Ethan's+World



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 * __Korean War/Vietnam War Venn Diagram: 5/22/12__**

__Partner: Kevin Chung__ I recorded our debate but my Macbook died at 13 minutes into the video, and the video got erased. the video can be seen on Kevin's world. Thank you.
 * __Unit 7 Debate:__**

**Twins:** This video was about two young twins who were experimented on by the SS soldiers. I feel so much sympathy for these young children because they were taken from there families and bring horribly treated just for the SS soldiers' needs. At first, I couldn't digest this video because of the cruelness that was presented in the video. Because of this, I think that the SS soldiers are selfish and cruel. The twins were only 6 years old, how can you possibly conduct such experiments on young children? **Brothers:** This video shows a man named Uri Chanoch suffering during the Holocaust. He lost his mother, father, sister, and he was separated from his brother. Uri was continuously tortured by the Nazis. Due to these actions, the Chanoch family has been completely ruined and hurt. Hundreds of thousands of other families went through the same thing as well. Family is the number one priority in life (in my opinion), and to see it being destroyed like that crushes my heart. It is very hard for me to view these kinds of videos. This man was one of many who who suffering at the concentration camps, the only food that they were given was small amounts of bread. If you see pictures of the Jews that were put into concentration camps, you could see how skinny they were due to the lack of food. Also, the video talked about how the Jews rode trains to the concentration camps, if I were a Jew taking that train, I would be so terrified because I would have no idea where I would be going. But for them, death was there final destination. **Zanne Farbstein:** Zanne was forced to work hard labor even though she was a women. She had two other sisters and one of them died from the harsh conditions during the Holocaust. However, during such a cruel time period, it is quite common to have at least one death in a family. If one of my close family members died, I don't even know how I would handle my emotions. **Yaakov Hollander:** This young boy was like most of the young survivors during the Holocaust. He was forced to constantly move camps. According to the video, he moved up to 12 camps. I would never be able to feel his pain and suffering, so I cannot say that "I feel his pain". However, I know how ti feels to move so many times. Even though the number of times I moved is not nearly close to 12, I have a small idea. **Sophie Engelsman:** Sophie Engelsman was like every other Jew in the 1940s. She was also placed in the concentration camps and she was forced to bury Germans. The sad part was that she only weighed about 80 pounds, so she was very skinny and weak. Even so, the Nazis expected her to bury bodies that were 2-3 times her weight. The Nazis could have at least made a stronger, more fit person to do this job. That just comes to show that the Nazis are cold-hearted people. **Eva Brown:** Eva Brown was one of the many who got numbered by the Nazis. If a Jew got numbered, then that would mean they would lose their identities as a human being. Their rights will be eliminated and they would be treated like animals at a zoo. They were taken from there families, homes, and everything else that they had. Imagine you, being a young high schooler, taken from everything you knew about life, and thrown in a cage, treated like a non-human.
 * __Video Responses: 5/15/12__**
 * Mordecai Edlar: **

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__ Skill Builder: Drawing Conclusions__ The USSR suffered the greatest human costs.
 * __Rest of Work from Class 45:__**
 * 1.Which of the nations listed in the chart suffered the greatest human costs?**

__ Skill Builder: Comparing__ The amount that the US spent on the war compared to Germany and Japan is very little. Germany and Japan spent a lot more compared to America.
 * 1. How does the U.S. spending on the war compare with the spending of Germany and Japan?**

__ Skill Builder: Interpreting Graphs__ In World War II, the number of allies was much greater than in World War I, therefore more people were involved. Also, the advancement of technology contributed the the greater amount of deaths in WWII. Another reason would be because the nations were very angry at each other, there were a lot of disagreements at the meeting, and even some betrayal. The anger from the nations made the war m
 * 1. What factors may have contributed to the increased number of deaths in World War II over World War I?**

__Document-Based Questions:__ The conditions that the Polish refugees were very harsh. The Germans treated them like animals because they didn't even give them beds to sleep in. Also, Germans took the Polish away from there families.
 * 1. Under what conditions did the Polish refugees flee from the Germans?**


 * 2. Judging from the photograph, what was the government’s attitude toward Japanese Americans?**

