Unit 5: Crisis and Change
Lesson H: From Hot to Cold War
Pre-Assessment
Directions:
When you are instructed, read the directions for the lesson pretest and complete it as instructed by your teacher.
Alternative content
Course Menu
Lesson OverviewKey TermsOpening: Studying History Activity 1: Why Study History?Activity 2: Using Historical Thinking Skills to Analyze Modern IssuesActivity 3: Using Historical Thinking Skills to Analyze Global RightsReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World ReligionsOpening: Looking at World Belief Systems and ReligionsActivity 1: Using TimelinesActivity 2: Tracing the Emergence of World ReligionsActivity 3: World Religions and Belief SystemsActivity 4: Using Graphs and ChartsActivity 5: Comparing Maps, Charts, and GraphsActivity 6: Comparing Timelines and MapsActivity 7: Cultural DiffusionActivity 8: Unity and Division in ChristianityActivity 9: Unity and Division in Islam and BuddhismActivity 10: Relationship Between Religions and GovernmentsActivity 11: Conflicts in World ReligionsReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World - Ancient to 1300sOpening: Classical and Medieval EmpiresActivity 1: Understanding the Concept and Foundation of EmpiresActivity 2: Rise of EmpiresActivity 3: Secondary SourcesActivity 4: Check for Understanding - Types of SourcesActivity 5: Examining Secondary SourcesActivity 6: Diversity in the Islamic EmpireActivity 7: Islamic Empires AssessmentActivity 8: The Mighty Will FallReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: Life and Times in the Pre-Modern EraOpening: PERSIAActivity 1: Analyzing ImagesActivity 2: Political, Economic, and Religious Aspects of CivilizationActivity 3: ChinaActivity 4: Western EuropeActivity 5: JapanActivity 6: Civilization Knowledge CheckActivity 7: Role of WomenActivity 8: Intellectual and Technological AchievementsActivity 9: Technology Knowledge CheckActivity 10: Art and ArchitectureActivity 11: Art and Architecture Knowledge CheckActivity 12: Putting the Civilizations TogetherReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: By Land and SeaOpening: Push and Pull FactorsActivity 1: Migrations, Invasions, and ConquestsActivity 2: Migrations, Invasions, and Conquests Knowledge CheckActivity 3: Impact of Human Movement in HistoryActivity 4: Trading Networks Prior to the 15th CenturyActivity 5: Cities that Trade CreatedActivity 6: Cities that Trade Created Knowledge CheckReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Trade in the Pre-Modern Period Activity 1: The Role of Trade - History vs. Today Activity 2: Early Trade NetworksActivity 3: Early Trade and the Rise of EuropeActivity 4: Disease and Plague - The High Cost of TradeActivity 5: Reflections on Early TradeReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Religion in Today's WorldActivity 1: Mohammed to the OttomansActivity 2: Religious Conflicts of Yesterday and TodayActivity 3: Women of the Ottoman WorldActivity 4: A Patchwork Ottoman WorldActivity 5: The Ottoman OpportunityActivity 6: The Ottoman EconomyActivity 7: Trade under the OttomansReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Mongol Rule in EurasiaActivity 1: Costs and Benefits of Mongol RuleActivity 2: Defining "Empire"Activity 3: Aggression in Today's WorldActivity 4: Rise of Ming ChinaActivity 5: Ming Foreign Policy: Diplomacy to IsolationActivity 6: Ming Culture and Daily LifeActivity 7: Global Impact of Ming CommerceReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Historical Background on Chinese ReligionActivity 1: Asian Belief SystemsActivity 2: Testing in SocietiesActivity 3: Tests of Faith in Ming China Activity 4: East Meets SoutheastActivity 5: Ming DiasporaActivity 6: Chinese Currents of CultureActivity 7: Cultural DiffusionReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Early Europe's Social StruggleActivity 1: Black Death, Royal War and the End of FeudalismActivity 2: Changes to the Feudal WorldActivity 3: The European ChallengeActivity 4: Larger EmpiresActivity 5: Small States, Big ImpactActivity 6: The Impact of PortugalActivity 7: The Impact of ItalyActivity 8: Expansion of