Week 3 Discussion 2

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Background: In 1938, in Munich, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made a deal with Adolph Hitler allowing Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. Hailed as a hero for his diplomacy at the time, Chamberlain is now widely reviled for his policy of “appeasement” to Nazi aggression. Yet one year later, Chamberlain led Britain into war against Germany in defense of Poland once it became clear that appeasement had failed. By contrast, the US did little to halt Hitler’s initial expansion, and entered into the war only gradually, attempting, until attacked directly, to sway the outcome without going to war itself. Never again would the US remain so aloof for so long from such a momentous international affair. As such, the Second World War represents a turning point in American foreign affairs, and it is perhaps hard for us to understand why the US took so long to take effective action against the Axis Powers.

Resources: In your response, draw from material from AT LEAST TWO of the following documents and videos:

  1. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003). World War II: The road to war. [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36220&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
  2. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003).  World War II: The world at war. [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36221&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
  3. Lindbergh, C. (1941, Sept. 11).  Des Moines speech. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/filmmore/reference/primary/desmoinesspeech.html
  4. United States Congress. (1936, Feb. 24).  The Nye report. Retrieved from https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/nye.htm 
  5. Roosevelt, F. D. (1939, Sept. 3).  Address of the President delivered by radio from the White House.Retrieved from http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat14.html  
  6. United States Congress. (1936, Feb. 24).  Neutrality act.Retrieved from https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar/neutrality2.htm  
  7. United States Congress. (1941).  Lend-lease act.  Retrieved from http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=71&page=transcript

Instructions: Please post a substantive discussion post of at least 200 words that examines the evolution of American foreign policy in the 1930s:What arguments were made in favor of isolationism? How and why did America’s isolationist stance erode entering into the 1940s? How did American foreign policy goals shape the American approach to the war? 

Individual Assignment

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For your Individual Project assignment, you will compare and contrast a work of art in a specific classification (Renaissance or Gothic) appearing on a Web site with a work of art in your textbook of the same classification. You can choose 2 Renaissance paintings, 2 Renaissance sculptures, or 2 Gothic Cathedrals to discuss (2 works in total). You may not discuss works that you have already discussed in another assignment.

To begin your project, explore the following Web sites’ classifications for your individual essay.
Renaissance Art: Visit the following Web sites to review Renaissance art. Links to these Web sites are also available through the unit Resources List in Course Materials.
A museum at the Vatican
A Web site with earlier Renaissance Art
A Web site with later Renaissance Art
Gothic Cathedrals: Visit these Web sites for Gothic Cathedrals. Links to these Web sites are also available through the unit Resources List in Course Materials.
Chartres Cathedral
High Gothic
Cathedral Architecture
Write the Individual Project (3–4 pages, not including references). Using the terminology and concepts that you are learning for evaluating art, including materials used, style, meaning, and symbolism, and any other aesthetic issues, compare and contrast 1 of the selected works from the selected Web sites classification with a different work of art of the same classification from your textbook . For example, compare 2 paintings from the Renaissance period or 2 gothic cathedrals. Use the following instructions to construct your paper. For each of the works of art, describe and compare attributes of the works by following the guidelines below to structure your essay.
What is the form of the work?
Is it a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional work of art?
What materials are used?
What techniques or processes are used to create the artwork?
What colors are used?
Describe the use of line, shape, texture, value, color, and balance.
Does the work of art have subject matter?
If so, what is literally depicted?
Is the work of art representational, abstract, or nonobjective?
What is the content?
What does it mean or represent?
What is the artist’s message?
Is symbolism used? If so, what is the meaning?
What is the context of the artwork?
What is the function of the artwork?
What traditional role of the artist is exemplified?
Explain how the works of art fit into the context of the time period. Keep in mind that only art works that fit into the period of Middle Ages–Renaissance (created between 1350–1520 CE) will be accepted.
You are required to comply with APA-style format for quotations, internal citations, and a reference list. For additional information and resources on APA, visit the APA section of the Library, available under “Library Features.”

References

ArtLex. (n.d.). ArtLex on the earlier Renaissance art. Retrieved from http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.earlier.html

ArtLex. (n.d.). ArtLex on the later Renaissance art. Retrieved from http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.later.html

Chartres Cathedral. (n.d.). Retrieved from the Great Buildings Web site: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html

Earthlore Explorations. (n.d.). Structural designs of Gothic churches and cathedrals. Retrieved from the Elore Web site: http://www.elore.com/Gothic/Glossary/structure.htm

Howe, J. (1997). High Gothic architecture. Retrieved from the Boston College Web site: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html

Vatican Museums. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html

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Additional Requirements

Other Requirements: 3-4 PAGES NOT INCLUDING REFERENCES IN A WORD DOCUMENT

WORLD HISTORY: CONVERGENCE,DIVERGENCE,AND GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENTS

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    (Please, PLEASE make sure you get the CORRECT answers. I need to get ALL of these correct, otherwise i wont pass, because i already failed it once and in order to pass, i cant miss a single question. so if you’re not sure, then dont answer it. This is REALLY important! thank you.)

