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When we meet Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), it quickly becomes apparent that we're visiting a fantasy world. He lives in the American South (South Carolina, to be exact) but he has no slaves - just free black workers who choose to labour on his plantation. He's a pacifist who speaks out against war even as the American War for Independence gets underway. He continues to disavow fighting until a British officer cold-bloodedly murders one of his sons while another is being dragged off to be hanged. At this point Benjamin becomes an ultra-American one-man revolutionary wrecking crew, hacking, shooting and maiming the British Army until he can almost single-handedly turn around the war.
The Patriot lacks respect for its American audience, assuming that they will only like a movie if it portrays Americans as near perfect and foreigners (primarily the British, but also the French) as monsters, buffoons or twits.
In this movie, when Americans do something wrong, a lesson is learned and they're quickly back on the path of righteousness. Not so with the cartoon-character British. Through repeated scenes reminiscent of the My-Lai Massacre, they are painted as brutal war criminals. But far more offensive is the way the film portrays racial issues. Not only is Benjamin an anti-slavery southerner, but the only other character who shows any signs of lacking respect for blacks turns full-circle by the film's climax. With all these good-hearted white southerners, it's difficult to imagine how slavery survived another four generations after the Revolutionary War.
If the film's dishonesty doesn't get you, its manipulation should. We get heavy-handed sentimentality, light moments that seem forced and scene after scene that paints the good guys as all good and the bad guys as all bad. No doubt there were brutal British Army officers, and no doubt there were heroic revolutionaries, but The Patriot gives its audience no chance to reach its own conclusions.
The acting isn't the problem. Gibson, amidst all the histrionics, shows moments of acting talent. Heath Ledger does a credible job as his oldest son, as does Chris Cooper as his military officer friend. And the film is technically well done, save for the ridiculous over-use of slow motion to emphasize key moments. Do we really need to see a slow-mo cannon ball behead a soldier in one seen and rip off legs and other appendages in another?
If you check your brain at the door when you watch a movie, then these issues won't bother you. But those who like to think for themselves will find The Patriot dishonest and manipulative.
For those people who like to bash these silly period epics for not being 'historically accurate', I say this: Go read a textbook. If you're REALLY watching a movie like The Patriot and you're looking for the TRUTH about history, you're already a little lost. What we have here is a typically fun Hollywood action movie, all dressed up and trying to look serious.
If historical accuracy isn't of paramount importance to you, and you don't mind a little corn, then The Patriot is the epic for you. It has all the requirements of the standard Hollywood action epic: noble heroes, evil villains, beautiful damsels in distress, and a handful of staggeringly exciting action sequences. The Patriot is so obviously inspired by Mel Gibson's own Braveheart, but it's a pretty damn entertaining movie in its own right.
Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a one-time warrior who has since retired to raising a farm along with his seven children. Their lives are interrupted when the war with the British spills over into their front yard. When one of his family is killed by the evil Colonel Tavington (the fantastic Jason Isaacs), Martin decides to take up arms against the British.
If you watched both Braveheart and The Patriot back to back, you'd notice a startling number of similarities:
The hero initially rejects the concept of violence, until it is thrust upon him when a loved one is killed.
The hero is embraced by the common man and is protected by them at every turn.
The hero must enlist several colorful sidekicks, many of which will die brutally, therefore infuriating our hero all the more.
The hero fights for vengeance, and the liberation of a nation hangs directly in the balance.
The main villain has a disapproving superior who consistently berates him for his brutality and ineptitude.
The hero finds a 'replacement' love interest, after his 'true' love is dead.
And so on and so on. But while it would be easy to dismiss The Patriot as a mere rehash, the movie has more than its own components worth recommending...as well as a few unintentionally hilarious scenes.
The battle sequences are truly exciting, and you can always expect some shocking bloodiness once in a while. (Look out for those cannonballs!) Mel Gibson continues his streak of solid performances, although I suspect he could probably do this 'noble savage' role in his sleep by now. One of the main highlights is the performance of Jason Isaacs. He plays Colonel Tavington as one nasty bugger. His role is particularly under-written, and he breathes a lot more life into this villain than the script indicated.
It's probably best to look at The Patriot as a comic-book version of the American Revolution...or maybe even Cliff's Notes. Many have bemoaned the lack of historical accuracy in this film, but I doubt that accuracy was really the point here. It's not likely that director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin were intending to make a historical documentary, and considering that these are the guys who brought us Independence Day and Godzilla, that's definitely a good thing.
If the movie sags a bit here and there, it's due to a lack of proper editing. There are a few extraneous subplots that add nothing to the movie, some truly cliched minor characters and some real 'howlers'* including this awful exchange:
Martin: "Mind if I sit here?"
Beautiful Blonde Woman: "It's a free country...or at least it will be."
oo boy. How screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) got away with dialogue like that is just beyond me. Another unwelcome diversion is that Martin's youngest little daughter refuses to speak. Hmm. If you've ever seen at least one movie in your entire life, I'm pretty sure you can see where the whole 'mute little girl' subplot is headed.
