Write three paragraph describing the relationship between Tibet and China. Be sure to include specific examples of how China’s government has treated Tibetans from the reading.
Classwork – 5/5 – p. 728
Complete numbers 1, 5, and 6 on p. 728 of your textbook.
For number 1 add on the following three key terms: Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, and Little Red Book.
Classwork – 4/24 and 4/27 – Arab-Israeli Conflict CW
1) Define the following key terms found between p. 712 and 714 of your textbooks: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Pan-Arabism, West Bank, OPEC, Yasser Arafat, and intifada.
2) Create a timeline including at least six dates from between 1956 and 2003 in the reading between p. 712 and 714 (note: make sure that the events you list on your timeline involve Israel!).
Classwork – 4/23 – Israel’s Creation
Answer the following five questions based on your reading about Israel’s declaration. The reading can be found here.
1) What reasons are given as to why Jewish people should have their own country?
2) Which organization passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish state?
3) Why do you think the authors of this declaration decided to hold elections so soon (within five months)?
4) What appeal is made to Arabs living inside of Israel?
5) How do you think nations around Israel reacted to Israel’s creation?
Classwork – 4/15 – British Raj
Answer the following five questions based on colonization of India by the British (known as the “British Raj”). Click here for the reading about the British Raj:
1) Why do you think that the British Raj began after the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
2) How do you think examinations changed the way Indians were brought into the Indian Civil Service?
3) Why do you think the British government decided to recognize the regional princes of India?
4) How did the Indian railway system help India?
5) What do you think was the British reaction to the Indian National Congress?
Classwork/Homework – 4/8 and 4/9 – Mao Quotation Reflection
Write two paragraphs applying one of Mao Tse-Tung’s quotes to today.
Classwork – 3/25 – Congo Colonization
Write two paragraphs about whichever product (copper? diamonds? ivory? rubber?) from the Congo you feel was most important and why.
Classwork – Biafran War Questions – 2/27
Answer the following five questions based on this reading about the Biafran War. For more information about the Biafran War you can also click on this link for the PowerPoint Presentation about it.
1) How did the Biafran War begin?
2) Why do you think Ojukwu and the other eastern leaders rejected the confederation?
3) What caused the stalemate to occur?
4) Why was Owerri important?
5) Why did Yakubu Gowon re-divide Nigeria into 12 states?
Classwork – Nigeria Questions – 2/25
Answer the following three questions using complete sentences based on the PowerPoint from class about Nigeria’s main three regions (the north, southwest, and southeast):
1) What do these buildings tell you about northern Nigeria’s past and present?
2) What are some of the culture features of southwestern Nigeria?
3) What is the major industry of southeastern Nigeria?
Classwork – Organizing Information – 2/24
Complete the chart on number #7 on p. 709 entitled “Organizing Information” after reading on p. 708 under “City and Countryside.”
