World History Homework Ten - Model

1. When and where was the Industrial Revolution?

2. Pick your two favorite scientists or mathematicians from the 1800s and explain what you like about them.

I greatly admire Thomas Edison for overcoming his and other people’s doubts and going after his dreams. What amazed me the most about him was that even though he was deaf, he invented many machines that only a person could enjoy with their ears. Many people do not want other people to enjoy something that they are not capable of enjoying themselves, but Thomas Edison was different. Marie Curie is greatly known for her discoveries and theories on radioactivity. She might have experienced discrimination from some of her colleges and friends because she was a woman and, at that period in time, some people believed that women were not as capable in different subjects as men. She did what she enjoyed and believed what was correct no matter what other people thought. What I found interesting was that she died by poisoning from her own lab. She was an amazingly ambitious woman who did not let anyone get in the way of her goals. (Veronika)

3. Do you think the Industrial Revolution was good or bad, and why?

4. Give an example of nationalism from the lecture, with dates.

5. What is imperialism? Describe the four patterns of imperialism.

6. Describe an aspect of Africa in the 1800s, such as an example of imperialism.

7. Pick any aspect of Asian history in the 1800s and describe and discuss it.

H1. Utilitarianism - what is it, and what's your view of it?

H2. What is your view of imperialism, and whether it is sometimes good?

H3. Nationalism: good or bad?

H4. Describe how Japan to became a military powerhouse by the 20th century.

H5. Comment on socialism, communism or evolution.

H6. Discuss any aspect of the lecture.