Reference Pages

ContentsMini Almanac R1

Foldables R6

Skills Handbook R12

Primary Sources & Literature Library R32

English/Spanish Glossary R58

Index R93

Acknowledgements and Photo Credits R120

An almanac is a book or table that contains a variety of statistical, tabular, or general information. The most common almanacs in history have been those that kept astronomical data or that gave weather predictions and related advice to farmers. In agricultural societies it was important to keep accounts of natural phenomena so that farmers would have an idea of when to plant and harvest their crops. Ancient Egyptians carved their almanacs on sticks of wood and called them fi ngers of the sun. The fi rst printed almanac was prepared in Europe in 1457. The Old Farmers Almanac has been published continuously since 1792. Because almanacs are compact and concise, they are a popular way of presenting a wide variety of information.

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Source: United Nations Population Division, 2005.

World Population, A.D. 12005

Asia

Africa

Europe

North America

South America

Australia/Oceania

3,905,415,000

905,936,000

728,389,000

437,510,000

375,187,000

57,240,000

Population by Continent, 2005

Source: United Nations Population Division, 2005.Note: Populations are estimates.

Continent Population

Andorra

Japan

France

Israel

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

Chile

China

Egypt

Brazil

Russia

India

South Africa

Mozambique

83.51

81.25

79.73

79.46

78.81

78.54

77.85

76.77

72.58

71.29

71.97

67.08

64.71

42.73

39.82

Life ExpectancyCountry Years

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.

South Africa

India

Egypt

Brazil

China

Russia

Chile

United States

South Korea

United Kingdom

Canada

France

Germany

Japan

61

55

31

29

23

15

9

6

6

5

5

4

4

3

Infant Mortality

Country

Infant Deathsper 1,000Live Births

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.

China

India

United States

Indonesia

Brazil

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Russia

Nigeria

Japan

1,311,000,000

1,122,000,000

299,000,000

225,000,000

187,000,000

166,000,000

147,000,000

142,000,000

135,000,000

128,000,000

Most Populous CountriesCountry Population

Source: World Population Data Sheet, 2006.

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Luxembourg

Norway

Switzerland

Denmark

Iceland

Gross National Incomeper Capita (in U.S. dollars)Country

65,630

59,590

54,930

47,390

46,320

Worlds Richest Countries

Source: World Development Indicators, 2005, World Bank.

Congo,DemocraticRepublic of

Gross National Incomeper Capita (in U.S. dollars)Country

120

130

160

160

180

Worlds Poorest Countries

Liberia

Ethiopia

Malawi

Guinea-Bissau

Source: World Development Indicators, 2005, World Bank.

Highest Inflation Rates

Zimbabwe

Iraq

Guinea

Myanmar (Burma)

Afghanistan

Venezuela

Iran

Serbia

Malawi

Sao Tom and Prncipe

976.4

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16.3

15.8

15.8

15.5

15.1

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Source: The World Factbook, 2007.

Rate of Inflation (percent)Country

Lowest Inflation Rates

Country Rate of Inflation (percent)

Nauru

San Marino

Vanuatu

Northern Marianas

New Caledonia

Barbados

Dominica

Niger

Japan

Kiribati

3.6

1.7

1.6

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.5

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.

Worlds Ten Largest Companies, 2006

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Exxon Mobil (United States)

Wal-Mart Stores (United States)

Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands)

BP (United Kingdom)

General Motors (United States)

Chevron (United States)

DaimlerChrysler (Germany)

Toyota Motor (Japan)

Ford Motor (United States)

ConocoPhillips (United States)

339,938.0

315,654.0

306,731.0

267,600.0

192,604.0

189,481.0

186,106.3

185,805.0

177,210.0

166,683.0

Source: Fortune 500, 2006.

Revenue(in millions of U.S. dollars)CompanyRank

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Most Livable Countries

1. Norway 10. Switzerland 19. Spain

2. Iceland 11. Finland 20. New Zealand

3. Australia 12. Luxembourg 21. Germany

4. Ireland 13. Belgium 22. Hong Kong (SAR)*

5. Sweden 14. Austria 23. Israel

6. Canada 15. Denmark 24. Greece

7. Japan 16. France 25. Singapore

8. United States 17. United Kingdom

9. Netherlands 18. Italy

Source: United Nations Human Development Index, 2006.Note: The criteria includes life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and per capita gross domestic product (GDP).*Special Administrative Region of China

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Highest Adult Literacy Rates

Andorra

Finland

Georgia

Greenland

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Norway

Estonia

Latvia

Poland

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.Note: Literacy is defined by each country.

Rate of Literacy (percent)Country

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

99.8

99.8

99.8

Lowest Adult Literacy Rates

Niger

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Benin

Guinea

Afghanistan

Somalia

The Gambia

Senegal

Iraq

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.Note: Literacy is defined by each country.

Rate of Literacy (percent)Country

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29.6

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Years, by Country, in Which Women Gained the Right to VoteCountryYear CountryYear

New Zealand

Australia

Norway

United Kingdom

Canada

Germany

United States

South Africa

Brazil

France

Italy

Japan

Argentina

Mexico

India

Greece

Egypt

Kenya

Switzerland

Iraq

1893

1902

1913

1918

1918

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1920

1930

1934

1944

1945

1945

1947

1947

1950

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Dollars per Year

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United States

China

France

Japan

United Kingdom

Germany

Italy

Korea, South

India

Saudi Arabia

4.1

4.3

2.6

1.0

2.4

1.5

1.8

2.6

2.5

10.0

518.1

81.5

45.0

44.3

42.8

35.1

28.2

21.1

19.0

18.0

Source: The World Factbook, 2007.

Nuclear Weapons CapabilityCountry Date of First Test

United States

Russia(Soviet Union)

United Kingdom

France

China

India

Pakistan

1945

1949

1952

1960

1964

1974

1998

Source: U.S. Department of State and TIME magazine.

Communication Around the World

Daily NewspaperCirculationper 1,000PersonsCountry

Radiosper 1,000Persons

Televisionsper 1,000Persons

TelephoneMain Linesper 1,000Persons

Cellular PhoneSubscribersper 1,000Persons

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Computersper 1,000Persons

Canada

China

Cuba

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Russia

South Africa

United Kingdom

United States

159

23

114

201

305

104

578

98

105

32

329

198

1,047

339

185

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948

878

956

330

418

338

1,432

2,118

691

350

242

628

661

494

785

283

421

177

652

854

658

209

51

566

658

453

558

147

242

107

591

621

417

214

1.6

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785

1,018

680

254

120

364

841

543

487

28

32

347

435

231

383

83

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73

406

659

Source: Encyclopdia Britannica Almanac, 2006.

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Foldables

are three-dimensional, interactive, graphic organizers used to help organize and retain information. Every chapter in your text uses a Foldable to help you identify and learn about the Big Ideas discussed in the chapter. The following pages provide complete folding instruc-tions for the nine different Foldables used throughout your Student Edition text.

Table of Contents

Folded Table or Chart . . . . . . R7

Four-Tab Book. . . . . . . . . . . . R7

Four-Door Book . . . . . . . . . . R8

Layered-Look Book. . . . . . . . R8

Shutter Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . R9

Three-Pocket Book . . . . . . . . R9

Three-Tab Book . . . . . . . . . R10

Trifold Book . . . . . . . . . . . . R11

Two-Tab Book . . . . . . . . . . . R11

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Four-Tab Book1. Fold a sheet of paper (8" 11") in half like a hot dog.2. Fold this long rectangle in half like a hamburger.3. Fold both ends back to touch the mountain top or fold it like an accordion.4. On the side with two valleys and one mountain top, make vertical cuts

through one thickness of paper, forming four tabs.