 

 

1. What factor led the English to attempt to kill off entire Native American peoples?
A. The English relied on black slaves and wanted Native Americans’ land.
B. Native Americans provided a good labor source for the Spanish.
C. Native Americans had vast wealth to exploit for tribute.

 

4. What Old World product became widely popular in Eurasia only once it was cultivated in the New World?
A. Tobacco
B. Cacao
D. Sugar

 

5. One of the most effective forms of resistance that slaves employed against their masters was
B. earning money to buy their freedom.
C. working slowly.
D. not having children.
 
7. The Treaty of Westphalia of 1648
A. ended the wars of religion through a policy of tolerance.
C. came close to establishing the power of the Roman Church in England.
D. gave rulers the right to impose their religion upon their subjects.
 
8. For most people, the religious revival of the eighteenth century focused on
A. individual study of the scriptures.
B. feelings and enthusiasm.
C. a scientific and reasoned approach to faith.

 

11. Which of the following European land empires expanded its territory most aggressively in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?
A. Mughal India
B. Russia
C. China

 

13. What common trend occurred in most regions from the mid sixteenth century to the late seventeenth century?
B. A decrease in wealth in the world
C. Extension of land exploitation
D. A decline in the slave trade
 
14. Although Chinese emperors were theoretically unlimited in their authority, during the reign of the emperor Zhengde his administration
A. went on strike.
B. insisted that he go on a military campaign.
D. deposed him.

 

17. What was the main motivating factor for European maritime expansion in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?
A. To spread Christian values
C. To increase economic opportunity
D. To seek out new lands for increasing populations
 
18. Peter the Great’s decision to move the capital of Russia to St. Petersburg reflects the shift of power in Europe to the
A. east.
B. south.
C. north.
 

WORLD HISTORY

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CONVERGENCE,DIVERGENCE,AND GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENTS
 
1. What factor led the English to attempt to kill off entire Native American peoples?

 

 

2. The state that Europeans came to eye like greedy creditors around a rich man’s deathbed was the _______ Empire.
 
 
3. What practice was key to the success of the Mughals in ruling over India?

 

 

4. What Old World product became widely popular in Eurasia only once it was cultivated in the New World?

 

 

5. One of the most effective forms of resistance that slaves employed against their masters was

 

 

6. What occurred virtually every time Natives and Europeans came into contact?
 
7. The Treaty of Westphalia of 1648
 

8. For most people, the religious revival of the eighteenth century focused on

 

9. Ignatius Loyola was a

 

 
10. The French philosopher Voltaire was attracted to Confucianism because he

 

11. Which of the following European land empires expanded its territory most aggressively in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

 

 

12. By 1800, the number of African slaves that had been imported to the Americas was about _______ million.

 

 

13. What common trend occurred in most regions from the mid sixteenth century to the late seventeenth century?

 

 

14. Although Chinese emperors were theoretically unlimited in their authority, during the reign of the emperor Zhengde his administration

 

 

15. The Americas didn’t provide Europeans with added
 
16. Which of the following best explains the lack of cholera outbreaks in Japan?
 

17. What was the main motivating factor for European maritime expansion in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

 

 
18. Peter the Great’s decision to move the capital of Russia to St. Petersburg reflects the shift of power in Europe to the

 

 

19. What was a key discovery during the early sixteenth century that made regular trade possible across the Atlantic Ocean?

 

 

20. Religious reform in Mongolia under Altan Khan was guided by

 

FRUSTRATIONS OF PROGRESS;CHAOSAND COMPLEXITY

 

1. Which of the following did reformers first try to end in the slave industry?

 

 

2. The term quantum mechanics refers to the study of

 

 

3. The greatest extension of the frontier of food production in the 1800s occurred in what areas?
 
 
4. Quinine was essential for the expansion of imperial powers because of its

 

5. One of the consequences of rapid urbanization and the creation of enormous cities has been

 

 

6. Which of the following was not an innovation that came about due to militarization in the 1800s?

 

 

7. Many of Henri Bergson’s followers were made hopeful by his writings because he argued that

 

 

8. Comte de Gobineau, a French anthropologist, argued that human beings

 

 
9. The San hunters of southern Africa weren’t overwhelmed during the nineteenth century because they

 

 

10. According to the work of anthropologist Franz Boas,

 

 
11. The Suez Canal, built in 1869 largely by French engineers and French capital, was significant because it

 

 
12. The purpose of Commodore Perry’s mission to Japan in 1853 was to

 

 

13. A primary cause for the development of time standards for the entire globe was

 

 

14. During the nineteenth century, which of the following countries experienced a decrease in industrial production?

 

 
 
15. The main goal of the Habsburg Empire in World War I was

 

 
16. Hydroelectric power requires
 

17. The Helsinki Agreement of 1975 pledged its signers to recognize

 

 

18. With regards to the mining and agriculture industry, in the nineteenth century, which of the following statements is false?

 

 

19. Most of those who fear globalization worry that it will lead to

 

 

20. Even greater than their use for human food, fish are a vital source of