Monday, January 9, 2012

Mid-Term Exam

Hello Students,

This week on Thursday- January 12th and Friday January 13th, you will be taking your World History Mid-Term Exam. What is a Mid-Term? Half-way through the year you will be tested on all material that we have discussed and reviewed this year in class.

This means you have A LOT of material. This exam will count for 30% of your marking period grade. It is extremely important to study hard and long for this exam. I will be providing you today with a study guide that reviews all of the key words that will most likely appear on this test.

Also I have created a page on the side bar that has a lot of material from class and includes the study guide online. I encourage you all to share with each other the definitions and explanations for these terms, so if you would like to post work that you have completed you can comment here. Be cautious using others material, the only way to know for sure if it is correct is to do it your self.

This Week: 
Wednesday:
TUTORING AND STUDY SESSION AFTER SCHOOL! Please stay and review any questions and material.

Thursday: HOLLYWOOD IN HISTORY MEETING
Toussaint L'Overture the MOVIE
Due to several students interested I think we make this bad boy happen. If you are interested in the creating of a short history movie about the life of this man, let's stay after school for an opening discussion on cast, scenes, and a script. Any and all are welcome, if numbers are too large then students who are achieving the highest grade will be selected for the club.

7 comments:

Amanda simms said...

question can u put something up about the 5 majior religons

masangai said...
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Jessie-chan said...

Hierarchy-a system of organized power (Pharaoh,priest/priestess,merchants,laborers,slaves).
Polytheistic-many god
Monotheistic-one god
Democracy-a system in which the people of a country choose the government by voting
Direct Democracy-the people make decisions for themselves.
Malleable Intelligence-exercising your brain by studying
Civilization-advanced cities, specialized workers,complex institutions,record keeping,and improved technology
Nomad-early humans moving from place to place
Artifact-human made tool
Dictatorship-leader of a country with complete power
Bill of Rights-first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution,protects citizens basic rights and freedom
Constitution-document that outlines the USA government.Give citizen rights
Monarchy-king or queen who held complete power in the government
Feudalism- a political system in which nobles are granted the use of land that legally belong to their king in exchange for loyalty,military service and protection (king, lord, vassal,knights,serf)
Absolutism-king or queen with absolute power and control
Totalitarianism- people completely controlled by the government
Exploration-traveling to find new things
Exploitation-take advantage of others in an unfair way

Jessie-chan said...

Maya-capture other natives and sacrifice them to god

Economic-money

Political-government

Social-religion

Compass-a navigator to find direction (north,south,east,west)

Sextant-navigator to find your position in the ocean

Caravel-a small ship with a triangle sail

Colony-land controlled by another nation

Ecomienda-land given to European settlers in the Americas who used natives for forced labor

Columbian Exchange-trading plants, animals, and diseases from the old world (Europe) to the new world (Americas)

Alantic Slave Trade-buying, transporting, and selling slaves

Middle Passage-ship that brought African from the Old World to the New World

Revolution-forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system

Enlightment-nature, happiness, reason, liberty, progress

French Revolution-enlightment ideas made people question the fairness of this system

Reign of Terror- French citizens were killed for silly (stupid) reasons

Guillotine- execution tool used during the French Revolution

Napoleon- war hero of France, crowned himself emperor on 1804

Haiti-landing point for slave trade

Toussaint L'Overture-led the Haitian revolution

Stages of Revolution- symptoms, rising fever, crisis, backlash


Figure out the rest yourselves.......

Mr. Hostetter said...

Great job Jessica, I'm sure others will appreciate your hard work.

No one say you didn't have enought help to finish this assignment!

Amanda said...

THANKS SO VERY MUCH JESSICA WE ALL OWE YOU ONE ESPICALLY ME

Anonymous said...

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/haitian-revolution-toussaint-louverture/ i think yall should watch this video