TEST ON JUNE 6TH

THERE WILL BE A TEST ON JUNE 6TH WITH 50 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. STUDY THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL. ANSCHLUSS, HITLER'S MOVE INTO THE RHINELAND, APPEASEMENT AND THE MUNICH CONFERENCE, THE NAZI-SOVIET PACT AND THE FINAL SOLUTION, NUREMBERG TRAILS AND NUREMBERG LAWS OF 1935, MEIN KAMPF, THE YALTA CONFERENCE, THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE, THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE, SATELLITE NATIONS, THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE US AND THE USSR IN THE WORLD, THE MARSHALL PLAN, CONTAINMENT POLICY, NATO, BERLIN BLOCKADE, WARSAW PACT, HUNGARY'S REVOLT IN 1956 AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S REVOLT IN 1968, BERLIN WALL, BREZHNEV DOCTRINE, DETENTE, GORBACHEV AND SOVIET PROBLEMS IN THE 1980'S, GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA, THE BALKAN PENINSULA AFTER WORLD WAR I OR THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, THE CREATION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND JOSIF TITO, THE CIVIL WAR IN BOSNIA, POLAND'S SOLIDARITY LABOR UNION, THE VELVET REVOLUTION, THE CREATION OF THE UNITED NATION AND THE ATLANTIC CHARTER, BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE AND THE GOALS OF THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK, GLOBALIZATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFORESTATION, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

YOUTUBE VIDEO ON IMF AND WORLD BANK

Watch this video!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYCH1Ylncxc

GLOBAL REGENTS EXAMS

CHECK OUT THIS LINK AND VIEW THE NY STATE GLOBAL REGENTS EXAMS!!! http://www.nysedregents.org/GlobalHistoryGeography/

TEST ON MAY 30TH

STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL FOR THE TEST: RWANDA GENOCIDE, NELSON MANDELA, SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LAWS SUCH AS THE POPULATION REGISTRATION ACT, SEPARATE AMENITIES ACT, BISHOP DESMUND TUTU, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, PAN-AFRICANISM, KWAME NKRUMAH, ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, JOMO KENYATTA, LAURENT KABILA, THE CIVIL WARS IN THE SUDAN, CONGO, ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE, NEO-COLONIALISM IN AFRICA, FULGENCIO BATISTA AND FIDEL CASTRO'S REVOLUTION, BAY OF PIGS INVASION, CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, ZAPATA MOVEMENT IN MEXICO, NICARAGUA AND THE SOMOZA FAMILY, THE SANDINISTA'S AND CONTRA WAR, LAND REFORM ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA, COSTA RICA, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

HW 13, 14 AND SAT II TUTORING!!!

SAT II TUTORING BEGINS MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL DURING SGI. BRING YOUR NOTEBOOKS TO ME ASAP FOR CLASSWORK CREDIT. NAV DON'T EVEN BOTHER BRINGING ME YOUR NOTEBOOK! HW 13 DUE WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD. READ PAGES 786 TO 789. KNOW ALL ABOUT THE BREAKING UP OF EASTERN EUROPE AFTER COMMUNISM ENDED. 1. EXPLAIN ETHNIC CLEANSING, AND HOW THE SERBS MUSLIMS IN BOSNIA AND THE BRUTALITY OF IN KOSOVO. HW 14 DUE FRIDAY, MAY 25TH. READ PAGE 789. 1. EXPLAIN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY. 2. DESCRIBE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

LINK TO AP MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/WorldHistoryPracticeExamEffectiveFall2011.pdf

COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY DUE WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATION-STATES IN LATIN AMERICA TO AFRICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

CHECK OUT THESE LINKS!!!

THIS LINK IS A POWER POINT WHICH COMPARES ROME AND THE HAN DYNASTY.


http://www.slideshare.net/dmcdowell/rome-han-comparison



THIS LINK IS FOR LIBERATION THEOLOGY

http://atheism.about.com/od/theology/a/lib_catholic.htm

CHANGE OF PLANS.

HW # 12 IS DUE MONDAY, APRIL 23RD NOW INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH. YOU ARE TAKING THE REAL TEST FOR A GRADE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH.

