 5.08 | Analyze the causes and effects of the Sepoy Rebellion and the subsequent control of South Asia by the British Empire. |
| 5.09 | Describe the political and administrative structures, social hierarchy, commercial and urban development, and expansion of arts and literature in the Tokugawa era. |
| 5.10 | Discuss the impact of Japan's 19th century encounters with the West, the Meiji Restoration, and the causes that shaped it into a world power. |
| 5.11 | Describe the causes and consequences of the waning power of the Ottoman Empire. |
| 5.12 | Analyze the expansion of the United States in North America and the impact of the foreign policy of the United States on the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific rim. |
| 5.13 | Analyze the growth and impact of global trade on the causes and effects of worldwide migrations. |
| 5.14 | Describe innovations in science and technology and the effects of revolutions in communication and transportation during this period. |
| 5.15 | Geographically and chronologically locate empires, states, and colonies during this era and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |
Domain 6: The Global 20th Century
| 6.01 | Describe global political and social conditions that led to nationalist and revolutionary movements outside of Europe. |
| 6.02 | Analyze the causes of the Russian revolutions and the resulting political, economic, and social structures and their influence globally. |
| 6.03 | Explain the global causes, course, and effects of World War I. |
| 6.04 | Describe global economic conditions and political movements between the Treaty of Versailles and World War II. |
| 6.05 | Explain the global causes, course, and effects of World War II. |
| 6.06 | Analyze the development and effect of the United Nations and the development of international law, international organizations, and nongovernmental agencies. |
| 6.07 | Analyze the effects of colonization and the Cold War in South East Asia and the conflicts that arose as a result. |
| 6.08 | Discuss the factors contributing to the geo-political organization of countries in the Middle East and the conflicts arising from these forces. |
| 6.09 | Explain the causes behind the Cold War proxy conflicts in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, as well as the effect of the Cold War on politics and society in North America. |
| 6.10 | Analyze the policies and actions of the Soviet Union and the United States towards Europe and each other during the Cold War. |
| 6.11 | Discuss the factors that contributed to decolonization as well as the differing methods and consequences and the growth of the Non-Aligned Movement. |
| 6.12 | Analyze the process of revolution in the People's Republic of China and its effects in East Asia. |
| 6.13 | Explain the factors and events that led to the fall of the Soviet Union. |
| 6.14 | Discuss the extent and impact of racial and ethnic conflict, including genocides. |
| 6.15 | Analyze international economic interdependence in terms of multinational corporations, regional economic agreements, and utilization of resources. |
| 6.16 | Explain innovations in science, technology, and popular culture and the effects of revolutions in communication and transportation during this period. |
| 6.17 | Geographically and chronologically locate modern states and describe relevant topographical features and their significance. |