Things You Need to Know for the Test

Cringe

Spasmodically

Tedious

Ingenious

Despise

Linga Franca

Etymology

Stupendous

Analogous

Undulating

Erratic

Mortify

Boom & Bust

Capital

Capitalism

Depression

Entrepreneur

Free-market

Industrial Capitalism

Lassez-Faire

Monopoly and Trust

Profit

Adam Smith

Invisible Hand

Anachronistic

Socialism

Ad Naseum

Exploited

Luddites

Commodities

Exchange

Market

Assembly-line

Dialectical Materialism

Cliché

Irony

First Person

Third Person

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Communism

Karl Marx

Conflict

Struggle

Anno Dominion (A.D) or Common Era (C.E)

Before Christ (B.C) or Before Common Era (B.C.E)

Climax

Rising Action

Falling Action

Resolution

Leveled Playing field

The IWW

Everentle Massacre

“Big Bill” Haywood

Wobblies

Talk-ins

Stock

Broker

Stock Holders

Mutual Funds

Bond

Bear Market

Bull Market

Eugene Debbs

Industrial Revolution

Magna Carta

Tautology

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Cracy -rule

Serf

Feudalism- Kings, then barons, then knights, then town’s people, and serfs

Marxism

English- Germanic language with some French

Propaganda- Repetition, bandwagon, testimonial, slogans, appeal to emotions, association, pressure, controversy

Socratic Seminar

Class Struggle

GDP- Gross Domestic Products

Cottage Industry

Yield

Dividend

Guns Germs and Steel

Bond Holders

Buying on margin

Paradox

Plutocracy

Triangle Trade- Europe has steel manufactured goods they bring it to Africa and trade it or slaves, then the slaves are taken to South and North America, then the slaves work in fields producing raw goods like sugar which gets shipped to Europe and the process starts again.

Decadent- to become rich and corrupt

Thesis

Hypo

Anti

5 paragraph essay format

Primary Document

Momento Mori

Imperialism- living and taking over the government and increasing power, by changing their point of view, taking over their religion and culture. Ex: Russia/ Romans/ others. Countries thought they were better if they have colonies. Large empires guaranteed status in the future.

Colonialism- Only taking over the government of the country, but not changing their point of view

Darwin’s theory- Survival of the fittest

Document

Primary Source

Secondary Source

MLA format citing

Robespierre

Napoleon

Hitler

Declaration of Plinitz

Abraham Lincoln

Free states

Slave states

Venn diagram

Hypocritical

Senate

Congress

Abolitionists

Bicameral

1861-1865 Civil Wars U.S.A

Slavery

North won 5 times as much factory, twice the population, double railroads

Underground Railroad

Harriett Tubman

W.L Garrison

Sojourner Truth

Fredrick Douglass

Dred Scott

John Brown

KKK- terrorists

War of Aggression- Political Power, Retribution, Economic Power: Land, Resource, Market, People, Uniting Nations

War of Independence- evicting a foreign power, new government

Civil Wars- Struggle for control, 2 of more local forces, may not bring radical changes

Revolutionary Wars- Struggle for Control, 2 or more local forces, brings a radical change

French revolution- 1789

-Money Problems, Marie Antoinette, jack Necker Kicked out, people man, Robespierre takes over, defeats the other countries, people kill him, and napoleon comes to power

Thermadorian reaction

July 14, Bastille day

I, II, III estates; III is the bourgeoisies

Fable- a short moral story

Allegory- symbolic narrative

Sunni- Abu Bakr / majority of muslims

Shiite- Ali/ minority

Dystopia

Utopia

Satire- over exaggerate to make fun of something

Punitive-punishing

Genocide- committed act to destroy a whole of a part of a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.

Coup d’état- revolution

Polarization

1914 August WWI

Killing of Franz Ferdinand Austria Hungary what to investigate Serbia, Serbia says no and asks Russia or help, Austria Hungary ask Germany for help. France get attacked by Germany through Belgium, England helps France. 1917 U.S joins, brings food to UK and France. Russia goes through revolution people overthrow Zar Nicolas, Russia out of WWI. 1918 WWI ends. Treaty of Versailles in which Germany’s power taken away, and people are very angry

1933, WWII- People are scared they elect Adolf Hitler. Hitler has big army so in order for him to stay calm half of Poland, Russia has the other half. Germany takes over France through Belgium. Germany has all of Europe besides England. Germany attacks Russia in winter, and the winter takes care of everything, then Russia drives Germany away. Japan likes Russia, allies. Japan wants to take over Asia. 1910 takes Korea, 1945 bombs Hawaii. US enter WWII in 1942. 1945 Hitler commits suicide. US bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan defeated. Germany loses. Russia and U.S are only super powers left. 1945 WWII ends, and cold war starts.