Use this book for data occurring in fours.

Folded Table or Chart1. Fold the number of vertical columns needed to make the table or chart.2. Fold the horizontal rows needed to make the table or chart.3. Label the rows and columns.Remember: Tables are organized along vertical and horizontal axes, while charts are organized along one axis, either horizontal or vertical.

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Layered-Look Book1. Stack two sheets of paper (8" 11") so that the back sheet is one inch

higher than the front sheet.

2. Bring the bottom of both sheets upward and align the edges so that all of the layers or tabs are the same distance apart.

3. When all tabs are an equal distance apart, fold the papers and crease well.4. Open the papers and glue them together along the valley, or inner center fold,

or staple them along the mountain.

Four-Door Book1. Make a shutter fold using 11" 17" or 12" 18" paper.2. Fold the shutter fold in half like a hamburger. Crease well.3. Open the project and cut along the two inside valley folds.4. These cuts will form four doors on the inside of the project.Use this fold for data occurring in fours. When folded in half like a hamburger, a finished four-door book can be glued inside a large (11" 17") shutter fold as part of a larger project.

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Three-Pocket Book1. Fold a horizontal sheet of paper (11" 17") into thirds.2. Fold the bottom edge up two inches and crease well. Glue the outer edges of

the two-inch tab to create three pockets.

3. Label each pocket. Use to hold notes taken on index cards or quarter sheets of paper.

Shutter Fold1. Begin as if you were going to make a hamburger but instead of creasing the

paper, pinch it to show the midpoint.

2. Fold the outer edges of the paper to meet at the pinch, or midpoint, forming a shutter fold.

Use this book for data occurring in twos. Or, make this fold using 11" 17" paper and smaller bookssuch as the half-book, journal, and two-tab bookthat can be glued inside to create a large project full of student work.

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Three-Tab Book1. Fold a sheet of paper like a hot dog.2. With the paper horizontal, and the fold of the hot dog up, fold the right side

toward the center, trying to cover one half of the paper.

Note: If you fold the right edge over first, the final graphic organizer will open and close like a book.

3. Fold the left side over the right side to make a book with three folds.4. Open the folded book. Place your hands between the two thicknesses of paper

and cut up the two valleys on one side only. This will form three tabs.Use this book for data occurring in threes, and for two-part Venn diagrams.

Variation A:Draw overlapping circles on the three tabs to make a Venn diagram.

Variation B:Cut each of the three tabs in half to make a six-tab book.

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Trifold Book1. Fold a sheet of paper (8" 11") into thirds.2. Use this book as is, or cut into shapes. If the trifold is cut, leave plenty of fold

on both sides of the designed shape, so the book will open and close in three sections.

Use this book to make charts with three columns or rows, large Venn diagrams, and reports on data occurring in threes.

Two-Tab Book1. Take a folded book and cut up the valley of the inside fold toward the moun-

tain top. This cut forms two large tabs that can be used front and back for writing and illustrations.

2. The book can be expanded by making several of these folds and gluing them side-by-side.

Use this book with data occurring in twos. For example, use it for comparing and contrasting, determining cause and effect, finding similarities and differences, and more.

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Critical Thinking SkillsIdentifying the Main Idea R13Determining Cause and Effect R14Making Generalizations R15Distinguishing Fact from Opinion R16Formulating Questions R17Analyzing Information R18Evaluating Information R19Making Inferences R20Comparing and Contrasting R21Detecting Bias R22Synthesizing Information R23Drawing Conclusions R24Predicting R25Problems and Solutions R26

Social Studies SkillsReading a Map R27Interpreting Graphs R28Sequencing Events R29Interpreting Political Cartoons R30Analyzing Primary Sources R31

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to identify the main idea. Then answer the questions below.

4. Identify any details that support a larger idea or issue.2. As you read the

material, ask: What is the purpose of this passage?

1. Determine the setting of the passage.

3. Skim the material to identify its general subject. Look at the headings and subheadings.

5. Identify the central issue. Ask: What part of the selection conveys the main idea?

Find an article about the city of Teotihuacn and bring it to class. On a slip of paper, write the main idea of the article and explain why it is important. Display the article and the slip of paper on a bulletin board.

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Identifying the Main IdeaWhy Learn This Skill?

Finding the main idea in a reading passage will help you see the big picture by organizing information and assessing the most important concepts to remember.

Practicing the Skill1. Where did this article appear?

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

3. What details support the main idea?

Evidence indicates that all the victims were ritually killed to consecrate successive stages of the [Pyramid of the Moons] construction. . . . A wounded foreigner, most likely a prisoner of war, was apparently buried alive with his hands tied behind him. Animals repre-senting mythical powers and military might surrounded himpumas, a wolf, eagles, a falcon, an owl, and rattlesnakes. . . . Finely crafted offerings included weapons of obsidian and a fi gurine of solid greenstone, perhaps a war goddess to whom the burial was dedicated. Each subsequent burial was different, but all had the same aim: Human sacrifi ce was important to control the people, says Sugiyanga, to convince them to do what their rulers wanted.

A. R. Williams, Pyramid of Death, National Geographic, October 2006

Pyramid of the Moon, Mexico

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to identify cause-and-effect relationships. Then answer the questions below.

4. Identify the outcomes of events. Remember that some effects have more than one cause, and some causes lead to more than one effect. Also, an effect can become the cause of yet another effect.

1. Identify two or more events or developments.

3. Look for logical relationships between events, such as She overslept, and then she missed her bus.

Use library or Internet sources to research Kurdish culture under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Then explain the causes and effects of his dictatorship in a chart like the following:

Causes Kurdish culture Effects

2. Decide whether one event caused the other. Look for clue words such as because, led to, due to, brought about, produced, as a result of, so that, since, and therefore.

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Determining Cause and EffectWhy Learn This Skill?

Determining cause and effect involves considering why an event occurred. A causeis the action or situation that produces an event. What happens as a result of the cause is an effect.

Practicing the Skill1. Based on the reading, why have the Kurds in

Iraq begun to enjoy complete autonomy?2. What is the cause for this recent autonomy?3. What is the cause-and-effect chain that could

lead to an even greater autonomy and interna-tional recognition of this autonomy?

Since the aftermath of the 1991 gulf war, nearly four million Kurds have enjoyed complete autonomy in the region of Iraqi Kurdistanprotected from Saddam under a no-fl y zone north of the 36th parallel and behind the defensive wall of the Kurds highly disciplined army, the peshmerga. They have held region-wide elections, formed a legislature, and chosen a president, establishing a world entirely apart from Baghdada de facto independent state. For the fi rst time in their long history, Kurds are wielding signifi cant political power, successfully negotiat-ing for control over their own military forces and author-ity over new oil discoveries in their own terrain. Under the federated Iraq being called for by the international community, they would have powers of autonomy that matchor even exceedwhat they now enjoy.

Frank Viviano, The Kurds in Control, National Geographic, January 2006

An Iraqi Kurd

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to make a valid generalization. Then answer the questions below.

1. Identify the subject matter.

Berbers live throughout North Africa, but nowhere has denial of their identity been more systematic than in Morocco, ethnically the most Berber of the regions countries. Although 60 percent of its population claim Berber descent and nearly 40 percent speak one of three Berber languages, Moroccos constitution declares the country part of Arab North Africa, proclaims Arabic as its offi cial language, and makes no mention of the Berbers. This is a legacy of the Arab nationalism that sparked colonial-era independence movements in the region and, in the name of unity, ignored or even suppressed the cultures and languages of non-Arab peoples.

