Global History Assignments

The Word of the week

2008-12-23T03:28:00.000-08:00

The word of the week.....S....C...A....M....I....N (OK so it's not really a word, but it did cause World War I

HW#34 Storm Clouds on the Horizon Preview

2008-12-09T18:00:00.000-08:00

Watch the video below and answer the questions at the bottom. As always you may use the online submission form to submit your answers. Please be sure to answer in complete sentences and do not begin your answers with pronouns.

Question #1 Why are there storm clouds on the horizon? (what is coming?)
Question #2 Based upon the maps at the beginning of the preview name two locations that will have something to do with the "storm".
Question #3 What do you think the effect of the storm is going to be?

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HW#28 Nationalism Preview

2008-11-24T22:02:00.000-08:00

Watch the video below and answer the questions at the bottom. As usual you are encouraged to use the online H.W. submission form linked below to submit your answers.

Questions:
#1 Why are the "armies of nationalism" on the march?
#2 How does nationalism effect the maps of Germany, Italy and Austria (watch carefully at the end)?
#3 What do you think nationalism is?

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HW#22 Imperialism Preview

2008-10-30T03:12:00.000-07:00

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

1) What is the blob?
2) What is the blob doing?
3) What is the blob looking for?

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HW#14

2008-10-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Watch the video below and answer the following questions:
#1 Prior to the Industrial Revolution, where did most people live?
#2 Prior to the Industrial Revolution, how did most people earn their living?
#3 Where did people move after the Industrial Revolution?
#4 What type of work did most people do after the Industrial Revolution?
#5 If Political Revolutions centered on the question of who should control the government? Based upon the last two quotes in the preview what do you think the central question of the Industrial Revolution will be?

HW#6

2008-09-23T18:33:00.000-07:00

Watch the video below and answer the following three questions:
#1 What are the questions we will be attempting to answer in this unit?
#2 Select on of the questions and offer your opinion. What do you think the answer is?
#3 Name 2 people we will be studying in this unit.

Napoleon Video

2008-08-27T05:57:00.000-07:00

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

#1 What are two accomplishments of Napoleon?
#2 What was the "spirit of the French Revolution"?
#3 According to Napoleon what was his greatest accomplishment?
#4 Why do you think Napoleon signed the Concordat?
#5 Which image in the video do you think best describes Napoleon and his accomplishments? Why?

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Homework #60

2008-05-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

Watch the video below and answer the five questions. You may use the linked HW submission form.

Questions:
#1 What was the purpose of European imperialism?
#2 What was one positive accomplishment of British imperialism in India?
#3 What was one negative effect of British imperialism in India?
#4 What was the immediate effect of independence/partition on India and Pakistan?
#5 Which picture best explains the impact or effect of imperialism on India? Why?
#6 Based on the video come up with one "how" or "why" question of your own that you would like answered.

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HW # 65 Iran Video

2008-04-16T20:53:00.000-07:00

Watch the video below and answer the associated questions. please note that there are additional questions beyond the ones that appear in the video.

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Answer the following questions
1) What did the Iranian students do to the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979?
2) Why do you think the Iranian students took the action that they did?
3) What is a fundamentalist?
4) Why might the Iranian people be unhappy with life under the Shah?
5) How did the Cold War effect Iran?
6) Why might the U.S. have been willing to overlook the human rights abuses of the Shah?
7) What was S.A.V.A.K.?
8) Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini's message appeal to many Iranians?
9) If you were President Carter would you have allowed the Shah into the U.S. for medical treatment? Why or why not?
10) What three things did the Iranians demand from the U.S. government in exchange for the return of the hostages?
11) Did Khomeini and the Shah represent the same Iran? Explain your answer.
12) How do you think the crisis will end?

Homework #47

2008-03-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

Watch the video below and answer the following questions. You may use the link to the form to submit your answers. As you watch the video consider...

#1) What is a Political System?
#2) What are three of the elements of a Fascist Dictatorship?
#3) How was Italy effected by the rule of Benito Mussolini?
#4) Why do you think people forfeit their rights to a dictatorship?
#5 Why do you think the trains in Mussolini's Italy always ran on time?
#6 Select and describe one image from the video that you feel explains Fascism the best. why?

HW#47 Submission Form

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