Friday, December 23, 2011

LEAGUE OF NATION MANDATES OF THE FORMER OTTOMAN EMPIRE

CUT AND PASTE THIS MATERIAL!!!

Class A mandates

The first group, or Class A mandates, were territories formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire that were deemed to "... have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the Mandatory."

The Class A mandates:


• Palestine (United Kingdom), from 25 April 1920 (effective 29 September 1923) – 15 May 1948.[15] [16] [17] In April 1921, Transjordan was incorporated as an autonomous area under the mandate.[18] [19] It eventually became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (later Jordan) on 25 May 1946. Following the termination of
the remainder of the Palestine mandate, most of the territory became part of the State of Israel. Other parts, until 1967, formed the West Bank of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip, and small slivers of territory east and south of the Sea of Galilee held by Syria.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, DUE, TUESDAY, JANAURY 3RD.

HW # 12

READ PAGES 638 TO 642 ON THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

1.DEFINE AND EXPLAIN THE SOVIETS AND HOW THEY SPLIT UP.(PAGES 638-639)
2. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN THE BOLSHEVIKS, LENIN AND THEIR OBJECTIVES. (PAGE 639)
3. EXPLAIN THE TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK AND WHAT LAND RUSSIA LOST.

READ PAGE 645

4. EXPLAIN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS DISMEMBERED AND GIVEN OUT AS MANDATES.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

ESSAY ON JANUARY 4TH, 2012

YOU WILL WRITE AN ESSAY IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH.


• Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
• Addresses all parts of the question.
• Makes direct, relevant comparisons.
• Analyzes relevant reasons for similarities and differences.

TASK: Analyze similarities and differences in the westernization of Japan and Turkey in the 19th century to 1930.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

KNOW EVERTTHING HERE!!!

READ THIS LINK AND KNOW ABOUT THE 14 POINTS

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
______________________________________________________________________

Point 14 of the 14 points

XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

________________________________________________________________________
KNOW ABOUT THESE TWO ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND HOW THEY HURT GERMANY.

ARTICLE 231.
The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

ARTICLE: 232.
The Allied and Associated Governments recognise that the resources of Germany are not adequate, after taking into account permanent diminutions of such resources which will result from other provisions of the present Treaty, to make complete reparation for all such loss and damage.
The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany by such aggression by land, by sea and from the air, and in general all damage as defined in Annex l hereto.

___________________________________________________________________________


Text of Article X OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS


“ The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In the case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled."

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT

1. READ PAGE 662 ABOUT THE MODERNIZATION OF TURKEY AND READ 623 ABOUT THE CASE AGAINST THE CALIPHATE.

2. READ PAGE 564 ABOUT ZIONISM AND THE JEWISH STATE.

3. READ PAGES 627 TO 638 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT WORLD WAR I.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

TEST, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH

THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH WITH 40 QUESTIONS. THE TEST WILL BE ON IMPERIALISM IN CHINA AND INDIA. ALSO THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ON JAPAN'S WESTERNIZATION AND THE MEIJI PERIOD. STUDY THE OPIUM WAR, TREATY OF NANKING, TAIPING REBELLION, BOXER REBELLION, OPEN DOOR POLICY, SUN YAT-SEN AND THE THREE PRINCIPLES AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1911,

STUDY EAST INDIA COMPANY, SEPOY MUTINY,GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1858, INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, THE MUSLIM LEAGUE, MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS, ROWLATT ACTS, ARMISTAR MASSACRE,

STUDY MATTHEW PERRY AND THE TREATY OF KANAGAWA, THE MEIJI RESTORATION, THE CHARTER OATH OF 1868, THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

=D

Sunday, December 4, 2011

CCOT ESSAY, MONDAY, DEC. 12TH

Write an essay that:

*Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence
*Addresses all parts of the question
*Uses world historical context to show change over time/or continuities
*Analyzes the process of change over time or continuities


1. Analyze the changes and continuities in commerce and government in India from
1600 C.E. to 1900 C.E.


THERE WILL BE A CCOT ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN IN CLASS ON MONDAY, DEC. 12TH. START STUDYING.

Friday, December 2, 2011

HW 11, DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH

READ THOROUGHLY PAGES 613 TO 623 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE MEIJI RESTORATION PERIOD OF JAPAN.

1. BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE TREATY OF KANAGAWA. (P.613)
2. BRIEFLY EXPLAIN TOWNSEND HARRIS AND HIS TREATY WITH JAPAN. (P.613)
3. SUMMARIZE THE TRANSFORMATION IN JAPAN TO AN INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY. (P.616)

Sunday, November 27, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK OF NOV. 28TH TO DEC. 2ND

READ PAGES 434 TO 444 AND HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF MUGHAL INDIA.
KNOW ALL ABOUT AKBAR'S RULE AND KNOW ALL ABOUT WESTERN TRADE IN INDIA (PAGES 439-441).

READ PAGES 582 TO 584 AND UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF COLONIAL RULE IN INDIA ON ECONOMICS AND POLITICS.

READ PAGES 593 TO 595 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE SEPOY REBELLION AND CONSEQUENCES.

READ PAGES 658 TO 660 AND KNOW ABOUT THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE GROWTH OF INDIAN NATIONALISM.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

DBQ LINK AND IT DOESN'T STINK!!!

USE THIS LINK FOR YOUR DBQ ESSAYS. THIS LINK IS FOR ALL AP WORLD HISTORY STUDENTS EXCEPT ONE GIRL IN MY FIRST PERIOD CLASS WHO I WONT MENTION HER NAME OR THAT HER INITIALS ARE KP AND I WONT MENTION THAT SHE STEALS STICKERS EITHER......BUT SHE IS NOT TO USE THIS LINK.


http://www.slideshare.net/kmceachen/dbq-essay

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

COMPARISON ESSAY, DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST

TASK: COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE INFLUENCE AND CONSEQUENCE OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM ON AFRICA AND CHINA DURING THE 19TH CENTURY.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

TEST 4, NOVEMBER 16TH

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH. THERE WILL BE 25 QUESTIONS ON THIS TEST.

STUDY ONLY AFRICAN IMPERIALISM, SOCIALISM AND THOSE WHO EXPERIMENTED WITH UTOPIAN SOCIETY, KARL MARX, THOMAS MALTHUS AND DAVID RICARD.

ALSO, DO NOT BUY MIHALIS "CHEAT-SHEETS". I CAN GET YOU BETTER STUDY SHEETS MUCH CHEAPER.

NEW LINK

KEEP THIS LINK THE REST OF THE YEAR AND MAKE USE OF IT OFTEN!!!!

"STUDENTS OF BRONX SCIENCE UNITE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR IGNORANCE"


http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Saturday, November 5, 2011

HW 9 AND HW 10

HW 9 IS DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH

1. EXPLAIN HOW THE TREATY OF NANJING CHANGED CHINA. (page 601)
2. EXPLAIN HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PLAYED A ROLE IN OPENING UP CHINA TO MORE TRADE. (page 607)

HW 10 DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH

1. IDENTIFY SUN YAT-SEN AND HIS THREE PRINCIPLES OF NATIONALISM
2. EXPLAIN WHY THE REVOLUTION OF 1911 WAS REALLY MORE OF A COLLAPSE OF THE OLD ORDER THAN A REVOLUTION. (PAGE609).

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7TH-NOVEMBER 10TH.

READ PAGES 600 TO 612

1. KNOW ABOUT THE CORRUPTION OF THE MANCHU DYNASTY, THE OPIUM WAR, THE TREATY OF NANJING, THE TAIPING REBELLION, THE US OPEN DOOR POLICY, THE BOXER REBELLION, SUN YAT-SEN, THE REVOLUTION OF OF 1911,

Saturday, October 29, 2011

READ THE FOLLOWING LINKS!!!!

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

http://public.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/kipling.html


SOCIAL DARWINISM

http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/eh4.shtml

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

READINGS ON UTOPIAN SOCIALISM: ENJOY =D

READ THE INFORMATION FROM THE FOLLOWING LINKS ON SMALL UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES:

ROBERT OWEN ARE THE FIRST TWO LINKS

http://money.howstuffworks.com/socialism4.htm

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/cities/newharmony.html

____________________________________________________________

THIS LINK IS ON GEORGE RIPLEY'S BROOK FARM EXPERIMENT

http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/brookfarm.html
__________________________________________________________

THIS LINK IS ON THE SHAKERS

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=631

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

HW 8, DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH

READ PAGE 581 AND EXPLAIN HOW BOTH INDIRECT AND DIRECT RULE WAS USED IN AFRICA.

TEST 3, PART 2, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND:

STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING: GERMAN UNIFICATION, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, INCLUDING A LOT OF THE NAMES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, KNOW ABOUT THE VARIOUS MACHINES, MARCONI, EDISON, THE ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT, SADLER COMMITTEE, LEWIS HINES AND JACOB RIIS,

THIS EXAM WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR LAST EXAM FOR A FULL GRADE.

