SAT2歷史大綱下載.

SAT2歷史大綱下載

　　SAT2考試有20門科目可以選擇，但是對于文科生，選擇的余地并不是很大，歷史就是這些不多的選擇之一。SAT2歷史分成了世界歷史和美國歷史，都需要大家在備考的時(shí)候有良好的基礎(chǔ)。下面就是SAT2歷史大綱的下載預(yù)覽，供大家參考。

　　World History Outline

　　Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.–600 C.E.

　　Major Developments

　　1. Locating world history in the environment and time

　　1). Environment

　　1)). Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society

　　2)). Demography: Major population changes resulting from human and environmental factors

　　2). Time

　　1)). Periodization in early human history

　　2)). Nature and causes of changes associated with the time span

　　3)). Continuities and breaks within the time span

　　3). Diverse Interpretations

　　1)). What are the issues involved in using "civilization" as an organizing principle in world history?

　　2)). What is the most common source of change: connection or diffusion versus independent invention?

　　2. Developing agriculture and technology

　　1). Agricultural, pastoral, and foraging societies, and their demographic characteristics (Include Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia.)

　　2). Emergence of agriculture and technological change

　　3). Nature of village settlements

　　4). Impact of agriculture on the environment

　　5). Introduction of key stages of metal use

　　3. Basic features of early civilizations in different environments: culture, state, and social structure

　　1). Mesopotamia

　　2). Egypt

　　3). Indus

　　4). Shang

　　5). Mesoamerica and Andean South America

　　(Students should be able to compare two of the early civilizations above.)

　　U.S History Outline

　　1. Pre-Columbian Societies

　　1). Early inhabitants of the Americas

　　2). American Indian empires in Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley

　　3). American Indian cultures of North America at the time of European contact

　　2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492-1690

　　1). First European contacts with Native Americans

　　2). Spain&aposs empire in North America

　　3). French colonization of Canada

　　4). English settlement of New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the South

　　5). From servitude to slavery in the Chesapeake region

　　6). Religious diversity in the American colonies

　　7). Resistance to colonial authority: Bacon&aposs Rebellion, the Glorious Revolution, and the Pueblo Revolt

　　3. Colonial North America, 1690-1754

　　1). Population growth and immigration

　　2). Transatlantic trade and the growth of seaports

　　3). The eighteenth-century back country

　　4). Growth of plantation economies and slave societies

　　5). The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening

　　6). Colonial governments and imperial policy in British North America

　　4. The American Revolutionary Era, 1754-1789

　　1). The French and Indian War

　　2). The Imperial Crisis and resistance to Britain

　　3). The War for Independence

　　4). State constitutions and the Articles of Confederation

　　5). The federal Constitution