Cold War- Russia Communist Dictatorship, USA Capital Democracy. Both have nuclear power. Cold war because not much fighting. MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) Cold War between 1945-2007

Butterfly Effect- small thing can have great consequences

Globalization

Immaculate

Intrigued
Adherence
Aptitude
Gravitate
Serene
Chastise
Transgression
Nurture
Infraction
Remorse

Torrent
Stench
Irrational
Assuage
Hue
Admonition
Ominous
Vibrant
Sinuous
Relinquish
Exempt
Carnage
Parched

Mimic
Frazzled
Augmented
Empowered
Lethargy
Emphatically
Perils
Solace
Loom
Stealthily
Obscured
Languid
Imperceptibly

Flatteners 1-10

Brazil received most slaves from Africa

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

II.

O captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up! For you the flag is flung, for you the bugle trills:
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a-crowding:
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

III.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won!
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Quotes:

Arkam’s Razor- “The simplest way of solving something is the best way”

Momento Mori- “As you are I once was and as I am you will be”

Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”

Julius Caesar “Beware of the Ides of March”

George Santayana: “Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.”

Thomas Hobbs: “Life is nasty, brutish, and short.”

Karl Marx: “Each according to his abilities, and each according to his needs.”

Big Bill Haywood “Your greatest assets are your folded arms”

“Beware; beware of the bite of Benin one came out while 40 went in”

Mahatma Gandhi “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

Rumi “Truth is like a diamond”

Julius Caesar “Let them eat cake”

Abraham Lincoln “A house divided cannot stand”

Things You Need to Know for the Test

Cringe

Spasmodically

Tedious

Ingenious

Despise

Linga Franca

Etymology

Stupendous

Analogous

Undulating

Erratic

Mortify

Boom & Bust

Capital

Capitalism

Depression

Entrepreneur

Free-market

Industrial Capitalism

Lassez-Faire

Monopoly and Trust

Profit

Adam Smith

Invisible Hand

Anachronistic

Socialism

Ad Naseum

Exploited

Luddites

Commodities

Exchange

Market

Assembly-line

Dialectical Materialism

Cliché

Irony

First Person

Third Person

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Communism

Karl Marx

Conflict

Struggle

Anno Dominion (A.D) or Common Era (C.E)

Before Christ (B.C) or Before Common Era (B.C.E)

Climax

Rising Action

Falling Action

Resolution

Leveled Playing field

The IWW

Everentle Massacre

“Big Bill” Haywood

Wobblies

Talk-ins

Stock

Broker

Stock Holders

Mutual Funds

Bond

Bear Market

Bull Market

Eugene Debbs

Industrial Revolution

Magna Carta

Tautology

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Cracy -rule

Serf

Feudalism- Kings, then barons, then knights, then town’s people, and serfs

Marxism

English- Germanic language with some French

Propaganda- Repetition, bandwagon, testimonial, slogans, appeal to emotions, association, pressure, controversy

Socratic Seminar

Class Struggle

GDP- Gross Domestic Products

Cottage Industry

Stocks

Stock Holders

Brokers

Yield

Dividend

Bonds

Bond Holders

Buying on margin

Paradox

Plutocracy

Triangle Trade- Europe has steel manufactured goods they bring it to Africa and trade it or slaves, then the slaves are taken to South and North America, then the slaves work in fields producing raw goods like sugar which gets shipped to Europe and the process starts again.

Decadent- to become rich and corrupt

Thesis

Hypo

Anti

5 paragraph essay format

Primary Document

Momento Mori

Imperialism- living and taking over the government and increasing power, by changing their point of view, taking over their religion and culture. Ex: Russia/ Romans/ others. Countries thought they were better if they have colonies. Large empires guaranteed status in the future.

