Section 5 Study Guide
1.
Where
was the center of the slave trade in the new world? Why? Explain
the slave trade triangle.
2.
Describe
and compare the power structures of
colonial and slavery economies.
3.
What
were the effects of the protestant reformation and the counter
reformation on the rise of northern Europe and the decline of
southern Europe?
4. Summarize the policies of the
U.S. toward Native Americans. Is this
morally acceptable? Use ethical theories and principles to defend your argument.
5.
Summarize
the viewpoint of the British toward the natural resources in Virginia as
depicted in the video. Is this morally
acceptable? Use ethical theories and principles to defend your argument.
6.
What
factors helped the British become leaders of the industrial revolution? Explain.
7.
How
did imperialism in the 1800s help to fuel WWI, then WWII, and also
the cold war?
8.
From
the video, summarize Mao’s Great Leap Forward in China. Was it morally acceptable? Use
ethical theories and principles to defend your argument.
9.
From
the BBC profile, summarize the recent
history of DR Congo/Zaire. What do
you think has been the effect of the political turmoil on the nutritional
status and poverty levels there?
10. Compare and contrast patrilocality and matrilocality. What are the differences in the economic,
military, and social forces that promote each system? What are the implications for the empowerment
of women?
11. Compare and contrast the effect
of the agricultural systems of West
Africa, North India, Southern India, and the USA on the status of women.
12. From the video, summarize the
issues women face in Afghanistan. Is the
treatment of women face there morally acceptable? Use
ethical theories and principles to defend your argument.
13. From the video, summarize the
issues faced by child prostitutes in India.
Is the treatment of these girls morally acceptable? Use
ethical theories and principles to defend your argument.
14. From the news article, explain the link between domestic violence
and chronic malnutrition in India.
15. How did religion, government,
and large scale agriculture (economy) interact with each other in
ancient state societies with a redistributive economy?
16. What is Marvin Harris’ argument
for why the Aztecs ate human flesh?
17. What is Marvin Harris’ economic
argument for why non-killing religions arose in state societies with
redistributive meat-eating religions?
18. What is Marvin Harris’ argument
for why non-killing religions spread by warfare and conquest?
19. Why is there a lasting economic
difference in the Western Hemisphere between the countries conquered by Protestant
versus Roman Catholic countries?
20. What are the 5 important Middle Ages technologies that
Europe excelled in, and why was Europe in the lead in these technologies?
21. According to David Landes,
what happened to science in Islamic
nations? Explain.
22. From the video, how did Galileo get into trouble with the
Catholic Church? Explain.
23. What is David Landes’
argument for how Europe got ahead of China? Explain.
24. Why does capitalism require
large impersonal societies to work?
Can it work in tribal societies? Explain.
25. What is Wallerstein’s
“Core” and “Periphery”?
Explain.
26. Is it morally acceptable if the wealth
of Europe was derived from the labor and raw materials of Africa, Asia, and
Latin America? Defend your argument
using moral theories and principles.
27. How does Capital wealth
differ from Mercantile or Tributary wealth?” Explain.
28. Define and compare Dependency
theory with Modernization theory.
29. From the video, summarize the objectivist viewpoint on labor and the
industrial revolution. Do you agree or
disagree? Why?
30. From the article on industrialization in China, summarize
the issues faced by the developing and developed world concerning CO2 emissions. What do you think needs to happen, and why?