tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34003547785993129212024-02-20T04:47:37.729-08:00Modern World History Summer SchoolMr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-49944273977237925972008-07-21T11:36:00.001-07:002009-06-14T18:19:40.771-07:002nd semester Day 10 and Day 11: Study for Final ExamThere is no new HW. We will be doing country projects in class. Study for your Final Exam which is on Wednesday 7/22, and complete your study guide.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-81053561880362235592008-07-10T10:58:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:17:04.993-07:002nd semester Day 7-9 - The Cold War EraHomework Questions for Wednesday 7/15, Thursday 7/16 and Monday 7/20. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Tuesday 7/21.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab:<br />Superpowers<br />Anti-ballistic Missiles<br />Ronald Regan<br />De'tente<br />Fidel Castro<br />John F. Kennedy<br />Nikita Khrushchev<br />Leonid Brezhnev<br />Containment<br />NATO<br />Warsaw Pact<br />Mutually Assured Destruction<br />SALT I<br />SALT II<br />Nuclear Test Ban Treaty<br />START Treaty<br />Afghanistan<br />Mao Zedong<br />SEATO<br />CENTO<br />Cuban Missile Crisis<br />Duck and Cover Drills<br />HUAC<br />Joseph McCarthy<br />Red Scare<br />Marshall Plan<br />Jiang Jieshi<br />Chinese Civil War<br />Great Leap Forward<br />Cultural Revolution<br />Kim Il Sung<br />Syngman Rhee<br />38th parallel<br />17th parallel<br />DMZ<br />Berlin Airlift<br />Checkpoint Charlie<br />Vietnam<br />Ho Chi Minh<br />Dienbienphu<br />Domino Theory<br />Pol Pot<br />Khmer Rouge<br />Viet Cong<br />Ngo Dinh Diem<br />Gulf of Tonkin<br />Tet Offensive<br />POW's and MIA's<br />Paris Peace Accord<br />Saigon<br />Vietnamization<br />Mikhail Gorbachev<br />Berlin Wall<br />Glasnost<br />Perestroika<br />Lech Walesa<br />Solidartiy<br />Hugarian Revolt 1956<br />Vaclav Havel<br />Nicolae Ceausescu<br />Iron Curtain<br />Capitalism<br />Communism<br />Douglas MacArthur<br />Brinkmanship<br />Truman Doctrine<br />Yalta Conference<br />U-2 Conference<br />Red Guards<br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What was the purpose in forming NATO?<br />2. What was the goal behind the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?<br />3. What were the goals behind NATO and the Warsaw Pact?<br />4. How did Mao Zedong transform China?<br />5. What was the Goal of the Cultural Revolution?<br />6. What role did the U.S. play in the Korean War?<br />7. How did Vietnam become divided?<br />8. What was the Khmer Rouge's plan for Cambodia?<br />9. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?<br />10. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-90452393302294014822008-07-07T12:41:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:19:12.691-07:002nd Semester - Days 4-6: World War IIHomework Questions for Thursday 7/9 through Tuesday 7/14. This homework is due at the beginning of school on <strong>Wednesday 7/15</strong>.<br /><br />Key term: World War II<br /><br />Appeasement<br />Treaty of Versailles<br />Neutrality Acts<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Anschluss</span><br />Nazi-Soviet Pact<br />Nonaggression pact<br />Munich Conference<br />Axis Powers<br />Allied Powers<br />Blitzkrieg<br />Luftwaffe<br />Final Solution<br />Maginot Line<br />Concentration camps<br />Holocaust<br />Nazis<br />“Rosie the Riveter”<br />Island-hopping strategy<br />Kamikaze<br />Atlantic Charter<br />Atlantic Theater<br />Pacific Theater<br />Adolf Hitler<br />Benito Mussolini<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hideki</span> Tojo<br />Hirohito<br />Joseph Stalin<br />Neville Chamberlain<br />General Erwin Rommel<br />Franklin Delano Roosevelt<br />Winston Churchill<br />General Dwight D. Eisenhower<br />General Douglas MacArthur<br />Operation Barbarossa<br />Pearl Harbor<br />Battle of Stalingrad<br />Bataan Death March<br />Battle for Midway<br />Battle of the Bulge<br />Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki<br />Manhattan Project<br />Yalta Conference<br /><br />Reading Questions<br /><br />1. How did the reaction of the League of Nations to the Rape of Nanjing further push nations toward war?<br />2. How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause WWII?<br />3. How did the policy of appeasement of the Western democracies empower Hitler?<br />4. Why were the Western democracies so quick to appease Hitler rather than Stalin?<br />5. List the acts of German aggression between March 1938 and September of 1939.<br />6. Which regions were attacked and occupied by the Axis powers?<br />7. What was life like under German occupation?<br />8. What were the strengths and weaknesses of Hitler's blitzkrieg?<br />9. How did Operation <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Barbarossa</span> change the war?