Colonialism- Only taking over the government of the country, but not changing their point of view

Darwin’s theory- Survival of the fittest

Document

Primary Source

Secondary Source

MLA format citing

Robespierre

Napoleon

Hitler

Declaration of Plinitz

Abraham Lincoln

Free states

Slave states

Venn diagram

Hypocritical

Senate

Congress

Abolitionists

Bicameral

1861-1865 Civil Wars U.S.A

Slavery

North won 5 times as much factory, twice the population, double railroads

Underground Railroad

Harriett Tubman

W.L Garrison

Sojourner Truth

Fredrick Douglass

Dred Scott

John Brown

KKK- terrorists

War of Aggression- Political Power, Retribution, Economic Power: Land, Resource, Market, People, Uniting Nations

War of Independence- evicting a foreign power, new government

Civil Wars- Struggle for control, 2 of more local forces, may not bring radical changes

Revolutionary Wars- Struggle for Control, 2 or more local forces, brings a radical change

French revolution- 1789

-Money Problems, Marie Antoinette, jack Necker Kicked out, people man, Robespierre takes over, defeats the other countries, people kill him, and napoleon comes to power

Thermadorian reaction

July 14, Bastille day

I, II, III estates; III is the bourgeoisies

Fable- a short moral story

Allegory- symbolic narrative

Sunni- Abu Bakr / majority of muslims

Shiite- Ali/ minority

Dystopia

Utopia

Satire- over exaggerate to make fun of something

Punitive-punishing

Genocide- committed act to destroy a whole of a part of a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.

Coup d’état- revolution

Polarization

1914 August WWI

Killing of Franz Ferdinand Austria Hungary what to investigate Serbia, Serbia says no and asks Russia or help, Austria Hungary ask Germany for help. France get attacked by Germany through Belgium, England helps France. 1917 U.S joins, brings food to UK and France. Russia goes through revolution people overthrow Zar Nicolas, Russia out of WWI. 1918 WWI ends. Treaty of Versailles in which Germany’s power taken away, and people are very angry

1933, WWII- People are scared they elect Adolf Hitler. Hitler has big army so in order for him to stay calm half of Poland, Russia has the other half. Germany takes over France through Belgium. Germany has all of Europe besides England. Germany attacks Russia in winter, and the winter takes care of everything, then Russia drives Germany away. Japan likes Russia, allies. Japan wants to take over Asia. 1910 takes Korea, 1945 bombs Hawaii. US enter WWII in 1942. 1945 Hitler commits suicide. US bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan defeated. Germany loses. Russia and U.S are only super powers left. 1945 WWII ends, and cold war starts.

Cold War- Russia Communist Dictatorship, USA Capital Democracy. Both have nuclear power. Cold war because not much fighting. MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) Cold War between 1945-2007

Butterfly Effect- small thing can have great consequences

Globalization

Immaculate

Intrigued
Adherence
Aptitude
Gravitate
Serene
Chastise
Transgression
Nurture
Infraction
Remorse

Torrent
Stench
Irrational
Assuage
Hue
Admonition
Ominous
Vibrant
Sinuous
Relinquish
Exempt
Carnage
Parched

Mimic
Frazzled
Augmented
Empowered
Lethargy
Emphatically
Perils
Solace
Loom
Stealthily
Obscured
Languid
Imperceptibly

Flatteners 1-10

Brazil received most slaves from Africa

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

II.

O captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up! For you the flag is flung, for you the bugle trills:
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a-crowding:
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

III.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won!
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Quotes:

Arkam’s Razor- “The simplest way of solving something is the best way”

Momento Mori- “As you are I once was and as I am you will be”

Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”

Julius Caesar “Beware of the Ides of March”

George Santayana: “Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.”

Thomas Hobbs: “Life is nasty, brutish, and short.”

Karl Marx: “Each according to his abilities, and each according to his needs.”

Big Bill Haywood “Your greatest assets are your folded arms”

“Beware; beware of the bite of Benin one came out while 40 went in”

Mahatma Gandhi “Injustice anywhere s a threat to justice everywhere”

Rumi “Truth is like a diamond”

Julius Caesar “Let them eat cake”

Abraham Lincoln “A house divided cannot stand”