Jeffrey Taylor, Among the Berbers, National Geographic, January 2005

3. Identify similarities among these facts.

2. Collect factual information and examples relevant to the topic.

Use library or Internet resources to research the status of Berbers in another country in North Africa. Write a generalization based on what you found. Provide details to support your generalization.

4. Use these similarities to form some general ideas about the subject.

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Making GeneralizationsWhy Learn This Skill?

Generalizations are judgments that are usually true, based on the facts at hand. If you say, We have a great soccer team, you are making a generalization. If you also say that your team is undefeated, you are providing evidence to support your generalization.

Practicing the Skill1. Based on the facts above, what generalization

can you make about the status of Berbers in Morocco?

2. What evidence supports your generalization?

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to identify facts and opinions. Then answer the questions below.

Find a news article and an editorial about the same issue. Identify two facts and two opinions from these sources.

2. If a statement can be proved by information from a reliable source, it is factual.

3. Identify opinions by looking for statements of feelings or beliefs. They may contain words like should, would, could, best, greatest, all, every, or always.

1. Identify the facts. Ask: Can these statements be proved? Where would I find information to verify them?

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Practicing the Skill1. What are two factual statements in the editorial?2. Which statements are opinions?

Why Learn This Skill?Distinguishing fact from opinion can help you make reasonable judgments about

what others say and write. Facts can be proved by evidence such as records, docu-ments, or historical sources. Opinions are based on peoples differing values and beliefs.

Distinguishing Fact From Opinion

After decades of economic progress, Puerto Rico is struggling, and the mainland has both missed this horrifi c economic slide and contributed to it through benign neglect.

Poverty on the island is rampant. The per capita income is just about half that of the poorest state in the United States. Nearly one-third of the population was unemployed in 2000. And a good quarter of all employ-ment is in government jobs . . .

The bleak picture is set out in a long-overdue, exhaus-tive study . . . from the Center for the New Economy, a nonpartisan Puerto Rican research group, and the Brookings Institution.

Much of the blame can be put on Washington, which has been tone deaf to the islands needs and has miscalcu-lated where help was needed. . . .

New York Times, Puerto Rico, an Island in Distress, October 23, 2006

A street vendor, Puerto Rico

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to formulate questions. Then answer the questions below.

Formulate two more questions about the information on this page. Then use Internet sources to nd answers to your questions.

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1. Think about questions you have. Often you can find the answers in the next paragraph or section.

2. Ask who, what, when, where, why, and how about the main ideas, places, and events.

3. Reread to find answers to your questions.

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Practicing the Skill1. What is the topic of the chart?2. Select the parts of the chart you would like to

understand better.3. Formulate two questions about these parts.4. Where might you find answers to your questions?

Formulating QuestionsWhy Learn This Skill?

Asking questions helps you to process information and understand what you read.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to analyze information. Then answer the questions below.

Find a news story about another airlift opera-tion in history. Analyze the story and use your analysis to summarize the similarities and differences between this airlift and the Berlin Airlift.

3.Summarize the information in your own words, and then make a statement of your own based on your understanding of the topic and what you already know.

2.Examine how the information is organized. What are the main points?

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1.Identify the topic that is being discussed.

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Analyzing InformationWhy Learn This Skill?

The ability to analyze information is important in deciding what you think about a subject. Analysis requires a critical study of what an author or artist is trying to get across.

Practicing the Skill1. Based on the title, what does the information on

the map represent?2. How is the information organized? What are the

main points?3. Summarize the information from the map, and

then provide your analysis based on the informa-tion and what you know about the Berlin Airlift.

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Learning the SkillWhen evaluating information to determine its reliability, ask yourself the following questions as you read: Is there bias? In other words, does

the source unfairly present just one point of view, ignoring any arguments against it?

Is the information published in a credible, reliable publication?

Is the author or speaker identified? Is he or she an authority on the subject?

Is the information up-to-date? Is the information backed up by

facts and other sources? Does it seem to be accurate?

Is it well-written and well-edited? Writing that has errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation is likely to be careless in other ways as well.

Find an advertisement that contains text and bring it to class. In a brief oral presentation, tell the class whether the information in the adver-tisement is reliable or unreliable and why.

Source CThe single biggest factor in the infl ation rate last year was from one cause: the skyrocketing prices of OPEC oil. We must take whatever actions are necessary to reduce our dependence on foreign oiland at the same time reduce infl ation.

President Jimmy Carter, January 23, 1980

Source AOil prices are so high, becuz big oil companys are trying to goug us. Greedy oil executives, are driven up prices to get richer.

published on an individuals Internet blog

Source BIts certainly clear that high oil prices arent dulling demand for energy products. According to the Energy Dept.s Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. demand for gasoline in June was 9.5 million barrels a day, a record.

BusinessWeek, July 7, 2006

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Practicing the SkillLook at the above statements about oil prices. Rank them in order of most reliable to least reliable, and then explain why you ranked them as you did.

Evaluating InformationWhy Learn This Skill?

We live in an information age. The amount of information available can be over-whelming, and it is sometimes difficult to know when information is true and useful. You need to evaluate what you read and hear to determine the reliability of the information presented.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to make inferences. Then answer the questions below.

Make inferences based on pictures of Africa you nd on the Internet, and write questions based on your inferences. Exchange your pic-tures and questions with another student and answer each others questions.

In Bamako I live in a guest house called the Centre dAcceuil, run by Spanish nuns. The rooms are cheapa bed, mosquito netting. The bad thing about the Centre dAcceuil is that although there are ten rooms for rent, there is only one shower. Moreover, it is constantly occupied these days by a young Norwegian, who came here not realizing how hot it gets in Bamako. The African interior is always white-hot. It is a plateau relentlessly bombarded by the rays of the sun, which appears to be suspended directly above the earth here: make one careless gesture, it seems, try leaving the shade, and you will go up in fl ames.The Norwegian, after several suffocating, sweltering days, decided to leave everything and return home. But he had to wait for the plane. And the only way he could survive until then, he concluded, was by never coming out from under the shower.

Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Shadow of the Sun

1. Read carefully for stated facts and ideas.

2. Summarize the information and list important facts.

3. Apply related information that you may already know.

4. Use your knowledge and insight to develop some logical conclusions.

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Making InferencesWhy Learn This Skill?

To infer means to evaluate information and arrive at a conclusion. When you make inferences, you read between the lines, or use clues to figure something out that is not stated directly in the text.

Practicing the Skill1. What facts are presented in the passage?2. What can you infer from the presence of mos-

quito netting?3. What can you infer about the availability of air

transportation in Bamako?

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to compare and contrast. Then answer the questions below.

With a partner, research life in the other three early culture hearthsthe Indus Valley, the Huang He Valley, and Middle America. Use your information to create a table like the one above. Develop three questions based on your table. Exchange your work with another pair of students and answer the questions based on their table.

Geography

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Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)

Tigris and Euphrates

Flat plains

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City-states; theocracy; largebureaucracy; kings ruled

Nobles, commoners, slaves

Farming and trade

Cuneiform

Egypt

Africa

Nile

Deserts, seas, cataracts

Polytheistic

Rural villages; dynasties;divine kings ruled

Upper classes, merchants,artisans, peasants

Farming and trade

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Life in Mesopotamia and Egypt

3. To contrast, look for areas that are different. These areas set the items apart from each other.

2. To compare, determine a common area or areas in which comparisons can be drawn. Look for similarities within these areas.

1. Identify or decide what two or more items will be compared and/or contrasted.

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Practicing the Skill1. What characteristics does the table use to

compare and contrast life in Mesopotamia and Egypt?