<br />10. How did Hitler execute his "Final Solution" and what was the final result of his attempt?<br />11. Why did Japanese leaders target the United States as an enemy?<br />12. How did the Allies begin to push back the Axis powers on four fronts? (Identify and describe the tactics used on each front.)<br />13. How did the D-Day invasion mark the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">beginning</span> of the end for Germany in World War II?<br />14. What strategy did the Allies use to put Japan on the defensive?<br />15. What was the Manhattan Project and how did it change the course of the war?<br />16. What factors besides ending the war in the Pacific might have contributed to President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb?<br />17. What conflicts will emerge between the former Allies at the conclusion of WWII? Why?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-60042765944180727212008-07-06T20:49:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:13:42.155-07:002nd Semester Day 2 and Day 3 - Totalitarian States<p><br />Key Word: Totalitarian States </p><p>Homework Questions for Tuesday 7/7 and Wednesday 7/8. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Thursday 7/9.<br /></p><p>Maginot Line<br />Kellogg-Briand Pact<br />Great Depression<br />Disarmament<br />The Red Scare<br />Dictator<br />The Roaring Twenties<br />Flapper<br />Albert Einstein<br />Marie Curie<br />Sigmund Freud<br />T.S. Eliot<br />Ernest Hemingway<br />Langston Hughes<br />Henri Matisse<br />Salvador Dali<br />Pablo Picasso<br />Abstract<br />Surrealism<br />Totalitarian state<br />Benito Mussolini<br />Fascism<br />Black Shirts<br />March on Rome<br />Il Duce<br />Propaganda<br />Joseph Stalin<br />Communism<br />Five-Year Plans<br />Command economy<br />Collectives<br />Kulaks<br />Gulag<br />The Great Purge<br />Censorship<br />Russification<br />Atheism<br />Adolf Hitler<br />Weimar Republic<br />Mein Kampf<br />Lebensraum<br />Fuhrer<br />Third Reich<br />Gestapo<br />Nuremberg Laws<br />Aryans<br />Kristallnacht<br />Final Solution<br />Nazi youth<br />Nazi Party<br /><br /><br /><br />1. What political and economic challenges did the Western World face in the 1920s and 1930s?<br />2. How did the United States, the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany and Japan deal with their various political and economic problems?<br />3. How did scientific discoveries in the 1920s change people’s views of the world?<br />4. How did the Treaty of Versailles affect the relationship between Britain and France?<br />5. What was the purpose of the Maginot Line?<br />6. What was the chief weakness of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?<br />7. How was Mussolini able to rise to power?<br />8. How did Mussolini keep control of Italy’s government, economy and people? Provide one example of each.<br />9. What were the goals and results of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans?<br />10. What methods did Stalin use to create a totalitarian state?<br />11. How did Hitler and the Nazi Party establish and maintain a totalitarian government in Germany?<br />12. Describe the Nazi party’s ideology and Hitler’s plans for ruling Germany and where are many of those plans found?<br />13. What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht in Germany?<br />14. How did the Nazi party maintain control of Germany?<br />15. Why were ultranationalists in Japan demanding expansion in the 1920s? (p. 412)<br />16. What were the circumstances surrounding the seizure of Manchuria?<br />17. Compare and contrast the ideologies of fascism, communism and Nazism.</p>Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-57182980769068763492008-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:12:07.458-07:002nd Semester Day 1: Russian RevolutionHomework Questions for Monday 7/6. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Tuesday 7/7.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocabulary:<br />Proletariat<br />soviet<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cheka</span><br />Commissar<br />March Revolution<br />Bloody Sunday<br />Czar<br />Nicholas II<br />Alexandra<br />Rasputin<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Duma</span><br />Bolsheviks<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mensheviks</span><br />V.I. Lenin<br />Leon Trotsky<br />Treaty of Brest-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Litovsk</span><br />Abdicate<br />USSR<br />New Economic Policy or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NEP</span><br />Stalin<br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What were the causes of the March revolution?<br />2. How did the czar's autocratic policies toward the people lead to social unrest?<br />3. How did Lenin adapt Marxism to conditions in Russia?