European TradeActivity 9: The Portuguese and Italians Open TradeReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: The European "Rebirth"Activity 1: A Classical RebirthActivity 2: The Classical Roots of the RenaissanceActivity 3: Rebirth of European ArtActivity 4: Renaissance ManActivity 5: Evaluating the RenaissanceActivity 6: Spreading the Word of Rebirth and ReformActivity 7: Reforming the ChurchActivity 8: Impact of the ReformationActivity 9: Reformation Cause and EffectReviewAssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Travel and Trade Comes to AfricaActivity 1: Travel, Trade and Islam in AfricaActivity 2: Timbuktu, Africa's First Islamic CapitalActivity 3: West African Trade Through Portuguese ContactsActivity 4: East African Trade and the Swahili CoastActivity 5: The Gold, Slave and Swahili CoastsReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550Opening: Modern MigrationActivity 1: Atlantic ExplorationActivity 2: The Birth of Colonial AmericaActivity 3: Atlantic Exploration and American DiscoveryActivity 4: Foreign Customs Meet Native CultureActivity 5: New World Cultural BlendingReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1300-1550sOpening: Out with the Old World and in with the NewActivity 1: Transatlantic ExchangeActivity 2: Global Impact of the Transatlantic ExchangesActivity 3: The Plantation System of the AmericasActivity 4: The Impact of Labor Systems in the AmericasReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The Rise of a European World 1550-1850Opening: From the Middle to Early Modern AgeActivity 1: A Divided EnglandActivity 2: A Glorious Time for DemocracyActivity 3: Causes and Effects of Political ChangesActivity 4: From Word of Mouth to Words on a PageActivity 5: The Birth of the Enlightened AgeActivity 6: An "Enlightened" EuropeReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World in the 1700sOpening: Social GroupsActivity 1: The Three EstatesActivity 2: Pre-Revolution ConditionsActivity 3: The American RevolutionActivity 4: Causes of RevolutionActivity 5: The Revolution BeginsActivity 6: Examining the Success of the RevolutionActivity 7: The American Revolution - Permanent ChangeReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1789-1850Opening: Setting GoalsActivity 1: Goals of the RevolutionActivity 2: Know Your GoalsActivity 3: The Rise and Fall of NapoleonActivity 4: The Actions of NapoleonActivity 5: The Congress of ViennaActivity 6: Goals of the Congress of ViennaActivity 7: The Holy AllianceActivity 8: Nationalist RevolutionsActivity 9: A Timeline of RevolutionReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1700-1900Opening: The Roots of Revolutionary OpportunityActivity 1: RevolutionsActivity 2: Latin American RevolutionsActivity 3: Class System in Latin AmericaActivity 4: Revolutions of the PeopleActivity 5: Democracy in Early MexicoActivity 6: Birth of Latin AmericaActivity 7: Democracy and Independence in CanadaReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1770-1850Opening: Revolutions Then and NowActivity 1: From Mercantilism to CapitalismActivity 2: The Development of IndustryActivity 3: A New Economic CycleActivity 4: Impacts of InnovationActivity 5: The Birth of an Economic RevolutionActivity 6: A Second Industrial RevolutionReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1800-1914Opening: Industrialization and UrbanizationActivity 1: Industrialization and PopulationActivity 2: Reforming the Industrial WorldActivity 3: Democracy in Industrial EuropeActivity 4: The Free Labor RevolutionReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: 19th CenturyOpening: The World of New ImperialismActivity 1: The Spread of ImperialismActivity 2: Motives for ImperialismActivity 3: Social Darwinism and the White Man's BurdenActivity 4: Western Responses to ImperialismActivity 5: Methods of Controlling ColoniesReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1815-1914Opening: European ImperialismActivity 1: The Creation of British IndiaActivity 2: Examining Perspective - The Lion and the TigerActivity 3: Examining Perspective - British Soldiers LootingActivity 4: