Brain Jogger

Exploration...

Colonization...

Complete the Venn diagram. You need at least three points for each

Same...

Questions with Map

• Use a partner to answer the questions together. If you are just copying, you will work on your own.

• Turn in the completed sheet into your period’s tub.

Brain Jogger

1. Which country/empire had the second largest empire?

2. Where did the French concentrate their empire?

3. What part of South America did the Spanish concentrate on?

Spanish Empire

Northwest Africa, Southeast Asia

Western South America

Empire:

• A system in which a central power controls a number of territories or colonies

Empire People Involved Locations Controlled

Portugal Prince Henry-

Bartolomeu Diaz-

Vasco de Gama-

Africa, India, South Pacific Islands, Brazil

Spain

England Capt. James Cook-(pg.159)-

France

Empire People Involved Locations Controlled

Portugal Africa, India, South Pacific Islands, Brazil

Spain

England

France

Prince Henry-

Bartolomeu Diaz-

Vasco de Gama-

Brain Jogger

• Tell me about a time when you explored something. This can be any type of exploration. Also, what was the result of your exploration?

• Definition: Explore-To examine something for the first time.

Shoulder Buddy

• Get with a Shoulder Buddy and compare your exploration stories.

• What is similar about your stories?

European History

Exploration to Empire Building

Need for Resources

and Markets

Exploration Colonization Empire Building

Exploration and Colonization

What were the main causes of Exploration?

• Finding New Trade Routes to Asia– Market for their goods– Wanted to increase wealth

• Desire for Natural Resources– Gold, Silk, & Spices

• Spreading Christianity– (Catholic)

• The Glory– The fame

Think, Pair, Share?

• Think: Which of these four reasons was the biggest reason for exploration?

• Pair: Shoulder Buddies• Share: With the Class

What were the main causes of Exploration?

• Contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator– From Portugal– School for Explorers:

Navigational tools and equipment (mapmaking)

– Sponsored people to explore

– Not really an explorer himself

Ticket Out the Door: 3,2,1

• 3 reasons for exploration• 2 resources wanted by Europeans• 1 person with a large responsibility

for starting European exploration.

(just write answers)

Brain Jogger• Why was Prince Henry so important to

European exploration?

What are the causes of colonization?

• Market for goods• Natural resources• Spread of Christianity

Exploration to Empire Building

Need for Resources

and Markets

Exploration Colonization Empire Building

Brain Jogger

1. Who colonized Australia?2. Who colonized India?

(Use your maps from yesterday to answer?)

Also, make sure you have one colored pencil that is not the same as the one you used yesterday.

Empire Building(1400s-1900s)

British Empire 1919

French Empire

Portuguese Empire

Spanish Empire

Scramble for Africa

Scramble for Africa

The competition for resources in Africa to be used in industry.

Competition in Asia

The competition for resources also spread to Asia!

Asian Competition

Causes of World War I

• Natural Resources• Nationalism– The love of one’s

country• Militarism– Using strong armies

and threat of War• Alliances– Agreement between

countries

Let’s Act it out! (map page 348)

• Setting: WWI:1907-1914• Characters:– Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy– Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, and Russia

• Plot:– Serbia wanted control of Bosnia and Herzegovina– Serb shot Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian

throne– Russian supported Serbia and Germany supported

Austria-Hungary and other alliances joined in!

Warm-up 9/29 Turn in Homework on the table…NO you cannot go to your locker!• What was the “Scramble for Africa”?• How do you think Nationalism contributed to

WWI?• What were the two sides during WWI?• What was the time period for WWI?

The Russian Revolution 1917

• Czar: absolute ruler of Russia• Russians struggled to get what they needed

during the war• Riots erupted• The Czar is overthrown• Vladimir Lenin and the Communists take

control through violence

Vladimir Lenin

Czar Nicolas II

The Soviet Union

• Joseph Stalin takes over in the 1920s and Russia is now known as the Soviet Union.

The War Ends

1. Armistice was signed– Armistice: an agreement to stop fighting

2. January 1919 Allied Powers met at the Paris Peace conference

3. The Treaty of Versailles– Germany had to admit blame for war– Germany Lost territory– Germany had to pay for damages

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Pro Treaty: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian Foreign Minister Giorgio Sonnino, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and U.S. president Woodrow Wilson

Protest outside the Paris Peace conference…What language is on the posters?

Worldwide Depression

• Roaring 20s- celebration and positive outlook following the war.

• 1929-Stock market Crashes• Farmland had been destroyed during WWI• Job Loss, Businesses closed, loss of land• Let’s read Mr. Jones’ Story in the coach book

on page 165…sound familiar?

Warm up 10/13

• Blue book page 163, #s: 419-421.• Turn in your homeroom work from yesterday

on the table, if you have not already.• Make sure you write down homework for

tonight: In your textbook: Page 361, Define/Identify and #: 1-3.

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Rise of Nazism

• Review Treaty of Versailles• How do you think Germany was doing after

WWI?• Adolf Hitler offers a solution with his Nazi Party:– Blame the Treaty– Blame the Jewish People

• Why do you think Hitler blamed the Jewish People?

Let’s Review!

• Timeline on page 168 in Blue book!• What were the effects of World War I?• How do you think these contributed to the

start of World War II?

World War II1939-1945

Rise of Dictators

Germany- Adolf Hitler Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin

Hitler• 1930s- unite the German race• Builds up military and weapons• 1938-German soldiers march on Austria• September 1, 1939- Invasion of Poland

The SidesAllies– Britain– France– U.S.

• December 7, 1941• Pearl Harbor

– Other European Countries

Axis– Japan– Germany– Italy

The End

• 1942: Germany tries to capture the Soviet City of Stalingrad and fails

• 1943: Allies capture Italian island of Sicily• 1944: D-Day: Invasion of Normandy in

Northern France.• April 30th: Hitler Commits suicide• 1945:U.S. drops atomic bomb over Japan

Warm-up 10/19• Why did Hitler focus on

the Jewish people during the Holocaust?

• What was a consequence of WWII?

• Explain the political cartoon (2 sentences):

Effects of World War II

• Partition of Germany• The Rise of Super Powers• The Cold War

Partition of Germany

• Germany is divided by the Allies: U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union and France.

Super Powers: countries with power that can be used over other countries

United States• Possession of Nuclear

Weapons• Capitalism: citizens control

the economy• Democracy: citizens elect

leaders

Soviet Union• Possession of Nuclear

Weapons• Communism: government

controls the economy• Dictatorship: citizens do not

have influence over government

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Warm-up 10/21

• What is a super power?• What two countries were super powers after

World War II? Why?• What did these two powers disagree about?

Cold War Vocabulary

• Communism• Capitalism• Iron Curtain• Arms Race• Berlin Wall• NATO• Bloc

Warm-up 10/22

• What is a bloc and what were the two blocs during the Cold War?

• Why was the Cold War “cold”?• What is the difference between communism

and capitalism?• What divided eastern and western Europe

during the Cold War?

The Cold War 1945-1990

Western bloc• U.S., France, Great Britain,

Italy, Canada, Netherlands, West Germany

• Capitalism• Democracy• Want to reunite Germany

Eastern bloc• Soviet Union, Ukraine,

Poland, East Germany• Communism• Dictatorship• Want control of the

countries behind the iron curtain

The Collapse of the Soviet Union

• SU’s economy is failing.– Let’s list some reasons why…

• Mikhail Gorbachev- leader of SU, begins to reduce government control.

• 1989 the Berlin Wall is torn down and Germany is reunified. (German Reunification)

• Let’s Watch this in action: SU in Transition