Blog # 9 - Opium make the world go 'round...

After completing the Reading handed out in class, answer the following questions:

1) How did Opium make the world go round?

2) Do you believe Britain was justified in their war with China? Why or why not?

3) Respond to at least one other person's comment.

Blog # 8 - Life in this New World

1) Using at least two examples from the text, was the change in labor systems from peasants and slaves to factory workers a positive step for humanity?

2) Choose a persons response and, using two examples, argue the exact opposite point of view.

Blog # 7 - Joining the bandwagon of Industrialization

1) Choose one of the following viewpoints. Pretending you are that person, write a letter to one of your government officials trying to convince them that your country should industrialize.  Use specific evidence from your text and notes to convince the government leader.
       1) Christian merchant living in the Ottoman Empire
       2) Japanese Samurai
       3) Chinese peasant
       4) Brazilian Creole
       5) Mughal (Indian) soldier

2) Now choose one of the letters written by someone else and answer them back from the viewpoint of the government official. You can agree with them OR tell them how wrong they are!