Friday, April 25, 2014

Week of April 28, 2014

Interview project Due May 8th
Do not forget current events this term

Due Wednesday
24(4)   The British take over India  (767-771)
Identify the terms, people, and places 
Read witness history (p.767) why did the Indians call British Imperialism the Knife of Sugar ?
Read the Sepoy Rebellion (768) Why did Muslim and Hindu Sepoy s, Indian soldiers in the British army, rebel?   What did they refuse to bite?  Why?
Look at the picture on page 170. Identify three benefits of British rule in India.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.  

Due Thursday
24(5) China and New Imperialism (773-777)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (773)  Who was trading opium for tea in China in the 1800's?
Draw the British Union Jack pictured on page 773.
Read the infographic on the Taiping Rebellion (774)  What "radical" western ideas did Hon Xiuquan propose?  
Read the caption to  the picture on the Boxer Rebellion on page 776.  How many Boxers tried to drive the westerners out of China?  List three reasons Boxers revolted.
Read the biography of Sun Yixian (p.777) Where did Sun go to school?  Where was he living when he decided to join the revolt against the Chinese government?  
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Due next Tuesday 
24(3) European Claims in Muslim Regions (762-766) 
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (762) Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?  
Look at the picture on 763.  Who did General Pash fight for in the Crimean War?   
Look at the infographic on page 765.  What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?  What Asian colony did Britian more easily control because of the Suez Canal? 
What Persian (Iranian) resource is pictured on page 766?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

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