The Battle of Leyte Gulf is important because, since the US won that battle, they were able to overpower the Japanese fleet and cut off there supplies, which made it a lot easier for the US The allies attacked Okinawa which resulted in 12,000 American soldiers dead and 100,000 Japanese soliders dead. This battle took place in 1945. Because the American's bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with an atomic bomb, Japan surrendered from the war which resulted in the ends of the Second Great War.
 * __Significance of Events: 5/14/12__**
 * 8. Battle of Leyte Gulf:**
 * 9. Battle of Okinawa:**
 * 10. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:**

Incomplete. 8/10

Would Fascism change how Koreans ARE (ie. make them "harsh and cold")? Interesting that you say Korea is not the type of country to be ruled by Fascists! 8/10
 * __(4/20/12) Oral Quiz #4, Fascism in Korea__**
 * __[|Oral Quiz 4 Video Link]__**


 * __(4/19/12) Oral Quiz #3, Global Impact of The Great Depression__**
 * __[|Video for Oral Quiz 3]__**

Africa, Asia and Europe are not "nations". You repeat yourself and the use of more examples than you means you don't have as much time time to support your thesis with solid historical evidence. You give the US too much of a role in the global economic crisis. 8.5/10

The annotations/highlighting were done on the handout given.
 * __(4/17/12) Station One:__**


 * __Station Two:__**

Notes were taken while watching the videos.
 * __Station Three:__**

There's nothing here for me to grade. 0/10 Do you remember how I asked you to use a line between each day's assignments, and to give each assignment a title? This page is poorly organized.


 * __4/13/12: Oral Quiz #2:__**
 * __[|Link For Oral Quiz Video]__**

Disjointed and disorganized, so difficult to follow your logic. 8/10

__How did the Treaty of Versailles add to China's problems?__ The reason why China joined World War One was because they were hoping to gain support from other nations. However the Treaty of Versailles stopped the military from fighting Germany in The Great War, this was a problem for China because they never even agreed to stop fighting. Also, after claiming victory in the war, China did not get all the things that were discussed at the meeting. The treaty allowed Japan to take China's land.
 * __(4/11/12) Station 1:__**


 * __Station 2:__**

__ Was Mao a better or worse national leader than Stalin? __ I think that both were very cold and heartless leaders in history. Stalin and Mao took away millions of lives and did not feel a single emotion. The two were both psychos because they didn't look at death as we do, the only thing people like Mao and Stalin thrive for are their goals for themselves and their countries. Death to them is simply a bump in the road. However, if I were to choose a worser leader, then I would pick Mao because he did what Stalin did, but in a much more cruel/harsh way. He even tried to erase China's history and create his very own era, and make it the only thing people will remember. That to me, is one of the worst things you can do to a nation.
 * __Station 3:__**

Station 2 incomplete. 7/10

[|Link For Oral Quiz Video]
 * __4/10/12: Oral Quiz #1__**

You appear to be reading partly from notes? Somewhat disorganized. 8.5/10

__** How did the Treaty of Versailles reflect the different personalities and agendas of the men in power at the end of World War I? **__ Well, first off, The Treaty of Versailles basically humiliated Germany by forcing them to give up large areas of their land, pay war reparations, and take the blame for the Great War. Not only did it harshly affect Germany but the Central Powers as well. As we all know, Woodrow Wilson's idea of the League of Legends sadly failed due to the absence of the United States of America. Without the US, the League of Nations wouldn't be able to reach it's full potential, not even close. The US decided not to join because they didn't want to make the same mistake as before. Also, countries like Italy and Japan weren't able to gain all the things that they wanted. In conclusion, the Treaty of Versailles was not very effective at all and didn't bring much change to the world/nations.
 * __April 3rd (Class #30):__**

__February 29th, 2012__ 2. The message of "In Flanders Field" was for other soldiers that have survived to continue fighting for their nation through symbols such as the poet states "The torch; be yours to hold it high". The second poem "Dulce et Decorum est" has a much more straightforward theme of the justification of fighting for your country as it will bring "desperate glory".
 * __War Poems with Vicky Jung__**

I think that nationalism had more of a negative impact because of the advancement of science and technology created by the competition of all the nations. Even though that very same competition resulted in warfare, such things like technology and science helped the nation in the long run. Also, it made a nation, more of a nation because of the fact that the people overcame their differences for the overall good. There are some notable negative results such as the ethnic cleansing, but as I have said before, the positive results helped the nation in the future. Without nationalism, it would have taken much more time to develop the science and technology that they did.
 * __Impact of Nationalism (2/17/12; Due at the end of class):__**
 * Do you think nationalism has had a more positive or negative impact on the world? Support your opinion with evidence. **



