Social 20
I delivered a presentation on the outbreak of WWI. I will be sending that presentation to you tonight. For the remainder of class, you had an opportunity to finish off your Chapter 10 questions (Q1-4, 8-9, Analysis #1) which are due tomorrow. I also gave you a booklet today called "Causes of World War I" which I strongly encourage you to read and highlight. Please remember that your Imperialism Unit Final is a week from today, you can find the study guide here:
Imperialism Unit Final Study Guide:
Please make sure that you that you have the following materials to study from:
- Chapter 10 in your textbook "The Imperial Age"
- "Imperialism in Action" booklet
- "European Imperialism" (Motives for Imperialism) handout
- "The Imperial Age" (PowerPoint presentation)
Here are the following topics for this unit final:
- What is imperialism?
- "Old" imperialism vs. "New" imperialism
- The role of the Industrial Revolution in Imperialism
- Imperialism in Asia
- Imperialism in Africa
- "Scramble for Africa" (map of Africa), study your map!
- Egypt and the Nile (Suez Canal, Muhammad Ali, importance of the Suez Canal
- Central Africa-Congo (Belgian Congo, Livingstone, Stanley, Leopold II)
- The French in the Congo (Brazzaville, Timbuktu)
- The German empire in Africa
- Fashoda Crisis (French vs. British, know details)
- Berlin Congress
- South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
- Key People, Key Events in Imperialism
Social 10
We continued watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today, which we will finish tomorrow. After finishing the film tomorrow, you will be writing a short quiz on the film. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, you should be working on it tonight!! I'm posting some useful hyperlinks here that may help you with your research:
- CIA World Factbook
- Nation Master
- Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.
10 comments:
what happens if i missed the model UN meeting today? Can I still join?
who benefitted from the suez canal when it was first built? was it france and britain or just france?
what happens if i missed the model UN meeting today? Can I still join?
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Yes. But you need to make the next meeting! Listen to the announcements.
who benefitted from the suez canal when it was first built? was it france and britain or just france?
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I had this in "The Imperial Age" presentation, so check it again. 99 year lease, Egyptians don't really benefit from it. Check it out in the ppt.
u said u would, but u didnt give out our unit final marks today in class. will u give them out tomorrow? (social 20)
ya i know it was the canal company, but is it alright if we just say that? wont we have to say which country it was?
u said u would, but u didnt give out our unit final marks today in class. will u give them out tomorrow? (social 20)
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Sorry about that. Now that everyone has written it, you will get your results tomorrow.
ya i know it was the canal company, but is it alright if we just say that? wont we have to say which country it was?
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Yes, you do have to know which countries are involved.
so the agreement was with france right?
mr.g, could you please help me with this question - "explain the events leading up to the fashoda incident. access the severity of the threat to cairo and hte nile. how was a major crisis averted?" i went thru the portion on fashoda in the text book, but found no mention of cairo, or the threat to cairo and the nile there. thanx..
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