Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March 23


We continued looking at different types of dictatorships today (I will re-visit this topic later in the course) such as autocracy, minority tyranny, majority tyranny, oligarchy, military dictatorships, fascism, communism. Then we started looking at totalitarianism and the charactetrisitcs that it shares with dictatorships (remember totalitarianism is a type of dictatorship, but not all dictatorships are totalitarian). We also watched part of the A & E Biography of Adolf Hitler called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". We will finish this video on Friday. I also gave you a handout looking at the similarities and differences between communism and fascism that you must read. Your Economic Systems Final is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Please also check out the list of upcoming important dates:

Also, I forgot to post a link to student writing samples from previous Diploma Exams. Please click on this link and it will take you to the Diploma Exam Student Writing Samples, so you can see some past examples of three sources that appear on Diploma Exams.


The vast majority of today's class was spent in the library doing research for the Imperialism Research Project (I will be talking more about this project in the next couple of days). This project will be due on Wednesday, April 13th. The product will be a Prezi, so if you don't know what Prezi is, you might want to visit their website and find out a little bit about the "zooming presentation tool". If you do check out Prezi, make sure that you click on the "explore" tab so you can see some examples of what Prezis can look like. Your Chapter 7 Test is on April 5th, please see the study guide below.


This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

  • 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?

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