World History Curriculum Bundle
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The bundle contains 27 engaging webquests for essential content in World History (Middle Ages through Exploration of the Americas). The assignments do not require the use of a textbook or teacher preparation. Each lesson will take at least one class period. I have included answer keys. Please message me if you have any questions.
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Webquests included:
Roman Empire Webquest- Early History, Republic, Battles, Barbarians, and Fall of the Roman Empire (43 questions)
Topics:
- The historical telling of the founding of Rome (Roman Forum and the hills of Palatine and Capitoline)
- The mythical telling of the founding of Rome (Romulus and Remus)
- Groups that settled Italy during the formation of Rome
- The Roman Republic is formed (ideas and structures)
- Similarities between the Roman Republic and modern democracies
- Powers held by the consuls
- Senate
- Peoples Assembly
- Roman Republic’s constitution
- Treatment of people in the Roman Empire
- Voting
- Punic Wars
- Carthage
- Hannibal
- Cynoscephalae
- Third Servile War
- Spartacus
- Great Roman Civil War
- Battle of Actium
- Augustus
- England and the Roman Empire
- Julius Caesar
- Emperor Claudius
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Barbarians (Goths, Huns, Franks, Saxons, and Visigoths)
- Causes of the Fall of Rome
- Western and Eastern parts of the Roman Empire (Rome and Constantinople)
- Byzantium Empire
- Germanic barbarians end the Roman Empire
- Augustulus gives up crown
- The Dark Ages
Ancient China Webquest (37 questions)
Topics:
- The Sui Dynasty
- Unifying China
- Emperor Wen
- The decline of the Sui Dynasty
- Accomplishments
- Religion
- Effects of Buddhism
The Tang Dynasty
- Golden Age
- Peace and Prosperity
- Li Yuan
- Inventions
- Woodblock Printing
- Effects of Woodblock Printing
- Gunpowder
- Civil Service Exam
- Poetry
- Chang'an
- Confucianism
- The decline of the dynasty
The Song Dynasty
- Reunification of China
- Fall of Northern Song
- Jin
- Southern Song
- Mongols
- Inventions (Movable-type, Gunpowder, and the Magnetic Compass)
- Poetry and Literature
- Rice
- Kublai Khan
The Yuan Dynasty
- Mongol Empire
- Genghis Khan
- Kublai Khan
- Trade and Communication
- Marco Polo
- Social Classes
- Fall of the Yuan Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty
- Peasant Uprising
- Removal of the Mongols
- Zhu Yuanzhang
- Civil Engineering Projects
- The Great Wall
- Grand Canal
- The Forbidden City
- Ming Vases
- Zheng He
- Chinese Exploration
Daily Life in China Webquest (30 questions)
Topics:
- Homes
- Food
- Gender Roles
- School and Education
- Clothing
- Jewelry
- Makeup
- Foot Binding
- Professions
- Slavery
- Ancestor Worship
- Religion
Great Wall of China Webquest (23 questions)
Topics/Key Vocabulary:
- Location
- Distance
- Reason for construction
- Symbol of the Great Wall for the Chinese civilization
- Qin Dynasty Construction
- Soldiers, convicts, and commoners
- Materials used to build the wall
- Guard towers
- Great Wall through the centuries
- Wall building during the Ming Dynasty
- Significance of the Great Wall
- Physical and psychological representations of the Great Wall
Silk Road Webquest (25 questions)
Topics/Key Vocabulary:
- Establishment of the Silk Road
- Royal Road
- Han dynasty opens up trade between China and Europe.