TEST AP TEST

I CHANGED YOUR REAL TEST TO WEDNESDAY APRIL 25TH INSTEAD. I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE WILL BE A REAL TEST TEST WITH REAL AP QUESTIONS. IT WILL BE HELD AFTER SCHOOL IN ROOM 131 ON MONDAY, APRIL 23RD AND TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH. I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU TAKE THIS EXAM TO GIVE YOUR SELF AND ME AN IDEA ON HOW BEST TO PREPARE YOU.

REVIEW THE FOLLOWING LINKS

REVIEW THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO GET AN IDEA ON HOW MUCH THE UNITED STATES HAS USED MILITARY INTERVENTION IN LATIN AMERICA.

http://www.zompist.com/latam.html


http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/resources/interventions.html

TEST ON APRIL 25th (change of date)

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON WEDNESDAY< APRIL 25th. STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

KNOW ABOUT THE SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENT, GAMAL ABDUL NASSER, SUEZ CANAL CRISIS, ARAB NATIONALISM, THE UAR, EISENHOWER DOCTRINE, ANWAR SADAT, THE CAMP DAVID ACCORD, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE INTIFADA, THE PROBLEMS OF ISRAEL BECOMING A NATION AND SEIZED LAND IN WAR, THE GENEVA CONVENTION, THE SHAH OF IRAN AND IRAN'S REVOLUTION IN 1979, OPEC AND THE OIL EMBARGO, ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, THE TALIBAN AND AMY FURUSHO, THE KURDS, LEBANON'S CIVIL WAR, PERSIAN GULF WAR 1991,

HW # 11 AND HW # 12

HW # 11 IS DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH.

READ PAGES 554 TO 556 AND EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS OF LAND REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA.

HW # 12 IS DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH.

READ PAGES 794 TO 798 AND EXPLAIN HOW MILITARY GOVERNMENTS HAVE LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF COMMON PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA.

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK OF APRIL 16TH TO APRIL 20TH

KNOW THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL ASAP!!

1. READ PAGES 554-556 AND KNOW ABOUT LATIN AMERICA'S ECONOMY, THEIR EXPORTS AND HOW THEY ARE TIED TO WESTERN NATIONS.

2. KNOW ABOUT LAND OWNERS TAKING MORE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND LIMITING THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. KNOW ABOUT MEXICO'S REVOLUTION IN 1910 AND HOW 95% OF MEXICANS OWNED NO LAND.

3. KNOW ABOUT EMILIANO ZAPATA AND HIS ROLE IN LAND REFORM.

4. KNOW ABOUT THE INCREASING ROLE OF THE U.S. IN LATIN AMERICA AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE ROLE OF THE U.S. MILITARY BETWEEN 1898 AND 1934.

5. READ PAGE 556 AND KNOW AL ABOUT ZAPATA'S LAND REFORM.

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READ PAGES 794 TO 800

1. KNOW ABOUT LATIN AMERICA COUPS AND THEIR MILITARY GOVERNMENTS. KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AND HOW THE GREAT DEPRESSION AFFECTED THE LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMY.

2. KNOW ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN DEPENDENCY ON FIRST WORLD NATIONS FOR TECHNOLOGY. KNOW HOW MILITARY GOVERNMENTS LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF THE GROWING MIDDLE CLASS AND KEPT A NEO-COLONIAL ECONOMY.

3. KNOW ABOUT LATIN AMERICA'S DEBT PROBLEMS AND THEIR SLOW TRANSITION TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS AFTER THE 1980'S. KNOW ABOUT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AFTER WORLD WAR II AND KNOW THE ROLE OF THE OAS IN LATIN AMERICA.

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1. KNOW ABOUT FULGENCIO BATISTA, FIDEL CASTRO AND CHE GUEVARA AND THEIR ROLES IN LATIN AMERICA. KNOW ABOUT THE CIA AND THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION. KNOW SOME OF THE POSITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY CASTRO.

2. KNOW ABOUT CHILE, SALVADOR ALLENDE AND MARXISM IN CHILE. KNOW ABOUT ALLENDE'S SOCIALIST POLICIES AND HOW THE CIA AND GEN. PINOCHET OVERTHREW ALLENDE. KNOW ABOUT PINOCHET'S DICTATORSHIP.

