HW# 4

1) Describe 2 effects that Opium had on Chinese society.
- 2 effects were that there were way too many opium addicts in China now and people started rebelling against opium.
2) Describe why the Chinese Emperor lost his country.
- He lost his country when the foreigners showed up. He made the Boxers start a rebellion but they foreigners soon beat them and came to China with more groups which made the Emperor flee. Soon after he left, China became the Republic of China.
3) In your own words, describe Great Britain's role in bringing Chinese society to the brink of collapse.
- The role of Britain in this case was very crucial. They bought in the drugs to China even though they knew the risks of it. These drugs made foreigner drug addicts all around China. This led to the emperor telling the Boxers to rebel against this foreigners in a battle which the Boxers lost and put China in a bad situation.
4) Describe in your own words the 'Open Door Policy'
- It was pretty much a policy which gave countries equal trading rights.

Quiz #2

 This article is mainly about how China is slowly working on changing the balance of the power in the world. It is talking about how China is improving their military and the weapons they have. They have a system called TEL ( Transporter-Erector-Launcher ). This system has a missile called the DF-31 which will be launched and could cause damage to north-western side of the United States.

 China was left in a bad position after the Opium Wars. They were forced to legalize opium. British also gained access to China in many different ways including ports, etc.

HW#2

1) India was 1.2 million square miles.
2) It was between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
3) The 'raw materials' were tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, and jute.
4) Barbar started the Mogul Empire in the 1522.
5) The Martha people attacked the Moguls in the 1600s.
6) They were treated very harshly.
7) The British East India Company came to India in the 1600s.
8) They started taking over when the Moguls started getting weak, which was 1707.
9) To control all trades and resources.
10) They were built to haul construction material in Roorkee.
11) It was positive. It was positive because now obviously they have better communication methods and now they can transfer goods to one another without much difficulties.
12) 12% was Muslim
13) 82% was Hindu.
15) It began at Meertu and eventually moved to Dehli
16) They punishment was that they were tied in front of a canon and blown off.

HW # 1

1) Sepoy: They were Indian soldiers.
    Jewel in the crown: The most valuable of all of Britain's colonies.
    Sepoy Mutiny: A rebellion by the Sepoys which spread to northern and central India.
    Raj: The part of India that was under direct British rule.
2) Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
     Effect: The East India Company took advantage of this growing weakness.
    
    Cause: Colonial policies
    Effect: India became much poorer and went to a lower class.

    Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
    Effect: Battle between the British and Indians.

HW#5

1)Terms & Names:
Scientific Revolution- A period of great advances in science and a new way of thinking about the natural world.
Nicolaus Copernicus- This guy who thought stars, suns, etc, orbited around the sun.
Heliocentric Theory- A theory by Nicolaus Copernicus which states that the sun stays in the middle while everything else orbits around it.
Johannas Kepler- Tycho Brahe's assistant.
Galileo Galilei- Discovered the law of pendulum.
Scientific Method- A method of research you use to solve an experiment.
Francis Bacon- A politician who strongly supported science.
Rene Descartes- Creator of analytical geometry.
Isaac Newton- Creator of the laws of gravity.

2)Taking Notes:
-Scholars started challenging and helping people think about different theories.
-People didn't believe everything they heard.
-Tools were invented to help scientists learn more about the world.
-Old theories were questioned.
-More advance experiments were developed.

HW#4

1. Canon Law was basically the law of the Church during the medieval times. People would get punished if they violate the Canon Laws. Some punishments were excommunication and interdict.

2. If they didn't follow the cannon law, they would be denied salvation. If they still disobeyed the laws, sacraments and religions will be banned to perform in the rule breaker's land. It's pretty much like in modern times, where you break a rule, you get punished for it. For example, if you keep talking in class, the teacher might call your house as a punishment which will result in you getting grounded which is never a good thing.

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