Global Studies Summer
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South & S.E. Asia / East Asia / Russia / Syllabus / Index
Virtual Summer School: Curriculum

South and Southeast Asia

Assignment #1: the map
a. Read pp194 to 202.
b. Use the map on pages 196-197 to label the outline map: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Label the capital cities, surrounding water bodies, rivers, physical features, and the Tropic of Cancer.
c. Print off the outline map, click HERE

Assignment #2
-Read p213-215, In your notebook, answer these questions:
a. What caused the Sepoy Mutiny?
b. Identify: imperialism, nationalism. 
c. Read pp 205-210, then draw a chart in your notebook and provide background information on each of these three religions.
 Religions   List three main ideas about each of these three religions
 Hinduism 1
 		 2
 		 3
 
 Buddhism 1
 		 2
 		 3
 
 Sikhism 1
 		 2
 		 3
 


Assignment #3
a. Read 215-217,  Use a compare and contrast form and use both your textbook and also internet sites to compare and contrast Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. (Note: you need five entries in each contrast and compare).
b. Read pp220-221, In your notebook, explain the religious and cultural differences between India and Pakistan. Then explain their differences over the territory of Kashmir.
c. On page 226, it says that "the U. S. cut off military aid to Pakistan" in 1991, but why did the U. S. decide to become friends with Pakistan after Sept 11, 2001?(Check the internet). Email your answer to Mr. Gaffey at -the question: Why did the U. S. decide to become friends with Pakistan after Sept 11, 2001?  wgaffey@pa.net

Assignment #4
Examine important water resources in this area of the world. Use your dogpile search engine to find information about these three:
 Water Resource

 Where is it located?

 Why is it important?

 Mekong River Dam
 		  
SardarSarovar
 		  
 Tonle Sap
 		  

Assignment #5-
a. Trace United States involvement in the Vietnam War by reading pp 226-228 and by using your dogpile search engine to find information about these:

 The United States and the Vietnam War

 What was it?

 What part did it play in the United States involvement in the Vietnam War?
 Dien Bien Phu
 		  
 My Lai
 		  
 Tonkin Gulf Resolution
 		  
 Agent Orange
 		  

b. Examine and be able to explain this political cartoon which appeared in the Chicago Sun Times in 1973.
Assignment #6
a. Read p226-229, in your notebook, identify: Viet Cong, Saigon, MIA, genocide, Khmer Rouge, Corazon Aquino, coalition government.

b. Read pp 213-221, What is colonialism?


Assignment #7
1-Photo ID
2-What influence did these three men have on this area of the world?

Assignment #8:

1- Review the map and the completed assignments in your notebook from this unit. Have you completed all the assignments?
2- Take the South and S. E. Asia Unit Quiz using your map and notebook
-On the right hand side of the page, select Take a Quiz and click on ‘Take Your Teacher's Quiz.’
 -On the upper right go to Students and Parents ‘Login here’ and click
 -On this page choose ‘single class login’
 -On this page, use the Classword  and the password that you were given 
 -click on  quiz for this unit
 f- You do not need to print out the results, they will be sent to me automatically by the quizlab.com website. You must take the  quiz for this unit at least twice, or until you get 100%. quizlab.com will send me the result each time you take the quiz.
 g-Taking the quiz: choose an answer by clicking on one of the small circles that you feel is correct; then click on "Check It"; this will take you to the next question; meanwhile in the upper right hand corner, quizlab tells you if the choice was correct or incorrect; if the choice is incorrect, quizlab will provide the correct answer. Students should keep notes in their notebook on the correct responses for questions that they might have missed. Taking the test over and over helps the student retain the correct answers by taking notes. Repetition increases retention!