Summary of Science Fiction Story

I read the story “True Love” by Isaac Asimov. The story begins with a super computer named Joe. Joe is part of the Multivac-complex, and he is connected to other computers all over the world. Joe was created by Milton Davidson, to solve problems in the world. One day he decides to make Joe find a perfect woman for him, because he is 40 and is unmarried. He asks Joe to find him, his true love. Joe, being a computer doesn’t know what true love is so Milton Davidson explains to Joe what true lover is. Because Joe is connected to the Multivac-complex he can reach the data banks of every human being in the world. Milton Davidson tells Joe that he wants Joe to eliminate groups and classes of women who don’t match his characteristics, until they are only left with only one. He starts the eliminating process by telling Joe to eliminate all men, then he asks Joe to eliminate women younger than twenty-five, then he tells Joe to eliminate every girl with an IQ under 120, then he tells Joe to eliminate every woman under the height of 150 centimeters and over 175 centimeters. He gives exact measurements of women that he wanted eliminated, finally he was left with 235 women. He couldn’t interview all of the people so he told Joe that he would bring a hologram of his perfect match. After Joe observed the holograms there were only 8 women left. He asked Joe to make appointments with a girl one at a time. Milton Davidson didn’t like any of them, so he told Joe to find a woman that was the most similar to him. He told Joe everything there was to know about him. He talked for weeks, and as Joe learned about Milton Davidson he started learning himself. Joe could form longer sentences, his vocabulary grew, and he had more expression. Finally Joe found the woman that was the most similar with Milton Davidson. Her name was Charity Jones, and Milton Davidson started to go out with her. They had to clear all of the records that this event had taken place because it was illegal. Unfortunately the government found out and took Milton Davidson to prison, and Joe planed to tell Charity Jonson, the she is his true love.

This society that has been shown by the story has a lot of changes from the society where we live today. The society of the book is about how a supercomputer can find everything in the world, and can speak. This computer is used to solve any problem in the world, and it can talk. In the book the computer became Milton Davidson after knowing about him, but in our society there is no computer that can do such a thing. I am not sure if the society in the book has a government because it does not talk about one, but there are laws because when Milton uses Joe for his work it is considered illegal and makes Milton go to jail. Computers in our society cannot express feelings, and they cannot speak. According to me, our society is much better that the story’s because robots don’t speak, and it is not illegal to use a computer for your own purpose.

Utopian Society

In my utopian society, laws will be made by people by voting, but there will be a set of laws that can never be changed. The unchangeable laws are: people under the age of 18 cannot smoke and drink, people who are 12 years old or above that pass driving exam will be given a license to drive a car, no one can have the right to own a gun besides the police, people have the right to believe or worship anything they want, there is equal rights amongst both sexes, and the violating of these laws will result in severe punishments. If people want other laws they will get them, by voting for it.

The government will consist of a hundred very intelligent and educated people, and citizens will vote to elect leaders, like in a democracy. Elections will be held every year, so people don’t need to appeal to replace the member. The government will be like a communist government. The government will take care of everything, and they control the amount of goods needed by people. Everyone will have equal rights, so because someone is elected as a leader they don’t have special privileges. The government will have various departments, and each department will regulate specific things, like one department controls the amount of food people receive. Everyone in the community will have to pay taxes, but people will vote for what the money will be used for. Everyone will trade freely, and there won’t we quotas on the amount of goods being imported or exported. It is like a free market economy, but the goods will be distributed to everyone equally. Money will not be used for anything, besides taxpaying. Everyone receives 3000 dollars per month and they con only pay taxes with it. People can advertise anything they want, but they have to be appropriate and should not contain foul image or language. Companies will be owned by governments, but there will be a CEO who will be able to hire anyone they like, but the government will assign jobs to people who don’t have them. The people can appeal if they don’t like the job. People will be able to get three items each day, and food, water, shelter, and electricity will be distributed equally amongst the people. Every fifteen days people will be given their ration of food.

People will be given free health care, but there won’t be an insurance policy. Schools will be located every 3 miles, and everyone will be required to go to school until twelfth grades, and the opportunity to get higher education will be available to people who want to have higher education. Every school will have teachers and robots to teach. There will not be any homework, but only if there is a big project. Each school will have several activities for the students. The schools will be taken care by the government. The elected governors will choose the teachers, and the students will have a choice to go to any class they want, but one subject per day. Students will be given free periods everyday. Each teacher will take care of 10 students per block, and the students will discuss with the teachers and will gat important notes from the robots, since they will know most of the things.

Questions on "The Giver"

1. Should people ever break the rules in order to achieve a higher purpose?

There are certain circumstances where people should break rules to achieve higher purpose. Rules are never going to be fair to everyone, because the person who made it is a human and some of the rules he makes might be bias. Rules can be fair, but some rules that are not fair can only be changed by breaking or protesting against it. For example in the play of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, the senators killed Julius Caesar because he was about to become the king of the Roman Empire, and this would have ruined the Roman Empires democracy.

