May 14, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Go to bed. Get a good night’s sleep. Eat a good breakfast. Good Luck in the morning! Be at the Carrier U of M site by 7:30.
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May 1, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Round II of the World’s Most Influential Individual. Your division changed so you have new people to research and discuss. Ch36 vocab and discussion questions are also due tomorrow. CH35/36 test Monday - Open book.
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April 30, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Don’t forget to look up info about your most influential individuals in world history for tomorrow. Those who were absent from class today are exempt from round one. Ch36 vocab and discussion questions will be due Fri. Ch35/36 test will be Monday and will be open book/open note.
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April 27, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - CH33/34 test will be Tues. Study Guides are posted below.
APWH – CH33 Study guide
- Characteristics of First, Second and Third World countries – examples
- Arevalo and Guatemalan reforms
- United Fruit Company
- Guatemalan Revolution of 1954
- United States and Cuban imports – 1950
- Batista reform promises
- Fidel Castro – Cuban revolution, barbudos
- Ché Guevara
- Results of Cuban revolution
- Cuban economic dependency
- Castro reforms
- Communist countries
- Liberation theology
- Military coups of 1960’s, 1970’s
- The Dirty War
- Similarities of military regimes
- Manuel Noriega
- Problems of Latin American govts
- Augusto Sandino
- Banana Republics
- Good Neighbor Policy
- Jimmy Carter and Latin America
- Status of women in Latin America
- Latin American population after 1950
- LA religion
- LA literary figures of late 20th c
APWH – Ch34 study guide
- Reasons for ethnic rivalries and communal violence in Africa
- Results of Pakistan fragmentation
- Results of Biafran struggle
- Attitudes of African leadership with regards to colonial boundaries
- Post-colonial barriers to econ growth in Africa
- Factors of high birth rate in Third World
- By-products of population growth in 3rd World
- 3rd World finance of industrialization
- Neocolonialism
- Nkrumah’s political and economic policies
- Military regimes in 3rd World – worst example
- Muslim Brotherhood practices
- Gamal Abdul Nasser
- Cornerstone of Eyptian development – post 1952
- Reforms of Egyptian govt after 1952
- Legacies of Anwar Sadat
- Indian social and political successes as 3rd world country
- Ayatollah Khomeini
- Reasons for postponed development in Iran
- African “homelands”
- Nelson Mandela
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April 24, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Ch.34 Discussion questions are due Friday. I know I did not get a chance to pass them out to 4th period but they are posted below. If you know someone in 4th p make sure they know about the assignment.
World History - CH31 Sec.4&5 q.1-2 due Friday
APWH – CH34 Discussion Questions
- Why did new African and Asian states have such difficulty in establishing national identities?
- What accounts for high population growth rates in new Asian and African nations?
- How are cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America different from those of the West?
- Define “neo-colonialism.”
- In what ways did Nasser’s military government differ from other military regimes?
- Discuss the differences and similarities in post-independence policies in India and Egypt.
- What influences contributed to Islamic fundamentalists gaining power in Iran?
- Discuss whether the problems in newly independent Asian and African nations were the creation of imperialism or the result of indigenous factors.
- Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic development of Asian and African countries after independence with the countries of Latin America.
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April 23, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Read the 2 documents and answer the questions. Due Thurs. Ch.34 discussion questions will be handed out tomorrow in class and will be due Friday.
World History - Sec.4 & 5 questions 1&2 will be due Friday.
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April 17, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Ch.32 test Friday. Study guide is posted below.
APWH – Ch32 Study guide - Answer on separate sheet of paper
- British, French v. Egypt - 1956
- Algerian independence – when, from whom
- French colonization of Vietnam
- Iron curtain
- Cold War center immediately after WWII
- Eastern Bloc
- Marshall Plan
- U.S. military spending after WWII
- Christian Democrats
- Germany after WWII
- Welfare State – programs, role of govt
- Technocrat
- The Green Movement
- Margaret Thatcher
- European Economic Community – members
- Post 1950 European economy – characterisitics
- Late 20th c European peasantry
- Achieved women’s rights
- Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan
- Eastern European nation – western ideals
- Eastern European nations under Soviet control, not under Soviet control
- Solidarity
- Orthodox religion in Stalinist Russia
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- Characteristics of Soviet economy
- Women in Russian society
- Soviet govt after Stalin’s death
- Nikita Khrushchev – who, contributions
- Mikhail Gorbachev
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April 14, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Ch. 32 Vocab due Tues. Ch.19 of GGS is due Tues as well.
World History - Ch28 quiz tomorrow.
French II - Lesson 19 vocab list is due tomorrow.
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April 11, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - CH30/31 Test Monday. Study guide posted below. CH.19 of GGS is due on TUES. APWH – CH 30 Study Guide – Answer on separate sheets of paper
- Govt. responses to depression – 1929
- Great Depression – trigger
- 1935 – Italian invasion
- New Deal
- Causes of fascism – Germany
- Anschluss
- Sudetenland
- Hitler – govt. economic planning
- Totalitarianism
- The Falange
- Downfall of 1st Peron govt
- Import substitution industrialization
- Corporatism
- Juan Peron
- Liberal govts – Latin America vs European
- Kulaks
- Stalin and collectivization and five year plans
- Japan and economic depression
- Tojo Hideki
- Politburo
- Socialist realism
- Kemal Ataturk
- Persia – 1935
Ch. 31
- WWII – beginning
- Axis Powers
- National Socialist Party
- Hitler’s rise to power
- Benito Mussolini
- Spanish Civil War
- Tripartite Pact
- Nonaggression pact
- Nazis and Poland
- Blitzkrieg
- Henri Pétain, Vichy, collaborators
- Final Solution
- Normandy invasion
- Battle of the Bulge
- McArthur, Patton, Le May, Eisenhower
- Germany and the Soviet Union
- Peace treaty results at WWII end
- UN charter members
- Zionists post-WWII
- Apartheid
- Algerian Independence movement
- End of African colonization
- Muslim/Hindu split in India
- Atlantic Charter, Truman Doctrine
- Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
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March 28, 2008 by susanrhines
APWH - Complete the discussion questions for Ch28 (posted below). Due Mon. Ch18 of GGS due Monday as well.
World History - Complete crossword puzzle by Monday. Ch25 test is Tuesday.
APWH – Ch28 Discussion questions
- What were the causes of World War I?
- What was the effect of WWI on European colonies?
- How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the rise of totalitarianism in Italy and Germany?
- What kinds of weapons technology led to massive casualties in the war?
- How did the entry of the United States change the war, both militarily and politically?
- What was unique about Gandhi’s techniques in protesting British colonialism?
- What are some examples of government propaganda techniques still used today?
- Discuss the proposition that WWI was the first great turning point of the 20th c.
- Discuss the influence of Western-educated elites, both male and female, on the emerging nationalist movements of the 20th c.
- Answer the document and In Depth article questions.
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