The three types of Nationalistic movements would be Unification, Separation, and State-building. Unification is where lands are politically divided but share very similar cultures. A good example would be Germany in the 19th century as well and Italy in the 19th century. To give other people a more clear idea of what Unification is, a good example of the exact opposite would be North Korea and South Korea because they are divided, but share completely difference cultures and beliefs. Separation is where different cultural groups try to break away from the state, and try to avoid being added. Some examples would be the French-speaking Canadians and the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire. Lastly, State-building is sort of the opposite of Separation because groups that have different cultures form/join into a state by accepting one single culture.
 * // 1. Using the table above, explain the characteristics of each type of Nationalistic movement in your own words. //**

I think that it would have made the Austrian Empire and the Ottoman Empire to separate because of the characteristics of the three types of Nationalism. It would also cause a lot of chaos and riots, as well as rebellions because if groups wanted to break away from a state, or to join/form a new one, I'm sure some people would disagree and stir excitement. It would also create new branches of states because if State-building and Separation were to be executed successfully, then new states will form and also groups will leave other states
 * // 2. What do you think would have happened to the empires (e.g. Austrian Empire, Ottoman Empire) during the rise of nationalism? //**

__ KEY SKILL: ANALYZING POLITICAL CARTOON: __

The symbol that the cartoonist is using for the soon-to-be nation of Italy is the boot. It obviously says Italy on it and it is being put on Victor Emmanuel II. In the cartoon, Garibaldi is seen as an old, frail man. It is quite obvious that he is a much lower class than the king of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II. In the cartoon, you can see him kneeling down and putting the boot on Emmanuel II, which shows that he is his "worker". Also, you can see a sword right next to Garibaldi which represents the protection that he will give to Emmanuel II. The title "Right Leg in the Boot at Last" says that the cartoonists has been waiting for the moment when Italy is being ruled by a king and being unified. It shows that the cartoonist's view is positive towards the situation and that he supports it 100%.
 * 1) What symbol does the cartoonist use for the soon-to-be nation of Italy? **
 * 2) How is Garibaldi portrayed? **
 * 3) What does the title of the cartoon say about the cartoonist’s view of Italian unification? **

Assignment incomplete, suggesting class time was not used effectively.

13/20

__**Terms & Questions: (**____**2/15/12)**__

__Terms:__
 * Sepoys:** Sepoys, which are Indian soldiers, were significant because there guns cartridges were smeared with grease and oil from cows and pigs, therefore the sepoys refused to load their guns. As a result of there avoidance of the grease-smeared cartridges, they were outrages, thinking that the British were violating their customs and religious laws. Therefore, it influenced and started India's independence from Britain.
 * Sepoy Mutiny:** 85 sepoy soldiers refused to load their weapons so the British threw them in jail. Other sepoy soldiers freed them and together, they killed British children and people. After Britain had their revenge on the sepoy rebellions, Britain had direct rule over India. Also, the political, religious, and cultural gap between the British and Indians grew wider.
 * Congress Party:** The congress party is significant because it was a place for the Indians to discuss issues and to resolve them as a nation. Also, because of this group, the Indian National Congress' first meeting took place in 1885.
 * Mohandas K. Ghandi:** Ghandi had a huge impact on India because of his logic and how he viewed the world. He believed in nonviolent non cooperation. His philosophies influenced many people around him, which eventually helped lead to India's independence.
 * Muhammed Ali Jinnah:** Muhammed Ali Jinnah was significant when it came to separating India and gaining its own independence. He fought for the minority of the Muslims, and was also known as the "the best ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity".

