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.