World War I Intro

Based on your understanding of the reading and the first few videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• How entangled alliances caused the war to extend beyond the Balkans.
• How tensions surrounding imperialism helped lead to war (especially after the Germans got involved).
• How countries outside the two opposing alliances (e.g. Bulgaria, Turkey, Japan, U.S.,) got involved in the conflict.
• How industrialization affected the course of war.

Imperialism Part I

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• The various motives of imperialism, including economic, political, and cultural.
• How various European countries competed for space in Africa, and how the Berlin Conference was an attempt to solve some of the resulting problems.
• How European rule affected autonomy and politics in non-western nations.

Decline of the Ottoman Empire

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• Reasons why the Ottomans lost territory
• Sources of economic decline in the Ottoman Empire
• How the rise of Muhammad Ali in Egypt challenged Ottoman political power
• Successes and failures of Ottoman reforms
• Who supports and who opposes Ottoman reforms and why.
• How Europe benefits from European decline.

China: Ming and Qing Dynasties

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• CCOT: Examples of continuity AND change between period 3 (c. 600-1450 C.E.) and period 4 (c. 1450-1750 C.E.) China

Comparison: Compare how Ming and Qing approached outside governments and cultures.

Gunpowder Empires: Safavid and Mughal Empires

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• Compare political and military power in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
• Compare degree of religious tolerance in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
• Compare role of women in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires

Gunpowder Empires Part I

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• The general background of peoples populating the gunpowder empires.
• The role of women in society (e.g. harem politics).
• Factors leading the rise of the gunpowder empires.
• Examples of continuity and change between the Ottoman empires and the central Asian empires from Period 3 (600-1450 C.E.).

Absolutism in Russia

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• Ways in which Russian society differed from Western Europe.
• How the early Russian Czars attempted to control the nobility.  
• How Peter the Great expanded and Westernized Russia
• The extent to which Catherine the Great was influenced by Enlightenment ideas.