__ Main Ideas __ The stability of Britain's political system, Britain's army (specifically their Navy), much chaos was happening in the Indian Kingdoms due to the want of power, and Britain was very organized, while India was very hectic and chaotic.
 * 1. What were four factors that contributed to Britain’s conquest of India? **

What caused the Sepoy Mutiny was that they thought that Britain was violating their beliefs and culture, so they got outraged and rebelled against them. The sepoy killed many British people including children. The end result was Britain getting their revenge and more importantly, Britain ruling over India.
 * 2. What was the cause of the Sepoy Mutiny and what was its main result? **

The groups and ideas that promoted the Indian independence were the Muslims League and the Congress Party. The two worked together and planned for a constitutional reform in India. Both parties/groups promoted independence and self-government.
 * 3. Which groups and ideas promoted the Indian independence? **

The four general principles of Gandhi's philosophy are to live as simply as possible, never to seek materialistic things, accepting the religious beliefs of others, devote one's life to the service/help of others, and fight against injustice, but never to do so with violence.
 * 4. What were the four general principles of Gandhi’s philosophy? **

Jinnah tried to unify Hindu and Muslims issues, which failed. Also, he couldn't get the Congress Party to agree on greater rights for the minority people in India, he was standing up for the minority.
 * 5. What role did Jinnah play in the partition of India? **

__ Documents __ The documents that are pro-British are: //Punch// Magazine, Sir Alfred Lyall, The Rowlatt Acts, and Photography. The documents that are pro-Indian are: B.K. Bungash, //The New York Times//, Ami Vitale, S.N. Sen, Indian peasant, Mahatma Gandhi, Lord Mountbatten, and the Constitution of India.
 * 6. Which of the documents are pro-British in nature? Which ones are pro-Indian? **

It will allowed the lower class to choose any type of job and have the right to form/create untions. Also, the India Constitution stopped discrimination against members of the low class and terminate “Untouchability” so that the lower class will not be judged by their job or rank in society.
 * 7. How would Indians in the lowest levels of their society benefit from India’s Constitution as stated in Document H? **

British colonization did have a lasting impact on the people of India because of how Britain took over India. They came in and changed almost everything to their liking. A good source from the given document would be Primary Source D "Indian peasant" because it gives a point a view from an Indian person and how they reacted when the British took over their lands. In the text, it describes how the Indians cannot do certain things because of the British. For example, they cannot cut leaves beyond a certain portion and also they cannot cut down trees to get fuel. Things like that are ridiculous because the British came to their and told them what to do and what not to do. Here is a quote that proves that the British colonization has a lasting impact on India: "In short, all the privileges of village life, as they were twenty years ago, are nowhere to be found now, still the officials hanker after the system of yore when there were everything in abundance and within the reach of the villagers".
 * 8. Using only the information contained in the documents, answer the following question: How would British colonization have a lasting impact on the people of India? Use examples from the documents to support your answer. **

__ Critical Thinking __ British and Indians had very different and diverse cultures, traditions, and religion. For example, the greased rifle cartridges outraged the Indians and resulted in innocent British people dying. When the British came to India, they were acting as if it was their land because of how the British viewed the Indians (an inferior race). That is very harsh and cruel for the Indians to be treated like that, I would be very angered because it was a violation of India and everything they stand for/believe in.
 * 9. What were the causes of the cultural conflict between the British and the Indians? **

Positive effects of British Rule in India would be better transportation, education, improved water systems, and increased better health. Pretty much a huge advancement in modern technologies which helped India greatly. However, some negative effects are: the violation of Indian culture, limiting the freedom of India's people, wars (chaos), and Indians were forbidden to compete with the British when it came to industries.
 * 10. Identify both positive and negative effects of British Rule in India. **

Gandhi's principles were effecting in dealing with a more powerful nation because he believed in fighting for injustice, but not to a point to use violence. He dealt the situation peacefully, which was a smart thing to do because if the two nations went to war, it would be obvious who would win. It is simply an unbalance in power and strength.
 * 11. How were Gandhi’s four general principles effective in dealing with a much more powerful nation? **

Muslims demanded a separate nation because the conflicts between Muslims and Hindus were growing more and more as time passed on to a point where the two had to separate before something bad happened. Also, the rejection of Jinnah's attempt to stand up for the minority stirred a lot of "excitement".
 * 12. For what reasons did Muslims demand a separate nation? **

As I said in question #12, the Hindus and Muslims had a lot of conflicts and fought often, which endangered other people in India. Therefore the India decided to break up in four different nations. The four nations are Pakistan, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, and then Ceylon.
 * 13. Why did the colony of India break up into four separate nations? **

20/20

Imperialism Discussion (Ethan&Jason)
 * __Task #1:__**

The two countries that controlled the largest sections of Africa in 1914 were Britain and France. I think that Britain and France had ownership of large lands in Africa because they were very advanced when it came to industrialization. Also, they had strong economic, cultural, and political power.
 * __Task #2:__**
 * 1) Which countries controlled the largest sections of Africa in 1914? **
 * 2) Why do you think these countries had the largest area of Africa? **

__** Task #3: **__ Watch the video below and continue to add to your notes. Make sure that you include the long term impacts of Colonization as well.