<br />4. What were the causes and effects of the civil war in Russia?<br />5. Why did Lenin compromise between the ideas of capitalism and communism in creating the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">NEP</span>?<br />6. How did two revolutions and a civil war bring about communist control of Russia?<br />7.What started the March revolution?<br />8. Why did Germany want Lenin to return to Russia in 1917?<br />9. How did the government and the economy under Lenin differ from "pure" communism?<br />10. How did WWI help bring about the Russian revolution?<br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-85624848700962687422008-06-25T13:31:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:11:02.297-07:00Day 11-Final Day of 1st SemesterPrepare for your Final Exam. Have a good 4th of July Holiday, we'll start 2nd semester on Monday July 6.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-70521124422041786532008-06-24T14:28:00.000-07:002008-06-25T13:47:58.359-07:00Day 10- WWI Con'tFinish HW from Day 9 and study for Final Exam.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-76979207266485769852008-06-24T13:40:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:09:29.274-07:00Day 9-World War IHomework Questions for Monday 6/29. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Wednesday 7/1.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocabulary:<br />Triple Entente<br />Triple Alliance<br />Militarism<br />Alsace and Lorraine<br />Ultimatum<br />Mobilize<br />Neutrality<br />Alliance System<br />Imperialism<br />Nationalism<br />Assassination<br />Serbian<br />Black Hand<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gavrilo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Princip</span><br />Archduke Franz Ferdinand<br />Stalemate<br />Zeppelin<br />U-boat<br />Convoy<br />Dardanelles<br />Western Front<br />Eastern Front<br />Allies<br />Central Powers<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Schlieffen</span> Plan<br />Battle of the Marne<br />Verdun<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tannenburg</span><br />Trench Warfare<br />Ottoman Empire<br />Armenian Genocide<br />Total War<br />Conscription<br /><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lusitania</span></em><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Propaganda</span><br />Unrestricted Submarine Warfare<br />Zimmerman Telegram<br />President Wilson<br />14 points<br />Self-Determination<br />League of Nations<br />Armistice<br />Reparations<br />Collective Security<br />Treaty of Versailles<br />Treaty of Brest-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Litovsk</span><br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What caused WWI and what effect did it have on world events?<br />2. Why did European <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">countries</span> form alliances?<br />3. Why was the Balkan peninsula known as the "Powder Keg" of Europe?<br />4. How did Austria react to the assassination of the archduke?<br />5. How and where was WWI fought?<br />6. Why did the Turks dislike the Armenians?<br />7. Describe three ways in which technology affected WWI?<br />8. How did Nationalism within the Ottoman Empire come into play during the war?<br />9. How did the Allies win WWI?<br />10. What measures did wartime government take to control public opinion?<br />11. What impact did wartime failures have on Russia?<br />12. Explain why America got involved in WWI?<br />13. Why was the American entry into the war a turning point?<br />14. Describe the conditions in Europe after WWI?<br />15. Explain how the Treaty of Versailles treated Germany?<br />16. How might the Treaty of Versailles have started WWII?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-33560197196570434482008-06-23T14:20:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:24:38.507-07:00DAY 8- Imperialism Con'tNO new homework for today.<br /><br />Just Finish your Imperialism Project.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-41261151723865292182008-06-18T13:58:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:08:47.849-07:00Day 7: The Age of ImperialismHomework Questions for Wednesday 6/24. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Thursday 6/25.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocabulary:<br />Imperialism<br />Racism<br />Berlin Conference<br />Social Darwinism<br />Sphere of Influence<br />Protectorate<br />Colony<br />Paternalism<br />Economic Imperialism<br />Menelik II<br />Boer War<br />Shaka Zulu<br />Missionaries<br />King Leopold II<br />Scramble for Africa<br />Ethiopia<br />Ottoman Empire<br />Armenia<br />Armenian Genocide<br />Suez Canal<br />Muhammad Ali<br />Sepoy<br />"jewel in the crown"<br />Sepoy Mutiny<br />Ram <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mohun</span> Roy<br />Hindu<br />Muslim<br />Opium War<br />Boxer Rebellion<br />Extraterritoriality<br />Open Door Policy<br />John Hayes<br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What are the European motives of Imperialism?