2. How was life in Mesopotamia similar to life in Egypt?

3. How was life in Mesopotamia different from life in Egypt?

Comparing and ContrastingWhy Learn This Skill?

When you make comparisons, you determine similarities among ideas, objects, or events. When you contrast, you are noting differences between ideas, objects, or events. Comparing and contrasting are important skills because they help you choose among several possible alternatives.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to detect bias. Then answer the questions below.

Find written material about a topic of interest to you. Possible sources include editorials, letters to the editor, and political pamphlets. Apply the steps for recognizing bias to the material. Write a paragraph summarizing your ndings.

2. Identify statements of fact.

The bourgeoisie . . . has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his natural superiors, and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous cash payment. It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm . . . in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value. And in place of the numberless and feasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedomFree Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Manifesto of the Communist Party

5. Determine how the authors point of view is reflected in the work.

4. Identify any expression of opinion or emotion. Look for words that have positive or negative overtones for clues about the authors feelings on the topic.

1. Examine the authors identity, especially his or her views and particular interests.

3. Determine the authors point of view.

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Practicing the Skill1. Are there any statements of fact presented in this

passage? If so, what are they?2. What opinions are stated?3. What evidence of bias do you find? Do the

authors think it is a good thing or a bad thing that the bourgeoisie have put an end to feudal ties?

Detecting BiasWhy Learn This Skill?

Most people have a point of view, or bias. This bias influences the way they interpret and write about events. Recognizing bias helps you judge the accuracy of what you hear or read.

Karl Marx

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to synthesize information. Then answer the questions that follow.

Find two sources of information on a topic deal-ing with archaeological excavations in Rome. What are the main ideas in each? How does each add to your understanding of the topic?

Source ARome has been rising for 3,000 years, says Darius Arya, an archaeologist and director of the American Institute for Roman Culture. Much of Rome is situated in a fl oodplain, including the modern city center, known in antiquity as Campus Martius, at a bend of the Tiber River. Although the Romans put up levees, the city still fl ooded periodically, so they built upward, laying new structures and streets on earlier ones. It was cost-effective, and it worked, Arya says. We see the Romans jacking their city up two meters at a time, raising themselves above the water but also burying their past. Paul Bennett, In Romes Basement,

National Geographic, July 2006

Source BOf all the old saws about the Eternal City, at least one remains simply true: dig a deep hole almost

anywhere here, and youll unearth an archaeological artifact or two. Yet a wave of public and private building projects is suddenly focusing unusual attention on Romes

rich subterranean world as one treasure after another emerges at a steady clip. Were walking on the worlds largest untapped underground museum, said Maria Antonietta

Tomei, a government offi cial responsible for coordinating archaeological digs in Rome. During the last week reports surfaced that 800 coins from the fourth and fi fth centuries

BC had been unearthed during the reconstruction of a movie theater near the Trevi Fountain.

Treasures galore still emerging from underneath Rome, Taipei Times (online), December 27, 2006

2. Determine what information each source adds to the subject.

3. Identify points of agreement and disagreement between the sources. Ask: Can Source A give me new information or new ways of thinking about Source B?

4. Find relationships between the information in the sources.

1. Analyze each source separately to understand its meaning.

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Practicing the Skill1. What is the main subject of each passage?2. What does Source A say about the subject?3. What information does Source B add?4. Sum up what you have learned from both

sources.

Synthesizing InformationWhy Learn This Skill?

Synthesizing information involves combining information from two or more sources. Information gained from one source often sheds new light upon other information.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to draw conclusions. Then answer the questions below.

Find an article describing a current con ict in Africa. Use the steps on this page to draw conclusions about the causes of the con ict. Summarize your conclusions in a paragraph.

1. Read carefully for stated facts and ideas.

DARFUR FACTS1.8 million people currently live in camps or makeshift settlements in Darfur.

Political infighting prevents 250,000 Darfur refugees from receiving humanitarian aid.

215,000 Sudanese have fled to Chad because of continuing violence.

300,000 people in Darfur have been killed or died as a result of the conflict.

The Sudanese government spent $18 million on weapons in 2003.

Between 2000 and 2003, arms and ammunition exports to Sudan from China increased by a factor of 30.

China, Russia, and France are major suppliers of arms to Sudan and permanent members of the UN Security Council.

The UN Security Council agreed to extend an existing arms embargo to the Sudanese government in March 2005.

Source: Amnesty International, Fall 2006.

2. Summarize the information and list important facts.

3. Apply related information that you may already know.

4. Use your knowledge and insight to develop some logical conclusions.

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Drawing ConclusionsWhy Learn This Skill?

A conclusion is a logical understanding that you reach based on details or facts that you read or hear. When you draw conclusions, you use stated information to figure out ideas that are unstated.

Practicing the Skill1. Which facts from the table support the conclusion

that the Sudanese government is trying to drive out the people of Darfur?

2. What conclusion might you draw about why the UN Security Council waited so many years before extending an existing arms embargo to Sudan?

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to make a prediction. Then answer the questions below.

Find a newspaper or magazine article that describes the current state of politics, economy, or society in South Africa. Analyze the article, and describe how the people of South Africa are trying to solve the problem. Predict three consequences of the actions described. On what do you base your prediction?

1. Gather information about the decision or action.

There is little freedom to disagree with the determinations of the authorities [in South Africa]. There is large scale unemployment here because of the drought and the recession that has hit most of the worlds economy. And it is such a time that the authorities have increased the prices of various foodstuffs and also of rents in black townshipsmeasures designed to hit hardest those least able to afford the additional costs. . . .

The authorities have not stopped stripping blacks of their South African citizenship. . . . The South African government is turning us into aliens in the land of our birth.

White South Africans are. . . .scared human beings, many of them; who would not be, if they were outnum-bered fi ve to one? Through this lofty body I wish to appeal to my white fellow South Africans to share in building a new society, for blacks are not intent on driving whites into the sea but on claiming only their rightful place in the sun in the land of their birth.

Bishop Desmond Tutu, speech on apartheid to the United Nations Security Council, October 23, 1984

3. Analyze each consequence by asking: How likely is this to occur?

2. Use your knowledge about history and human behavior to identify what consequences could result.

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Practicing the Skill1. What events do the passage describe?2. Do you think what the author described changed

after his speech? 3. On what do you base this prediction? 4. What occurrences might have an effect on

changing these events?5. What are the possible outcomes for all involved,

of the appeal proposed by the author?

PredictingWhy Learn This Skill?

Predicting future events can be difficult and sometimes risky. The more informa-tion you have, however, the more accurate your predictions will be. Making good predictions will help you understand what you read.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to help you through the problem-solving process. Then answer the questions below.

Select a current political problem that needs to be solved. The problem can be anything from the con ict between Israel and Palestine to the agreement on a constitution by all members of the European Union. Create a presentation in which you identify the problem, list options with their advantages and disadvantages, choose a solution, and evaluate the chosen solution.

1. Identify the problem.

In just two decades . . . Chinas Northeast has gone from dynamo to dinosaur, tracing virtually the opposite trajectory of the countrys thriving southern coastal regions. . . . The regions industrial production has sagged to less than 9 percent of national output, while its heavy reliance on state-owned enterprisesonce a blessing, now a cursehas made market-oriented reforms seem like all shock and no therapy. The landscape left behind is . . . [t]housands of obsolete state-run factories, millions of laid-off workers, a growing gap between rich and poor, rampant corruption, deadly human and environmental disasters. . . .