The Berline Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism time period. It consisted of France, Germany, Portugal, Britain, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and the United States, they gathered to discuss about the division of Africa and who takes what. The three outcomes of the Berlin Conference were that if the country wanted to rule a certain territory, that they would have to tell the other sovereign countries to do it. Another outcome is that a nation would have to have good reason that would be effective in order to colonize. The last outcome is that if other nations made treaties with Africa, then it would mean that agreements were made to takeover territory.
 * __Task #4:__**
 * 1) What was the Berlin Conference? **
 * 2) What were the three outcomes of the conference? **

__**Task #5:**__ __ **Key Skill: Analyzing Political Cartoons (ask the teacher for the handout)** __ Look through the 'Images of Imperialism' handout. For // __**each**__ // of the images answer the following questions // __**using evidence from the image**__ // to support your ideas.
 * //NOTE: You really need to analyze why an Artist has used certain images or words. Remember: a picture is worth a 1000 words!!!// **

1) Is this image pro or anti imperialism? How do you know? 2) What views of African and Asians are being communicated in each of the illustrations? 3) What views are being communicated about the British/ Americans in their role as imperialists? 4) What is message is being conveyed by the author about the benefits __ //**OR**// __ costs of imperialism?

No evidence of Task 3. Task 5 is incomplete. 15/30 No Darwin analysis/imperialism table from Feb. 8th: 0/10

Based on the description that Kipling gave us, he thinks that white people are more superior than anyone else, and they look down at them as if they were peasants or slaves.
 * __The White Man Burden Questions (2/6/12):__**
 * 1. What is “The White Man’s Burden” based on Rudyard Kipling’s description in this poem?**

I disagree because how Rudyard Kipling views the undeveloped country is very racist and biased. He favors white people more than anyone else because he thinks that they are better than others, and that is a pure case of both racism and bias.
 * 2. Do you agree or disagree with Kipling’s characterization? Why or why not?**

The tone of this poem shows that Europeans and Americans look down on the rest of the world. They think that they are not educated and dumb. They also think that they are a better nation than any other nation in the world and that other nations need the teachings of Europeans and America.
 * 3. What does this say about the attitude of Europeans and Americans toward the rest of the world during the mid 1800 - early 1900’s? Use specific examples from the poem.**

I do not think that KIS is an example of "The White Man's Burden" because as a school, we do not look down on others and say that they are dumber than us. We do not judge other schools on there education or ways of teaching.
 * 4. Is KIS an example of “The White Man’s Burden” in modern Korean society? Why or why not?**

Questions 2 and 3 are well done, but you have not correctly identified what the "white man's burden" is, nor how this would apply (or not) to KIS. 6/10

No notes pp 304-306, 308 from Feb. 2: 0/10 No DBQ p 307 from Feb. 2: 0/10

The text was about child labor and how children were forced to work. The reason why children were forced to work was because they had small hands and body so they were able to work sow and knit carpets well. From seeing the images, it made me feel odd to see little kids working like that because I am not used to it at all. I am used to seeing adults doing these things not children. Also, because of the hard work that the children were out through, they had the same medical issues as adults did. I assumed many children were either very ill or died because of the labor. Fortunately in the 1930's child labor was finally abolished.
 * __Photo Essay (1/20/12):__**

The Industrial Revolution and the urbanization that accompanied it have been a mixed blessing because at the time, the country was excelling while individuals were suffering. With the lack of medical aid, diseases and illnesses were attacking people to a point where the life span was reduced to 17 years, that's before a person can even be an adult. Also, factories were being created so fast that it put more work and burden on the laborers. Because factories were being made quickly, it demanded more people into the location which eventually resulted into overpopulation of the city. Overpopulation of the city means less everything; less food, less medical assistance, less healthy people. The only thing striving was the country, and not the people in it. It must have been very hard and struggling for the people to adapt to such an environment in such little time.
 * __Textbook Pages 289-294 Question (1/20/12):__**
 * -The Industrial Revolution, and the urbanization that accompanied it, have been described as a mixed blessing. To what extent to you agree with this statement? **