3. KNOW ABOUT NICARAGUA, THE SOMOZAS FAMILY, THE SANDINISTAS AND THE CONTRA WAR.

4. KNOW ABOUT JUAN PERON AND HIS ROLE IN ARGENTINA.

READ THIS LINK ASAP!!!

READ THIS LINK ON ANGOLA'S CIVIL WAR....NOW!!!!!

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/angola.htm

LONG ISLAND CITY AP WORLD SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER

THERE WILL BE A TUTORING CLASS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 10TH, FROM 10AM TO 4PM.

TAKE THE NUMBER 7 TRAIN TO THE VERNON-JACKSON STOP WHICH IS ONE STOP FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION. COME UP THROUGH THE EXIT THAT PUTS YOU ON THE CORNER OF 50TH AVENUE AND VERNON BOULEVARD. YOU WILL SEE DORIAN'S DINER ON THE CORNER. WALK ONE BLOCK NORTH TO 49TH AVENUE AND YOU WILL SEE ST. MARY'S CHURCH. TAKE A RIGHT ON TO 49TH AVE AND WALK ABOUT 30 FEET AND YOU WILL SEE AN OPEN GATE THAT HAS STAIRS LEADING INTO THE BASEMENT. BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF DELI'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALSO, PLEASE BRING A SMALL DONATION (NOT CHANGE) FOR THE CHURCH AS WELL. BRING NOTEBOOK AND PENS. ONLY PERSONS WITH THE PASSWORD CAN GET IN.

PRACTICE TEST COMING SOON

THE WEEK WE RETURN FROM APRIL BREAK, THERE WILL BE A PRACTICE TEST WITH A REAL AP WORLD MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. THE EXAM WILL BE AFTER SCHOOL AND IT WILL BE TAKEN IN ROOM 131. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW.

CCOT ESSAY DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH

WRITE THIS ESSAY AT HOME AND HAND IT IN ON WEDNESDAY.

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.

TASK: Analyze and explain changes and continuities in TWO of the following areas in the Middle East from 1900 to 2000CE.

Government
Commerce
Social

HW # 9 AND HW # 10

HW # 9 IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH.

READ PAGES 818 TO 819 AND EXPLAIN IN A PARAGRAPH THE CONCEPT OF PAN-AFRICANISM.

HW # 10 IS DUE ON MONDAY, APRIL 2ND.

READ PAGE 825 AND EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

READ THESE LINKS!!!

READ THIS LINK TO GET AN IDEA OF APARTHEID LAWS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND HOW THE AFRICANS OF SOUTH AFRICA WERE SEGREGATED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/blsalaws.htm


READ THIS LINK TO SEE HOW AFRICA HAS CHANGED ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY OVER TIME SINCE THEIR INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS BEGAN.

http://www.panafricanperspective.com/aec.htm

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK OF MARCH 26TH TO MARCH 30TH

READ ONLY FOR NOW. WRITTEN HW ASSIGNMENTS WILL FOLLOW.
READ PAGES 817 TO 831 AND KNOW THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
KNOW ABOUT JOMO KENYATTA AND KWAME NKRUMAH AND AFRICAN NATIONALISM (817), KNOW THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (817), KNOW ABOUT PAN-AFRICANISM, THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, W.E.B. DUBOIS AND MARCUS GARVEY (819), KNOW ABOUT NEOCOLONIALISM AND THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CREATED BY INDEPENDENCE (820), KNOW HOW AIDS AND POVERTY HAVE AFFECTED AFRICA (821), KNOW ABOUT MARXISM IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA (823), KNOW ABOUT APARTHEID, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, NELSON MANDELA AND THE ZULU TRIBE IN SOUTH AFRICA (823-824), KNOW ABOUT NIGERIA'S CONFLICT BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS (824-825), KNOW ABOUT CENTRAL AFRICA, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE HUTU AND TUTSIS TRIBES, KNOW ABOUT GENERAL SEKO, LAUREN KABILA AND THE PROBLEMS IN THE CONGO (825), KNOW ABOUT THE AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (826). GET GOING AND READ!!!