Hoping to reverse this dangerous slide, Beijing has so far spent 7.5 billion dollars to rehabilitate the region, closing or privatizing old state-owned factories while retraining workers for industries more suited to the 21st century. . . . The real key, however, will be foreign investment. The region that once symbolized Chinas drive for self-suffi ciency is now unabashedly courting foreign investors. . . . It is too early to tell whether the rust belt can truly be revitalized.

Brook Larmer, The Manchurian Mandate, National Geographic, September 2006

3. List possible solutions.

4. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each solution.

2. Gather information. 5. Choose the best

solution to your problem and carry it out.

6. Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

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Practicing the Skill1. What problem does the writer present in this

selection?2. What options are available to solve this problem?

Can you think of any other options?3. Explain the solutions implemented according to

the selection. Were they successful? How do you determine this?

Problems and SolutionsWhy Learn This Skill?

Suppose you are not doing well in basketball. You wonder why you cannot do bet-ter since you always go to practice, try your best, and pay attention to the coachs instructions. In order to improve a situation such as this one, you need to identify a specific problem and then take actions to solve it.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to read a map. Then answer the questions below.

Choose a map from your world history text and work with a partner to write three questions that can be answered by reading the map. Then exchange questions with another pair and answer each others questions.

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2. Study the map key to determine the meaning of the symbols, colors, and lines used on the map.

1. Look at the title of the mapit tells you what kind of information the map shows.

4. Find the compass rose to learn the orientation of the map.

6. Use lines of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of places on the map.

3. Read the labels on the map to learn where things such as cities, groups of people, and physical features are located.

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Practicing the Skill1. What kinds of resources enabled the North to

triumph over the South?2. Where are most cities located? Why?

Reading a MapWhy Learn This Skill?

Maps can direct you down the street, across the county, or around the world. An ordinary map holds all kinds of information. Learn the maps code, and you can read it like a book.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to interpret graphs. Then answer the questions that follow.

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4. Compare the lines, bars, or segments, and look for relationships in order to draw conclusions.

1. Read the graph title to identify the subject.

3. Study the information presented and the use of colors and patterns.

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Practicing the Skill1. How does the literacy rate in Mexico compare to

literacy in the rest of the world?2. What percentage of the Mexican people are under

20 years of age?3. What general population trends in Mexico do

these two graphs show?

Interpreting GraphsWhy Learn This Skill?

Graphs are visual representations of statistical data. Large amounts of information can be condensed when presented in a graph. Studying graphs allows readers to see relationships clearly. Bar graphs use bars of different lengths to compare different quantities. Circle graphs show the relationship of parts to a whole as percentages.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to sequence events. Then answer the questions below.

Find a newspaper or magazine article about a world event. Sequence the information pre-sented in the article in a time line or chart.

1. Look for dates or clue words such as in 1920, later that year, first, then, andin the late eighteenth century.

When the new moon of the month Shawwal appeared in the same year [1st September 1326], the Hijaz caravan left Damascus and I set off along with it. At Bosra the caravans usually halt for four days so that any who have been detained at Damascus by business affairs may make up on them. Thence they go to the Pool of Ziza, where they stop for a day, and then through al-Lajjun to the Castle of Karak. Karak, which is also called The Castle of the Raven, is one of the most marvellous, impregnable, and celebrated of fortresses. . . . The caravan stopped for four days at a place called ath-Thaniya outside Karak, where preparations were made for entering the desert.

Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa 13251354

2. Arrange facts in the order in which they occurred.

3. Consider using an organizational tool such as a time line, which makes it easy to see the chronology, as well as any cause-and-effect relationships, between events.

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Practicing the Skill1. What dates or clue words in this selection can

help determine the sequence of events being described?

2. Fill in a time line like the one below to show the sequence of events as described in the selection.

First Event Final Event

Sequencing EventsWhy Learn This Skill?

Sequencing involves placing facts in the order in which they occurred. Sequencing helps you deal with large quantities of information in an understandable way. In studying history, sequencing can help you understand cause-and-effect relation-ships among events. This in turn helps analysts to predict outcomes of various events or policies.

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Learning the SkillTo interpret a political cartoon, follow these steps. Then answer the questions below.

Bring a newspaper or news magazine to class. With a partner, analyze the message in each political cartoon that you nd.

4. Examine the actions in the cartoonwhat is happening and why?

5. Identify the cartoonists purpose. What statement or idea is he or she trying to get across? Decide if the cartoonist wants to persuade, criticize, or just make people think.

1. Read the title, caption, or conversation balloons. They help you identify the subject of the cartoon.

3. Identify any symbols shown. Symbols are things that stand for something else. Commonly recognized symbols may not be labeled. Unusual symbolism will be labeled.

2. Identify the characters or people shown. They may be caricatures, or unrealistic drawings that exaggerate the characters physical features.

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Practicing the Skill1. Who is depicted in the cartoon? What is he doing?2. What do the stones along the path represent?3. What overall message do you think the cartoonist

is trying to send?

Interpreting Political CartoonsWhy Learn This Skill?

Political cartoonists use art to express opinions. Their work appears in news-papers, magazines, books, and on the Internet. Political cartoons usually focus on public figures, political events, or economic or social conditions. They can give you a summary of an event or circumstance and the artists opinion in a quick, entertain-ing manner.

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Learning the SkillFollow these steps to learn how to analyze a primary source. Then answer the questions below.

2. Identify when and where the document was written.

3. Read the document for its content and try to answer the five W questions: Who is it about? What is it about? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why did it happen?

1. Identify the author of the source. Note any biases or opinions expressed by the author or creator of the source.

The festivals generally conclude with an amusement unknown in Europea combat between two elephants. . . .

A wall of earth is raised three or four feet wide and fi ve or six high. The two ponderous beasts meet one another face to face, on opposite sides of the wall, each having a couple of riders. . . . The riders animate the elephants either by soothing words, or by chiding them as cowards, and urge them on with their heels, until the poor creatures approach the wall and are brought to the attack. The shock is tremendous, and it appears surprising that they ever survive the dreadful wounds . . . infl icted with their teeth, their heads, and their trunks. . . .

The fi ght of these noble creatures is attended with much cruelty. . . . [S]ome of the riders are trodden underfoot; and killed on the spot. . . [T]his amusement . . . does not always end with the death of a rider: . . . some spectators are knocked down and trampled upon. . . .

Franois Bernier, Travels in the Mogul Empire 16561668 4. Determine what kind

of information may be missing from the primary source.

Find a rsthand account of a recent event or a historical event. Evaluate its validity and useful-ness as a primary source.

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Practicing the Skill1. How can you tell the source contains firsthand

knowledge of the elephant fight?2. Who has the authors sympathy? How can

you tell?3. What information from the source did you find

valuable? What about the topic of elephant fights would you still like to learn?

Analyzing Primary SourcesWhy Learn This Skill?

An eyewitness account of a place or event is a primary source. The advantage of a primary source is that it contains firsthand knowledge. Primary sources may include diaries, letters, memoirs, interviews with eyewitnesses, photographs, news articles, and legal documents. Often they provide detailed accounts of events, but reflect only one perspective. For this reason, you must examine as many sources as possible before drawing any conclusions.

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An Egyptian Fathers Advice to His Son R34The Burning of Books R35Plague in Athens R35From the Iliad R36Muhammads Wife Remembers the Prophet R38A Woman May Need to Have the Heart of a Man R39The Buddhas Sermon R39Five Poems R40A Reformation Debate R42The Silk Industry in China R43Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen R43From Candide R44

Imperial Decree to Free the Serfs R46The Unfortunate Situation of Working Women R47The Impact of British Rule in India R47From Shooting an Elephant R48Over the TopWorld War I R50Gandhi Takes the Path of Civil Disobedience R51The HolocaustThe Camp Victims R51From A Room of Ones Own R52Progress Never Stops R54An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die R55Chinas Gilded Age R55 Civil Peace, from Girls at War and Other Stories R56

What Is It and How Do I Use It?The primary sources as defined here are written

testimony or documents from a particular era in history or about an important development. The source may be the writings of a noted historian or political leader, or it may be from the diary of someone who lived at the time and recorded the events of the day.