(This is a pdf file so all you have to do is zoom the image by pressing the '+' button and scroll sideways)
 * The Impact of Facebook:**

There are many reasons why Napoleon's empire collapsed. For one, he made horrible mistakes such as trying to invade Russia, which was a complete fail. He sent about 600,000 soldiers to fight in the war, and only 25,000 returned, his army was wiped out. Also, while other nations around him were getting stronger, his mental state of mind was becoming worse and worse. Because of his mental state, the decisions he made were very poor and unwise.
 * __The Congress of Vienna Questions 4-5:__**
 * 4. Why did Napoleon's empire collapse?**

The reason why they called the meeting (Congress of Vienna) was to create peace throughout Europe that would last for many years. This included three things: To make sure that the French would not attack another country again, a balance of power in which no nation was too strong, and lastly, to put kings back in charge of the countries from which they has been removed from.
 * 5. What were the goals of the Congress of Vienna?**

(Glogster was not working at the time, so I used Pages to create my poster)
 * __Glogster Poster: Peter I The Great__**

Why would you include an image of a tank (not yet invented), or an American penny (different country)? How do these things (eg creating coins, expanding the military, creating St. Petersburg) make him "enlightened"??? 7.5/10


 * __Absolutism:__**

In Europe, Absolutism was a theory of kingship in which the monarch ruled a concentrated state with absolute authority. At the time, the monarch had complete control in economics, religion, and politics.
 * 1. What is absolutism?**

In France, Bossuet proclaimed that absolute power could only be given by the divine right of kings, which is an authority given directly by God. So basically, because the divine right of kings is power given directly God, going against or challenging the monarch was equivalent to challenging God. Which was a very bad mistake to make in that time.
 * 2. Explain the justification for absolutism referred to as the 'divine right of kings'.**

Three things caused the rise of Absolutism in Europe: the Bureaucracy, the Protestant Reformation, and the money/wealth that was being made by mercantile policy. Also, because of the devastating and catastrophic events that occurred in the 14th century caused and convinced the people to accept a new monarch.
 * 3. List the causes of the rise of Absolutism in Europe.**

**4. Explain briefly how absolutism developed in**
 * **Spain-** When the Protestant Reformation started, it threatened Charles V and his Catholic’s kingdom (to divide it). However, when Charles V’s son, Philip II succeeded him, he simply used the divine of right kings theory to protect his power and authority.


 * **France-** Absolutism started to happen in France partially because of response to a rebellious aristocracy. Specifically the Fronde Revolts which occurred in the mid-17th century.


 * **England-** England’s way of developing absolutism was completely different from the other country’s because they used it to there advantage to improve their power and the lives of the countrymen. Also, James I came up next to rule but he caused many problems because of the poor choices he made and how he ruled his country.


 * **Russia-** Russia used their development of absolutism to improve their industries and military in the 1700s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBssXdQthX4
 * __Speed Dating: Immanuel Kant__**

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1) The nickname "Bald Rat" was given to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was a Japanese peasant soldier. 2) Japan wanted/hoped to build there empire in China. 3) Japan was stopped by Korea's turtle boats, which blew them out of the water and stopped all of Japan's plans. 4) The Japanese didn't try again because of Toyotomi Hideoyoshi death, therefore the new general closed China's doors so that they were isolated from rest of the world.

This map shows the countries that have more than 1 million Muslims, and as you can see, Indonesia has the most with 202.9 Muslims, then comes Pakistan and Bangladesh. At first, I was pretty blown away with the amount of Muslims that these countries had. I though that Pakistan would have the most, but surprisingly, Indonesia was the one. Even the smaller circles have about 20-90 million Muslims! Also, as shown, all these countries that have a high population of Muslims are pretty close to China, which I think is one of the main reasons why 21.7 Muslims live there.
 * __China's Age of Exploration II__**

Zheng He was a very good leader to China at the time. He helped China a lot when it came to education, teaching languages, and building strong relationships with other countries so that they didn't have any enemies. He also went on 7 voyages so that he can discover and find new lands. He traveled on ship to the East coast of China, Singapore/Malaysia area, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Africa. He accomplished a lot of good for China.

