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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.
CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE
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 Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
SOCIAL 30-1
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).
IB 20 HOTA
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.
You wrote your Market and Mixed Economy Test today in class. I will be marking this test during my prep period and posting the results on PowerSchool (hopefully it's working today). Your Chapter 5 Questions are due tomorrow. Please come to class quickly tomorrow so we can go down to the Main Gym together to hear our guest speaker.
Social 10-1
We finished off the lecture on "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" today. On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test.
CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE
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 Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
IB 20 HOTA
You wrote your test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age today in class. I'll try to mark this test as quickly as possible to get you back the results. I gave back your French Revolution DBA Assignment today as well. We'll be going back to our region of study tomorrow, the Americas, by starting our examination at the Haitian Revolution.
You handed in your French Revolution DBA Assignment today. I gave back your Paper 3 essay and your Napoleon's Domestic Policies assignment as well today. We went down to the library for some IA research time. You will have more IA research time next Wednesday (October 31st) to work on your Phase II of the IA research process. Phase II won't be due until late November. Please remember that you have your French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test tomorrow. Please see the study guide for this test below.
UNIT 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE: (FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC AGE TEST)
This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 24th. Please use the following study guide tips.
study "The French Revolution" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
study "The Napoleonic Age" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)
1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution: (check the glossary of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age that is on the wiki; also check out the Timetoast timeline links on the IB 20 wiki)
cahiers
Law of Suspects
Marat
the “Plain”
National Assembly
the Directory
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Danton
Committee of Public Safety
the Three Estates
Louis XVI
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Clergy
Nobility
Bourgeoisie
“nobles-of-the-sword”
“nobles-of-the-robe”
“nobles-of-the-bell”
corvée
gabelle
vingtièmes
Levée en Masse
National Convention
September Massacres
Reign of Terror
Robespierre
Parlement du Paris
the Tennis Court Oath
the National Guard
the Marquis de Lafayette
Paris Commune
National Guard
émigrés
Jacobins
Girondins
Estates-General
Republic of Virtue
Revolutionary Tribunal
Declaration of the Rights of Man
2. Other study tips:
know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
know Napoleon's domestic policy
know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)
3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it)
SOCIAL 10-1
We finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" lecture today in class, and then we moved on and started talking about the legacies of historical globalization in Canada. On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test.
CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE
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 Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
SOCIAL 30-1
I taught you about leaders of the Soviet Union, so if you missed class today, you should get the notes from a classmate. I also started a lecture on "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism", which I'll continue next week. Don't forget that you are your writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below.
MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
This exam will be on Wednesday, October 24th
Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
nationalization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (percolator)
how supply-side economics deals with a recession (coffee pot)
Sorry missing a couple of days posting there. I got really busy in the lead up to our Model UN conference. Here's what you missed if you missed class today.
IB 20 HOTA
You wrote your WRA I on the French Revolution today. I will give back the Paper 3 essays tomorrow, and I should be able to upload those marks into PowerSchool soon enough. Remember, we're in the Blue Lab tomorrow to do some more work on your IA. You also have your French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test on Wednesday, you can find the study guide below. your French Revolution DBA Assignment is due tomorrow as well.
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES FOR IB 20 HOTA:
IA research session, Blue Lab booked Tuesday, October 23rd
French Revolution DBA Assignment is due October 23rd
French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test is on Wednesday, October 24th (please see the study guide below)
UNIT 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE: (FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC AGE TEST)
This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 24th. Please use the following study guide tips.