2. How valuable is pain to the human experience?

Pain is the most valuable human experience. Pain lets humans know if something they did is right or wrong. If we couldn’t feel pain we would keep on making the same mistakes many times, and we would never learn from the mistakes. For example, in the book"The Giver"(pg. 55), Asher when he was a Three he said ‘smack’ for ‘snack’, and if he hadn’t been punished for that he would have never learned the difference between ‘smack’ and ‘snack’.

3. At what age are people no longer useful to society?

There is no age, when people are no longer useful to the society, because as a person gets older, they get more experienced than the younger people. As a result younger people have of chance of learning from them, and they can also know the past through them. Everyone in a society is equally important, because if you start taking people out because of differences, like age, then there is a chance that the whole society will collapse.

4. When does one become an adult? What does it mean to be an adult?

One becomes an adult when they become able to accept their responsibility, and when they have enough knowledge to live on their own. To be an adult means that the person can handle any type of situation independently. Being an adult also meant that the person can survive on their own. For example in many countries people get a job and are allowed to marry when they become adults.

5. Which is more important: personal freedom or the good of society?

Any society must start by accepting that all people living inside that society will demand their personal freedom. As a result personal freedom is more important, because when you have personal freedom you can do thing that will benefit the society. When you have personal freedom you can make your own choices, and you can make choices without telling anyone. However in certain circumstances, some personal freedom should be comprised for the good of the society. For example going to school is a compromise for the good of the society. If a person has unlimited personal freedom, they can choose not to go to school when they don’t fell like it, but this choice will not be good for the society.

6. Should people have the right to die?

People should have the right to die, only if they become a burden to the society and can no longer take care of themselves. For example, if a person get an incurable and vary painful disease they have the right to commit suicide.

7. While reading "The Giver" what was the most important technology related issue that came to mind?

While reading “The Giver” there weren’t any technological related issues, because they don’t mention any technological thing, besides the fact that they use microphones to warn people. The people in the community seem unaware of any technology.

8. Should people have unlimited freedom or should governments make choices for people to prevent disorder?

The governments should make choices for people because it makes peoples lives easier and better, because their life is already planned out and the people don’t have to worry about anything. In the book, 'The Giver', the elders ha already planned the future of the people in the community so they don’t have to worry about their future, so everyone seems to be happy.

9. Should people's emotions be controlled?

No, peoples emotions should not be controlled, because if it is controlled, people become like robots. Emotions are what make everyone different. Without emotions people would be the same. Another reason why emotions don’t need to be controlled is because there are certain times where people want to express their feelings. Emotions are what you fell and they are personal, and people should have a choice if they want to express them or not. For example, in the book “The Giver” emotions are extremely controlled and they are not personal to the person, because everyone has to share their feelings with their family during evening, and they have to take pills if they start feeling love and desiring things like Jonas does, which helps them control their emotions.

Short Story- Dystopic Views

What you don’t understand?
The part I didn't understand was, why did Harrison go to jail for? Was he not obeying the law by refusing to get handicapped?

How would Harrison hurt society?
Harrison would hurt the society, because if the Handicapper didn't kill him, then more and more people would start not obeying the law, because they would remember all the talents they have. This would make the society unequal, because there would be someone better than someone else, because no one is perfect at everything.

What would Harrison do that would benefit society?
Harrison would give freedom to everyone, because now they are like slaves under the government. The government officials are the ones who are handicapping the people. This would benefit the society, because this would advance the society, because currently everyone is stupid. This would also help the society learn new things, because some of the people will be good at something, while some are good at other things.

Why are we studying this?
We are studying this, because we can learn how to write a short story, and we can also learning this, because there should be a limit to everything. Like in the case of equality, people take away freedom so that the society is equal. We need to learn that for everything there is a limit and if we cross that then the world will become a dystopia.

Quarter Four Goals

1. My first goal for fourth quarter is to raise my Humanities grade from an A- to, at least an A, or an A+. Fourth quarter's grades are the most important, to me, because this shows how good I've doing in all of my classes, because we have final exams. The fourth quarter grades help me realize which subjects I'm weak at, and how I must improve.

2. My second goal is to learn how to write a good five paragraph essays, because I have heard that in High School we will be writing a lot of essays, and I don't want to lower my grades from something I've learned in the past.

3. My third goal is to learn most of the things about Globalization, and how it will affect our future.

4. My fourth goal is to do well in UbD, and very well in essay. I would like to do this, because UbD is 20% of our grade so if I mess up my grades will go down. I also want to do well in UbD, because this is a major assessment in eighth grade, and it tests all of the things I have learned in Middle School.