__**See, Think, Wonder: 9/21/11**__ See: I see two men trying to reach for each other. Think: I think this painting has a big impact in religion, most likely Christianity. Wonder: I wonder why the younger man looks like he isn't trying that hard to reach for the older man, while the older man is.

For the first map, it is basically comparing the sizes between the Santa Maria and the leviathan ships that were launched from China. Obviously, the ships that were sent from China were a lot bigger in size compared to the Santa Maria. The difference in feet between the two ships are huge, as shown in the picture given. We would need about 4 more ships to make the two ships equal in length, and about 9 more ships in width.
 * __ China's Golden Age Map Observations __**

From looking at the map, I know that during the time the names of different countries were different compared to the names today. For instance, they use the word "Kingdom", but today we just use the name of the country like Hungary or France .Also, it shows how the countries were divided and the different lands. To me, this map is very different from the maps we study in class and see in textbooks.

For the third map, I can easily identify the different dynasties that ruled the lands during the time. The time range is from 1000 BCE to present, and I can see that overtime, the territory that the dynasties owned slowly increased. I am guessing this is because they explored more lands as over time. The territorial lands expanded quite rapidly, which is very interesting to observe.

The Silk Road map shows where the Silk Route traveled to. It went through many countries such as China, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan, and Kazakhstan.

This GIF shows the population in 1400 and 1600 in Europe. From observation, I can see that there are a lot of red squares compared to blue squares. Which usually happens when 200 years, especially in a place like Europe. Also, there are some red markings, and no blue markings near it. That means that people discovered new lands over time and settled there. A lot of people settled in Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, and in Germany (also the neighboring countries near Germany).

The sixth picture show a bird's-eye view on Beijing's City Wall. As you can see, it is very organized and simple. I think it would be easy to get around in Beijing during the time. Temples surrounded the area and the Forbidden City was deep in the Beijing City Wall. It is pretty common that something as important as the Forbidden City would be hidden in the heart of everything else.

If the Great Wall of China was 6,4000 km long, then it would stretch out all the way into the Western side of Asia. Which is also the Middle Eastern area such as Iran or Afghanistan, maybe even Iraq or part of Europe.

Zhu Di wanted Beijing's observatory to be located at "0" degree so that China could have more chances and opportunities to explore and discover more land. However, Zhu Di's plan didn't go the way he wanted to and instead had Greenwich, England to have the "honor" of being the location for Beijing's observatory.

The Grand Canal was a man-made river that was used to export things like rice, grain, and other resourceful foods/items. In the text below the picture, it says that "The Grand Canal and the Forbidden city were engineering marvels of the 15th century, and HUGE accomplishments for a a single ruler" and those accomplishments weren't even his greatest ones. Which completely proves how good of a leader China had during that time. Anyways, while they were building the Great Canal, they needed a lot of things such a workers, and supplies like bricks. The Temple of Heaven was also built more efficiently because of the use of the Great Canal. It had a huge impact on China's lands and the things the people built.


 * __World History Islam Maps Sentences__**

The maps showed two empires, the Abbasid Empire and the Ummayyad Empire. I am guessing that one of the empires over threw the other and the last map shows the territories that the different caliphs/empires owned.


 * Resources For My Family History**
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 * Event: My Birth**


 * Written Source:**

This is a picture of my birth certificate that I got from Chicago, which was where I was born. I was born on November 8th, 1996 at around 4 AM.

This is an actual hospital shirt that I wore at the time of my birth.
 * Unwritten Source:**


 * Interview:**

Ethan, please use the blue bar button on the edit toolbar to draw a line between assignments. Please also date your work, and number your answers.

See my comments below:

1. Hogsflesh had to walk through the streets wearing only a shirt, a strip of linen around this waste, and shoes, while carrying a faggot. Basically, this article is telling us that he is getting punished for heretical beliefs. So had to climb onto a state platform and declare what ha has done. He did this 3-4 times at the Midhurst Market on November 19, Lewes Market on November 21, and lastly on November 22. After that, he had to join in the religious procession at Chichester Cathedral, and still carry the faggot to complete his punishment.
 * The Many Hats of a Historian Questions:**

You have not answered the second part of the question.

