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Sabin Kim's Unit 1 Family History Assignment

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=Absolutism in Europe= ==== 1) What is absolutism? Absolutism is as it's name implies, an absolute power held by one person of all the resources of a country or a piece of land. The ruler was not a subject to any types of laws and it was preferred from 15th to 18th century ==== ==== 2) Explain the justification for absolutism referred to as the 'divine right of kings'. That was due to the fact that this type of government was shown a lot in the Bible and in ancient civilizations, and since king was a rep of God of on Earth, King was something like a god ==== ==== 3) List the causes of the rise of Absolutism in Europe. People wanted a strong central power for peace, Papal and church's powers weakened due to protestant reformation that it gave a standable ground for absolutism ==== ==== 4) In your opinion, is absolutism a good way to rule? Can you think of a situation where it might be a positive thing? There were originally two main ways of government, Democracy and Dictatorship (Absolutism) I believe that it should be in between. The ruler should be able to have no duration restrictions if people keeps on voting for them ====

=Unit 3 occupy wall street=

=Explorer's Journal=
 * 1) **Why have people decided to Occupy Wall Street, and other financial areas in major cities the world over? To prevent the rich people from monopolizing the flow of money and 1% people have 80% of all the money**
 * 2) **Who might oppose those who are occupying Wall Street or demonstrating? Why are they opposing them? The opposition might be people who succeeded by themselves by working hard who did not get money from others**

Port 1 Port 2
 * What possible rewards might come from exploring the seas for new lands? We can get new lands, food, spices, glory, valuable minerals, and we can spread words about god
 * What are the risks involved in embarking on a voyage into the unknown? There might be weird and scary monsters and also, we might get lost there or aliens
 * What will you do if you actually run into other people? I would take them out and steal their land and make sure that they do not come back ever again
 * Compass - The compass can be used to tell which way is North or South. There are two pointers with one facing North and the other South. You can also deduct where East and West is as well. You make a compass by putting a magnet in a low friction environment.
 * Map of Vespucci who traveled to Caribbean, Da Gama who traveled around the African continent and Magellan whose crew sailed around the world.[[image:The_World_Sabin.png width="800" height="554"]]

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The causes of the African slavery was that the European people of Americans needed a lot of people to work at their farms. Since the easiest place to get lots of workforce with extremely cheap price was African continent without having to pay them even once

The triangular trade was the trade in between three places which was Americas, Europe and Africa. First, the Americas sent Europe the raw goods that could be relatively easily found in the country. Then the Europe processed it and sent it to the Slave-gatherers in Africa who hunted slaves and sent to the Americas where it was needed the most

The consequences of the slave trading was that while it improved the economy of Americas and Europe, that did not have any sort of positive effects for the Africans who were or were not sent away. That is so because only the old people were left in Africa and all the strong and young people were abused and almost all of them will have a chance to return home ever again

Oct/07/2011

=China a Missed opportunity=

Holy Roman Emperor - Go south to Venice and ride a ship down to Egypt. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

Emperor of Byzantium - Take a ship at the nearest port and go East in the Mediterranean. Land east of delta When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

Doge of Venice - Take a ship to get out of Adriatic Sea. Continue South-East until you see Egypt. Land east of delta. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

England, France, Castille, Portugal - Take a ship to get into the Mediterranean sea. Go east until you reach Egypt Land east of delta. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

I can infer from this map that Yuan dynasty was more like a Mongolian country rather than a Chinese Dynasty. If Yuan is a Chinese Dynasty, then it was the largest and larger than current China, I believe that Ming was the second biggest

There were about 50,000 people living in London by the 1400s so if I multiply that by 50, then it becomes 2,500,000 people.

