Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Democracy in China?
Using the Outline on Student Page 169, write a summary for chapter 41, part 1 only, "Democracy in China?"
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Iran and Iraq
Complete reading the lesson "Iran and Iraq" from chapter 39. As you follow the outline from class, write a summary of the remaining sections of the lesson.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
India After Partition
Read chapter 39, part 1 - "India After Partition."
Write a 1 1/2 page summary (if typed and double spaced) or 2 pages if handwritten, double-spaced - of the lesson. Use the following outline as a guide. Each section below should be a well-developed paragraph.
I. East and West Pakistan
II. The catastrophe of 1984.
III. The Bhopal disaster.
Write a 1 1/2 page summary (if typed and double spaced) or 2 pages if handwritten, double-spaced - of the lesson. Use the following outline as a guide. Each section below should be a well-developed paragraph.
I. East and West Pakistan
II. The catastrophe of 1984.
III. The Bhopal disaster.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Soviet Invasions
After reviewing chapter 37, take the chapter test.
Read chapter 38, part 1 - "Soviet Invasions," and answer the following questions:
1) Who became leader of the Soviet Union after Nikita Khrushchev?
2) Give two reasons why people wanted to leave the Soviet Union.
3) What was the KGB?
4) What was their job?
5) What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1968?
6) Were the Czechs ready for the attack?
7) How did they fight back?
8) What did the Soviets force the Premier and the Secretary of Czechoslovakia to do?
9) What country did the USSR invade in 1979?
10) What did the Soviets give Afghanistan money to do?
11) Why did the U.S. also give money to Afghanistan?
12) When rebels killed the king of Afghanistan, what country were the rebels sympathetic to?
13) Why were Muslims opposed to communism?
14) What did the Afghans opposed to the new rebel (communist) government call themselves?
15) How did the Mujaheddin fight back against the invading Soviet soldiers?
16) Did the Soviets take over Afghanistan?
Read chapter 38, part 1 - "Soviet Invasions," and answer the following questions:
1) Who became leader of the Soviet Union after Nikita Khrushchev?
2) Give two reasons why people wanted to leave the Soviet Union.
3) What was the KGB?
4) What was their job?
5) What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1968?
6) Were the Czechs ready for the attack?
7) How did they fight back?
8) What did the Soviets force the Premier and the Secretary of Czechoslovakia to do?
9) What country did the USSR invade in 1979?
10) What did the Soviets give Afghanistan money to do?
11) Why did the U.S. also give money to Afghanistan?
12) When rebels killed the king of Afghanistan, what country were the rebels sympathetic to?
13) Why were Muslims opposed to communism?
14) What did the Afghans opposed to the new rebel (communist) government call themselves?
15) How did the Mujaheddin fight back against the invading Soviet soldiers?
16) Did the Soviets take over Afghanistan?
Sunday, April 6, 2014
The Vietnam War; The Middle East
Review the lesson on the Vietnam War by answering the questions about it. Then, read "Trouble in the Middle East," and complete the outline on Student Page 156 that goes with that lesson.
1) Which country in Vietnam was communist and on which part of the island was it located?
2) What did an American official mean when he said that south Asian countries might be like a "row of dominoes"?
3) What were American "helpers" in Vietnam supposed to do?
4) What did President Dien do when the North Vietnamese began a guerilla war against the south?
5) What were the guerilla warriors called, in the south?
6) What two countries sent weapons and money to the communist Viet Cong?
7) What did Lyndon B. Johnson do in response?
8) How long did the United States fight in South Vietnam?
9) Name three other countries that sent soldiers to fight against the communists who were trying to take over South Vietnam.
10) What government agency keeps track of how many young men could be drafted?
11) How did Americans begin to feel about the Vietnam War?
12) Who became president after Lyndon Johnson?
13) What did this president do after he took office?
14) What did the treaty signed in 1973 say that American soldiers would do?
15) What would South Vietnam do?
16) What would North Vietnam do?
17) After the American soldiers left, what did the communist armies of North Vietnam do?