READING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEK.

AFTER YOU TAKE THE EXAM ON MONDAY, READ THESE PAGES IMMEDIATELY.

1. READ PAGES 836 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE PLO AND THE INTIFADA.

2. READ PAGE 837 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE SHAH OF IRAN. ALSO, KNOW ALL ABOUT THE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI AND THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION HE LED.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT WANNA-BE'S------TAKE NOTICE

THERE MAY BE A NEW AP COURSE OFFERED THIS FALL IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT IF ABOUT 60 STUDENTS SIGN UP. THIS IS ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY AND IT WILL BE TAUGHT BY MS. GOODMAN. SO, IF YOU WANT ANOTHER AP CLASS, SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS.

CCOT ESSAY IN CLASS ON MONDAY, MARCH 19TH

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.

TASK: Analyze and explain changes and continuities in TWO of the following areas in South Asia from 1900 to 2000CE.

Government
Commerce
Social

TEST 2, MARCH 14TH

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON MARCH 14TH WITH 40 QUESTIONS. GET READY!!! STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

THE LONG MARCH, THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD, CHAING KAI-SHEK, THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, THE FOUR OLDS, PRES. NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA AND THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, DENG XIAOPING AND THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS, THE FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, TIENANMEN SQUARE, POL POT OF CAMBODIA, DECOLONIZATION PERIOD, HO CHI MINH TRAIL, GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION, TET OFFENSIVE, DOMINO THEORY, SATYAGRAHA AND GANDHI'S METHODS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE MUSLIM LEAGUE, KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN THE PUNJAB, KASHMIR AND JAMMU, NONALIGNMENT, KNOW WHY INDIA HAD TO BE PARTITIONED AND THE CONSEQUENCE, KNOW ABOUT THE NEW INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND HOW IT CHANGED INDIA, KNOW ABOUT THE TAMILS AND SIKHS, KNOW ABOUT NEHRU'S ECONOMIC POLICIES, THE GREEN REVOLUTION AND INDIRA GANDHI AND HER SON RAJIV. gOOD LUCK!!!

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: READ CAREFULLY!!!!

HW # 7, DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7TH
READ PAGES 832-834

1. IDENTIFY THE SUEZ CANAL CRISIS OF 1956
2. EXPLAIN PAN-ARABISM AND THE GOALS OF THE UAR
3. IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF THE BA'ATH PARTY

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READ ONLY!!!!! READ ONLY!!!!!!! READ ONLY!!!!!!

READ PAGES 834-836
KNOW ABOUT THE SIX DAY WAR AND THE LAND SEIZED BY ISRAEL.

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HW # 8, DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH
READ PAGES 835-836
1. EXPLAIN THE CAMP DAVID ACCORD
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MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON EITHER MARCH 12TH OR MARCH 14TH. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

WATCH THIS LINK: VERY IMPORTANT!!!

THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY ON THE PARTITION OF INDIA IN 1947. PLEASE WATCH IT!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9siw6qMxz4

USE THIS LINK ASAP!!

THIS IS A LINK TO A POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON THE GREEN REVOLUTION. YOU MUST KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GREEN REVOLUTION.!!!!


http://home.btclick.com/mike.procter/greenrevolution.ppt

CUT AND PASTE ASAP!!!

THIS IS A QUOTE FROM PRIME MINISTER NEHRU ON HIS POLICY OF NONALIGNMENT. YOU MUST KNOW THIS POLICY.


"The preservation of peace forms the central aim of India's policy. It is in the pursuit of this policy that we have chosen the path of nonalinement [nonalignment] in any military or like pact of alliance. Nonalinement does not mean passivity of mind or action, lack of faith or conviction. It does not mean submission to what we consider evil. It is a positive and dynamic approach to t such problems that confront us. We believe that each country has not only the e right to freedom but also to decide its own policy and way of life. Only thus can true freedom flourish and a people grow according to their own genius

We believe, therefore, in nonaggression and non­interference by one country in the affairs of another and the growth of tolerance between them and the capacity for peaceful coexistence. We think that by the free exchange of ideas and trade and other contacts between nations each will learn f rom the other and truth will prevail. We therefore endeavor to maintain friendly relationS with all countries, even though we may disagree with them in their policies or structure of government. We think that by this approach we can serve not only our country but also the larger causes of` peace and good ; fellowship in the world."

