Thursday, July 12, 2012

Study Guide for Final Quiz - Quiz 5

In preparation for our final quiz next week, please review and reflect on the Learning Outcomes as set forth in the course syllabus. The final quiz topic appears verbatim below:

Please discuss the ways in which this course has, or has not, helped you to meet the Learning Outcomes set forth in the syllabus. Include specific examples of classroom activities or assignments, as well as specific historical content areas, as examples of your learning. 
This will be an open book and open note quiz. You may, if you wish, prepare it ahead of time and post it as a final entry in your blog.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Study Guide for Quiz 4

Discuss the roots and development of Renaissance humanism.

1348 and 1492 as pivotal years in the transition to the Modern Era.

God, gold & glory as motivators of colonial expansion into the Americas.

Discuss The Great Dying.

What were the various strategies for commercial exploitation developed by Europeans during the early Modern era?

What were some of the abuses of the early Industrial Revolution?

What does Strayer mean by the "echoes" of Atlantic Revolutions?

Discuss the events and significance of the Haitian Revolution.

In what sense were the "Arab Spring" and "Occupy" movements echoes of the Atlantic Revolutions?

How did the move from traditional forms of production to the "cash crop" system affect Africans under colonial rule?

Very proud of my Monday World History women. They achieved a first tonight.