Social 10-1
We started a film study of the CNBC documentary "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. You had some time to start your advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart chart by going over Chapter 1 textbook section on Wal-Mart. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Thursday, May 4th, please see the study guide below.
SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Thursday, May 4th.
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
- "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
- "Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
- Bretton Woods Agreement
- international monetary system
- fixed exchange rate
- gold standard
- floating exchange rate
- World Bank
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- centrally planned economy
- free market economy
- recession
- John Maynard Keynes
- Friedrich Hayek
- Milton Friedman
- totalitarian
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- tariff
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- What is economic globalization?
- How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
- What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
- What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
- What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
- What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
- How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
- How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
- How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
- What are the benefits of the WTO system?
- What are some criticisms of the WTO?
Social 20-1
I finished off the last topic in Unit 2 today, by showing you a CBC News in Review video on Kosovo. I also talked a little bit about argumentation and evidence for position papers. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday in Room 241. Next Tuesday (May 9th) you are writing your Chapter 7-8 Test, please see the study guide. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Wednesday, May 3rd).
CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test is on Tuesday, May 9th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:- "The Holocaust" (this is posted on the wiki)
- "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
- "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki)
Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:
- 36 Questions About The Holocaust
- White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
- Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
- Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
- make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!
1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:
- crimes against humanity
- war crimes
- the Holocaust
- ethnic cleansing
- lebensraum
- Weimar Republic
- Final Solution
- decolonization
- successor state
- self-determination
- Wansee Conference
- Nuremberg Trials
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- home rule
- Hutu
- Tutsi
- Romeo Dallaire
- Manhattan Project
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- Robert Oppenheimer
- FDR
- Harry Truman
- Potsdam Conference
- Slobodan Milosevic
2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet on Chapter 7 or 8.
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