HOTA Assignments 9/29-10/9

Due Monday, 9/29
Chapter Three
On Friday you were assigned a country to read about in Chapter 3. Make sure you have read it.
Great Britain: pg. 32-35
France: pg. 35-37
Germany: pg. 37-38
Russia: pg. 38-40

Due Tuesday, 9/30
Monday’s work will be continued. Be prepared.

Due Wednesday, 10/1
Chapter Seven
Read pgs 96-103 and be prepared to discuss. You will answer questions in class on the reading. Answers will be checked on Thursday.

Due Thursday, 10/2
Chapter Eight
Read pgs. 105-111 and answer the follow questions:
1. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
2. How did the Allies counter the success of the Schlieffen Plan?
3. Describe the battlefronts of the war in 1915 & 1916.
4. List Japan’s actions in Asia at this time.
5. What was happening on the Arabian Peninsula?
6. List the unusual locations of troops around the world at this time.
7. Why was WWI a total war?
8. Briefly describe the war on land and troop conditions.
9. List the new weapons that were invented.

Due Friday, 10/3
Read pgs. 111-118 and answer the following questions:
10. Outline, briefly, the war at sea.
11. How did the people back at home support the war effort?
12. What was the decisive point of the war?
13. How did the restarting of unrestricted sub warfare impact Britain?
14. What happened to Tsar Nicholas & Russia?
15. How did the war end?
16. What were the human and economic costs of the war?

Due Monday, 10/6
Be prepared to discuss World War I

Due Tuesday 10/7-Thursday 10/9
Primary sources on World War I in class

HOTA Assignments 9/18-9/26

Due Thursday, 9/18:
Chapter Six
Homework is to read pgs 70-75
*There will be questions to answer in class based on this assignment. They will be collected by the sub for a grade.

Due Friday, 9/19:
Homework is to read pgs. 75-82
*There will be questions to answer in class based on this assignment. They will be collected by the sub for a grade.

Due Monday, 9/22:
No homework. We will go over the answers to the class questions from pages 70-82.

Due Tuesday, 9/23:
Read pgs. 82-88 and answer the following questions:
1. How did Hinduism & Islam influence India’s society?
2. List all the ways Great Britain intervened/changed India.
3. What role did nationalism play after 1900 in India?
4. What reforms/changes did Indians gain on their way to independence?
5. Describe what was going on in the Persian and Ottoman Empires in 1900.
6. What was the “great game” and how did it relate to the Ottoman and Persian Empires?
7. What did Great Britain do to “protect” India from Russia? Why did it feel the need to do this?
8. Describe the “death throws” of the Ottoman Empire.

Due Wednesday, 9/24:
Read pgs. 88-91 and answer the following questions:
9. Briefly highlight the development of Australasia around 1900.
10. How did France gain French Indochina?
11. How did the Vietnamese react to France’s control starting in 1905?
12. How did the Dutch rule the East Indies?
13. How did they react starting in 1910?

Due Thursday, 9/25:
Read pgs. 91-94 and answer the following questions:
14. Outline how the USA obtained Hawaii.
15. What did the USA get as a result of the Spanish-American war?
16. Outline the pro and anti-imperialists’ positions regarding the Philippines.
17. What did the USA do in the Philippines from 1899-1907?
18. What did the USA do to “make up” for it’s behavior from 1899-1907.

We will also briefly review in class for the test. Test questions will be distributed after review.

For Friday, 9/26:
Test on Imperialism. Questions will be handed out Thursday after review.

HOTA Assignments 9/8-9/17

Due Monday, 9/8:
Chapter One
Read pgs 1-4 and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the promises of the early 20th Century.
2. Describe the problems of the early 20th Century.
3. Who was Emma Goldman & how did she fit in to this time period?

Due Tuesday, 9/9
Read pgs. 4-6 and answer the following questions:
4. What was the Boxer Rebellion & how did it reflect the time?
5. Who was Nietzsche & how did his ideas influence the early 20th Century.

Due Wednesday, 9/10
Chapter Two
Study the time chart on pgs. 8-9; read pgs. 10-15 and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the major developments in science & technology in the early 20th Century.
2. What were the major economic trends?

Due Thursday, 9/11
Read pgs. 15-21 and answer the following questions:
3. What were the major social and political trends of this time period?

Due Friday, 9/12
Read pgs. 21-30 and answer the following questions:
4. What was going on in international relations?
5. List the major cultural trends of the time.

Due Monday, 9/15
Chapter Five
Read pgs. 55-62 and answer the following questions:
1. Compare the Populist, Labor & Progressive struggles in the Americas in the early 20th Century.
2. What were the racial & ethnic divisions at the time?
3. Why did the US turn towards imperialism?
4. Describe Latin America during this time period.
5. What was the liberal revolution?

Due Tuesday, 9/16
Read pgs. 62-68 and answer the following questions:
6. Describe the aftermath of the Spanish (Cuban) American War.
7. What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine & how did TR use it?
8. What were the major impacts of US Imperialism?
9. Briefly outline the major events in Canada at the turn of the century.

Due Wednesday, 9/17
Chapter Four
Read pgs. 42-54 and be prepared to discuss in class on Wednesday.