<br />2. How was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Imperialsim</span> able to spread through Africa and Asia so quickly?<br />3. What are the forms of Imperial Rule?<br />4. What factors shaped each of the main regions of Africa? (North, South, East, West)<br />5. How did Ethiopia resist European rule?<br />6. How was the economy of India transformed by the British?<br />7. How did the scramble for African colonies begin?<br />8. How did the Berlin Conference decide the fate of Africa?<br />9. What caused the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sepoy</span> Mutiny?<br />10. How was western imperialism a source of stress in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">muslim</span> regions of the world?<br />11. How did Egypt fall into the hands of British Control?<br />12. How did westerns get trading rights in China in the 1800's?<br />13. Why were natural resources of Africa and Asia important to Europeans in the 1800's?<br />14. How did western industrial powers gain global empires?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-75894350834028362692008-06-16T14:13:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:08:25.094-07:00Day 6 - The Industrial RevolutionHomework Questions for Tuesday 6/23. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Wednesday 6/24.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocabulary<br />Industrial Revolution<br />Agricultural revolution<br />James Watt<br />enclosures<br />industrialization<br />immigration<br />capital<br />enterprise<br />entrepreneur<br />textile industry<br />Eli Whitney<br />flying shuttle<br />water frame<br />spinning jenny<br />transportation revolution<br />Liverpool<br />Manchester<br />tenement<br />urbanization<br />labor union<br />Thomas Malthus<br />Jeremy Bentham<br />utilitarianism<br />socialism<br />communism<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Utopianism</span></span><br />Robert Owen<br />Karl Marx<br />Henry <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bessemer</span><br />Thomas Edison<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">interchangeable</span> parts<br />assembly line<br />stock<br />corporation<br />population boom<br />Louis Pasteur<br />Joseph Lister<br />middle class<br />standard of living<br />cult of domesticity<br />women's suffrage<br />Social Darwinism<br />romanticism<br />realism<br />impressionism<br />Vincent Van <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gogh</span></span><br />Claude Monet<br /><br /><br />Reading Questions<br />1. How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial revolution?<br />2. Identify 3 of the main causes that led to the population boom of the late 1700s.<br />3. Describe the 4 factors that led <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Britain</span> to be the first country to industrialize.<br />4. How did the Industrial Revolution transform the textile industry. Cite specific examples.<br />5. Compare and contrast the ideas of Karl Marx and Adam Smith.<br />6. How did the Industrial Revolution improve city life?<br />7. How did the Industrial Revolution make city life worse?<br />8. How did the Industrial Revolution influence the creation of the middle class?<br />9. How did artists and others respond to industrialization?<br />10. What were the technological, social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-63394740656270246022008-06-03T15:34:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:08:02.598-07:00Day 5- Napoleon and Latin American RevolutionsHomework Questions for Monday 6/22. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Tuesday 6/23.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab:<br />Napoleon Bonaparte<br />Coup d' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Etat</span><br />Plebiscite<br />Napoleonic Code<br />The Directory<br />Continental System<br />Battle of Trafalgar<br />Blockade<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Scorched</span> Earth Policy<br />Invasion of Russia<br />Peninsular War<br />Waterloo<br />St. Helena<br />Hundred Days<br />Elba<br />Congress of Vienna<br />Abdicated<br />Concert of Europe<br />Legitimacy<br />Nationalism<br />peninsulare<br />creole<br />mestizo<br />mulatto<br />Simon Bolivar<br />Toussaint L'Ouverture<br />Father Miguel Hidalgo<br />Father Jose Morelos<br />Jose de San Martin<br />Dom Pedro<br />abolition<br /><br /><br />Reading Questions<br />1. Explain how Napoleon rose to power.<br />2. Describe the three mistakes that led to Napoleon's downfall.<br />3. How did geography both help and hurt Britain during it's war with France?