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.