2. The roles of a historian defined by John Arnold are report what the historian finds and then tell the world about your discovery or the past. Also, they need to find flaws that other historians have and not perform the same mistakes that other historians might make. I think that other roles of a historian should be to be curious and to never listen to what other scientists/historians say unless there is hard evidence proving it. I hope current historians and future historians makes less of these kinds of mistakes, by assuming false things and telling the whole world about it when it’s not even true. It also manipulates (in a way) what people think about whatever you discovered.

Arnold identifies many more roles. I like what you say about historians being curious. Would that fall under Arnold's "detective" role?

3. “Treating their sources with fidelity” means to not assume false information and always get your information from a solid source and/or hard evidence. Throughout history, people have made mistakes like this many times before. One time, in Biology class I heard that someone “thought” that rats came out of nowhere if you leave dirty underwear out in the open. When actually the rat came from inside the house or outside the house. And they thought that the rat came from nowhere for quite a long time, which in my opinion, I think is very silly.

Good answer.

4. A single event can be interpreted in many, many different ways. However, it depends on who is interpreting it because the person might have different interests than others and focus more on that specific interest. So two people might be researching about World War II. The first person might be more interested in the number of casualties while the other person looks more into the logical things about the war like why it started and how. Right now, I cannot think of an event in my life where historians would interpret it in different point of views. Maybe a fight between me and a friend. Lots of different people will have many different opinions on that subject.

Hmm... you need to think of a specific event from your life.

5. So for this question, I talked to my good friend from California, Tim. I asked him about all the memories we had back in the day (the good old days), and he went on and on. But one in particular stood out to both of us. On the last day of school, me, Tim, and 4 other friends were walking to the mall. We were super happy and excited because Summer was coming up and that meant no homework, school, and a lot of friend time! So then we arrived at the mall and we were walking in and out of stores because we got bored after about 2 hours of the mall. Then one of the mall cops thought we were stealing things. I don’t blame the man because if I were a mall cop and I saw a bunch of teenage boys with backpacks walking into stores for 40 minutes, I’d be on the watch. Anyways, while we were walking out of the store, he yelled ,”HEY KIDS, COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!”. And were were scared to death, so we did what normal teenagers would do, run for our lives. We ran like there was no tomorrow. Now that I look back at it, at the time we thought we didn’t do anything wrong, so I am not sure why we ran. But after what felt like 5 miles of running, we thought we lost the mall cop and hid in the bathroom. Then I guess one of my friends felt guilty and pulled out a CD. I can’t quite remember what it was but I think it was a Kanye West CD. So our facial expressions went from gasping for air, to angry/upset/disappointed because we thought we didn’t do anything wrong. So we went outside and tried to find the mall cop (it wasn’t that hard) and told him it was our friend who did it without us knowing about it. So then the friend got in trouble and we were free to go. If there is meaning to history, then the historian shouldn’t be completely objective because it might affect the how they research history and what not.

Good answer.

6. Some problems that might arise when studying subjective are that the historian might get too personal and that can greatly impact his studies or anything like that. Subjective history can be beneficial because it can sometimes help a historian. This is because the historian can get very passionate about his work and really put in 120%. Also, people from the the later years can look at the history. I remembered my event with ease because it was a pretty crazy and funny story. I think I will remember that event for many years, if not my whole life. Same thing with my friend, he remembered it easily because it was crazy and funny to him also. This tells me that history can be very fun and interesting. Now I can see why historians love what they do, and why they get excited over history. I thought it was sort of crazy at first but now I understand!

Good answer.

7. Every historian is a storyteller because they tell the world about the discovery they made, or something in history that they thought was fascinating. In my opinion, I think we can’t always trust historians because everyone could be wrong about something, it is bound to happen at least once to all historians. For example, scientists have made many mistakes, they told the world false things and that made the world believe that for many years. But they can be wrong. Even people who work at NASA make mistakes, stupid mistakes in fact. I heard that they were about to launch something into space, but they forgot to convert the measurements because the US goes by inches and feet. They had to convert to meters and centimeters. So there calculations were way off and they blew millions of dollars.

Really? Does that mean we shouldn't "trust them"?

8. After reading this article, my view of history and the people who study it has changed tremendously. I thought that history was just memorizing dates and important events that took place throughout history. Boy was I wrong about that. I will now approach history more seriously and study very hard because it is not just about memorizing, not anymore.

Okay.

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