Hines’ History Spot

French II – Complete the Test de Controle at the end of Unit 4 if you didn’t do so in class. We will continue to review tomorrow for the Unit 4 test which will be Thurs.

APWH – Begin working on your group timeline projects. Info will be posted below. Also Ch22 study guides were passed out today and will be due Thurs the day of the test. Tomorrow in class we will write an essay on the following topic: Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa and the Americas from 1492 -1750.

APWH – CH. 22 Study Guide – Identify on a separate sheet of paper
1. Goal of explorations
2. European disappointments in Asia
3. Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan
4. European disadvantage/Asian advantage
5. Portuguese at Calicut – impressions, responses
6. Chronology of peoples controlling trade markets in South/S.E. Asia
7. Asian sea trading network – 3 zones and their major products/most valued export
8. Asian sea trading network – where, crucial intersections of trade, European contributions
9. Mercantilism and the Portuguese
10. Portuguese monopoly – what? Success? Successors?
11. Dutch and Portuguese differences re: commercial strategy
12. Spanish conquests in the Philippines
13. Robert di Nobili
14. Religious similarities between Philippines and Americas
15. Hongwu – who? Reforms?
16. Ming social organization
17. Foreign involvement in Ming era trade – limits?
18. Ming literary contributions
19. Contributions of Yunglo
20. Zhenghe expeditions – reasons for starting & stopping
21. Jesuit missionaries in Ming court
22. Immediate successors to the Ming
23. Military centralizers of Japan
24. Tokugawa Shogunate – when
25. Results of Japanese isolation

Chronology/Timeline project – Due Mar 5

Task: To complete a timeline of historical people, places, events, etc. With a partner of your choosing you will construct a timeline for either a region or a theme. The timeline will cover 3500 BCE- 1750 CE. I will choose which category you will study. There are several things for you to consider and to place on your timeline, for example major events, wars, political developments, people, ideologies, religions, etc.

Regions: – Consider major components of PERSIAN chart for your region
Europe/ Eurasia
Middle East
Asia – East and Central
South Asia/S.E, Asia
Africa

Themes: – Global perspective – You need to include all major regions
Political – development of nations, dynasties, empires; collapse of empires; wars and military; legal systems
Economic – trade/commerce; agriculture; technology
Social – developments/shifts in social hierarchies; status of women; artistic/intellectual developments; religions.

You will need to identify a minimum of 15 items per time period (3500 BCE – 600 CE, 600-1450, 1450). Each item must have an accompanying description (1-3 sentences). You must also have at least 5 images (no hand-drawn pics) per time period to correlate with your facts. Your timeline can be presented vertically or horizontally. They can be presented on butcher paper or poster boards. They can be hand rendered (except for the visuals) or computer generated timelines. You will need 3 separate poster boards or equivalently sized pieces of butcher paper for the 3 different time periods.

Presentation – Each group will need to present their timelines to the class noting major changes and/or continuities. Groups should also be able to discuss people, events, etc concurrently e.g. “While the Mongols are expanding their territories in Asia and the Mid-East, European nations are busy developing monarchies and a commercial based economy.” (3-5 mins)

Rubric
Items (min. 15 per period) – 2 pts each = 90 pts
Descriptions (1-3 sent./item) – 3 pts each = 135 pts
Visuals (5 per time period) – 2 pts each = 30
Presentation = 10 pts
Neatness & Creativity = 10 pts

Total = 275 pts