Revenge vs. Appeasement 3-27-13

      Revenge and Appeasement don't really work in most situations. Its been proven many times in history. A way appeasement doesn't work is when Great Britain and France put all the restrictions on Germany. Germany was not allowed to have  any airplanes, any tanks, had to maintain a certain amount of troops, they split Germany up into other countries, and were not allowed to have any secret alliances.  This made Germany mad and they had to get revenge on them. This is when Adolf Hitler was elected. 
     
    One incident that proves revenge doesn't work is before World War II. The way Hitler got elected was by telling people he would get revenge on Great Britain and France for putting many restrictions,  When Adolf Hitler got elected he started to build airplanes and tanks and built a huge army. This was his plan for revenge. He eventually got Britain and France to notice what he was doing and they told Hitler to stop, but he didn't. His actions for revenge got France and Britain mad, this was a lead to World War II.

   

DBQ Question

Who and What caused World War I:
   - Government
   - Allies
   - Serbia
   - Austria-Hungary
   - England
   - Triple Alliance
   - Triple Entente
   - the Ultimatum
   - Leaders
   - the murder of the Prince
   - All the Countries
 

Summary of the Russian Revolution

1. Russians long term problems caused a revolution in 1974.

2. Alexander the second was one of the strictest leaders Russian had ever had.

3. With the industrialization of Russia, they began to have new problems and with that they elected a new leader. Vladimir Lenin.

4. On January 22, 1905, workers began to protest for better working conditions and the leader, Nicholas the second, ordered a group to fire at them which killed several hundred people and became know as "Bloody Sunday".

5. Nicholas the second dragged Russia into World War 1 and they became huge in debt, when he went to help he left his wife in charge of the government and she turned to Rasputin to help make decisions,    but then was later killed.

6. A group of protesters make Nicholas abandon his throne and later they executed his family, then Russia changed it government to "provisional government".

7. The Russians were afraid of Lenin and the Bolsheviks coming back because they thought they would stir up unrest and hurt the efforts of Russian beating Germany.

8. A army of factory works came together and called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards, and they took over the government offices and arrested the leaders.

9. Lenin ordered that all the farm land be split up between the peasants, the factories would be ran by the workers, stop all fighting and begin peace-talks, and then signed the "Treaty of Brest-Litovsk" and Russia turned a lot of the land over to Germany.

10. The Whit Army was formed to defeat the Bolsheviks Red Army, after 14 million Russians died, a famine followed and it showed the Bolsheviks could seize power and maintain it.

11. The Russian Revolution was much like the French and American Revolutions.

12. Lenin started a small-scale version of capitalism called NEP, and the government still kept control of the kept control of major industries, banks, and means of communication, but it let some small factories, businesses, and farms operate under private ownership

Journal Activity 3-15-13

What was the Russian Revolution?
  -When the Russians had people invade and they could either stay and work for factories or go and work on the farm. Then the Bolsheviks invaded they had to chose a new leader to help defeat them. They chose Joseph Stalin.

Journal Activity 3-11-13

What were the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution? 
  The causes of the Industrial Revolution are Labor Supply, Natural resources, Market, Transportation, Entrepreneurs, Investment capital, Government Support. 

Journal Activity 2-25-13

Scientific Revolutions.

1. Cell Phones
2. Wireless Internet
3. Internet in genera
4. Machines
5. Medicines
6. Education
7. Clothes
8. Technology
9. Foods (Healthy foods/junk foods)
10. Television
11. Movies
12. Health Care
13. Music
14. Transportation
15. Arts
16. Electricity
17. Public Health
18. Jobs
19. Government
20. Ways of Living
21. Furniture
22. Shipping

Journal Activity 2-15-13

Example of SYNERGY
   -The fall of Rome. The dark ages didn't have protection and a center place of government. We still have a lot of Roman inventions today like toilets, pipes and many other things.  

Beginning of the Renaissance

1. Wanted to celebrate life and human spirit.
2. Imitate the art from Rome and Greece
3. Wanted to keep the Latin that Alexander the great spoke. not the latin the church used.
4. Less ideal focus around the church
5. Bring back the classical heritage of Greece and Rome
6. Have the same leadership as Rome
7. All the same belives
8. Keep the same traditions

Journal Activity 2-14-13

Define the Renaissance. 

*Renaissance*: A cultural movement that spanned a period of 14th century and 17th century. It began in Italy and eventually spread to Europe. Best known for its artistic developments. 

*Europe Quiz answers* 2-13-13

EUROPE QUIZ ANSWERS:

1.  A       2.  A     3.  A       4.  D     5.  E     6.  A     7.  A     8.  B     9.  C     10. B

11. B     12. C    13. D      14. B    15. B    16. C     17. B    18. A    19. D      20. King

21. Nobles    22. Serfs/peasants     23. Military service and taxes       24. food and taxes.

25. protection & land title  26. Protection, title and land   27. C   28. A     29. A     30. B    31. A    32.E


ESSAY:
 The US if experiencing the same things Rome did when their empire began to fall. The 3 greatest internal problems facing the US is decline in morals and values, political corruption and environmental issues.

  Rome had a huge "decline in morals and values" problem, people went out and partied for days, got drunk till they were sick and did not care and they also went to the Colosseum to watch people/animals basically maul other humans. Some of that is happening here in the US. People don't care and live life on the edge, we also watch people get into fights, we watch sports for the fights, like we mainly watch hockey for the big fights and/or nascar for the big crashes.

   Another things is "political corruption". Our government has a huge debt and not enough money to pay it all, we also have a high unemployment rate. The Romans did not have a very good economy.

   The last one is environmental issues. Romans had lead poisoning and many other illnesses. They did not have very good sanitation and were very unclean. Here in the US we are becoming to clean, and killing all the good germs and we would not have any to kill the bad germs.

