Week 4 of remote learning, World History classes Due May 1, 2020

CP2,  Complete 1 of the first 2 assignments,  I, II,
CP1, Complete 2 of the first 2  assignments, I, II,
Honors, Complete 3 of 3 assignments,  I, II, II

In last week's assignment Green sarcastically said before 1820 men lived like the Neaderthals(who never farmed or domesticated animals ).  Green also sarcastically said life between 1220 was similar to life  in 1820.   These statements are not true,  the period between 1500-1800 was dominted by Slavery, Commerical and Agricultural revolutions, which changed life dramatically.

I. Watch   Crash Course, European History #8, Commerce, Slavery, and Agriculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU2dhPlJWyY

Answer   question 1,   and  then 5 of the following 9 questions ( 5 questions on 2-10) from the video
1. Write 4 facts from the video
2. Complete Green's statement:  "History is how people lived and what we learned from their lives. Politics touche everything, but politics is not _________________"
3. What three revolutions dominated the early modern period (1500-1750)
   a. Agricultural Revolution, Commercial Revolution and the ______________  _____________.
4. What two crops were planted in the Agricultural revolution with crop rotation: turnips and ______
   what did the crops do to the soil?
5. What is the Enclosure movement?  How did enclosure impact tenant farmers and day laborers?  Who was hired to farm the land?
6. What crop does Green pull from the globe?  How did this Indian crop revolutionize farming?
7. What crop did African women slaves bring from Africa to the Americas?
8. Why did Europeans dehumanize Africans?  What evil institution did it justify? How many slaves is it believed were taken from Africa?
9. What was the business of the Fuggars and how did it help capitalism?
10.  In your opinion, did Capitalismwith all its flaws, help lead the way to the Industrial Revolution?

II. Watch Mankind, the story of all of US,  Revolutions
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwryjf

  Answer 6 of the following questions
1. Where did the British surrender to the Americans to end the American Revolution?
2. List 3 other nations that were inspired by the success of American Revolution.
3.What tool with potentially unlimited power does James Watt develop in the Industrial Revolution?
4, What kind of workplace does Richard Arkwright create with his water frame?
5. What natural resource fuels the steam engine?
6. What was the leading cause of death in the cities of the 1800's?
7. What does John Snow discover is the true cause of cholera?
8.  What system do the British develop to clean up the cities? Thank you, plumbers
9. Why did Britain sell opium in China?  What product did the British buy from the Chinese?
10. What was the key for the North to defeat the South in the US Civil War?
11.  How many slaves were freed as a result of the Civil War in America?

III.  Watch the video: Cost of covid 19 to dairy farmers in Alabama
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/the-cost-of-the-pandemic-for-americas-farmers/2020/04/16/d568edb1-243a-4322-b567-dea1b8d57208_video.html

Answer the following quesions
1. What percentage has milked dropped in price due to covid 19?
2. Why can't farmers just stop milking their cows if there is a weakened demand for milk?
3. Dairy farmers do not want to dump their milk. Why do they feel they have to dump it?
4.  Is the current crisis a dairy supply or a consumer demand issue?  Explain your answer.
5. Dairy farmers don't want people to die due to Covid, what balance do they seek?  What do we as a nation have to figure out?  Explain your answer