<br />4. What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France during his reign of power?<br />5. How did growing feelings of nationalism in Europe both help and hurt Napoleon?<br />6. Who was part of the Quadruple Alliance and what was it's purpose?<br />7. Explain the chief goal and outcome of the Congress of Vienna.<br />8. From France's point of view, were the decisions made at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Congress</span> of Vienna fair?<br />9. How did the Congress assure peace in Europe for the next 38 years?<br /><br />ALSO: COMPLETE THE REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA WORKSHEET.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-14653501803006318722008-06-03T14:58:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:07:48.613-07:00Day 4- The French RevolutionHomework Questions for Thursday 6/18. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Monday 6/22.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab:<br />French Revolution<br />Old Regime<br />Estates<br />bourgeoisie<br />Louis XIV<br />Louis XVI<br />Marie Antoinette<br />Estates General<br />Tennis Court Oath<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Maximilien</span> Robespierre<br />Bastille<br />Guillotine<br />Jean Paul Marat<br />Declaration of Rights of Man<br />Reign of Terror<br />Committee of Public Safety<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jacobins</span><br />Napoleon Bonaparte<br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What led to the storming of the Bastille, and therefore, to the start of the French Revolution?<br />2. What economic troubles did France face in 1789?<br />3. What actions did delegates of the Third Estate take when the Estates-General met in 1789?<br />4. What political and social reforms did the National Assembly institute in the first stage of the French Revolution?<br />5. How was the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen similar to the American Declaration of Independence?<br />6. What did Marie Antoinette represent to the people of France?<br />7. What role did Marat play in the French Revolution?<br />8. What events occurred during the radical phase of the French Revolution?<br />9. How did Robespierre justify the use of terror during the Reign of Terror?<br />10. What were the goals of the Committee of Public Safety?<br />11. Summarize the goals and actions of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jacobins</span>?<br />12. What changes occurred in France because of the French Revolution?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-62086872057670096952008-06-02T15:35:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:07:27.556-07:00Day 3 - Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment and the American RevolutionHomework Questions for Wednesday 6/17. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Thursday 6/18.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab:<br />Scientific Revolution<br />Geocentric Theory<br />Heliocentric Theory<br />Galileo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Galilei</span><br />scientific method<br />Isaac Newton<br />Edward Jenner<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">innoculation</span><br />The Enlightenment<br />Social Contract<br />John Locke<br />Voltaire<br />Thomas Hobbes<br /><em>Leviathan</em><br />Montesquieu<br />Jean Jacques Rousseau<br />Mary Wollstonecraft<br />natural law<br />natural rights<br />separation of powers<br />checks and balances<br />Diderot's Encyclopedia<br />Adam Smith<br /><em>The Wealth of Nations</em><br />salons<br />censorship<br />enlightened despots<br />popular sovereignty<br />Thomas Jefferson<br />Declaration of Independence<br />federal republic<br />Bill of Rights<br />United States Constitution<br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What effects did Enlightenment philosophers have on government and society?<br />2. Why might institutions of authority tend to reject new ideas?<br />3. How did Hobbes and Locke differ in their views on the role of government?<br />4. Explain the meaning of Voltaire's quote, "I do not agree with a word you say but, will defend to the death your right to say it."<br />5. Explain separation of powers and checks and balances in relationship to American government.<br />6. Why was the issue of education so important to Wollstonecraft?<br />7. Explain, in your own words, Rousseau's social contract theory.<br />8. In what way were enlightened depots less than true reformers?<br />9. How did John Locke's enlightened ideas influence the founding fathers?<br />10. How does the Bill of Rights reflect key enlightenment ideas?<br />11. Explain the following ideas: Federalism, Separation of Powers, Popular Sovereignty, and Individual Rights?