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World History Western Civ Government

World History Western Civ Government. October 15, 2012. World History journal. Directions: Look at the map in order to complete Your journal today:

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World History Western Civ Government

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  1. World HistoryWestern CivGovernment October 15, 2012

  2. World History journal • Directions: Look at the map in order to complete • Your journal today: • 1. What generalizations can be made about the geography of Arabia? In what ways might geography benefit Arabia? In what ways might geography hurt Arabia? • 2. List 3 centers of trade. Based on what you see, which cities were the most important centers of trade in this region? Explain. • 3. Which cultural ideas would be readily available to the inhabitants of this region? Explain

  3. World History Koran excerpts • Please read the Quran excerpts provided to you. As you read them, answer the questions that follow: • 1. What religious practices are proscribed for Muslims in these passages? What are their purposes for the life of believers? • 2. What specific proscriptions for social like do these selections contain? • 3. What attitudes toward Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims do these passages suggest? • 4. What circumstances surrounding the birth of Islam explain the references in the Koran to fighting? • 5. What debates/controversies might arise from these passages?

  4. World History Hadith excerpts • Please read the Hadith excerpts and answer these questions. • 1. What portrait of Muhammad emerges from this record of his sayings and actions? • 2. How do these hadiths build upon the excerpts you just read? • 3. What religious and social values do these hadiths highlight? • 4. In what ways are these hadiths similar to the world’s “wisdom traditions”? In what ways are they uniquely Islamic?

  5. Geography of Greece questions

  6. Government journal • Please respond to the following journal questions to the best of your ability: • 1. List and describe as many reasons as you can as to why the US has a 2 party system. • 2. What in your opinion is the most compelling reason why the two party system exists? What is the least compelling reason why it exists? Explain

  7. Political party affiliations handout • Please read the handout and respond to the following questions: • 1. What is the first political event that you can recall? How did you and others around you react? • 2. To what political party does most of your family belong? To what political party do most of your friends belong? How have your family or friends impacted your political thinking? • 3. How would you describe your personal political attitudes? Are you liberal on some issues and conservative on others? Explain. • 4. Where do you get most of your information about politics?

  8. Political party affiliations handout • Please read “Political Party affiliations” handout and respond to the following questions: • 1. List and describe three pieces of evidence which clearly show that the number of political independents is continuing to grow in this nation. What factors might account for this? • 2. List and describe three generalizations about the relationship between race and Party Affiliation. • 3. List and describe three generalizations about the relationship between gender and party ID • 4. List and describe three generalizations about the relationship between religion and party ID.

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