Minor complaints aside, The Patriot makes for a solid meal of a movie. The costumes, special effects and locations are all perfect, and the plot usually moves along at a quick base, despite the ample running time.
The Patriot lacks respect for its American audience, assuming that they will only like a movie if it portrays Americans as near perfect and foreigners (primarily the British, but also the French) as monsters, buffoons or twits.
In this movie, when Americans do something wrong, a lesson is learned and they're quickly back on the path of righteousness. Not so with the cartoon-character British. Through repeated scenes reminiscent of the My-Lai Massacre, they are painted as brutal war criminals. But far more offensive is the way the film portrays racial issues. Not only is Benjamin an anti-slavery southerner, but the only other character who shows any signs of lacking respect for blacks turns full-circle by the film's climax. With all these good-hearted white southerners, it's difficult to imagine how slavery survived another four generations after the Revolutionary War.
If the film's dishonesty doesn't get you, its manipulation should. We get heavy-handed sentimentality, light moments that seem forced and scene after scene that paints the good guys as all good and the bad guys as all bad. No doubt there were brutal British Army officers, and no doubt there were heroic revolutionaries, but The Patriot gives its audience no chance to reach its own conclusions.
The acting isn't the problem. Gibson, amidst all the histrionics, shows moments of acting talent. Heath Ledger does a credible job as his oldest son, as does Chris Cooper as his military officer friend. And the film is technically well done, save for the ridiculous over-use of slow motion to emphasize key moments. Do we really need to see a slow-mo cannon ball behead a soldier in one seen and rip off legs and other appendages in another?
If you check your brain at the door when you watch a movie, then these issues won't bother you. But those who like to think for themselves will find The Patriot dishonest and manipulative.
For those people who like to bash these silly period epics for not being 'historically accurate', I say this: Go read a textbook. If you're REALLY watching a movie like The Patriot and you're looking for the TRUTH about history, you're already a little lost. What we have here is a typically fun Hollywood action movie, all dressed up and trying to look serious.
If historical accuracy isn't of paramount importance to you, and you don't mind a little corn, then The Patriot is the epic for you. It has all the requirements of the standard Hollywood action epic: noble heroes, evil villains, beautiful damsels in distress, and a handful of staggeringly exciting action sequences. The Patriot is so obviously inspired by Mel Gibson's own Braveheart, but it's a pretty damn entertaining movie in its own right.
Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a one-time warrior who has since retired to raising a farm along with his seven children. Their lives are interrupted when the war with the British spills over into their front yard. When one of his family is killed by the evil Colonel Tavington (the fantastic Jason Isaacs), Martin decides to take up arms against the British.
If you watched both Braveheart and The Patriot back to back, you'd notice a startling number of similarities:
The hero initially rejects the concept of violence, until it is thrust upon him when a loved one is killed.
The hero is embraced by the common man and is protected by them at every turn.
The hero must enlist several colorful sidekicks, many of which will die brutally, therefore infuriating our hero all the more.
The hero fights for vengeance, and the liberation of a nation hangs directly in the balance.
The main villain has a disapproving superior who consistently berates him for his brutality and ineptitude.
The hero finds a 'replacement' love interest, after his 'true' love is dead.
And so on and so on. But while it would be easy to dismiss The Patriot as a mere rehash, the movie has more than its own components worth recommending...as well as a few unintentionally hilarious scenes.
The battle sequences are truly exciting, and you can always expect some shocking bloodiness once in a while. (Look out for those cannonballs!) Mel Gibson continues his streak of solid performances, although I suspect he could probably do this 'noble savage' role in his sleep by now. One of the main highlights is the performance of Jason Isaacs. He plays Colonel Tavington as one nasty bugger. His role is particularly under-written, and he breathes a lot more life into this villain than the script indicated.
It's probably best to look at The Patriot as a comic-book version of the American Revolution...or maybe even Cliff's Notes. Many have bemoaned the lack of historical accuracy in this film, but I doubt that accuracy was really the point here. It's not likely that director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin were intending to make a historical documentary, and considering that these are the guys who brought us Independence Day and Godzilla, that's definitely a good thing.
If the movie sags a bit here and there, it's due to a lack of proper editing. There are a few extraneous subplots that add nothing to the movie, some truly cliched minor characters and some real 'howlers'* including this awful exchange:
Martin: "Mind if I sit here?"
Beautiful Blonde Woman: "It's a free country...or at least it will be."
oo boy. How screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) got away with dialogue like that is just beyond me. Another unwelcome diversion is that Martin's youngest little daughter refuses to speak. Hmm. If you've ever seen at least one movie in your entire life, I'm pretty sure you can see where the whole 'mute little girl' subplot is headed.
Minor complaints aside, The Patriot makes for a solid meal of a movie. The costumes, special effects and locations are all perfect, and the plot usually moves along at a quick base, despite the ample running time.