AP FEE's for exam

"Please remind your students that the AP checks are due by Friday, March 2. They should have received a letter at home, but if they didn't, the cost is $87 per exam. The check should be made out to Bronx Science and include their name and OSIS number.

For students who receive free or reduced lunch, we have just been informed that they will need to pay $15 for up to three tests and $53 for any additional tests. These checks are due by March 16."

HW # 5 AND HW # 6

HW # 5 IS DUE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH.

1. READ PAGE 857 AND EXPLAIN THE CHANGING AND MODERN ECONOMY OF INDIA.

HW # 6 IS DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND.

1. READ PAGES 857 TO 858 AND EXPLAIN THE CHANGING NATURE OF CASTES, GENDER AND CLASS.

TEST 1 ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH

THERE WILL BE A TEST ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH. STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL:

STUDY VLADIMIR LENIN AND JOSEPH STALIN'S POLICIES, STUDY JAPAN'S ROAD TO WW II, THE 21 DEMANDS, GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE, WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE, MILITANT AND JAPANESE NATIONALISTS, JAPAN'S AGGRESSION IN THE 1930'S, STUDY THE CHANGES THE EMPEROR MADE AFTER WW II, THE NEW JAPANESE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRATIC JAPAN, THE JAPANESE MIRACLE, KEIRETSU, MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY, TREATY OF MUTUAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY, ZAIBATSU, JAPAN'S GDP AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE PACIFIC RIM ECONOMY, THE FOUR TIGERS,

THERE WILL BE 25 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

READING ASSIGNMENT TO BE COMPLETED OVER THE WINTER BREAK

READ THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT. A WRITTEN HW ASSIGNMENT WILL FOLLOW. STAY TUNED.

1. READ ABOUT THE KOREAN WAR, PAGES 731-732

2. READ ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN INDOCHINA, 732-733 AND 800-801

3. READ ABOUT INDIA AND KNOW ALL ABOUT GANDHI, PAGES 852-859
KNOW ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN THE KASHMIR AND JAMMU (PG 852), KNOW ABOUT PRIME MINISTER NEHRU AND THE 14 LANGUAGES OF INDIA, KNOW ABOUT THE TENSIONS WITH PAKISTAN (PG. 852),
KNOW ABOUT INDIRA GANDHI AND HER POLICIES (PG. 853), KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SIKHS IN THE PUNJAB (PG. 854), KNOW ABOUT RAJIV GANDHI, HIS DEATH AND THE TAMIL TIGERS (PG. 854),

4. KNOW ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH EAST AND WEST PAKISTAN AND LATER BANGLADESH (PG. 855), KNOW ABOUT BENAJIR BHUTTO AND HER POLICIES (PG. 855), KNOW ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF A MOSQUE AT RAMA'S BIRTHPLACE AND THE VIOLENCE THAT FOLLOWED (PG. 856), KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ECONOMY AND BIRTH CONTROL POLICIES (PG. 856), KNOW ABOUT THE GREEN REVOLUTION (PG. 857), KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGING AND MODERN ECONOMY IN INDIA
(PG. 857), KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGES IN CASTE, CLASS AND GENDER (PG. 857-858).

COPY AND PASTE!!!

1. AFTER CHINA BECAME COMMUNIST, THEY QUICKLY ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH COMMUNIST RUSSIA AND MAO ZEDONG PERSONALLY ADMIRED JOSEPH STALIN. BUT BY THE LATE 1950'S AND GOING INTO THE 1960'S, THE SOVIET UNION AND COMMUNIST CHINA SLOWLY DRIFTED APART, AND BY THE EARLY 1970'S, THE UNITED STATES HAD A BETTER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA THAN RUSSIA. THIS IS OFTEN KNOWN AS THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT.

