World History Curriculum Bundle

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