Attitudes Towards Technology Essay Revision, Vedas Reading, Test Preparation

1. Read and review all chapters (2-9) for a major test on Thursday (11/7)
2. Complete the Vedas, Arthashastra, and Edicts reading assignment for Monday 11/3.
3. Revisions of Roman and Han Attitudes Towards Technology essay are due Monday 11/3

Be great!

Review Guides & Hinduism and Buddhism

1. Create note summaries for Ancient Greece/Rome and Mauryans/Guptas.  Use the pages provided.  Include all of the relevant terms and events from the lists provided.

2. Read and make notes and study chapter 9: Hinduism and Buddhism: Note that this chapter has far more detail than is required.  Focus on the main ideas!  Due 10/30

India, Hinduism, Buddhism

1. Read, make notes, and study chapter 8: India from Ancient times to the Guptas.
2. Read and make notes and study chapter 9: Hinduism and Buddhism: Note that this chapter has far more detail than is required.  Focus on the main ideas!  Due 10/30
3. Organize your notebook for a notebook check: Due 10/30

China: Essay Revisions

1. Revise Han-Roman empire comparative essay. Due Friday.
2. Revise the DBQ: Han and Roman attitudes towards technology.

Remember nuance!

3. Create notes for chapter 8; Indian Empires: Due next Tuesday, October 28th.

China: Great Wall

Create notes in response to the DBQ sources regarding the Great Wall of China.

DBQ Essay: Attitudes Towards Technology

Complete the essay as assigned in class!

Comparative Essay: Roman Empire & Han Dynasty

Compose a well written essay comparing the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.  Analyze at least two points of comparison.

The essay should be not more than 1000 words; most essays will be approximately 700 words which is about 3 double spaced typed pages or about 3-4 handwritten pages for most of your scripts!

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Roman Empire & Han Dynasty

1. Complete notes for chapter 7: China.
2. Create a T chart to compare the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty.  See especially pages 234-237!

A Persian and a Roman

Create an (anachronistic) dialogue between two time travellers, a Roman and a Persian.  Each should describe their own empire!

Rome and Terms for Greece, Persia, and Roman Republic

1. Create notes for the Roman Republic to Empire, pages 162-180.
2. Define each of these terms.  Be able to identify the importance, location, and time period (if appropriate) for each term.  Group terms according to 3 or more categories that you define.  For example you may wish to create categories for particular empires or periods or types of evidence!  This portion of the assignment is not intended to take more than 45 minutes!  Use the outline notes provided in class and your textbook!

city-state
empire
dictator
republic
Republic (by Plato)
diaspora
Athens
Sparta
Trojan War
Solon
Cleisthenes
Persian-Greek Wars
Peloponnesian War
Delian League
Melos
Parthenon
Philip of Macedon
Alexander the Great
Cyrus
Darius
Xerxes
Marathon
Thermopylae
Romulus and Remus
Etruscans
Twelve Tables
plebians
patricians
tribune
Punic Wars
Gaul
Carthage
Gracchi brothers