This PowerPoint presentation has definitions, pictures, animations, sound bytes and multimedia aspects on the ENTIRE Global Studies 9th Grade Curriculum (Paleolithic Era -1700s). It features informational slides, primary source documents and activities for students to exercise their critical thinking skills and recall the information. In addition, it is common core compatible with built in questioning and reasoning, and it even includes art history dimensions and review with quizzes. Here are the units/chapters covered: Ancient Civilizations- Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, Empires of India and China, Ancient Greece, Rome- Republic and Empire, Christianity, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, The Crusades, The Dark/Middle Ages, Mesoamericans- Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, African Trading States and Empires, Golden Ages of China and Japan, Mongol Conquest and Empire, The Renaissance and Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and The Age of Exploration.