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Find 5 ads which represent each of the five ideas below:
Bandwagon: the impression that everyone else is doing it, or of being left out of something if you don't. An example of a bandwagon ad might be "Four out of five people interviewed said they preferred Kream to any other toothpaste. What do they know that you don't know?"
Sex appeal: other people will think that you are more attractive or desirable because you use that product. An attractive model may be used to gain your attention.
Emotional words: specific words used to affect your emotions either positively or negatively (feelings of fear, power, success, being part of a group, excitement, etc.).
Transfer: positive feelings about the people in the ad are transferred to the consumer; using the product will make you look or feel like the people in the ad.
Visual imagery: use of people, settings or situations that appeal to consumers. What are the fun or interesting things being done by the beautiful people in the beautiful setting? Often the image has little to do with the product. An advertisement set on a gorgeous beach in the Bahamas has no connection to an air freshener or toothpaste, yet disconnected images are often used because they evoke positive feelings.
Bandwagon: the impression that everyone else is doing it, or of being left out of something if you don't. An example of a bandwagon ad might be "Four out of five people interviewed said they preferred Kream to any other toothpaste. What do they know that you don't know?"
Sex appeal: other people will think that you are more attractive or desirable because you use that product. An attractive model may be used to gain your attention.
Emotional words: specific words used to affect your emotions either positively or negatively (feelings of fear, power, success, being part of a group, excitement, etc.).
Transfer: positive feelings about the people in the ad are transferred to the consumer; using the product will make you look or feel like the people in the ad.
Visual imagery: use of people, settings or situations that appeal to consumers. What are the fun or interesting things being done by the beautiful people in the beautiful setting? Often the image has little to do with the product. An advertisement set on a gorgeous beach in the Bahamas has no connection to an air freshener or toothpaste, yet disconnected images are often used because they evoke positive feelings.
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Terms to know for the test Tuesday
Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Han, Rome, Socrates, Muhammed, Lao-tzu, Vikings, Arabs, Indian Ocean trade, Ibn Batuta, Chinese manufacturing, Samurai, midwife, Indonesian Islam, Mongols, Vasco da Gama, Zheng He, West African slave trade, southern slavery, mosque, World Economy Theory, Aztecs, Haitian revolution, bound feet, corsets, French and Russian revolution, extraterritoriality, Indian Congress Party, Young Turks,
Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Han, Rome, Socrates, Muhammed, Lao-tzu, Vikings, Arabs, Indian Ocean trade, Ibn Batuta, Chinese manufacturing, Samurai, midwife, Indonesian Islam, Mongols, Vasco da Gama, Zheng He, West African slave trade, southern slavery, mosque, World Economy Theory, Aztecs, Haitian revolution, bound feet, corsets, French and Russian revolution, extraterritoriality, Indian Congress Party, Young Turks,
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Read pages 164-199
from the Cracking book.
from the Cracking book.
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Chinese and Mexican revolutions, African independence, India China trade, Coptic Christians, Swahili, Crusader States, Fatimid Empire, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, Italian City states, Ottoman Empire, Japanese Emperor, Austro Hungarian Empire, Prague Spring, Mao, Gandhi
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* European dominance
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Humanism
Medici
Brunelleschi
Durer
Gutenberg
Machievelli
Erasmus
Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
Counter-reformation
Jesuits, Loyola
Council of Trent
Copernicus, Newton, Bacon
Deism
Divine right
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
Voltaire
Tordesillas 152-165
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Humanism
Medici
Brunelleschi
Durer
Gutenberg
Machievelli
Erasmus
Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
Counter-reformation
Jesuits, Loyola
Council of Trent
Copernicus, Newton, Bacon
Deism
Divine right
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
Voltaire
Tordesillas 152-165
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1. How did the Big Three plan for a peaceful post war world? (Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam)
2. Why did the Grand Alliance fall apart after WWII? (Czechoslovakia, Tito, Iron Curtain, Marshall Plan, Kennan, NATO, Berlin Airlift, containment, Truman Doctrine) 801-803, 813-820
2. Why did the Grand Alliance fall apart after WWII? (Czechoslovakia, Tito, Iron Curtain, Marshall Plan, Kennan, NATO, Berlin Airlift, containment, Truman Doctrine) 801-803, 813-820
