This thematic essay will be counted towards you’re final. It is due Monday and one point will be reduced for each day it is late.
Thematic Essay Quiz Monday
File: Thematic Essay on World Leaders
I have posted a copy of the thematic essay quiz you will be completing on Monday. Please use this to prepare yourself to write your essay on Monday. I will allow you to use notes you have prepared and an outline to help write the essay. However I expect the final version to be completed in class.
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Homework #5
Regents Prep
Due Friday May 30th
Task:
Research one of the following individuals from your study of Global History & Geography: Toussaint L’ Overture, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Boris Yeltsin, Deng Xiaoping, or Yasir Arafat.
Write a short essay answering the following questions about the particular world leader:
- Discuss a change made by the individual in a particular nation or region
- Evaluate whether this change has had a positive or negative effect
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Homework #4
Regents Prep
Due Thursday May 21st
Answer the following questions after reading pages 112 to 130 in the Global History & Geography regents review book
- Why was Genghis Khan important to the Mongol Empire?
- How did the Mongols create such a large empire?
- What factors led to increaed global trade from the 1200′s to the 1500′s?
- How did the Plague affect Europe?
- What were the causes and impacts of the Reformation and Counter-reformation?
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Homework #3
Regents Prep
Due Thursday May 21st
File link: economic-systems-multiple-choice
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Notes
Capitalism: Economic system based on competition, business owners seek a profit.
- Private ownership of business
- As demand increases -> prices rise -> traders profit
In capitalist economy, consumer determines what goods will be produced
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Homework #2
Regents Prep
Due Tuesday May 20th
Answer the following questions after reading pages 161 to 166 in the Global History & Geography regents review book
Write a short two to three paragraph essay explaining how imperialism has affected colonies throughout the World.
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Notes
Mercantilism = the policy of building a nation’s wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
Imperialism = When a stronger country takes over a weaker country, usually for economic gain.
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Homework #1
Regents Prep
Due Thursday May 15th
Google Docs link: Revolution MC Regents Practice
Google Docs link: Revolution Review – Notes & Handouts
Comments are disabled for this homework. Please answer all multiple choice questions in the link above and write a paragraph explaining why you choose you’re answer. Since comments are disabled I expect you to give this homework in tomorrow. Please write the answer for the multiple choice question and the reason why you choose that particular answer.
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Homework #6
Soviet Union
Due Wednesday April 30th
File: The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Answer the following questions after reading the file posted above
1) ANALYZING CAUSES Why did ethnic tension become such a severe problem in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s? THINK ABOUT • the role that past Communist leaders had played in holding those countries together • the democratic reforms demanded by various ethnic groups • how those demands affected national unity
2) ANALYZING THEMES Revolution It has been said that Gorbachev’s reforms led to a second Russian Revolution. What did this revolution overthrow? THINK ABOUT • changes in the Soviet government and in the political process • who lost and who gained power
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Spring Recess Assignment
Due Monday April 28th
Link: August 2007 Global History & Geography
Complete the Regents Exam above over the Spring Break. Please hand in a hard copy when we return on Monday April 28th. I will be grading both the DBQ and the Thematic based essays. We will be going over the multiple choice and short answer questions in class when we return.
Bring in a hard copy of the assignment on Monday!!! This assignment will count for 15 points of you’re second marking period grade.
Home Work#5
Conflicts in the Middle East
Due Wednesday April 16th
File: conflicts-in-the-middle-east
Answer the following questions after reading the file posted above
1) ANALYZING ISSUES Explain the conflict between Jews and Arabs over a Palestinian homeland. What does each side believe? What other factors influence this issue?
THINK ABOUT
• the Balfour Declaration
• the ancient history of the Middle East
• the economics of oil
2) Recognizing Effects What were some of the effects of the Arab-Israeli conflicts?
3) Forming an Opinion Political commentators have said that the Arab-Israeli conflict represents the struggle not of right against wrong, but of right against right. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
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