Reading primary sources is an excellent way to understand how and why people believed and acted as they did in the past. While many people might have written down their stories or beliefs, the sources chosen here are from witnesses who were close to events or especially sensitive to them.

Checking Your Sources When you read primary or secondary sources,

you should analyze them to determine if they are dependable or reliable. Historians usually prefer primary sources to secondary sources, but both can be reliable or unreliable, depending on the following factors.

Time Span With primary sources, it is important to con-

sider how much time passed from the date the event occurred to the date that the primary source was written. Generally, the longer the time span between the event and the account, the less reli-able the account is. As time passes, people often forget details and fill in gaps with events that never took place. Although we like to think we remember things exactly as they happened, the fact is, we often remember them very differently than they occurred.

Reliability Another factor to consider when evaluating a

primary source is the writers background and re-liability. When reading a historical document, try to determine if the statements and information can be proved. If the information can be verified as true by independent sources, then it probably is fact.

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Opinions When evaluating a primary source, you should

also decide whether or not the account has been influenced by emotion, opinion, or exaggeration. Writers sometimes distort the truth to suit their personal purposes. Ask yourself: Why did the person write the account? Do any words or expres-sions reveal the authors emotions or opinions? Again, you may wish to compare the account with another primary source document about the same event. If the two accounts differ, ask yourself why they differ and then conduct your own outside research to determine which account can be veri-fied by other authoritative sources.

Interpreting Primary Sources To help you analyze a primary source, use the following steps:

Examine the origins of the document. You need to determine if it is indeed a primary source.

Find the main ideas. Read the document and summarize the main ideas in your own words.

Reread the document. Difficult ideas and historical documents are not always easily understood on the first reading.

Use a variety of resources. Use a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and maps to further your understanding of the topic. These resources are tools to help you discover new ideas and knowledge and check the validity of sources.

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Upper-class Egyptians enjoyed compiling collections of wise sayings to provide guid-ance for leading an upright and successful life. This excerpt from The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep dates from around 2450 B.C.

Then he said to his son:If you are a leader commanding the affairs

of the many, seek out for yourself every good deed, until it may be that your own affairs are without wrong. Justice is great, and it is last-ing; it has been disturbed since the time of him who made it, whereas there is punishment for him who passes over its laws. Wrongdoing has never brought its undertaking into port. It may be that it is fraud that gains riches, but the strength of justice is that it lasts . . . .

If you are a man of standing who is pleas-ing to god, if he is correct and inclines toward your ways and listens to your instruction, while his manners in your house are fitting, and if he takes care of your property as it should be, seek out for him every useful ac-tion. He is your son, . . . you should not cut your heart off from him.

If he [the son] goes astray and does not carry out your instruction, so that his manners in your household are wretched, and he rebels against all that you say, while his mouth runs on in the most wretched talk, quite apart from his experience, while he possesses nothing, you should cast him off: he is not your son at all. He

was not really born to you . . . He is one whom god has condemned in the very womb.

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PRIMARY SOURCES

Readers Dictionaryfraud: deceptionimperial: relating to the empire or the emperorarchives: official documents that are preserved

for historical or public usediscourse: discussiondecree: an order that has the force of lawcalamity: distress or misery

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1. Evaluating Does any part of the Egyptian fathers advice have value today for sons or daughters? Be specific and support your answer.

2. Drawing Conclusions Why did Li Su think that burning books would eliminate all rival theories of government?

3. Listing What hardships did newcomers to Athens face during the time of the plague?

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Li Su was a chief minister of the first Qin emperor. A follower of Legalism, he hoped to eliminate all rival theories of government.

Your servant suggests that all books in the imperial archives, save the memoirs of Qin, be burned. All persons in the empire, except members of the Academy of Learned Scholars, in possession of the Book of Odes, the Book of History, and discourses of the hundred philosophers [including Confucius] should take them to the local governors and have them burned. Those who dare to talk to each other about the Book of Odes and the Book of History should be executed and their bodies exposed in the market place. Anyone referring to the past to criticize the present should, together with all members of his fam-ily, be put to death. Officials who fail to report cases that have come under their attention

are equally guilty. After thirty days from the time of issuing the decree, those who have not destroyed their books are to be branded and sent to build the Great Wall. Books not to be destroyed will be those on medicine and pharmacy, agriculture and arboriculture [the cultiva-tion of trees and shrubs]. People wishing to pursue learning should take the officials as their teachers.

PLAGUE IN ATHENS

Thucydides (471c. 400 B.C.) is regarded as the first scientific historian. In his account of the plague that broke out in Athens in 430 B.C., Thucydides simply presents the facts, describing the diseases symptoms and impact on the city itself.

. . . Externally, the body was not so very warm to the touch; it was not pale, but red-dish, livid, and breaking out in small blisters and ulcers. But internally it was consumed by such a heat that the patients could not bear to have on them the lightest coverings or linen sheets. . . .

The Athenians suffered further hardships owing to the crowding into the city of the people from the country districts; and this affected the new arrivals especially. For since no houses were available for them and they had to live in huts that were stifling in the hot season, they perished in wild disorder. Bodies of dying men lay one upon another, and half-dead people rolled about in the streets and, in their longing for water, near all the fountains. . . . The calamity which weighed upon them was so overpowering that men became careless of all law, sacred as well as profane. And the customs which they had hitherto observed regarding burial were all thrown into confusion, and they buried their dead each one as he could. . . .

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About the AuthorHomer is probably one of the best known figures to have emerged from Greek antiquity. Writing in the eighth century B.C., Homers most famous works are the Iliad and the Odyssey. These works mark the beginnings of Greek literature and are used as models even in contemporary work. The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War, and the Odyssey recounts the challenges of one Greek hero, Odysseus (also known as Ulysses), in returning to his homeland.

Readers Dictionarycovenant: a binding agreement or promisespoil: to plunder from an enemy in war

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FROM THE ILIAD

By Homer, translated by Samuel Butler

In the Iliad, Hektor was the Trojans hero and son of King Priam. Achilles, the Greeks hero, was the son of Peleus. Hektor killed Achilles friend Patroklos, and Achilles was determined to avenge the death.

Hektor was first to speak. I will no longer flee you, son of Peleus, said he, as I have been doing hitherto. . . .[Let] me either slay or be slain, for I am in the mind to face you. Let us, then, give pledges to one another by our gods; . . . [that if] I take your life, I am not to treat your dead body in any unseemly fashion, but when I have stripped you of your armor, I am to give up your body to the Achaeans, And do you likewise.

Achilles glared at him and answered, Fool . . . [there] can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out. . . . Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me . . . till one or other shall fall. . . . You have no more chance, and Pallas Athena will forthwith vanquish you by my

spear: you shall now pay me in full for the grief you have caused me on account of my comrades whom you have killed in battle.

He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it. Hektor saw it com-ing and avoided it; he watched

it and crouched down so that it flew over his head and stuck in the ground beyond; Athena then snatched it up and gave it back to Achilles without Hektors seeing her; Hektor thereon said . . . You

have missed your aim, Achilles. . . . [And] now for your own part avoid my spear if you canwould that you might receive the whole of it into

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2. Explaining Explain Achilles concern with Hektors armor.