SOMEONE TELL MIHALIS TO READ THIS CAREFULLY BECAUSE HE KEEPS EMAILING ME DUMB QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE EXAM!!!

Monday, October 24, 2011

READING WEEK OF OCTOBER 24TH

READ PAGES 572 TO 581.

KNOW ALL ABOUT THE FOLLOWING: SUEZ CANAL (PAGE 577), ZULU RESISTANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
(PAGE 578), WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (PAGE 579), THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA (PAGE 578), SOCIAL DARWINISM (PAGE 579), THE THREE "C'S" (PAGE 580), KNOW ALL ABOUT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE (PAGE 580), KNOW ABOUT THE BOER WAR (PAGE 580), KNOW ABOUT INDIRECT RULE, DIRECT RULE AND ASSIMILATION, (PAGE 581)

Friday, October 21, 2011

ENGLAND'S REFORM LAWS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

CHECK IT OUT IF YOU WANT.

http://www.localhistories.org/19thcentengland.html

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TEST 3, MONDAY, OCT. 24TH

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON MONDAY, OCT. 24TH. THERE WILL BE 25 QUESTIONS.

STUDY ONLY THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, THE JULY REVOLUTION IN FRANCE OF 1830, THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848, THE PAN-SLAV MOVEMENT, AND ITALIAN UNIFICATION.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

HW 6, DUE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19TH

READ PAGES 545 TO 546.

1. IDENTIFY KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS.
2. EXPLAIN MARX'S THEORY ON CLASS STRUGGLE.
3. EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE BOURGEOISIE AND THE PROLETARIAT PLAY IN CLASS STRUGGLE.
4. READ "THE CLASSLESS SOCIETY" ON PAGE 546 AND EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS TO PROPERTY AND CLASS DISTINCTIONS IN THE CLASSLESS SOCIETY.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 17TH

READ PAGES 542 TO 549.
KNOW THE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY ON SOCIETY AND THOMAS EDISON'S INVENTIONS.
KNOW ABOUT THE INVENTIONS OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND GUGLIELMO MARCONI.
KNOW ALL ABOUT KARL MARX AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE.
FOCUS ON PAGES 547 TO 549 AND THE URBAN LIVING CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS.

_______________________________________________________________

READ THIS LINK AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT, BUT PARTICULARLY HOW THE ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT TOOK LAND FROM THE POOR.


http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Enclosure+movement

Saturday, October 8, 2011

HW 5, DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH

READ PAGES 513 TO 521 OF THE TEXT.

1. EXPLAIN THE ROLE THAT JAMES WATT PLAYED IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. (PAGE 513)
2. IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF THE PROLETARIAT. (PAGE 519)

GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industrial_Revo.htm

STUDY THE 8 IMAGES OF THE MACHINES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

3. THE 7TH PICTURE OF THE POWER LOOM, EXPLAIN HOW THIS MACHINE TRANSFORMED GENDER IN LABOR.

Friday, October 7, 2011

AP RUBRIC FOR CCOT AND COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAYS

STUDY AND USE THIS RUBRIC!!!


http://apworld.wikispaces.com/file/view/CCOTEssayGradingRubric.pdf

http://apworld.wikispaces.com/file/view/Compare_ContrastCoverSheet.pdf

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

TEST # 2, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

25 QUESTION MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM

STUDY ONLY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, NAPOLEON, HAITIAN REVOLUTION, LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS (YOU DO NOT NEED TO STUDY ABOUT AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN LATIN AMERICA).

READING ASSIGNMENT AND HW # 4.

READ PAGES 530-531 ASAP AND KNOW ALL ABOUT ITALIAN AND GERMAN UNIFICATION.

GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND SUMMARIZE THE CONCEPT OF Risorgimento IN ABOUT ONE PARAGRAPH.

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE FRIDAY, OCT. 7TH.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/504489/Risorgimento

Monday, October 3, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT:

COMPLETE IMMEDIATELY.....READ PAGES 523-525 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE VAST MULTITUDE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES THAT LIVE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

CCOT ESSAY DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD.

YOU MUST HAND IN A HARD COPY IN CLASS ON MONDAY AND SUBMIT THE ESSAY TO TURNITIN.COM BY MONDAY MORNING.

