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If you didn't go to the WWII Behind Closed Doors website last night, please go to yesterday's post or the wiki to see what needs to be done. We watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Cold War Confrontations" which looked briefly at some early conflicts in the Cold War such as the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation on the United Nations. This PowerPoint is already on the wiki. You have homework due on Tuesday, February 19th, so make sure that you answer the questions from the PDF file that I showed you on the wiki under Topic 5: The ColdWar.
Social 20-1
We finished watching the History Channel's "The French Revolution" video today. Next Tuesday, you have the World Geography Test, please see the study guide below. Below is a timeline that I made a few years ago, use this and your notes to complete the French Revolution timeline. If you go to the Timetoast website directly you can view the timeline in a chart format. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (February 13th).
World Geography Test Study Guide:
This test will take place on Tuesday, February 19th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:
any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)
any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China, India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
**BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**
You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow (please see the study guide below). Don't take this unit final exam lightly since it tests higher order thinking skills, and not simply knowledge and recall. Approximately 60% of the test will include sources, which reflects the blueprint for Part B of the Diploma Exam. You will be writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay next Tuesday, February19th. You will get the essay question sheet tomorrow.
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