We finished off the lecture on
the Causes of World War I today in class. Please keep checking the IB 30/35 wiki for changes that are happening almost every day. Tomorrow, we'll look at the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and start looking at
how the war was fought.
I reviewed the
20th century political spectrum with you today, which led into
the economic-political grid. I also taught you the
principles of individualism (PRICES) and
the principles of collectivism (PRINCE). You have the
Chapter 1-2 Test this Friday (please see the study guide below) and one week from today you have the
Unit 1 Final Exam (please see the study guide below).
Next Tuesday, you are writing the
Unit 1 WRA I (three source interpretation). I will re-teach how to write WRA I in tomorrow's class. Make sure that you have
read Chapter 1 and 2 in the textbook and that you have
worked on the Unit 1 Google Doc!!
The
Chapter 1-2 Test is on
Friday, September 13th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a
matching section and a
short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:
- ideology
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- representative democracy
- individualism
- collectivism
- private property
- public property
- ideology
- radical
- liberal
- moderate
- conservative
- reactionary
- communism
- socialism
- liberalism
- conservatism
- fascism
- adherence to collective norms
- economic freedom
- economic equality
- rule of law
- competition
- individual rights and freedoms
- cooperation
- self-interest
- Adam Smith
Other Study Tips:
- you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
- know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
- what are the differences between communism and socialism
- be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
- be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
- know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
- know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)
The
Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on
Monday, September 16th. Make sure that you study the following:
- Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms)
- Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets)
- Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
- Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
- Study the political-economic grid
- Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
- Study the principles of individualism (PRICES) and principles of collectivism (PRINCE)
- you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
- there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)
- know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)
I went through a lecture today called
"The Enlightenment" today. You're writing a matching quiz on the Enlightenment thinkers introduced in class today (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Quesnay, and Smith), you can find the study for this quiz below. You're writing the World Geography Test on Friday, September 13th (please see the study guide below). The
Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.
This is a matching quiz, and it is on
Tuesday, September 10th. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:
- John Locke
- Montesquieu
- Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- Francois Quesnay
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Voltaire
Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote).
This test will take place on
Friday, September 13th. 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 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, of course, it's a bit out of date)
- 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!!**