Write an essay that:
• Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
• Addresses all parts of the question.
• Uses world historical context to show continuities and changes over time.
• Analyzes the process of continuity and change over time.

Describe and explain continuities and changes in Latin America practices in
TWO of the following from 1550 to 1900.

ECONOMICS
GOVERNMENT
RELIGION
SOCIAL
___________________________________________________________________________

AZTECS, INCAS, COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE, ECOMIENDA SYSTEM,
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, PENINSULARES, VICEROYS, CREOLES
MESTIZOS, MULATTOES, SLAVES, SPANISH LANGUAGE
CATHOLIC RELIGION, HAITIAN REVOLUTION, SIMON BOLIVAR
JOSE SAN MARTIN, MEXICAN REVOLUTION, CAUDILLOS
NEO-COLONIALISM, CASH CROPS, SINGLE CROP ECONOMY
MONROE DOCTRINE, ROOSEVELT COROLLARY, DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

Friday, September 23, 2011

TUTORING SESSION

I WILL STAY AFTER SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 28TH TO GO OVER GOOD WRITING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ESSAY. I WILL COVER TOPIC SENTENCES, THESIS, TRANSITION SENTENCES AND EXPLANATIONS OF CHANGES.

HW # 3 DUE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27TH

READ PAGES 522-524

1. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN LEGITIMACY.
2. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN CONSERVATISM.
3. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERVENTION.
4. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN LIBERALISM.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

HW # 2 DUE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23RD

1. EXPLAIN WHY BUILDING NATIONAL UNITY WAS SO DIFFICULT? PAGE 526
2. DEFINE AND EXPLAIN HOW CAUDILLOS RULED LATIN AMERICA. PAGE 526

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY, SEPT. 22!!

READ PAGES 525-527

1. KNOW ALL ABOUT SIMON BOLIVAR, JOSE DE SAN MARTIN AND MIGUEL HIDALGO.
2. KNOW THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENTS SET UP WERE CREATED BY THE CREOLES AND DOMINATED THE LOWER CLASSES.
3. KNOW ALL ABOUT CAUDILLOS.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

TEST # 1, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST.
STUDY ONLY THE ENLIGHTENMENT MATERIAL. THERE WILL BE 25 QUESTIONS.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT ON FRENCH REVOLUTION

READ PAGES 495-501

KNOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE OLD REGIME, THE FIRST ESTATE, THE SECOND ESTATE AND THE THIRD ESTATE, KNOW ABOUT FRANCE'S FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE CALLING OF THE ESTATES-GENERAL, KNOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE, THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN, KNOW ABOUT THE JACOBINS, KNOW ABOUT FRANCE GOING TO WAR WITH AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA, KNOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, KNOW ABOUT THE RADICAL STAGE OF THE REVOLUTION, THE EXECUTION OF THE KING, MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE AND THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, KNOW ABOUT NATIONAL AND THE REIGN OF TERROR, KNOW ABOUT THE DIRECTORY AND THE ROLE OF THE DIRECTORY, KNOW ABOUT THE TERM COUP DETAT.

Monday, September 12, 2011

HW 1, DUE FRIDAY, SEPT. 16TH

1. BRIEFLY EXPLAIN DEISM. PAGES 480-481

2. BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND HER "VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN."

READ THIS!!!

Just make yourself familiar with this French Document



http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Turnitin

There have been some questions about getting into turnitin, so let's try this again.

The password is all lower case and there are no spaces between the letters or number.

First period: apdiiulio1 4327772

Third period: apdiiulio3 4327839

Fourth period: apdiiulio4 4327876

Seventh period apdiiulio7 4327914

Thursday, September 8, 2011

READING ASSIGNMENT

READ PAGES 476 TO 485 OVER THE WEEKEND.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW REASON, NATURAL LAWS AND PROGRESS WAS A BIG PART OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT. KNOW ABOUT MONTESQUIEU, THE SPIRIT OF LAWS, THE SEPARATION OF POWERS, KNOW ABOUT VOLTAIRE AND HIS TOLERATION FOR RELIGION, KNOW THE TERM DEISM, KNOW ABOUT THE "SCIENCE OF MAN", KNOW ABOUT ADAM SMITH AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE ECONOMICS, KNOW ABOUT JEAN-JACQUE ROUSSEAU, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND THE "GENERAL WILL", KNOW ALL ABOUT MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND HER EFFORTS TO INSURE WOMEN'S RIGHTS,......READ THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ON PAGE 485. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.