I can still find the water running through west of the forbidden city as it did a long time ago. The change I see are that the city of Beijing was extremely enlarged and while roads were made beside it. no major changes were made to the actual structural design

The end of the wall would be somewhere in Tajikistan or Turkmenistan

Korea, Japan, Nepal, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Italy and Egypt

Zhu Di and the Chinese took the quite different approach from European nations who liked to fight and conquer. What Zhu Di liked to do was: Bribery, Trade, Influence and Association which was a lot more safer that the European method

There were a lot of things that Zhu Di did to make Beijing the intellectual capital. Some of the Efforts were libraries with every known subject and He had two advisers who was appointed with 2180 scholars to preserve all known literatures and knowledge. That created 4000 volumes of books in 50,000,000 characters. He also had 120 people to gather thoughts on people from 12th and 13th century.

Zhu Di a series of ill-conceived decrees, He was plagued by other indignities and misfortunes. He had suffered a series of strokes during the previous four years and was being treated with an elixir containing arsenic and mercury that was probably poisoning him. Shortly before the great fire, he had also been thrown from his charger. So he did not know what was going on

Construction of Forbidden city, Grand Canal, treasure ships and repairs of Great wall has strain on economy, rebellion because of chopping trees, took care of rebellion and texts. Another dude called Le L'oi who started another rebellion, guerilla battles, Mongolians did not pay and Zhu Di died on the journey

The Treasure Ships were giant ships that were used to collect tributes and trading so if the Treasure ships were gone, the contact would be gone as well. Since the Chinese navy was the strongest, other countries could get better navies while not being bothered by the Chinese
 * Author || Tokugawa Shogun who was the strongest person on Japan ||
 * Place and Time || Japan 1635 ||
 * Prior Knowledge || The Emperor of Japan was considered god and that was the reason why everybody followed him ||
 * Audience || Officials administrating the busy port of Nagasaki ||
 * Reason || To prevent of spread of Christianity which will make the disbelief of the Emperor as the god that will undermine the order of Japan ||
 * The Main Idea || To close off the country of Japan from the world to stop Christians coming in ||
 * Significance || This shows that the rulers of Japan were very afraid of things deviating from their original culture ||
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Sep/29/2011

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Aug/31/2011

I believe that Europe gained dominance over the world because of the Renaissance. The knowledge bloomed during the Renaissance so the weapons and transportations system improved. Musket rifles and sail ships in those days were considered as we now view laser guns and space ships. This made a huge gap in between countries in Europe and and underdeveloped countries. The guns boosted up the percentage of victories against the aboriginal populations. Thus it made colonization easier against the foes that use

Sep/23/2011

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 * 1) **Reproduce the chart below and put it into your wikispace. Create a separate page for it by using the  . Title it by YOUR NAME CLASS BLOCK INFORMATION**

=HomeWork=

Due Oct/07/2011

Holy Roman Emperor - Go south to Venice and ride a ship down to Egypt. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

Emperor of Byzantium - Take a ship at the nearest port and go East in the Mediterranean. Land east of delta When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

Doge of Venice - Take a ship to get out of Adriatic Sea. Continue South-East until you see Egypt. Land east of delta. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

England, France, Castille, Portugal - Take a ship to get into the Mediterranean sea. Go east until you reach Egypt Land east of delta. When you reach there, cross a bit of land and buy another ship to Gulf of Suez get out of the red sea then hug the coastline around India until you get to East China

I can infer from this map that Yuan dynasty was more like a Mongolian country rather than a Chinese Dynasty. If Yuan is a Chinese Dynasty, then it was the largest and larger than current China, I believe that Ming was the second biggest

There were about 50,000 people living in London by the 1400s so if I multiply that by 50, then it becomes 2,500,000 people.

