Thursday, October 25, 2018

October 25


We started watching "Indian Horse" today. We'll finish watching this film on Tuesday of next week. On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test. 



You will write this test on Monday, October 29th. This chapter test  will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:
  • historical globalization
  • the Silk Road
  • international trade
  • the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
  • mercantilism
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • Adam Smith
  • entrepreneur
  • communism
  • industrialization
  • the Industrial Revolution
  • cottage system
  • physiocrats
  • exploitation
  • imperialism
  • Eurocentrism
  • ethnocentrism
  • European imperialism
  • "old" imperialism
  • "new" imperialism
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

  • What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
  • What values are associated with capitalism?
  • Whose values did industrialization effect?
  • Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
  • What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
  • In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?


You went down to the Main Gym together to hear our guest speaker today. Next Wednesday (October 31st) you'll be writing a Unit 2 WRA I (it will have an economics focus). 




We started our examination of the Haitian Revolution. I've posted a link to the Google Slides presentation on the wiki, so you can now download the slides on your own. I also gave you a reading on the Haitian Revolution to set up our debate next week. You'll have another IA research period in the library on Wednesday, so keep up to date finding your resources to complete Phase II of the research process. 

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