- Alexander the Great expands into Persia
- “Silk Routes”
- Examples of goods traded along the Silk Road
- The spread of technology
- The effects of paper and gunpowder on Europe
- Silk Road spices
- Eastward exploration
- Marco Polo’s travels
- The disadvantage of the Silk Road
- The reason for a decrease in travel on the Silk Road
Medieval Japan Webquest (40 questions)
Topics/Key Vocabulary:
- Japanese religion and spirituality
- Beliefs of Shinto (kami)
- Amaterasu
- Shinto and Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism
- Confucianism
- Jomon
- Tomb period
- Prince Shotoku
- Writing system (Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds)
- Heian era
- The capital moves from Nara to Kyoto
- Japanese women write literature
- The Tale of Genji
- Age of the warrior
- Samurai (Bushi)
- Shogun
- Tokugawa
- Martial Arts
- The samurai’s sword
- Jujitsu
- Life during the Edo period
- Sakoku policy
- Haiku poem
Byzantine Empire Webquest (30 questions)
Topics:
- Roman Empire Split
- Byzantine Empire
- Middle Ages
- Constantinople
- Constantine I
- Justinian Dynasty
- Justinian Code
- Architectural Achievements
- Hagia Sophia
- Byzantine Artists and Realism
- Latin Language
- The Conflict between the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires
- Dislike of Justinian
- Fall of Constantinople
- Mehmet II
- Istanbul
- Effects of the Fall of Constantinople
Islamic World Webquest (31 questions)
Topics:
- Muhammad
- Allah
- Quran
- Islam
- Muslim
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Ramadan
- The Hadith Texts
- Mosques
- Sunni and Shia
- Art
- Ceramics
- Carpet
- Miniature Painting
- Science
- Technology
- Islamic Golden Age
- Mathematics
- Astronomy (Navigation, Calendar, and Religious Purposes)
- Hospitals
- Cairo, Egypt
- The Canon of Medicine
- Engineers
- Islamic Merchants
- Trade
- The Silk Road
- Spread of Islam
Muhammad, Faith of Islam, & Five Pillars of Islam Webquest (27 questions)
Topics/Key Vocabulary:
- Muhammad’s early life
- Islam
- Mecca
- Similarities between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Islam’s holiest site
- Opposition to Muhammad
- The Hegira
- Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina
- Themes found in the Koran
- Arabian Peninsula
- Achievements of the Islamic Empire
- Divisions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims
Kingdoms of West Africa Webquest (38 questions)
Topics:
- Ghana
- Mali
- Songhai
- Mansa Musa
- Mecca
- Djenne
- Timbuktu
- Trade
- Culture
- Learning
Hundred Years’ War and Joan of Arc Webquest (30 questions)
Topics:
- Causes of the War
- King Edward III
- England invades France
- The Black Prince
- King Henry V
- The Battle of Agincourt
- England Invades Southern France in 1428
- Siege of Orleans
- Bubonic Plague Stops the War
- English Longbow
- Joan of Arc
- Joan of Arc's Visions
- Joan of Arc Saved France
- Joan of Arc is Captured
- End of the War
- Effects of the War
Middle Ages Daily Life (36 questions)
Topics/Key Vocabulary:
- Classes of people (Clergy, nobles, and commoners)
- Characteristics of a medieval town
- Manorial System
- Feudal system
- Main parts of a manor
- Peasants and serfs
- Religion
- Festivals
- Life of the Nobility
- The King
- Fiefs
- Women
- Knights
- Page and squire
- Chivalry
- Coat of arms
- Rise of towns
- The decline of the feudal system
The Crusades Webquest (34 questions)
Topics:
- Alexius I
- Call for the First Crusade by Pope Urban II
- Knights Templar
- Holy Land
- People’s Crusade
- Jewish-Christian relations
- Constantinople
- The Fall of Jerusalem
- Edessa
- Damascus
- Capture of Cairo
- Saladin captures Jerusalem
- Peace established between Richard I and Saladin
- The Fall of Constantinople
- Children’s Crusade
- Mamluks Stop the Mongols
- End of the Crusades
- Effects of the Crusades
- Trade and Transportation Improves
- Crusades and the Renaissance
- Islam’s View of the Crusades
The Black Death Webquest (30 questions)
Topics:
- Cause of the disease
- Symptoms of the disease
- Living conditions that caused the disease to spread
- Fleas spread the bacteria to humans
- People in the 14th-century thought dirty air caused the disease
- Black rats
- Life during the Black Death
- Deaths worldwide between 1348-1351
- Percent of Europeans killed
- Plague pits
- Crosses on doors
- Facial masks
- The spread of the Black Death
- The reason the disease was so contagious
- The Black Death reached England
- Weymouth, England
- Gascony, France
- Effect on entire villages
- Constantinople
- Mongolian soldiers
- Central Asia
- 14th-century treatment of the disease
Renaissance Webquest (34 questions)
Topics:
- Florence
- Humanism
- Effects of Humanism
- Simulated the Study of Greek and Roman Culture
- Republic
- Medici Family
- Francesco Petrarch
- Giotto
- Devine Comedy
- Italian Renaissance
- Patronage
- Artists Supported by the Medici Family (Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo)
- City-State
- Importance of city-states
- Venice (Trading City)
- Rome
- Middle Class
- Daily Life in the Renaissance
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Children during the Renaissance
Famous Renaissance People Webquest (32 questions)
Topics:
Leonardo da Vinci
- Occupation
- Talents
- Drawings and journals
- Vitruvian Man
Michelangelo