I can still find the water running through west of the forbidden city as it did a long time ago. The change I see are that the city of Beijing was extremely enlarged and while roads were made beside it. no major changes were made to the actual structural design

The end of the wall would be somewhere in Tajikistan or Turkmenistan

Korea, Japan, Nepal, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Italy and Egypt

Due Oct/05/2011

Questions: 1. On what philosophical assumptions are the Hongwu emperor’s words and actions based? That the things that they are supposed to enforce were not abided by themselves which is about Confucious 2. Do you think that his actions will solve the problems he refers to? Why or why not? Yes I believe so because that is the only solution to make people listen or others are not going to do so

1. Does the emperor’s approach to solving the problem of evil behavior in this excerpt differ from that in the first? If so, how? Yes. The first emperor tried to force the punishment before another chance but this emperor gave people another chance 2. On what philosophical assumptions are Hongwu’s words here based? Think Chinese philosophy. That people should not be hypocritical 3. As an official, what would be your reaction to the emperor’s admonitions? I’d be either be thankful or think that emperor does have the guts to carry out the punishment 4. The emperor clearly holds himself up as a model of self-restraint for his officials to emulate. As an official, how would you take this? I’d follow him thinking that more privileged person is showing more moral behaviour 5. Would your reaction be changed if you suddenly learned that the Hongwu emperor had dozens of concubines and consorts, with whom he fathered twenty-six sons and sixteen daughters? Yes I would since he did lie and he was being extremely hypocritical

Due Sep/29/2011



Due Sep/22/2011


 * How did the Ottomans treat non-Muslims?

Everybody was treated fairly and non-Muslims had to pay tax but did not have to go to the army to serve the Ottomans like the Muslims did.


 * What were Suleyman's major accomplishments?

Revised laws, freedom of religion and not discrimination, creation of Janissaries, creating huge areas for his country, architect and art, the greatest sultan


 * Despite their brilliant rule, what critical mistake did Suleyman and Shah Abbas make?

They killed their own children so they do not lose power due their gifted children. This made the weak people king which had an awful effect on the prosperity of their countries


 * What evidence of cultural blending can you find in Akbar's rule?

Blending cultures made new languages that incorporated others into a single language, easy to read illustrations in books


 * How did Akbar's successors contribute to the end of the Mughal Empire?

They did not like to tolerate other religion like Akbar did so the other religion people rebelled against the rulers to make the country weak

Due Sep/19/2011

**__ Key Skill: Analytical Reading/Thinking __**
=== ** With the rebirth of thinking and questioning their world in the Western European Renaissance, people began to really "think outside the box". They questioned their lives and how they were governed, they questioned the authority of leaders and the Church and they questioned how things WERE. All of this challenging also led to what is known as the SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION. Read pages 189-194 and answer the following questions thoughtfully and carefully. ** ===

**1. What were the CAUSES of the Scientific Revolution? Which one do you think is MOST significant AND WHY?**
Reformation, findings of other race, invention of printing press, need for better equipment. I believe that the most important cause was the need for better navigation equipment. Even though people might have challenged ideas, it does not find the things that are essentially wrong


 * 2. Why might those in positions of authority at the time (Church and government) tend to reject new ideas?**

The government and the powerful people once supported these traditional beliefs and the new idea may make the leaders look like liars and idiot. This was especially true for the church which ran on bible. If the bible was proven wrong, it would make the church not trustworthy


 * 3. Do you agree with Galileo's actions during his trial? Explain.**

I disagree with Galileo's decision. If I was not going to tell the world of my findings, then why did I even ever discover it, if I was Galileo, then I would have ran away without going to the Inquisition and would have joined a 'pro-Copernicus' movement if there was one


 * 4. Make a list of the major figures of this revolution in thinking and what they did.**

Copernicus- Base bedder of the heliocentric theory Tycho Brahe- Extreme planetary movement data collection Johannes Kepler- Made the Kepler's law which proved Copernicus correct Galileo- Supporter of Copernicus' theory and effective user of telescope


 * 5. Explain the significance of these terms:**
 * **Geocentric Theory - The theory that everything revolves a perfect circle around the Earth**
 * **Heliocentric Theory - The theory that the planets revolve around the Sun**
 * **Scientific Revolution - The questioning of the traditional beliefs and finding of facts**
 * **Scientific method - The method of proving something correct that is still used today**

