Week of January 9, 2017

Midterms begin on Friday,  review sheets are due the day of the midterm.
The Medieval Timelines are graded as a quiz, don't forget to turn them in.
Honors reading annotation on King John and the Magna Carta is due Wednesday.
    annotate the reading,  
  5 facts with page numbers/ 3 Q+A/  idk or ah-hah

No book homework due this week;  complete the review sheets before your mid-term and turn them into me before the test. 

Exam Schedule
Friday:  B4 and B3 Exams
Next Monday:  MLK Day, no school
Next Tuesday: A1 and A2 Exams
Next Wednesday: B1 and B2 Exams
Next Thursday: 1/2 day   A3 and A4 Exams
Next Friday:  B Day, no exams
Midterm open ended questions

1.  What would be the best way to teach a class or coach a team: Confucianism, Daoism, or legalism?  Why is  one method better in the short and long term than the other two methods?

2.  Identify and explain the MAINS causes of WWI?  Explain how the implementation of the von Schlieffen Plan brought all the major European powers into WWI.  Could this war have been avoided?  Explain why or why not.

3.  How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the election of Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany in 1933?  How was Germany treated by the treaty and why did all Germans dislike it? Why were Jews a common scapegoat to attack throughout most of European history?  How did Hitler use the scapegoat to unite Germans?

4.  Describe the feudal relationship between a lord and his vassal.  What obligations were owed by each to the other?   Why did feudalism develop in the Middle Ages and how was it a response to Viking attacks?  What were the obligations the peasants owed their lord?  Why would serf give up their freedom?  Identify what what was  more important in the Middle Ages than freedom.  Draw a motte and bailey castle and explain how it provided protection from invaders.

5.  Why were the Crusades called?  Were they a success or a failure?  Explain how they may have been both a success and a failure.What is cultural diffusion? How did Europe benefit culturally and commercially from the Crusades.  What is the legacy of the Crusades today?  Why is the University of Holy Cross changing its mascot from Crusaders to Suns?  

6. What were the causes and the effects of the Bubonic Plague?  How did it help to end feudalism and help to grow capitalism?  How did people respond to the plague?  How did it end?

7. How do Medieval and Renaissance art differ?   How does art reflect what we value?  (think Venus of Willendorf)