study "The French Revolution" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
study "The Napoleonic Age" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)
1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution: (check the glossary of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age that is on the wiki; also check out the Timetoast timeline links on the IB 20 wiki)
cahiers
Law of Suspects
Marat
the “Plain”
National Assembly
the Directory
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Danton
Committee of Public Safety
the Three Estates
Louis XVI
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Clergy
Nobility
Bourgeoisie
“nobles-of-the-sword”
“nobles-of-the-robe”
“nobles-of-the-bell”
corvée
gabelle
vingtièmes
Levée en Masse
National Convention
September Massacres
Reign of Terror
Robespierre
Parlement du Paris
the Tennis Court Oath
the National Guard
the Marquis de Lafayette
Paris Commune
National Guard
émigrés
Jacobins
Girondins
Estates-General
Republic of Virtue
Revolutionary Tribunal
Declaration of the Rights of Man
2. Other study tips:
know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
know Napoleon's domestic policy
know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)
3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it)
Social 30-1
I showed you the A & E Biography on Joseph Stalin today, and you should have answered the film study questions in your Social 30-1 coursebook as you watched it. We also went through some advantages and disadvantages of the command economy, and revisited the techniques of dictatorship. Don't forget that you are your writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below.
MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
This exam will be on Wednesday, October 24th
Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
nationalization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (percolator)
how supply-side economics deals with a recession (coffee pot)
Social 10-1
We talked about the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" today in class. One week from today, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test.
Chapter 7 Test Study Guide
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 Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
I finished the lecture today on the Reconstruction era, and then I moved on to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. This unit will be extremely important for your IB exams in May, especially Paper 3.
SOCIAL 20-1
You got your Unit 2 WRA I back today. We looked at Japanese ultranationalism today in class, and we got to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which pulled the USA into the Second World War. Please make sure that you go over the PowerPoint notes in your Social 20-1 coursebook called "Ultranationalism in WWII" (you need to cover Germany and Italy on your own). I showed you an excerpt from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as well.
You will also have the Chapter 5-6 Test on Thursday, April 5th, please see the study guide below.
CHAPTER 5-6 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test will have a matching section, and a long answer section.
1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
the Black Hand
Gavrillo Princip
Tsar Nicholas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Battle of Tannenberg
the Schlieffen Plan
Plan 17
General von Moltke
Battle of the Marne
Alsace and Lorraine
total war
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
the Brusilov Offensive
sinking of the Lusitania
the Zimmermann Telegram
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
General Ludendorff
Friedrich Ebert
Paris Peace Conference
David Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
Georges Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
League of Nations
plebiscites
reparations
collective security
war debts
Treaty of Versailles
"war guilt clause"
"Manchurian Incident"
Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
expansionism
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Kristallnacht
the Nuremberg Laws
any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material
2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)
3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:
MAIN Causes of World War I
the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes from the Unit 2 study booklet)
the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
SOCIAL 10-1
We started a film study of the residential school system called "Where the Spirit Lives" today. We'll finish it on Friday. You're writing the Chapter 7 Test tomorrow, and you're writing the Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday, April 5th.
Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.
CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.
1. Key Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
PST Conferences are tomorrow (Thursday, March 22nd) from 2 pm to 4 pm, and 5 pm to 7:30 pm. No appointments necessary. The Social Studies department will be in the Library.
Social 10-1
You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today in class. I have posted the results in HomeLogic. No classes for the rest of this week or next. Please enjoy your Spring Break!
Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.
CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.
1. Key Termsfor Chapter 7Test:
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?
Social 20-1
You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today. You'll get the results back after the Spring Break.
You will also have the Chapter 5-6 Test on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.
CHAPTER 5-6 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test will have a matching section, and a long answer section.
1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
the Black Hand
Gavrillo Princip
Tsar Nicholas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Battle of Tannenberg
the Schlieffen Plan
Plan 17
General von Moltke
Battle of the Marne
Alsace and Lorraine
total war
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
the Brusilov Offensive
sinking of the Lusitania
the Zimmermann Telegram
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
General Ludendorff
Friedrich Ebert
Paris Peace Conference
David Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
Georges Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
League of Nations
plebiscites
reparations
collective security
war debts
Treaty of Versailles
"war guilt clause"
"Manchurian Incident"
Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
expansionism
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Kristallnacht
the Nuremberg Laws
any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material
2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)
3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:
MAIN Causes of World War I
the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes from the Unit 2 study booklet)
the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
IB 30/35
I started a lecture today on the Reconstruction era, which I'll come back to after Spring Break. NO homework over the break.
If you're interested in the documentary that I mentioned today in class, I found it on YouTube (it's split into four parts):