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Hanseatic League
Silk Road
Indian Ocean trade
Seljuk Turks
Crusades
Black death
Germanic Tribes
Magyars
Buddhists in Japan
Abbasid Dynasty 137-150Delhi Sultanate
Tamerlane
Mongols
Golden Horde
Kublai Khan
Kush/Axum
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mansa Musa
Mayans, Aztecs, Incas
Tenochtitlan
Silk Road
Indian Ocean trade
Seljuk Turks
Crusades
Black death
Germanic Tribes
Magyars
Buddhists in Japan
Abbasid Dynasty 137-150Delhi Sultanate
Tamerlane
Mongols
Golden Horde
Kublai Khan
Kush/Axum
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mansa Musa
Mayans, Aztecs, Incas
Tenochtitlan
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1. What foreign policy issues distracted Johnson from his Great Society agenda? (ABMs, MIRVs, Six Day War, Alliance for Progress, Panama, Bosch, Viet Cong, Ho, Westmoreland)
2. What methods of the antiwar movement succeed or failed? (Country Joe, SDS, DOW, MASH, Catch-22, DOW, Ali) 950-957
2. What methods of the antiwar movement succeed or failed? (Country Joe, SDS, DOW, MASH, Catch-22, DOW, Ali) 950-957
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William the Conqueror
Magna Carta
Hugh Capet
Joan of Arc
Hundred years war
Bourbons
Ferdinand & Isabella
Tatars
Czar, Ivan the terrible
Tang, Song
Grand Canal
Meritocracy
Gunpowder empires
Wu Zhao
Foot-binding
Kami
Prince Shotoku
Taika Reforms
Fujiwara
Shogun
Daimyo, Bushido
Quran
Mohammad
Five Pillars
Mecca, Medina
Abu Bakr, caliph
Charles Martel, Tours
Sunni/Shi'ite
Abbasid, Baghdad
Sufis, Umayyad
Mongols
Byzantine, Justinian
Orthodox Christian
Vladimir
King Clovis
Carolingian, Pepin
Charlemagne, Otto
Magyars
Vassals, fiefs, manor
Chivalry, feudalism
Primogeniture, serfs
Crusades, Hanseatic
Scholasticism, Aquinas
Magna Carta
Hugh Capet
Joan of Arc
Hundred years war
Bourbons
Ferdinand & Isabella
Tatars
Czar, Ivan the terrible
Tang, Song
Grand Canal
Meritocracy
Gunpowder empires
Wu Zhao
Foot-binding
Kami
Prince Shotoku
Taika Reforms
Fujiwara
Shogun
Daimyo, Bushido
Quran
Mohammad
Five Pillars
Mecca, Medina
Abu Bakr, caliph
Charles Martel, Tours
Sunni/Shi'ite
Abbasid, Baghdad
Sufis, Umayyad
Mongols
Byzantine, Justinian
Orthodox Christian
Vladimir
King Clovis
Carolingian, Pepin
Charlemagne, Otto
Magyars
Vassals, fiefs, manor
Chivalry, feudalism
Primogeniture, serfs
Crusades, Hanseatic
Scholasticism, Aquinas
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may 4th movement
Lenin
Comintern
Bolshevik
Shah Reza Khan
Balfour
Gandhi
Indian Congress Party
Young Turks
Ataturk
Thakin
Popular Front
Kellogg Briand Pact
Poincare
Trotsky
Cheka
New Economic Policy
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II
Kerensky
soviets
Marne
brinkmanship
Schlieffen Plan
Tannenberg
Gallipoli
Somme
Sarajevo
Russo Japanese war
Progressive Japanese constitution
Sat cho
extraterritoriality
prefectures
eta
Manchu dynasty
Fillmore, Perry
Boxer Rebellion
dowager
Sun Yat sen
Open door policy
spheres of influence
Qing collapse
sino Japanese war
Taiping
Opium War
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Tianjin
Lord Macartney
Dawes Plan
Versailles Treaty
mandate
Lenin
Comintern
Bolshevik
Shah Reza Khan
Balfour
Gandhi
Indian Congress Party
Young Turks
Ataturk
Thakin
Popular Front
Kellogg Briand Pact
Poincare
Trotsky
Cheka
New Economic Policy
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II
Kerensky
soviets
Marne
brinkmanship
Schlieffen Plan
Tannenberg
Gallipoli
Somme
Sarajevo
Russo Japanese war
Progressive Japanese constitution
Sat cho
extraterritoriality
prefectures
eta
Manchu dynasty
Fillmore, Perry
Boxer Rebellion
dowager
Sun Yat sen
Open door policy
spheres of influence
Qing collapse
sino Japanese war
Taiping
Opium War
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Tianjin
Lord Macartney
Dawes Plan
Versailles Treaty
mandate
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1. What forces limited westernization and progress in Iran and Palestine? (Pahlavi, Wahhabi, Balfour Declaration, Saud)
2. How did imperialism, nationalism, Marxism and religion conflict and blend in the formation of resistance to colonial rule? (two stage revolution, Comintern, classless society, Ba'ath Party)
3. How did China's varying class structure and tradition get in the way of revolutionary change? (Kuomintang, Sun, Shikai, New Culture Movement, Nationalists, Mao, Chiang, CCP) 752-762
2. How did imperialism, nationalism, Marxism and religion conflict and blend in the formation of resistance to colonial rule? (two stage revolution, Comintern, classless society, Ba'ath Party)
3. How did China's varying class structure and tradition get in the way of revolutionary change? (Kuomintang, Sun, Shikai, New Culture Movement, Nationalists, Mao, Chiang, CCP) 752-762
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1. Compare how nationalism was interpreted in Indonesia, Burma, India and Turkey after WWI. (Gandhi, Ataturk Kemal, Thakins, Sarekat, INC, Gokhale, satyagraha)
2. What forces interfered with the development of nationalism in the non-western world? (westernization, religion, class etc.) 746-752