Quiz. 2-7-13

 1.  When were the Middle Ages? 500 AD - 1500 AD

   

 2.  What institution's power grew during the MIddle Ages? The Church  

   

 3.  Describe the Feudal system, including the relationships between each class. 

     - When one person gave a good or service to another person they got things in return. Like if the barons gave the king military, the king would give the barons land and title. Then the barons had knights on their land to give them security and then there were peasants who gave everyone food, clothes, etc. and in return they got a home and protection.

Answers to Homework 2-6-13

1. fief- on held on feudal service
   vassal- a holder of land on feudal tenure on conditions of homage and alliance
   knight,- a man who served his lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
   Chivalry- a medeval knightly system with his religious, moral, and secret code.
   Serf- a labored person on his lord's estate.
   manor-manorial system-an essential element of fudeal society was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the late Roman Empire.
   self-sufñcient- state of not requiring any aid, support, or interaction, for survival
   fallow-farmland left unplowed to regain nutritious soil.

2.  What invading peoples caused turmoil in Europe in the 800's?
   -Vikings

3. What qualities did the lords and vassals owe each other? 
    -They had a oath of loyalty. The vassal's renounced his loyalty to the lord if the latter failed to protect him.

4. What qualities did the chivalry demand of knights?
    -A knight was not only supposed to strength and skills, but also show his aggressive side of a knight with a chivalrous side to his nature

5. What duties did the lord and serfs owe each other? 
   - The serfs gave the lord food and other essential while the lord gave the serf a place to live and security.

6. Positive and Negative effects of a feudal lord.
   - The positives is that each person would something in return for the services and the negative is that if you don't give the king something he wants he could take away your home or security.

Journal Activity 2-5-13

***You arrive home today to find a note from your parents/guardians.  The note says that they are taking all liquid assets and running away.  You are now completely on your own.  What issues are you now faced with?  What will you do to solve them.***

I would have to find a job/ good paying job or somewhere I could get money to help support myself. I would buy food, clothes and what ever else i needed to stay alive. 

Answers to short quiz.

Answers
 1). D. developing city-states that were at times cities.
 2). A. Religious values like separation between church and state.
 3). D. Alexander the great
 4). C. Carthage
 5). A. The awakening of the greek states allowing them to be conquered by Macedonia

Fall of Rome to USA today

???? Fall of the United States ????

The US has been the strongest nation on earth for the last 50 years.  The Roman empire lasted over 500 years.  Do you see some signs that the US is facing some of the same problems that the Roman Empire experienced?  Give a present day example:

Decline in Morals and Values

n  People think we have to party and get drunk every night (YOLO) in order to be so called “popular” or “cool”.

n  You have to be the biggest guy or the skinniest girl to get all the attention.

n  People cut them self because a celebrity decided to make a stupid decision.

Public Health/Environment
  --Second-hand smoking
   --Doing drugs
  -- over drinking.
 
Political Corruption
 -- major debt
-- high gas prices
 
Unemployment
-- a very high unemployment rate


Urban decay
 
Inferior Technology
  
Military Spending
 -- we spend million of dollars on war.

The chain effect to the fall of the Roman Empire.

1. Pressured by the Huns, Germanic Tribes abandon their land and
attempt to settle on Roman lands.

2. Trying to solve the problems Emperors begin to limit people’s
freedom.

3. As less people want to join the army Rome hires mercenaries, mainly
from Germanic tribes, to protect the borders of the Roman Empire.

4. Diocletian and later Constantine split the Empire in two to try and
make it more manageable. Both chose to rule from the East half.

5. Rome falls to German invaders in 476 AD, ending the Western
Roman Empire. The Eastern half will survive and become known as the
Byzantine Empire.

6. Because of limits and restrictions on personal freedom les people
support the Empire. This is especially true for the army as fewer and
fewer Romans are willing to join.

7. The Germanic tribes could easily invade Rome.

8. Without the Emperor in the Western half of the Empire, the West half
of the Roman Empire declines in importance.

9. The Huns migrated into Europe and begin taking land from the
Germanic tribes.

8. The German mercenaries paid to guard Rome’s frontiers allow other
Germans to pass through.

Journal Activity 1-30-13 (Why did Rome fall?)

The reason the Roman Empire fell was because the Roman Emperor was captured, Rome was destroyed by Germanic tribes, and that it has spilt into two sides, a western and eastern side, and the capital had been moved. The western side was defeated by Attila the Hun and his army of 10,000 soldiers. The eastern side had survived and flourished. They later became known as the Byzantine Empire. It took on heritage from the Greek and Roman cultures. The west may have politicly fallen but the cultural influence of Rome just kept moving, all the same ideas and customs.

Journal Activity 1-29-13 (Difference of geography of Rome and Greece)

How was the geography of Rome different from that of Greece? Greece has many islands and civilizations built on the sea, flat terrain, and access to water ways. Rome was on a patine hill, was also near the center of the Italian Peninsula. Also built on rolling hills. 

Journal Activity 1-25-13 (Describe the climate of Europe.)

 Describe the climate of Europe.  The climate of Europe is mainly moderate. Nice rain fall, beside in the mountains, they get the most rain fall. Mainly cool and warm. Not extreme weather, kind of like here in Grand Rapids. The mountains and ocean affect most of the weather, with the orographic effect. Countries by the ocean are warmer than places not by the ocean. 

Journal Activity 1-24-13 (What is the climate of Europe like?)

The climate/ biomes of Europe. Europe has very little deciduous forest left because most of the forest were turned into agriculture and pastures. They have mild weather, warm to cool summers, and moderately cold winters. This has to do with the effects of the Atlantic Ocean. They experience four seasons.