2. THE SPLIT BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER STALIN DIED AND MANY SOVIET LEADERS BEGAN TO OPENLY CRITICIZE AND CONDEMN STALIN'S RUTHLESS METHODS. MAO ADMIRED STALIN AND DID NOT LIKE THIS. RUSSIA ALSO WOULD NOT SHARE SECRETS WITH CHINA ON THEIR MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AND PARTICULARLY ON THE BUILDING OF AN ATOMIC BOMB. BOTH THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA HAD SERIOUS DIFFERENCES ON THEIR INTERPRETATION OF KARL MARX, AND BOTH CLAIMED TO BE THE TRUE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST WORLD. RUSSIA ACCEPTED THE CONCEPT OF "PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE", WHICH WAS A POLICY OF THE SOVIET UNION TO COOPERATE MORE WITH THE WEST. CHINA DID NOT LIKE THIS. IN THE 1960'S CHINA HAD BORDER DISPUTES WITH INDIA AND AT THE UNITED NATIONS, THE SOVIET UNION TOOK INDIA'S SIDE. ALSO BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA SHARE 1,600 MILES OF BORDERS AND THERE WERE CONSTANT DISPUTES OVER THESE BORDERS. FINALLY, IN 1979, RUSSIA INVADED AFGHANISTAN AND CHINA CONDEMN THIS ACTION.

3. BY THE EARLY 1970'S, MAO SAW RUSSIA AS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN THE UNITED STATES AND IN 1972, PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON FLEW TO CHINA AND FORMERLY RECOGNIZED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. PRES. NIXON OPENED UP CHINA TO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES AND BEGAN TO TRADE MORE WITH THE CHINESE. THIS ONLY MADE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA WORSE. BY THE LATE 1980'S, SOVIET LEADER MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BEGAN TO HEAL THE RIFT BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA.

CCOT ESSAY, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15TH

THERE WILL BE A CCOT ESSAY IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15TH

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.

TASK: Describe and explain continuities and changes in trade and commerce in Asia from 1850 to 2000 CE.

CUT AND PASTE!!!

Due to Mao’s and communism failed economic policies, the new Communist leader of China in 1980, Deng Xiaoping began a series of new economic experiments to help China’s failed economy.

•As part of its economic reforms and policy of opening to the world, between 1980 and 1984 China established special economic zones (SEZs). These SEZ were primarily an experiment in the southern coastal cities of China. In 1984 China opened 14 other coastal cities to overseas investment.

•Then, beginning in 1985, the central government expanded the coastal area by establishing the following open economic zones (listed north to south): Liaodong Peninsula, Hebei Province (which surrounds Beijing and Tianjin), Shandong Peninsula, Yangtze River Delta, Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Triangle in southern Fujian Province, Pearl River Delta, and Guangxi.

•In 1990 the Chinese government decided to open the Pudong New Zone in Shanghai to overseas investment, as well as more cities in the Yangzi River Valley.

•Since 1992 the State Council has opened a number of border cities and all the capital cities of inland provinces and autonomous regions.

•In addition, 15 free-trade zones, 32 state-level economic and technological development zones, and 53 new and high-tech industrial development zones have been established in large and medium-sized cities. As a result, a multilevel diversified pattern of opening and integrating coastal areas with river, border, and inland areas has been formed in China.

•Special tax incentives for foreign investments in the SEZs.
•Greater independence on international trade activities.
•Economic characteristics are represented as "4 principles":

1. Construction primarily relies on attracting and utilizing foreign capital
2. Primary economic forms are Sino-foreign joint ventures and partnerships as well as wholly foreign-owned enterprises
3. Products are primarily export-oriented
4. Economic activities are primarily driven by market forces

OTTOMAN EMPIRE REVIEW

I WILL BE REVIEWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AFTER SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND.

THIS IS BY INVITATION ONLY AND FORMAL ATTIRE IS REQUIRED.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES.

HW # 1, DUE TUESDAY, JAN. 31ST: READ PAGES 765-768
1. EXPLAIN THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND ITS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES ON SOCIETY.