2. What forces interfered with the development of nationalism in the non-western world? (westernization, religion, class etc.) 746-752
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1. What were the causes of the Great Depression? (stock market crash, overproduction, ripple effect, loans to Germany, balanced budget)
2. Compare the political effects of the Depression in Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and the US. (Keynes, Labour Party, Poincare, Popular Front, Weimar Rep., Hitler, New Deal, FDR, NEP, Stalin)
3. How did cultural trends reflect the crises of the 20th century? (Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Bauhaus, Dali, Joyce, Jung) 737-744
2. Compare the political effects of the Depression in Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and the US. (Keynes, Labour Party, Poincare, Popular Front, Weimar Rep., Hitler, New Deal, FDR, NEP, Stalin)
3. How did cultural trends reflect the crises of the 20th century? (Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Bauhaus, Dali, Joyce, Jung) 737-744
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Read pages 732-737
Get your groups assignment (debate topics to research)
Get your groups assignment (debate topics to research)
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Gupta,
Qin, Han, Wu Ti
Athens, Sparta
Persian wars
Pericles
Delian league
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Plebians, patricians
Twelve Tables
Carthage, Punic Wars
Triumvirates
Caesar
Pax Romana
Paganism
Wang Mang
Constantine, Diocletian
Visogoths, Attilla
Silk Road
Dao, Confucian, legalism
Hinduism, Buddhism
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
95-117
Qin, Han, Wu Ti
Athens, Sparta
Persian wars
Pericles
Delian league
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Plebians, patricians
Twelve Tables
Carthage, Punic Wars
Triumvirates
Caesar
Pax Romana
Paganism
Wang Mang
Constantine, Diocletian
Visogoths, Attilla
Silk Road
Dao, Confucian, legalism
Hinduism, Buddhism
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
95-117
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1. How did the concept of total war change people's attitude to government action? (centralization, planned economy, propaganda, equal pay)
2. Why did Russia fall to the Bolsheviks? (Rasputin, Kerensky, Lenin, White Russians, Trotsky, war communism, Cheka, intervention) 723-731
2. Why did Russia fall to the Bolsheviks? (Rasputin, Kerensky, Lenin, White Russians, Trotsky, war communism, Cheka, intervention) 723-731
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1. What were the causes, immediate and fundamental, of the Great War? (nationalism, brinkmanship, Sarajevo, Archduke, conscription, militarism, Black Hand, mobilization, Schlieffen Plan)
2. How was World War I an example of the generals not catching up to the technology? ( trench warfare, stalemate, Verdun, total war, mustard gas, Gallipoli, Lusitania, planned economies, propaganda, Remarque*) 716-723
2. How was World War I an example of the generals not catching up to the technology? ( trench warfare, stalemate, Verdun, total war, mustard gas, Gallipoli, Lusitania, planned economies, propaganda, Remarque*) 716-723
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1. What were the elements of the Meiji reforms? How was it a revolution from above? (hereditary privilege, Charter Oath, genro, Hirobumi, Diet, kokutai, farm tax, subsidies)
2. How did reform change the social fabric of Japan? ( 3 obediences, dancing cabinet, Code of 1898)
3. What were Japanese imperialist goals? (Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria, Russia) 704-713
2. How did reform change the social fabric of Japan? ( 3 obediences, dancing cabinet, Code of 1898)
3. What were Japanese imperialist goals? (Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria, Russia) 704-713
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Foundations History thru 600 ce pp. 85-96Hunter/gatherer
Neolithic
Agricultural rev.
City-states
Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
Polytheistic
Hammurabi
Hittites
Phoenicians
Ashoka
Hebrews
Egypt
Indus Valley
Khyber pass
Aryans
Caste
Brahmans
Shang China
Zhou
Mandate of heaven
Mauryan
Neolithic
Agricultural rev.
City-states
Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
Polytheistic
Hammurabi
Hittites
Phoenicians
Ashoka
Hebrews
Egypt
Indus Valley
Khyber pass
Aryans
Caste
Brahmans
Shang China
Zhou
Mandate of heaven
Mauryan
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1. Was China's deterioration inevitable? What were Cixi's, and Sun's responses to China's deteriorating situation? (Revolutionary Alliance, Mao)
2. Compare China's imperial demise with that of Austria, the Ottomans and Russia.*
3. Why was Japan, in contrast to China, ripe for westernization? ( Perry, Nagasaki, Tokugawa, bakufu, Choshu, Sat-Cho 698-704
2. Compare China's imperial demise with that of Austria, the Ottomans and Russia.*
3. Why was Japan, in contrast to China, ripe for westernization? ( Perry, Nagasaki, Tokugawa, bakufu, Choshu, Sat-Cho 698-704
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1. Provocative: Does the report provoke discussion concerning issues that apply around the world?