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-85601586473675463202008-06-02T15:07:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:07:12.439-07:00Day 2 - Renaissance and ReformationHomework Questions for Tuesday 6/16. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Wednesday 6/17.<br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab<br />Renaissance<br />Roman Catholic Church<br />Reformation<br />printing press<br />humanism<br />secularism<br />individualism<br />Protestantism<br />Martin Luther<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tetzel</span><br />95 Theses<br />indulgence<br />John Calvin<br />predestination<br />theocracy<br />Presbyterian<br />Anabaptist<br />Catholic Reformation<br />Jesuits<br />Leonardo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">DaVinci</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Michelangelo</span><br />Donatello<br />Raphael<br />Johann Gutenberg<br />Gutenberg Bible<br />William Shakespeare<br />Thomas More<br />utopia<br />vernacular<br /><br />Reading Questions<br />1. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?<br />2. How does the work of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Michelangelo</span> show that he was influenced by Renaissance values?<br />3. Define the term "Renaissance Man" and describe how Leonardo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">DaVinci</span> is a true "Renaissance Man".<br />4. How are the ideals of democracy and the Renaissance similar?<br />5. How did the Reformation promote the idea of individualism?<br />6. How did the Reformation indirectly contribute to the growth of democracy?<br />7. How did the printing press help promote the ideals of democracy?<br />8. What were the major effects of the invention of the printing press?<br />9. What is the Reformation?<br />10. How did Martin Luther start the Reformation?<br />11. Did the Reformation strengthen or weaken the Roman Catholic Church? Explain your answer.<br />12. Explain the idea of predestination in relation to Calvinism.<br />13. List the Reformers discussed in class and in readings and explain their ideas.Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400354778599312921.post-7238990761896020012008-05-28T14:43:00.000-07:002009-06-14T18:06:36.972-07:00Day 1 - The Development of Western DemocracyHomework Questions for Monday 6/15.<strong> This homework is due at the beginning of school on Tuesday 6/16.</strong><br /><br />Vocabulary Map Vocab:<br />Monarchy<br />Democracy<br />Tyranny (Tyrant)<br />Direct Democracy<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Indirect </span>Democracy<br />Republic<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Monotheistic</span> religion<br />Judaism<br />Polytheistic Religion<br />Executive<br />Legislative<br />Judicial<br />Covenant<br />Morality<br />Greek <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Philosophers</span><br />Ethics<br />Plato<br />Aristotle<br />Pericles<br />Dictator<br />Veto<br />Common Law<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Magna</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Carta</span><br />Parliament<br />Absolute Monarchy<br />Common Law<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Habeas</span> Corpus<br />English Bill of Rights<br />Limited Monarchy<br />Petition of Rights<br /><br />Reading Questions:<br />1. What process took city-states from monarchy to aristocracy and, in Athens, to democracy?<br />2. How did Pericles make Athens more democratic?<br />3. What were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ideas about democracy?<br />4. What does Plato say about tyranny in <em>The Republic</em> on pg. 18?<br />5. According to Aristotle on pg. 19, What does Aristotle say about human beings governing fairly?<br />6. What lasting principles of law did Romans develop?<br />7. What important democratic ideas did Judaism promote through its ethical view of the world?<br />8. How are the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Judeo</span>-Christian and democratic traditions linked?<br />9. How did the English Parliament limit the power of the monarch?<br />10. Why is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Magna</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Carta</span> considered a source of traditional democratic principles?<br />11. Did the English Bill of Rights leave the English Monarch powerless? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Explain</span> Why or Why not?<br />12. Which people, the English or the Athenians, had more democratic rights? To explain your answer think about the following: type of government, who participated in government, and the freedoms each society enjoyed.<br />13. What are the main historical sources of the democratic tradition?Mr. Gahaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071939686535461099noreply@blogger.com0