3. Interpreting What does Hektors last request reveal about Greek attitudes towards death?

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your body; if you were once dead the Trojans would find the war an easier matter, for it is you who have harmed them most.

He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it. His aim was sure for he hit the middle of Achilles shield, but the spear rebounded from it, and did not pierce it. Hektor was angry when he saw that the weapon had sped from his hand in vain, and stood there in dismay for he had no second spear. . . . [Then] he said to himself, Alas! The gods have lured me on to my destruction. . . . [Death] is now indeed exceedingly near at hand and there is no way out of it. . . . My doom has come upon me; let me not then die inglori-ously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

As he spoke he drew the keen blade that hung so great and strong by his side, and gath-ering himself together he sprang on Achilles . . . . Achilles mad with rage darted towards him. . . . He eyed [Hektors] fair flesh over and over to see where he could best wound it, but all was protected by the goodly armor of which Hektor had spoiled Patroklos after he had slain him, save only the throat where the col-lar-bones divide the neck from the shoulders, and this is the quickest place for the life-breath to escape: here then did Achilles strike him as he was coming on towards him, and the point of his spear went right through the fleshy part of the neck, but it did not sever his windpipe so that he could still speak. Hektor fell headlong, and Achilles vaunted over him saying, Hektor, you deemed that you should come off scatheless when you were spoiling Patroklos. . . . Fool that you were: for I, his comrade, mightier far than he, was still left behind him at the ships, and now I have laid

you low. The Achaeans shall give him all due funeral rites, while dogs and vultures shall work their will upon yourself.

Then Hektor said, as the life-breath ebbed out of him, I pray you . . . , let not dogs devour me at the ships of the Achaeans, but accept the rich treasure of gold and bronze which my father and mother will offer you, and send my body home, that the Trojans

and their wives may give me my dues of fire when I am dead.

Achilles glared at him and answered, Dog . . . [though]

Priam . . . should bid them offer me your weight in gold, even

so your mother shall never lay you out and make lament over the

son she bore, but dogs and vultures shall eat you

utterly up.Hektor with his dying

breath then said, I know you what you are, and was sure

that I should not move you, for your heart is hard as iron. . . .When he had thus said the shrouds

of deaths final outcome enfolded him, whereon his life-breath went

out of him and flew down to the house of Hades, lamenting its sad fate that it should enjoy youth and strength no longer.

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other actionerr: make mistakesremonstrate: to scold or reproachlamentation: an expression of mourning

MUHAMMADS WIFE REMEMBERS THE PROPHET

What kind of man was Muhammad that he could achieve such profound changes in Arab civilization? This description comes from his wife, Ayesha, the daughter of Abu Bakr.

When Ayesha was questioned about Muhammad she used to say:

He was a man just such as yourselves. He laughed often and smiled much. He would mend his clothes and cobble his shoes. He used to help me in my household duties; but what he did oftenest was to sew. If he had the choice between two matters, he would choose the easiest, so long as no sin could accruetherefrom. He never took revenge except-ing where the honor of God was concerned. When angry with anyone, he would say, What hath taken such a one that he should soil his forehead in the mud.

His humility was shown by his accepting the invitation even of slaves. . . . He would say: I sit at meals as a servant does and I eat like a servant. For I really am a servant.

Muhammad hated nothing more than lying. Whenever he knew that any of his fol-lowers had erred in this respect, he would hold himself aloof from them until he was assured of their repentance.

He did not speak rapidly, running the words into one another, but enunciated each syllable distinctly, so that what he said was imprinted in the memory of everyone who heard him.

He used to stand for such a long time at his prayers that his legs would swell. When remonstrated, he said: What! Shall I not behave as a thankful servant should?

He refused to accept presents that had been offered as alms. Neither would he allow anyone in his family to use what had been brought as alms. For, said he, alms are the impurity of mankind.

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2. Identifying What are some of the duties and responsibilities of the medieval gentle-woman, according to Christine de Pizans account?

3. Summarizing According to the Buddha, what is the cause of pain?

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A WOMAN MAY NEED TO HAVE THE HEART OF A MAN

Christine de Pizan was widowed at age 25. She supported her three children by copying manuscripts, compiling a manual of instructions for knights, and writing books. The following is from her 1405 work, The Treasure of the City of Ladies.

It is the responsibility of every baron to spend the least possible time at his manors and his own estate, for his duties are to bear arms, to attend the court of his prince and to travel. Now, his lady stays behind and must take his place. . . . Her men should be able to rely on her for all kinds of protection in the absence of their lord. . . . She ought to know how to use weapons and be familiar with everything that pertains to them, so that she may be ready to command her men if the need arises. She should know how to launch an attack or to defend against one.

In addition she will do well to be a very good manager of the estate. . . . She will busy herself around the house; she will find plenty of orders to give. She will have the animals brought in at the right time [and] take care how the shepherd looks after them. . . .

In the winter-time, she will have her men cut her willow groves and make vine props to sell in the season. She will never let them be idle. . . . She will employ her women . . . to attend to the livestock, . . . [and] to weed the courtyards. . . . There is a great need to run an estate well, and the one who is most diligent and careful about it is more than wise and ought to be highly praised.

THE BUDDHAS SERMON

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, gave sermons in India, which were written down after 250 B.C. An excerpt from one of these follows.

1. Now this, O monks, is the noble truth of pain: birth is painful, old age is painful, sickness is painful, death is painful, sor-row, lamentation, dejection, and despair are painful. Contact with unpleasant things is painful, not getting what one wishes is painful. In short the five khandhas of grasping are painful.

2. Now this, O monks, is the noble truth of the cause of pain: that craving which leads to rebirth, combined with pleasure and lust, finding pleasure here and there, namely, the craving for passion, the craving for existence, the craving for non-existence.

3. Now this, O monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of pain: the cessation without a remainder of that craving, abandonment, forsaking, release, non-attachment.

4. Now this, O monks, is the noble truth of the way that leads to the cessation of pain: this is the noble Eightfold Path. . . .

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About the AuthorLi Bo was born in A.D. 701 in western China. People began praising his beautiful poems even before he reached adulthood. Throughout his life he traveled extensively in China, amazing people with his ability to compose insightful, touching poems. He wrote about the world around him, the people he met, and the emotions he felt. By the time of his death in A.D. 762, he was regarded as one of Chinas greatest poets, a distinction he still holds today.

Readers Dictionarysparse: few and scatteredthrush: a type of small to medium sized bird

that is an excellent singerbrooklet: a small brook or creek

FIVE POEMS

By Li Bo

In the following poems, Li Bo interprets parting from a friend, life as a journey, and his experience with his homeland.

Taking Leave of a FriendBlue mountains to the north of the walls,

White river winding about them;Here we must make separationAnd go out through a thousand miles of

dead grass.

Mind like a floating wide cloud,Sunset like the parting of old acquaintancesWho bow over their clasped hands at a

distance.Our horses neigh to each other as we are

departing.

Clearing at DawnThe fields are chill, the sparse rain has

stopped;The colours of Spring teem on every side.With leaping fish the blue pond is full;With singing thrushes the green boughs

droop.The flowers of the field have dabbled their

powdered cheeks;The mountain grasses are bent level at the

waist.By the bamboo stream the

last fragment of cloudBlown by the wind

slowly scatters away.

This painting is titled Spring Dawn Over Elixir Terrace.

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1. Identifying What detail in Taking Leave of a Friend reveals a custom in Li Bos times?

2. Interpreting What is the meaning of the last line of Listening to a Flute in Yellow Crane Pavilion?

3. Drawing Conclusions Li Bo describes beauty and peace and luxury in Hard Is the Journey. Why does he call the journey hard?