HW # 2, DUE THURSDAY, FEB 2ND: READ THE SAME PAGES
1. DEFINE THE RED GUARD AND THE LITTLE RED BOOK IN MAO'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
2. EXPLAIN HOW THE RED GUARD WORKED TO ELIMINATE THE PAST AND WHAT ARE THE FOUR OLDS?

HW # 3, DUE MONDAY, FEB.6TH: READ PAGES 768-769
1. DEFINE THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS OF DENG XIAOPING.
2. HOW DID DENG TRY TO CREATE WEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINA?

HW # 4, DUE WEDNESDAY, FEB 8TH: READ PAGES 769-770
1. EXPLAIN WHAT STUDENTS WERE PROTESTING AT TIENANMEN SQUARE.
2. HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT PUT AN END TO THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN TIENANMEN SQUARE?

READING ASSINGMENT TO BE COMPLETED ASAP

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PAGES ASAP AND KNOW THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONCEPTS.

READ PAGES 868-873.

1. KNOW ABOUT THE ZAIBUTSU AND KEIRETSU AND HOW THEY INFLUENCED JAPAN'S ECONOMY.
(PAGE 870)

2. KNOW HOW JAPAN'S EDUCATION AND DEFENSE SPENDING CONTRIBUTE TO JAPAN'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. (PAGE 871)

3. KNOW HOW JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT HELP'S THE ECONOMY AND THE ROLE OF THE MITI IN HELPING THE ECONOMY. (PAGE 871)

4. KNOW HOW DOES JAPAN'S EDUCATION DIFFERS SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WESTERN EDUCATION.
(PAGE 871-872)

5. READ PAGES 874-877 AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE ECONOMIES OF THE LITTLE TIGERS OR FOUR TIGERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN ASIA.

UNIFORM MIDTERN REVIEW

STUDY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ONLY. IF IT IS NOT LISTED HERE, DO NOT STUDY IT.

KNOW ABOUT IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA, CHINA AND INDIA, KNOW ABOUT THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND LENIN, KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, HAITIAN REVOLUTION AND LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS, THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND RUSSIFICATION, KNOW ABOUT KARL MARX, KNOW ABOUT THE REASONS FOR IMPERIALISM AND SOCIAL DARWINISM, KNOW ABOUT NAPOLEON AND THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE, KNOW ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, KNOW ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA.

THERE WILL BE 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (80 POINTS) AND ONE DBQ FOR 20 POINTS.

READING ASSIGNMENT AND TUTORING

READ PAGES 690-691 ON JOSEPH STALIN.

1. KNOW ABOUT STALIN'S FIVE YEAR PLANS AND RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION.
2. KNOW ALL ABOUT STALIN'S COLLECTIVIZATION AND THE CONSEQUENCE ON THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.
3. KNOW ALL ABOUT STALIN'S PURGES AND HIS RUTHLESS METHODS TO MAINTAIN POWER.

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I WILL BE TUTORING THIS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11TH AND THURSDAY, JAN. 12TH, DURING SGI ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF ISLAM AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM.

TEST JANUARY 18TH.

THERE WILL BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH. STUDY ONLY THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL.

PAN-SLAVISM, BOSNIAN CRISIS OF 1908, BALKAN WARS OF 1912-1913, WORLD WAR I AND ITS CAUSES, THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM, THE BLANK CHECK, WAR PROPAGANDA, NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS, THE 14 POINTS AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS, SELF-DETERMINATION, INFLUENCE OF WORLD WAR I IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, MANDATES, TREATY OF VERSAILLES, ZIONISM, ALFRED DREYFUS AFFAIR, BALFOUR DECLARATION, BACKGROUND CAUSES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, OCTOBER MANIFESTO, RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (BOLSHEVIKS), NEW ECONOMIC POLICY, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

MIDTERM EXAMS, JANUARY 2012

THERE WILL BE AN IN CLASS MIDTERM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH. IT IS REALLY JUST ANOTHER EXAM AND I CALL IT A MIDTERM. THIS EXAM WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR LAST ESSAY.
DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON WHAT TO STUDY.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, THERE WILL BE A 90 MINUTE UNIFORM MIDTERM. THE EXAM WILL BE FROM 12:10 TO 1:40. AGAIN, DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON WHAT TO STUDY.