2. Significant: Does it speak of issues beyond the borders of the country?
3. Interesting: Does it grab the attention of the class?
4. Thorough: Does it cover the required subjects and historical narrative?
5. Narrative: Does it tell the story of the people?
1. How did British and Chinese culture and interests clash? (Manchus, Opium, Macartney, Taiping Rebellion)
2. How did Chinese react to attempts to westernize? (Wang Tao, self-strengthening, Cixi, Boxers)
3. Was the Open Door Policy wise? Why? (extraterritoriality, spheres of influence) 690-698
2. Significant: Does it speak of issues beyond the borders of the country?
3. Interesting: Does it grab the attention of the class?
4. Thorough: Does it cover the required subjects and historical narrative?
5. Narrative: Does it tell the story of the people?
1. How did British and Chinese culture and interests clash? (Manchus, Opium, Macartney, Taiping Rebellion)
2. How did Chinese react to attempts to westernize? (Wang Tao, self-strengthening, Cixi, Boxers)
3. Was the Open Door Policy wise? Why? (extraterritoriality, spheres of influence) 690-698
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Delhi Sultanate
Tamerlane
Mongols
Golden Horde
Kublai Khan
Kush/Axum
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mansa Musa
Mayans, Aztecs, Incas
Tenochtitlan
Hanseatic League
Silk Road
Indian Ocean trade
Seljuk Turks
Crusades
Black death
Germanic Tribes
Magyars
Buddhists in Japan
Abbasid Dynasty 137-150
Tamerlane
Mongols
Golden Horde
Kublai Khan
Kush/Axum
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mansa Musa
Mayans, Aztecs, Incas
Tenochtitlan
Hanseatic League
Silk Road
Indian Ocean trade
Seljuk Turks
Crusades
Black death
Germanic Tribes
Magyars
Buddhists in Japan
Abbasid Dynasty 137-150
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1. What were the varying philosophies of colonialism? (Darwinism, Kipling, indirect)
2. Compare British colonialism in India with French in Vietnam and Dutch in Indonesia. (dialects, anglocentrism, jute, zamindar, thugee, sati, VOC, shanghaied)
. 672-681
2. Compare British colonialism in India with French in Vietnam and Dutch in Indonesia. (dialects, anglocentrism, jute, zamindar, thugee, sati, VOC, shanghaied)
. 672-681
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1. How did early relations between Bantus, Boers and British lead to a history of tension? (Great Trek, Orange Free State, Shaka, Khoisan, Boer War)
2. What sparked Europe's rush to African colonization in the late 1800s? (Suez, Nile, missionaries, quinine, Maxim, Rhodes, Berlin Conference)
3. What was Kipling's POV in his poem "The White Man's Burden?" 669-672
2. What sparked Europe's rush to African colonization in the late 1800s? (Suez, Nile, missionaries, quinine, Maxim, Rhodes, Berlin Conference)
3. What was Kipling's POV in his poem "The White Man's Burden?" 669-672
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1. How was Cecil Rhodes hubris reflected in European imperialist behavior in the late 19th century? (Hobson, Ferry, Raffles, Nguyen, Thailand, Dewey, Beveridge, Suez)
2. How did Africans respond to European claims in Africa? (Ali, khedive, Mahdi, Tripoli, Zanzibar, Livingstone) 662-669
2. How did Africans respond to European claims in Africa? (Ali, khedive, Mahdi, Tripoli, Zanzibar, Livingstone) 662-669
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1. How did the US and Canada parallel Europe in the issues of Nationalism and reform? (Lincoln, Civil War, Macdonald, Dominion)
2. How did Romanticism and Realism manifest themselves in art, literature and music? (Poe, Goethe, Grimm, Shelley, Byron, Delacroix, Beethoven, Dickens, Turner, Flaubert, Courbet)
3. What were the practical and social consequences of scientific discovery in the 19th century? ( Pasteur, Mendeleyev, Faraday, Darwin) 616-623
2. How did Romanticism and Realism manifest themselves in art, literature and music? (Poe, Goethe, Grimm, Shelley, Byron, Delacroix, Beethoven, Dickens, Turner, Flaubert, Courbet)
3. What were the practical and social consequences of scientific discovery in the 19th century? ( Pasteur, Mendeleyev, Faraday, Darwin) 616-623
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1. What was the "eastern question" and how did nations propose to answer it? (Ottomans, Crimean War, Adrianople, politics of reality)
2. Compare Cavour's and Bismarck's efforts to unify their countries. (Piedmont, Savoy, Garibaldi, Iron and blood, realpolitik, Holstein, Sedan, Alsace-Lorraine)
3. How did the issues of nationalism and reform affect the politics of Britain, France and Russia? (Reform Bill, Napoleon III, land distribution, mir) 609-616
