Friday, May 29, 2009

HW 5/29 Ch. 36, Sec. 4

RRMINDER: Ms. Hanemann will NOT be holding a Regents Review this Saturday despite the calendar that was distributed to you. Please do not attend Saturday's review session.

Read Chapter 36, Section 4 in your textbook and take notes as you read. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Monday, 6/1

Thursday, May 28, 2009

HW 5/28 Ch. 36, Sec. 3

Read Chapter 36, Section 3 in your textbook and take notes on the reading. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Friday 5/29

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

HW 5/27 Ch. 36, Sec. 2

Hi Kids!

Sorry that I was absent today-- not feeling so well. Please make sure that you are washing your hands regularly and taking care of yourselves!

Read Chapter 36, Section 2 in your textbook and take notes on the reading. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas in your notes.

Due: Thursday 5/28

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

HW 5/26 Ch. 36 Sec. 1

Read Chapter 36, Section 1 in your textbook and take notes on the reading. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas

Due: Wednesday, 5/27

Monday, May 18, 2009

Study Guide: Cold War

Exam: Cold War

Friday, May 22, 2009

Those who do not attend school on Friday for the exam date will be subject to a make up exam different from the original exam. It is advisable to be present on the day of the original exam. You have been warned.

Terms to Know:

Cold War
Yalta Agreement
Potsdam Conference
Containment
Iron Curtain
Proxy War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Satellite Nations
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Brinkmanship
Command Economy vs. Free Market Economy
Berlin Wall
Domino Theory
Korean War
Vietnam War
Prague Sping (1956 Hungarian Uprising)
"Hot Spots"
-Cuban Missle Crisis
-Bay of Pigs
-Nicaragua & Daniel Ortega
-Guatemala *& United Fruit Company
-Afghanistan
-Space Race
-Arms Race
-Chile
-Congo
-Suez Canal Crisis
Nikita Krushchev
Brehznev Doctrine
Mikhail Gorbachev
Glastnost
Perestroika
Solidarity
Boris Yeltsin

Questions to Consider as you prepare for the exam:

1. Was the Cold War actually a "cold war"? Explain.

2. How did the Soviet Union establish control over Eastern Europe?

3. Explain the policy of containment and at least 2 ways that it was executed.

4. To what extent was the Korean and/or Vietnamese Conflicts results of the Cold War?

5. How did Cold War rivalries impact developing nations?

6. To what extent was a war of economic philosophies?

7. How did Gorbachev's policies lead to the break up of the Soviet Union?

8. How were Cold War tensions reflected in Latin America?


Exam Format:

Multiple Choice
Short Answer

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

HW 5/13 Ch. 35, Sec. 4

Read Chapter 35, Section 4 in your textbook and take notes on the reading. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Friday, May 15

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

HW 5/12 Ch. 35, Sec. 3

Read Chapter 35, Section 3 in your textbook and take notes. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Wednesday 5/13 (Period 7) or Thursday 5/14 (Period 8)

Monday, May 11, 2009

HW 5/11 Ch. 33, Sec 5

Read Chapter 33, Section 5 in your textbook and take notes. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Tuesday, 5/12

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

HW 5/8 Ch. 33, Sec. 4

Read Chapter 33, Section 4 in your textbook. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas.

Due: Monday, 5/11

* Regents Prep this coming week will be on Unit 3 from the Prentice Hall book. Check Castle Learning for a multiple choice review of concepts from this Unit.

HW 5/6 Ch. 33, Sec. 3

Read Chapter 33, Section 3 in your textbook and take notes as you read. Be sure to include main ideas and key terms

Due: Friday, 5/8

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

HW 5/5 SRF and Reading on Agreements

1. Read the document "First Meeting of Foreign Ministers, London, September 11- October 2, 1945" and decide which agreements that were made at Yalta and at Potsdam were achieved, and which continued to be a struggle.

2. Complete the SRF on the back of your Yalta/Potsdam chart using the following documents:
Wallace's Letter Opposing Containment
Yalta Agreement
Potsdam Conference
Meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers

Link to Yalta Agreement and Potsdam Conference Documents (Yalta is first, then you have to scroll down for Potsdam)

Friday, May 1, 2009

HW 5/1 Ch. 33 Sec.1

Read Chapter 33, Section 1 in your textbook and take notes as you read. Be sure to include key terms and main ideas to help you understand the reading.

Due: Monday, 5/4