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. 

PDF: thematic-essay-h4-final

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.

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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Regents Prep

Due Thursday May 21st

Answer the following questions after reading pages 112 to 130 in the Global History & Geography regents review book

1. Why was Genghis Khan important to the Mongol Empire?
2. How did the Mongols create such a large empire?
3. What factors led to increaed global trade from the 1200’s to the 1500’s?
4. How did the Plague affect Europe?
5. What were the causes and impacts of the Reformation and Counter-reformation?

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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 

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. 

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.

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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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.

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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