- Childhood
- Medici Family
- Sculptures
- Pieta
- Statue of David
- Painting of the Sistine Chapel
- The Creation of Adam
William Shakespeare
- Childhood
- Lord Chamberlain’s Men
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- The Globe Theatre
- Shakespeare’s Greatest Plays (Othello and Macbeth)
Johannes Gutenberg
- Movable Type
- The Printing Press
- Effects of the Printing Press
- Mass Production of the Bible
Martin Luther and the 95 Theses Webquest (28 questions)
Topics:
- Early Life
- Luther Enters the Monastery
- Luther Questions the Catholic Church
- Beliefs Luther shared with Augustine
- Selling of "Indulgences"
- The 95 Theses
- Wittenberg Castle Church
- Central Ideas in Luther's 95 Theses
- Luther Summoned to Augsburg
- Luther the Heretic
- Pope Leo X
- Luther Excommunicated from the Catholic Church
- Charles V orders Luther's writings to be burned
- Translating the New Testament to German
- The Peasants' Wars
- Effects of Luther's Writings
- Sparking the Protestant Reformation
- Luther's Contributions to Theological History
World Religions Webquest- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism (37 questions)
Key Topics/Vocabulary:
Judaism:
- Abraham
- Monotheistic
- Population
- Tanakh
- Torah
- Synagogues
Christianity:
- Paul
- Monotheistic
- Holy Bible
- Jerusalem
- Jesus
- Christian beliefs
Islam:
- Muhammad
- Monotheistic
- Population
- The Quran
- Mecca
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Mosques
Hinduism:
- Origins and history
- Brahman
- Population
- Vedas
- Location
- Samsara and karma
- Scared animal (cow)
- Mandir temple
Buddhism:
- The Buddha
- Population
- Sacred texts (Tipitaka, Sutras, and The Book of the Dead
- Location
- Important virtues
- Buddhist worship place
North American Indian Culture Webquest (32 questions)
Topics:
Agriculture:
- Crops (Maize)
- Hunting and Gathering
- Navajo and the Cherokee (Advanced Farming Procedures)
- Food Storage
- Plains Indians (Buffalo)
Clothing:
- Animal Hides
- Clothing Decorations
- European Influence on Clothing
- Breechcloth
- Leggings
- Footwear (Moccasin)
Housing:
- Teepees (Plains Indians)
- Longhouses (Iroquois)
- Iroquois Clans
- Pueblos (Hopi)
- Wigwams (Algonquian)
Southwest Native Americans (Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache) Webquest- 31 questions
Topics:
Pueblo
- Tribes
- Location
- Conflict with the Spanish
- Homes
- Crops
- Kiva
- Roads
Navajo
- Location
- Crops
- Clothing
- Rugs and Blankets
- Conflict with the Spanish
Apache
- Apache Tribes
- Location
- Homes (Teepees and wigwams)
- Clothing
- Crops
- Buffalo
- Travois
- Storing Grain
- Extended Family
- Horses
- Family Responsibilities
- Conflict with the US Government
- Geronimo
Southeast Native Americans Webquest (31 questions)
Topics:
Cherokee
- Location
- Housing
- Crops
- Transportation
- Roles of Women and Men
- Contact with Europeans
- Trail of Tears
Chickasaw
- Location
- Housing
- Clothing
- Crops
- Government
- Indian Removal Act
Seminoles
- Location
- War with the US
- Osceola
- Housing
- Language
- Clothing
- Family Clans
Plains Indians (Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Apache) Webquest- 30 questions
Topics:
- Location (past and present)
- Homes
- Language
- Government
- Food
- Clothing
- Bison
- Hunting Bison
- Tools
- Social Life
- Wars
- European horses
Maya Webquest (40 questions)
Topics:
- Geography
- Government
- Daily Life
- Religion
- Sacrifice
- Inventions
- Hieroglyphics
- Ball Games
- Agriculture
- Pyramids
- Justice, Court, and Punishment
- Food
Inca Webquest (40 questions)
Topics:
- Geography
- Daily Life
- Homes
- Farming
- Hairstyles
- Jewelry
- Weddings
- Kids and School
- Sapa Inca
- Llama Legends
- Road Runners
- Inventions
- Machu Picchu
Aztec Webquest (34 questions)
Topics:
- Human-Environment Interaction
- Government
- Food
- Floating Gardens
- Daily Life
- Slaves
- School
- Marriage
- Ball Games
- Tenochtitlan
- Religion
- Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus
- Correct Behavior
- Spanish Arrival
The Age of Exploration Webquest (40 questions)
The voyage and discoveries of the following explorers:
- Henry Hudson
- Jacques Cartier
- Vasco da Gama
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Christopher Columbus
- Hernando de Soto
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Amerigo Vespucci
Prince Henry the Navigator's influence on exploration:
- Sponsored Explorations
- Credited with beginning the Age of Discovery
- School for Navigation (Cartographers, Shipbuilders, and Instrument Makers)
European colonization of the Americas (Location and Impact):
- France
- Spain
- England
- Dutch
Positive and Negative Effects of the Columbian Exchange:
- Plants and Animals
- Diseases
Spanish Conquistadors Webquest (33 questions)
Cortes:
- New World
- Hispaniola
- Velazquez
- Expedition to Mexico
- Yucatan Peninsula
- Dona Marina
- Reasons for Conquest
- Montezuma II
- Tenochtitlan
- Alliances
- Quetzalcoatl
- Cortes Flees Tenochtitlan
- Conquest of the Aztecs
- King Charles I of Spain
Pizarro:
- Childhood
- Reasons for Sailing to the New World
- Spain Supports Pizarro
- Pizarro Lands in South America
- Diseases
- Incas
- Atahualpa
- Pizarro Captures Inca Emperor
- Pizarro Conquers Cuzco
- Establishment of Lima
- Spanish Advantages