Hump Day

The first thing we did in class today was go over the worksheet on Chapter 1. Here are the answers in case you need them:

i) 6   ii) 16   iii) 14   iv) 12   v) 1   vi) 7   vii)   5   viii) 4   ix) 8   x) 13   xi) 15   xii) 2   xiii) 11   xiv) 3
xv) 9   xvi) 10

We also finished our quiz on Chapter 1 of Twentieth Century Viewpoints which involved important themes/subjects such as:

• Imperialism
• Capitalism
• Wars (Boer War, Russo-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion, South African War)
• Liberalism, authoritarianism, globalization
• Universal Suffrage (women's suffrage)
• Developments in technology: 
• steam engine, ships, automobiles
• telephone

After the quiz, we continued our discussion about justifying imperialism and proceeded to look at World War I (Chapter 2). 

Ms. Loconte talked about how the Enlightenment period contrasted from the world war. (Enlightenment & Martin Luther VS "the lamps are going out all over Europe") 

Important terms for everyone to know when reading this chapter are:

1. Alliances: Triple Entente (Great Britain, Russia, France), Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy)

2. Arms (Naval) Race: between Germany & Great Britain

3. Nationalism: devotion and loyalty to one's country

4. Industrialization: mass production of goods - allowed Great Britain, France & Germany to rise to great power

5. German Question: Germany wanting its place in the sun and being able to fight for it if need be

6. Balkan Unrest: people were unhappy in the empire they were subject to and wanted to come together against it

Homework:

-Read about the Balkan wars and the German Question (pg. 11-13) but don't read Mobilization (unless you really want to). 

-Create review questions based on the reading from in class or tonight, as assigned by Ms. Loconte.

       -Deirdre & Amy: 2 questions from the passages we read in class

       -April: 2 questions for "Balkans: the Powder Keg of Europe"

       -Ingram: 2 questions for "The Balkan Wars"

       -Dylan, Brian, & Nathan: 1 question for "The German Question"

-Dylan: Pablo Picasso presentation (20th Century Viewpoints) due this Friday

-Ingram: British home front presentation (pg. 17, Global Forces) due anytime soon

-Brian: Spanish Influenza presentation (pg. 22, Global Forces) due anytime soon

Please do your homework so that we can get a tally on the board :)