2. Compare Cavour's and Bismarck's efforts to unify their countries. (Piedmont, Savoy, Garibaldi, Iron and blood, realpolitik, Holstein, Sedan, Alsace-Lorraine)
3. How did the issues of nationalism and reform affect the politics of Britain, France and Russia? (Reform Bill, Napoleon III, land distribution, mir) 609-616
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1. What were the ideas behind the Revolutions of 1848 by region? (workshops, Second Republic, Frankfurt Assembly, multinational state, Young Italy)
2. How did independence revolutions of Latin America mirror the ideas of Europe? (L'Ouverture, Hidalgo, Santa Ana, redistribution, Sanchez Navarro) 603-609
2. How did independence revolutions of Latin America mirror the ideas of Europe? (L'Ouverture, Hidalgo, Santa Ana, redistribution, Sanchez Navarro) 603-609
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1. How did the Industrial Revolution affect class structure, family and urban life? (potato famine, Chadwick, proletariate, Factory Act of 1833)
2. What were some of ideas intended to lessen the problems of industrialization? (socialism, Owen, Marx, Wright)
3. How did the forces of conservatism and revolution face off and lead to nationalism? (Metternich, legitimacy, Concert of Europe, Liberalism, laissez-faire, suffrage, self-determination, Louis-Philippe) 596-603
2. What were some of ideas intended to lessen the problems of industrialization? (socialism, Owen, Marx, Wright)
3. How did the forces of conservatism and revolution face off and lead to nationalism? (Metternich, legitimacy, Concert of Europe, Liberalism, laissez-faire, suffrage, self-determination, Louis-Philippe) 596-603
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1. What were the basic features of the new industrial revolution? (coal, steam, Cartwright, flying shuttle, spinning jenny, coke, Cort, Stephenson, interchangeable parts)
2. How did the way the laborers worked change due to the Industrial revolution? ("timed" format)
3. Why did Industrialization happen at varying rates around the world? 588-596
2. How did the way the laborers worked change due to the Industrial revolution? ("timed" format)
3. Why did Industrialization happen at varying rates around the world? 588-596
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Study for test tommorrow
Chs. 17,18,19
Chs. 17,18,19
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1. What were the effects of the Napoleonic Code?
2. Why did Napoleon's empire rise and fall so quickly?
3. Compare Napoleon with Genghis Khan and Adolf Hitler. 574-577
review for test Friday
Floating world, Tokyo
Phonetic alphabet
Hideyoshi, Tokugawa
Porcelain, clan
Imperial city
Ming, Qing
Macartney, Qianlong
Dyarchy
Natural philosophers
Ptolemaic
Kangxi
Nerchinsk
Thermidorean reaction
Coup d'etat
Committee of Public Safety
Civil code, Napoleon
Bastille, National Assembly
Directory, Estates General
Third Estate
Montesquieu
Mercantilist, Adam Smith, liberalism
Mestizos, mulattoes
Repartimento, encomienda, Asiento
Seven Years War, Silesia
Balance of power
Reason of state
Wesley, Voltaire, Diderot
Baroque, Handel, Bach, Mozart
Classical, Haydn
2. Why did Napoleon's empire rise and fall so quickly?
3. Compare Napoleon with Genghis Khan and Adolf Hitler. 574-577
review for test Friday
Floating world, Tokyo
Phonetic alphabet
Hideyoshi, Tokugawa
Porcelain, clan
Imperial city
Ming, Qing
Macartney, Qianlong
Dyarchy
Natural philosophers
Ptolemaic
Kangxi
Nerchinsk
Thermidorean reaction
Coup d'etat
Committee of Public Safety
Civil code, Napoleon
Bastille, National Assembly
Directory, Estates General
Third Estate
Montesquieu
Mercantilist, Adam Smith, liberalism
Mestizos, mulattoes
Repartimento, encomienda, Asiento
Seven Years War, Silesia
Balance of power
Reason of state
Wesley, Voltaire, Diderot
Baroque, Handel, Bach, Mozart
Classical, Haydn
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1. Why did democracy or republicanism fail in France?
2. Explain why the events in the chronology on page 574 led to the reign of terror.
3. What in Napoleon's character and program made him a leader? 570-574
2. Explain why the events in the chronology on page 574 led to the reign of terror.
3. What in Napoleon's character and program made him a leader? 570-574
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Step two of the DBQ project due. DBQ question sheet, rationale, document analysis, bibliography.
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1. Compare the causes and philosophies of the English Bloodless revolution, the American Revolution and the French Revolution?