Examining Perspective - The Capture of the KingActivity 5: Examining Perspective - Hand CarActivity 6: The Impact of British Rule on IndiaActivity 7: Growth of Nationalism in IndiaActivity 8: Imperialism in Southeast Asia - ComparisonsActivity 9: Examining Perspective through LettersReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: 19th Century ImperialismOpening: Africa Prior to European ImperialismActivity 1: Early Interactions between Europe and AfricaActivity 2: Review - Europe Claims AfricaActivity 3: Interactions with AfricaActivity 4: Scramble for AfricaActivity 5: European Treatment of African LaborActivity 6: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - South AfricaActivity 7: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - AlgeriaActivity 8: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - AsanteActivity 9: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - EthiopiaActivity 10: The ZulusActivity 11: Africa during ImperialismReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World in the 1800sOpening: China and ImperialismActivity 1: China Rebuffs EuropeansActivity 2: Europeans Gain Chinese PortsActivity 3: The Chinese React to Foreign InterventionActivity 4: Foreign Intervention and Economic Imperialism on ChinaActivity 5: Chinese DiasporaActivity 6: Efforts at Chinese ReformReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World - The 19th CenturyOpening: Becoming JapanActivity 1: Japan Prior to Western ContactActivity 2: Arrival of Commodore Matthew PerryActivity 3: Japan IndustrializesActivity 4: Japan Demonstrates Its PowerActivity 5: Japan Shows Its Strength - Historical InvestigationActivity 6: Japan Struggles to Find Its IdentityReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: 19th Century ImperialismOpening: Latin American Social StructureActivity 1: Exploring Latin American HistoryActivity 2: The History of MexicoActivity 3: US Involvement in Latin AmericaActivity 4: Latin American ExportsActivity 5: Analyzing and Researching Economic DataActivity 6: Latin American WomenReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: 19th Century World ConflictOpening: Titles for MonarchsActivity 1: Timeline of 19th CenturyActivity 2: Sick Man of EuropeActivity 3: Russian DespotismActivity 4: Crimean WarActivity 5: Reviewing Ottoman and Russian EmpiresReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1815-1914Opening: Explaining Responses to ChangeActivity 1: Socialism EmergesActivity 2: The Communist Manifesto Activity 3: Supporters of SocialismActivity 4: Education ReformActivity 5: 18th and 19th Century ClassroomsActivity 6: Education ComparisonActivity 7: Artists Respond to ChangeReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1815-1914Opening: The Impacts of NationalismActivity 1: Nationalism Unites Italy and GermanyActivity 2: Causes of UnificationActivity 3: The Role of Bismarck in German UnificationActivity 4: Nationalism Brings Conflict to the OttomansActivity 5: Nationalism in Europe vs. Middle EastActivity 6: Nationalism in Colonial ResistanceReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1900-1914Opening: The Causes of World War IActivity 1: Long-Term Cause - MilitarismActivity 2: Analyzing Arms SpendingActivity 3: Long-Term Cause - AlliancesActivity 4: Long-Term Cause - Imperialism Activity 5: Long-Term Cause - NationalismActivity 6: Nationalism as a Source of Conflict and UnityActivity 7: Check for Understanding - Causes of World War IActivity 8: The Assassination of Archduke FerdinandActivity 9: World War I BeginsReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1914-1918Opening: Timeline of World War I - 1914-1918Activity 1: Industry and Imperialism - Secret Weapons of World War IActivity 2: The Great War - Theatres of WarActivity 3: The United States Joins the War Activity 4: Total War and Civilians - PatriotismActivity 5: Total War and Civilians - SufferingActivity 6: Total WarActivity 7: The Treaty of Versailles - A Plan for Peace Review and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1914 - 1945Opening: Causes of RevolutionActivity 1: Causes of the Russian RevolutionActivity 