18) How many Vietnamese had died?
19) What happened to South Vietnamese who had opposed the communists?
20) Who were the "boat people"?
21) How many Americans fought in the Vietnam War?
22) How were soldiers coming back from Vietnam treated?
1) Which country in Vietnam was communist and on which part of the island was it located?
2) What did an American official mean when he said that south Asian countries might be like a "row of dominoes"?
3) What were American "helpers" in Vietnam supposed to do?
4) What did President Dien do when the North Vietnamese began a guerilla war against the south?
5) What were the guerilla warriors called, in the south?
6) What two countries sent weapons and money to the communist Viet Cong?
7) What did Lyndon B. Johnson do in response?
8) How long did the United States fight in South Vietnam?
9) Name three other countries that sent soldiers to fight against the communists who were trying to take over South Vietnam.
10) What government agency keeps track of how many young men could be drafted?
11) How did Americans begin to feel about the Vietnam War?
12) Who became president after Lyndon Johnson?
13) What did this president do after he took office?
14) What did the treaty signed in 1973 say that American soldiers would do?
15) What would South Vietnam do?
16) What would North Vietnam do?
17) After the American soldiers left, what did the communist armies of North Vietnam do?
18) How many Vietnamese had died?
19) What happened to South Vietnamese who had opposed the communists?
20) Who were the "boat people"?
21) How many Americans fought in the Vietnam War?
22) How were soldiers coming back from Vietnam treated?
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Civil Rights
Answer the following questions from the lesson read in class on Tuesday; they provide part of your review before taking the chapter 36 test. After completing them and also after reviewing the lesson on Kennedy, you may take the test.
1) What was the separtion between whites and blacks in the American South called?
2) What were these type of laws called?
3) What were the protests against these laws called?
4) What were two problems that blacks had in Clarendon County, S.C.?
5) Who appoints a federal judge?
6) What did three lawyers argue, on May 28, 1951, in front of federal judges?
7) Did the lawyers succeed?
8) What was the name of the next school segragation case?
9) What U.S. court heard the case?
10) What did that court decide?
11) What did Rosa Parks do on December 1, 1955?
12) What did the blacks of Montgomery, Alabama decide to do in order to protest segragation on buses?
13) Who was the minister asked to head up the boycott?
14) What else did the protesters do?
15) What leader did Martin Luther King, Jr. admire?
16) When the Supreme Cout told schools to "integrate," what were they telling the schools to do?
17) Did the Supreme Court give the schools a deadline for opening their classrooms to both whites and blacks?
18) How did some schools use this to avoid integration?
19) What was "massive resistance"?
20) What did the governor of Arkansas do to keep Elizabeth Eckford and her friends from attending school?
21) What did the president of the United States do, when he heard aobut the governor's actions?
22) What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 say?
23) What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say?
24) What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.?
1) What was the separtion between whites and blacks in the American South called?
2) What were these type of laws called?
3) What were the protests against these laws called?
4) What were two problems that blacks had in Clarendon County, S.C.?
5) Who appoints a federal judge?
6) What did three lawyers argue, on May 28, 1951, in front of federal judges?
7) Did the lawyers succeed?
8) What was the name of the next school segragation case?
9) What U.S. court heard the case?
10) What did that court decide?
11) What did Rosa Parks do on December 1, 1955?
12) What did the blacks of Montgomery, Alabama decide to do in order to protest segragation on buses?
13) Who was the minister asked to head up the boycott?
14) What else did the protesters do?
15) What leader did Martin Luther King, Jr. admire?
16) When the Supreme Cout told schools to "integrate," what were they telling the schools to do?
17) Did the Supreme Court give the schools a deadline for opening their classrooms to both whites and blacks?
18) How did some schools use this to avoid integration?
19) What was "massive resistance"?
20) What did the governor of Arkansas do to keep Elizabeth Eckford and her friends from attending school?
21) What did the president of the United States do, when he heard aobut the governor's actions?
22) What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 say?
23) What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say?
24) What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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