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Hard Is the JourneyGold vessels of fine wines,thousands a gallon,Jade dishes of rare meats,costing more thousands,I lay my chopsticks down,no more can banquet,And draw my sword and starewildly about me:

Ice bars my way to crossthe Yellow River,Snows from dark skies to climbthe Tai-hang Mountains!

At peace I drop a hookinto a brooklet,At once Im in a boatbut sailing sunward . . .

(Hard is the Journey,Hard is the Journey,So many turnings,And now where am I?)

So when a breeze breaks waves,bringing fair weather,I set a cloud for sails,cross the blue oceans!

Listening to a Flute in Yellow Crane PavilionI came here a wandererthinking of homeremembering my far away Chang-an.And then, from deep in Yellow Crane

Pavilion,I heard a beautiful bamboo fluteplay Falling Plum Blossoms.It was late spring in a city by the river.

In the Mountains on a Summer DayGently I stir a white feather fan,With open shirt sitting in a green wood.I take off my cap and hang it on a jutting

stone;A wind from the pine-tree trickles on my

bare head.

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A REFORMATION DEBATE

In 1529 Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli debated over the sacrament of the Lords Supper, or Communion.

LUTHER: Although I have no intention of changing my mind, which is firmly made up, I will nevertheless present the grounds of my belief and show where the others are in error. . . .Your basic contentions are these: In the last analysis you wish to prove that a body cannot be in two places at once, and you produce arguments about the unlimited body which are based on natural reason. I do not question how Christ can be God and man and how the two natures can be joined. For God is more powerful than all our ideas, and we must submit to his word.

Prove that Christs body is not there where the Scripture says, This is my body! God is beyond all mathematics and the words of God are to be revered and carried out in awe. It is God who commands, Take, eat, this is my body. I request, therefore, valid scriptural proof to the contrary.

ZWINGLI: I insist that the words of the Lords Supper must be figurative. This is ever apparent, and even required by the article of faith; taken up into heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father. Otherwise, it would be absurd to look for him in the Lords Supper at the same time that Christ is telling us that he is in heaven. One and the same body cannot possibly be in different places. . . .

LUTHER: I call upon you as before: your basic contentions are shaky. Give way, and give glory to God!

ZWINGLI: And we call upon you to give glory to God and to quit begging the ques-tion! The issue at stake is this: Where is the proof of your position?

LUTHER: It is your point that must be proved, not mine. But let us stop this sort of thing. It serves no purpose.

ZWINGLI: It certainly does! It is for you to prove that the passage in John 6 speaks of a physical meal.

LUTHER: You express yourself poorly. . . . Youre going nowhere.

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THE SILK INDUSTRY IN CHINA

During the 1600s Sung Ying-Hsing wrote a book on Chinese industry called Tien-kung Kai-wu (Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century), which included sections on the production of silk.

. . . Members of the aristocracy are clothed in flowing robes decorated with patterns of magnificent mountain dragons, and they are rulers of the country. Those of lowly stations would be dressed in hempen jackets and cotton garments to protect themselves from the cold winter and cover their nakedness in summer, in order to distinguish themselves from the birds and beasts. Therefore nature has provided the materials for clothing. Of these, the vegetable [plant] ones are cotton, hemp, meng hemp, and creeper hemp; those derived from birds, animals, and insects are furs, woolens, silk, and spun silk. . . .

But, although silk looms are to be found in all parts of the country, how many persons have actually seen the remarkable function-ing of the draw-loom: Such words as orderly government [chih, i.e., the word used in silk reeling], chaos [luan, i.e., when the fibers are entangled], knowledge or good policy [ching-lun, i.e., the warp thread and the woven pattern] are known by every schoolboy, but is it not regrettable that he should never see the actual things that gave rise to these words?

DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OFWOMAN AND THE FEMALE CITIZEN

Olympe de Gouges composed her own Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in 1791. Following are excerpts.

1. Woman is born free and lives as equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.

2. The purpose of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of woman and man; these rights are liberty, property, security, and especially resistance to op-pression. . . .

4. Liberty and justice consist of restoring all that belongs to others; thus, the only lim-its on the exercise of the natural rights of woman are perpetual male tyranny; these limits are to be reformed by the laws of nature and reason. . . .

6. The law must be . . . the same for all: male and female citizens. . . .

7. No woman is an exception; she is ac-cused, arrested, and detained in cases determined by law. Women, like men, obey this rigorous law. . . .

11. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights of woman, since that liberty as-sured the recognition of children by their fathers. . . .

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1. Drawing Conclusions Was a conclusion reached in the debate presented between Luther and Zwingli?

2. Listing According to Sung Ying-Hsing, from what two sources was all clothing made?

3. Defending Olympe de Gouges states that free communica-tion of thoughts is one of the most precious rights of women. Do you agree or disagree?

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About the AuthorVoltaire was born Franois-Marie Arouet on November 21, 1694. He assumed the pen name Voltaire in 1718. Voltaire was a critical and satiric writer who used his wit to attack both church and state. Candide is one of Voltaires most brilliant and most well-known works.

Readers Dictionarybulwark: strong support or protectionsummarily: done without delay or formality

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FROM CANDIDE

By Voltaire

Candide has been taught that everything is for the best. However, his adventures usually prove the opposite. Here, he has just been cast out of a castle. The men in blue he meets are army recruiters for Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, who was at war with the French when Voltaire wrote Candide.

Candide . . . dragged himself into the neighboring village, which was called Waldberghofftrarbkdikdorff; he was penni-less, famished, and exhausted. At the door of a tavern he paused forlornly. Two men dressed in blue [Prussian soldiers] took note of him:

Look, chum, said one of them, theres a likely young fellow of just about the right size.

They approached Candide and invited him very politely to dine with them.

Gentlemen, Candide replied with charm-ing modesty, Im honored by your invitation, but I really dont have enough money to pay my share.

My dear sir, said one of the blues, people of your appearance and your merit dont have to pay; arent you five feet five inches tall?

Yes, gentlemen, that is indeed my stature, said he, making a bow.

Then, sire, you must be seated at once; not only will we pay your bill this time, we will never allow a man like you to be short of money; for men were made only to render one another mutual aid.

You are quite right, said Candide; it is just as Dr. Pangloss always told me, and I see clearly that everything is for the best.

They beg him to accept a couple of crowns, he takes them, and offers an I.O.U.; they wont hear of it, and all sit down at table together.

Dont you love dearly . . .?I do indeed, says he, I dearly love Miss

Cungonde.

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2. Making Connections Why is Candide punished? How does this relate to the philosophy of the Enlightenment?

3. Analyzing What is Voltaires attitude toward the King of the Bulgars?

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No, no, says one of the gentlemen, we are asking if you dont love dearly the King of the Bulgars [Frederick the Great].

Not in the least, says he, I never laid eyes on him.

Whats that you say? Hes the most charming of kings, and we must drink his health.

Oh, gladly, gentlemen; and he drinks.That will do, they tell him; you are now

the bulwark, the support, the defender, the hero of the Bulgars; your fortune is made and your future assured.

Promptly they slip irons on his legs and lead him to the regiment. There they cause him to right face, left face, present arms, order arms, aim, fire, doubletime, and they give him thirty strokes of the rod. Next day he does the drill a little less awkwardly and gets only twenty strokes; the third day, they give him only ten, and he is regarded by his comrades as a prodigy.

Candide, quite thunderstruck, did not yet understand very clearly how he was a hero. One fine spring morning he took it into his head to go for a walk, stepping straight out as if it were a privilege of the human race, as of anima