World History study guides
VA-SOL Β· Virginia SOL Β· aligned to VDOE.
- Virginia SOL World History I (WHI) Module 1: a complete overview of human origins, the river valley civilizations, and classical Persia, India, China, Greece, and Rome
A deep-dive guide to Module 1 of the Virginia World History I (WHI) SOL: the social science skills, human origins and the river valley civilizations, classical Persia, India, and China, ancient Greece and Rome, and the question patterns the SOL repeats, with worked solutions.
π 18 min readWHI.1-WHI.6 - Virginia SOL World History I (WHI) Module 2: a complete overview of the major world religions, the Byzantine Empire, and Islamic civilization
A deep-dive guide to Module 2 of the Virginia World History I (WHI) SOL: the origins, beliefs, and spread of Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam, the Byzantine Empire, and the achievements of Islamic civilization, with the comparison and cause-and-effect skills the SOL rewards.
π 18 min readWHI.6-WHI.8 - Virginia SOL World History I (WHI) Module 3: a complete overview of the West African kingdoms, the Americas, East Asia, medieval Europe, the Crusades, the Black Death, and the Renaissance
A deep-dive guide to Module 3 of the Virginia World History I (WHI) SOL: the West African kingdoms, the Maya, Aztec, and Inca, medieval China and Japan, feudal Europe and the Catholic Church, the Crusades and the Black Death, and the Italian Renaissance, with the comparison and cause-and-effect skills the SOL rewards.
π 18 min readWHI.9-WHI.15 - Virginia SOL World History II (WHII) Module 4: a complete overview of the world in 1500, the Reformation, the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic revolutions
A deep-dive guide to Module 4 of the Virginia World History II (WHII) SOL: the world in 1500, the Reformation, the Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, absolutism and the English revolutions, and the American and French Revolutions, with the cause-and-effect skills the SOL rewards.
π 18 min readWHII.2-WHII.8 - Virginia SOL World History II (WHII) Module 5: a complete overview of Latin American independence, nationalism, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, World War I, and the Russian Revolution
A deep-dive guide to Module 5 of the Virginia World History II (WHII) SOL: Latin American independence, nineteenth-century nationalism and the unification of Italy and Germany, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, World War I, and the Russian Revolution, with the cause-and-effect skills the SOL rewards.
π 18 min readWHII.9-WHII.14 - Virginia SOL World History II (WHII) Module 6: a complete overview of the interwar period, World War II, the Holocaust, the Cold War, decolonization, and the contemporary world
A deep-dive guide to Module 6 of the Virginia World History II (WHII) SOL: the interwar period and totalitarianism, World War II and the Holocaust, the Cold War, decolonization, the end of the Cold War, and the contemporary world, with the cause-and-effect skills the SOL rewards.
π 18 min readWHII.14-WHII.16