World History Semester 2
The curriculum is listed below. Please check with your ACE teacher to make sure you are approved to take this subject. Each unit has requirements that are needed to complete before you take the test. Once you complete each unit, please go to the following site for testing on each unit:
Students must complete the following to receive full credit:
Terms Do all terms with example for terms
Notes 5 sentences PER Video. Do all video notes
Questions Answer the questions completely
Test Take test*. Test can be found at: https://testmoz.com/class/16400
All test passwords are: osc
Total pages (with exam):
5-10 pages of work per credit
Unit 6: WWI, Nationalism, Revolution
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
May Fourth Movement
haciendas
negritude movement
Reza Khan
ahimsa
Mohandas Gandhi
total war
neutrality
T.E. Lawrence
militarism
zeppelins
reparations
apartheid
Gallipoli
propaganda
Fourteen Points
Venustiano Carranza
Notes:
Important Questions:
When European nations built up their armed forces--to protect their colonies and to compete with each other--it was an example of:
When European countries agreed to fight for and alongside each other in times of war, this was an example of:
Extreme love for one’s country--and pride in it--which was widespread throughout Europe was an example of:
The assassination of Archduke ____________ on June 28, 1914 got the wheel rolling for WWI . This man was the heir to the Austrian throne.
United States, Russia, Italy, France, Great Britian, Serbia were the _____________
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria were the _____________
The United States enters the first world war because of _____________.
What is the name of the treaty that officially ends WW1?
What country had to accept blame for WW1?
What year did the Russian Revolution begin?
What was the name of the political group that overthrew the Czar?
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
Following the revolution what was the name of the government/philosophy that was introduced. This philosophy had a huge impact on the economy.
Assessment/Final Exam:
Essay Exam: Discuss World War 1 and the impact on society. Choose a country and explain how World War 1 impacted that country before, during and after the war. Be sure to use historical details to support your thesis.
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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.
*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.
Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.
Unit 7: WWII
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
Comintern
kulaks
Kellogg Briand Pact
Gestapo
totalitarian state
Kristallnacht
Black Shirts
flappers
surrealism
Gulag
Stalingrad
blitzkrieg
Anschluss
Nuremberg
Yalta
Notes:
Important Questions:
What was the treaty that ended WWI that laid some of the unrest that would later explode into WWII?
Hitler became the essential dictator of Germany in which decade?
What war during the 1930s greatly influenced the development of military tactics that were used in WWII?
What was the last major attempt at a peaceful resolution with Germany prior to the outbreak of WWII?
This was a line of fortifications across the French border with Germany.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
What was the most significant early U.S. victory in the Pacific theatre?
Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps nicknamed 'The Desert Fox'?
The firebombing of this German town was a major civillian tragedy during the war.
The Battle of the Bulge refers to
Did the aftermath of WWII led directly to the collapse of Imperialism and the self-determination of former colonies?
Assessment/Final Exam:
Essay Exam: Discuss World War 2 and the impact on society. Choose a country and explain how World War 2 impacted that country before, during and after the war. Be sure to use historical details to support your thesis.
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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.
*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.
Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.
Unit 8: Cold War and New Nations
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
nonalignment
coup d' etat
Jomo Kenyatta
autocratic
theocracy
Anwar Sadat
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuban missile crisis
nuclear war
domino theory of communism
superpowers
detente
welfare state
anti-ballistic missiles
Notes:
Important Questions:
During the Cold War the United States wanted the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba. What was this event known as?
Who was America competing against during the Cold War that was communist?
The United States was involved in the Korean War and the Vietnam War because...
The United States changed the way it fought wars after which war?
What was the effect of President Johnson's decisions for the US to be a part of the Vietnam War?
Which program has helped over 30 million children throughout the country by providing low-income children and their parents with health, nutrition and education services?
The Vietnam War was between
He was the first person to land on the moon.
This was the plan to train exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro
The United States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should
U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949.
In the early 1970s, the Chinese government decided to improve relations with the U.S. because
The surprise attack launched by the NLF in January of 1968 was called
The Warsaw Pact sought to
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew the government led by
The “détente” phase of relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ended with the Soviet invasion of
The first artificial satellite to be launched into space was called
Assessment/Final Exam:
Essay Exam: Discuss The Cold War and the impact on society. Choose a democratic or communist country and explain how the Cold War impacted that country before, during and after the war. Be sure to use historical details to support your thesis.
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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.
*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.
Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.
Unit 9: Regional Conflicts, The Developing World
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
Lebanon's civil war
apartheid
Nelson Mandela
Hutus
Desmond Tutu
Kosovo
Chechnya
contras
Developing nations
dalits
Juan Peron
Wangari Maathai
Evita
Sandinistas
Mother Teresa
Mao Zedong
fundamentalists
Deng Xiaoping
Notes:
Important Questions:
attitudes, norms, and expectations that societies construct around being male and female. these give rise to gender inequality
women in the developing world face what obstacles?
Women and Political participation was like what in the developing world...
What are the keys to gender equality...
shared beliefs, values, practices, and behavior of people in a society is called...
a set of beliefs, moral codes, symbols, and supporting organizations that link humanity to spirituality and the supernatural. Global trend of religious revivalism (fundamentalism) leading to conflicts
Religious Fundamentalism did what...
a social identity where individuals generally share common historical experiences, beliefs, and values, ancestry and language. (not nation, nation wants to become a state)
What is the difference between a traditional society and a modern society?
What is Tropical disadvantage?
a set of objectives and a plan of action outlining how a state will interact with other states and non-state actors
What are some Foreign Policy of the Developing World?
Assessment/Final Exam:
Essay Exam: Choose a region (Latin America, the Middle East, etc.). Describe how that region has changed in the last 50 years. Be sure to use historical details to support your thesis. Explain how this region connects to global issues.
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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.
*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.
Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.
Unit 10: The World Today
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
globalization
genetics
euro
protectionism
Sputnik
Space Race with Russia
epidemic
terrorism
outsourcing
genetic engineering
deforestation
acid rain
erosion
global warming
ozone depletion
Notes:
Important Questions:
On what date is the UN's World Environment Day celebrated?
The largest single purchase of land (in area) made by the United States in its development was from which nation:
In which city is the famous arabic TV-Channel Al-Jazeera situated?
Which is Canada's only officially bilingual province?
While distance used to be the largest obstacle to regional integration, these successive waves of transportation improvements have functionally made the world a smaller place
process by which national economies, politics, and cultures become integrated with those of other nations
countries depend on one another for goods, resources, knowledge, and labor
Getting jobs from other countries to save money
owns or controls production of goods or services in one or more countries other than their home country
maintaining peace and security across the world
works to promote global economic growth (IMF)...
ensure that trade flows smoothly and freely (WTO)...
use of tariffs to protect a countries industries from competition
social movement critical of economic globalization. They believe that rich countries exploit poor countries. They also believe that globalization hurts indigenous peoples by taking away their lands, disrupting their culture, or promoting too-rapid development.
the property of biological systems to remain diverse and productive indefinitely, thereby threatening future generations.
Assessment/Final Exam:
Essay Exam: Explain economic globalization and the impact on a country of your choice. Be sure to have a localized view (the point of view from that country) and a globalized view (the general point of view).
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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.
*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.
Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.