Due Sep/6/2011 **//‘How did the Renaissance contribute to the opening of the mind in Europe?'//** There were a lot of causes of the Renaissance to help the opening of the mind and most of them are linked to each other. Renaissance was the time period which began in about 14th century in Italian peninsula and spread around the Europe. Renaissance means ‘Rebirth’ because the general population gains a lot more information. The first one was that more and more people started to take interest in the ancient Roman and Greek texts books this was the case since a person saw what knowledge the books contained. The person saw that and wanted to distribute the information since he or she did not want to keep it for themselves There were new libraries which were specially created to harbor these texts. The next related topic is the invention of the printing press. The printer made it easy to copy more texts which was greatly distributed among the people to make it easy to learn. The next great... or not great in which angle you look at it, thing about the Renaissance was that the Black Death was spreading around. This disease wiped out a third of Europe’s population. This made sure that same amount of money went to fewer people so that more people got rich and became the patrons of many great artists and writers and laborers got more valuable. The final thing was that the heliocentric belief was abolished. This made people challenge the church and the Bible itself. This made people question things about the bible.

Due Aug/31/2011

1. How did the cities of Italy help create the Renaissance?

City-States were created due to the crusades. Large cities where information spread quickly and could share innovative ideas. The workers could demand more money since workers died from bubonic plague. The people could learn art with the spare time

2. What is your opinion of the Medici family?

Even though they were dictators, they worked for the better of Florence so I believe that they are not that bad. I am sure that there are some bad aspects as well such as a case with Machiavelli.

3. How did Humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

Humanism was, in a very basic sense, combining the religious beliefs (Catholic) with daily pleasures. Humanists tried to learn about everything that they possibly could and make the most of it. This made the circulation of money which improved the general lifestyle

4. Why did church leaders and wealthy merchants support the arts?

The supporters of the painters were called patrons. Generally, the paintings of that era were not sold at very high prices and the painting took a lot of time. The patrons gave money to the painters so that they could live easily and paint more pictures about them (patrons) to make themselves more important

5. What were the similarities and differences between upper-class Renaissance men and women?

The similarities are that the men and women had to learn the arts, singing, dancing, poetry and and many others. But the differences are that the women were not supposed to seek for fame. This was the most of the case but Isabella d"Este was a woman who exercised her powers

6. After reading the "Analyzing Primary Sources" box, respond to this question: Do the qualities called for in the ideal Renaissance man and woman seem to emphasize the individual or the group? Give evidence in the documents to back up your answer!

It seems that the ideal man and woman is decided on how other people view the person since it is viewed 'ideal' by many people so it may be empathizing in the group

Due Aug/29/2011

Hats of the Historian

2. What are the roles of a historian defined by John Arnold? Do you agree or disagree with his assumptions? Can you think of any other roles?

The role defined by John Arnold was to Learn, Record, clarify and distribute so that the story stayed long even after the historian died. There are many sub-roles other than spoken in the first sentence. Some of these are detective, judge, philosopher and a politician. I agree that most of the historians are not supposed to be biased while some historians with some roles such as judge can be a bit biased

3. What is meant by “treat(ing) their sources with fidelity?” Remember to put your response in your own words. Why is it important to remember this when reading historical references?

Treating sources with fidelity means that you need to make sure that you read fully upon some views even if they contradict the historian's own idea.

4. How can a single event be interpreted in more than one way? Can you think of an event in your life that historians could interpret with differing points of view?

The event can be interpreted on the historian's mind. Which side the historian prefers or just a slight miss in the delivery of information can lead to differences in interpretation One example is that somebody says bad things to me and I hit that person. Some might say that I was wrong while somebody will say that the guy was wrong

Due Aug/18/2011



Due Aug/11/2011

We have studied about how people have spectacles of their own cultures and react differently when they view something that we did not interact with. For example: the bird from the little mermaid animation. He thought that fork was a comb and pipe was a musical instrument. That is why it is important to throw away the spectacles of your own culture but that is impossible to be completely unbiased. This is the time when you have to ‘Get in other’s Shoes’ and see how the person or people from the other culture would feel. Knowing a lot of cultures will not only help with understanding a single culture but help understand others as well. This will make us more wiser people