2. Compare the enlightened despotism of Frederick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great. ( Junkers, charter of nobility, boyars) Due 2/27 read pages 558-564
2. Compare the enlightened despotism of Frederick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great. ( Junkers, charter of nobility, boyars) Due 2/27 read pages 558-564
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1. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
2. What important events changed the character of the revolution?
3. Given the prospect of a republic on the model of England and the United States, what went wrong? 564-570
2. What important events changed the character of the revolution?
3. Given the prospect of a republic on the model of England and the United States, what went wrong? 564-570
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1. How did concepts like "balance of power", "reason of state," mercantilism and succession affect relations between nations in the 18th century? (Seven Years War, Maria Teresa, Pitt, Wolfe)
2. Describe the social classes of colonial Latin America. (mestizos, mulattoes, encomienda, repartimento, peons, haciendas, fazendas, asiento, viceroy, creoles, intendants)
3. How did Church, State and community interrelate to rule Latin America? 549-557
2. Describe the social classes of colonial Latin America. (mestizos, mulattoes, encomienda, repartimento, peons, haciendas, fazendas, asiento, viceroy, creoles, intendants)
3. How did Church, State and community interrelate to rule Latin America? 549-557
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1. Is it ideas or economics, demography and social class which bring about change from an old order to a new one? Explain.
2. What factors made Europe grow in population, prosperity and power in the 18th century?
3. Describe the patterns in the new worldwide trade markets.
4. What were the various social classes and how did their condition vary from place to place and class to class? pages 543-549
2. What factors made Europe grow in population, prosperity and power in the 18th century?
3. Describe the patterns in the new worldwide trade markets.
4. What were the various social classes and how did their condition vary from place to place and class to class? pages 543-549
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1. What events strained relations between the US and Germany prior to April 1917?
2. What difficulties did the US have in prosecuting the war?
3. How did WWI change relations between government and industry, women and work, African Americans and their neighbors? 718-728
2. What difficulties did the US have in prosecuting the war?
3. How did WWI change relations between government and industry, women and work, African Americans and their neighbors? 718-728
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1. Why were the Tokugawas able to centralize power in Japan whereas their predecessors were not? (Oda, Hideyoshi, sword hunt, samurai, daimyo, han, fudai, tozama, )
2. How did Japanese reaction to capitalism and the West change from 1543-1900? (Xavier, Dutch, cotton, ronin, cash crops, benevolence, thinning out) 502-508
2. How did Japanese reaction to capitalism and the West change from 1543-1900? (Xavier, Dutch, cotton, ronin, cash crops, benevolence, thinning out) 502-508
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1. Why were the Tokugawas able to centralize power in Japan whereas their predecessors were not? (Oda, Hideyoshi, sword hunt, samurai, daimyo, han, fudai, tozama, )
2. How did Japanese reaction to capitalism and the West change from 1543-1900? (Xavier, Dutch, cotton, ronin, cash crops, benevolence, thinning out) 502-508
2. How did Japanese reaction to capitalism and the West change from 1543-1900? (Xavier, Dutch, cotton, ronin, cash crops, benevolence, thinning out) 502-508
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1. What were the strengths and weakness of the Ming Emperors? (bureaucracy, civil service exam, Zhu, Zhenghe, Beijing, Little Ice Age, Manchus)
2. Why was trade and missionary work with the West limited? (Jesuits)
3. How did the Manchus rule the Chinese? (Kangxi, Sacred Edict, bannermen, queue) 488-494
2. Why was trade and missionary work with the West limited? (Jesuits)
3. How did the Manchus rule the Chinese? (Kangxi, Sacred Edict, bannermen, queue) 488-494
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1. Why did decline of the Qing come at a bad time for relations with the West? (Heshen, White Lotus Rebellion, tribute, Nerchinsk, East India Co., kowtow, Macartney, Qianlong)
2. What changes did the Ming and Qing dynasties bring? (industrialization, Ricci, clocks)
3. How did the novel and porcelain express Chinese values? 495-502
2. What changes did the Ming and Qing dynasties bring? (industrialization, Ricci, clocks)
3. How did the novel and porcelain express Chinese values? 495-502
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Due tuesday is the question for your DBQ project, on a 3x5 card.
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1. Contrast high and popular culture in the 18th century.
2. How did the role of the church change during the Enlightenment?
3. How did toleration and evangelism contrast in people's responses to religion? 537-541
2. How did the role of the church change during the Enlightenment?
3. How did toleration and evangelism contrast in people's responses to religion? 537-541
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1. What was the physiocrats' and Adam Smith's view of humanity that led them to their laissez-faire philosophy?
2. According to Rousseau what was the role of the "general will" in government?
3. What were the issues in the debate between traditionalists and Mary Wollstonecraft?
4. Why was the atmosphere of the salon and the women who ran them so helpful to the enlightenment debate?
5. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart. 532-537
2. According to Rousseau what was the role of the "general will" in government?
3. What were the issues in the debate between traditionalists and Mary Wollstonecraft?
4. Why was the atmosphere of the salon and the women who ran them so helpful to the enlightenment debate?
5. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart. 532-537
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1. Contrast the Galen's traditional medicine with Harvey's and Vesalius's.
2. What attitudes limited women from participating in the Scientific Revolution?
3. How was Descartes' view of reason and humankind different from the past?
4. Why did Pascal find science and religion compatible? 522-526
2. What attitudes limited women from participating in the Scientific Revolution?
3. How was Descartes' view of reason and humankind different from the past?
4. Why did Pascal find science and religion compatible? 522-526