2: Timeline of the Russian Revolution and Civil WarActivity 3: Events of the Russian Revolution and Civil WarActivity 4: Russian Revolution - Victory of BolsheviksActivity 5: Factors in the Russian RevolutionActivity 6: Russia and the Effects of World War IActivity 7: Ideas and Leaders of the Russian Civil WarActivity 8: Marxist Philosophy and the Global EconomyActivity 9: Economic Systems Check for UnderstandingActivity 10: Propaganda in the U.S.S.R.ReviewAssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1918 -1929Activity 1: Global Influenza Pandemic World MapActivity 2: Global Influenza PandemicActivity 3: Consumers and the Media in the 1920sActivity 4: The Impact of WWI on Music, Literature, and ArtsActivity 5: The Impact of WWI on Music, Literature, and Arts DiscussionActivity 6: Women's Lives Change After WWI - Equal RightsActivity 7: Women's Suffrage TimelineActivity 8: Women's Suffrage Historical OppositionActivity 9: Women's Suffrage Timeline ReviewReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-Assessment Key TermsActivator: The World in Depression - 1929-1936Opening: Economic Principles and Their Relevance to CitizensActivity 1: Economic ResponsesActivity 2: Causes of the Great DepressionActivity 3: Comparing Capitalism and MarxismActivity 4: Impacts and Choices around the WorldActivity 5: The Gold StandardActivity 6: Responses to the Great DepressionActivity 7: The Great Depression and World War IIActivity 8: Causes and Effects of Great Depression: DiscussionReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World - 1939-1943 Opening: M.A.I.N. and the Causes of WWIIActivity 1: Short- and Long-Term Causes of WWIIActivity 2: M.A.I.N. ReviewActivity 3: Authoritarian and Totalitarian RegimesActivity 4: The Beliefs and Actions of CountriesActivity 5: Historical InterpretationActivity 6: Quest for EmpireActivity 7: Causes of World War IIReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1939-1945Opening: Overview of World War IIActivity 1: Faces of World War IIActivity 2: Theatres of War and the Beginning of the EndActivity 3: Actions of the Leaders of World War II 1943-1945Activity 4: Total War: Technological InnovationsActivity 5: Civilian ImpactActivity 6: An Interconnected World - Post-War Division and the United NationsActivity 7: Independence for African Colonies After World War II - A Case Study Review and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: Changes in the Postwar World 1945-1975Opening: A Bipolar WorldActivity 1: Marshall Plan and Truman DoctrineActivity 2: East vs West - NATO and the Warsaw PactActivity 3: Influence in the Two-Sided Cold WarActivity 4: The Chinese Communist RevolutionActivity 5: China and the U.S.S.R.Activity 6: The Cold War ExpandsReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World 1945-PresentOpening: Capitalism and CommunismActivity 1: China and the Cold WarActivity 2: Comparing China and the Soviet UnionActivity 3: The Cold War Expands Regional Conflicts JigsawActivity 4: Overview - China as a Player in the Cold WarActivity 5: Labor's OpportunityActivity 6: Fall of the Soviet EmpireReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewPre-AssessmentKey TermsActivator: The World - 1900s-Present Opening: Nationalism, Individuals and ChangeActivity 1: DecolonizationActivity 2: Locating VietnamActivity 3: Colonial HistoryActivity 4: End of ColonialismActivity 5: Struggling with IndependenceActivity 6: Times of ChangeActivity 7: Comparing Vietnam and the United StatesActivity 8: Jigsaw Case Studies - Decolonization and IndependenceReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Lesson OverviewKey TermsActivator: The World 1950-PresentOpening: GlobalizationActivity 1: Research and Interpretation - Applying Historical Thinking to TodayActivity 2: The Struggle for DemocracyActivity 3: The Struggle for Human RightsActivity 4: Challenges of a Growing WorldActivity 5: Impact of TechnologyActivity 6: Economic Cooperation, Competition, and GlobalizationActivity 7: Global Responses to Humanitarian CrisisActivity 8: Challenges to Democracy and GlobalizationReview and AssessmentLesson Summary
Login
