Category: Asian History

What do you have to do ?What are examples of material culture?What is a response piece?

What do you have to do ?

Write a 500 word response piece using a minimum of 5 academic references to discuss a sample of material culture relating to South Asia from the 1600’s to 2021 . Double spaced , 12 point font minimum.

What are examples of material culture?
Material culture, tools, weapons, utensils, machines, ornaments, art, buildings, monuments, written records, religious images, clothing, and any other ponderable objects produced or used by humans. If all the human beings in the world ceased to exist, nonmaterial aspects of culture would cease to exist along with them.
What is a response piece?

https://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/unpacking/objectsguide.pdf

 

In 3-4 typed, double-spaced pages, consider the similarities and differences between Jardine Matheson, Standard Oil, and Shenxin Cotton Mills. How do business practices in China appear to have changed (or not) from the 19th century to the 1920s?

Business practices in China appear to have changed (or not) from the 19th century to the 1920s

Assignment:

In 3-4 typed, double-spaced pages, consider the similarities and differences between Jardine Matheson, Standard Oil, and Shenxin Cotton Mills. How do business practices in China appear to have changed (or not) from the 19th century to the 1920s?

 

What do you think were the five most important people, events, developments, etc. in East Asian history during the time period covered in this course? Prioritize your five choices, explain why you picked each, and why you placed them in the order that you did.

What do you think were the five most important people, events, developments, etc. in East Asian history during the time period covered in this course? Prioritize your five choices, explain why you picked each, and why you placed them in the order that you did. The attached PDF’s are some of the main source documents used. Feel free to explore other sources as long as it is in the time period. 500BCE China, Korea, and Japan until about 1600.

Describe (in 500-700) words, the various ways in which Japan became both more “democratic” and more repressive during the Taishō period, and then the gradual escalation of Japanese militarism and ultranationalism from 1930 to 1945.

Watch the videos and read the book pg207-234 and write an essay following the prompt

Prompt:

Describe (in 500-700) words, the various ways in which Japan became both more “democratic” and more repressive during the Taishō period, and then the gradual escalation of Japanese militarism and ultranationalism from 1930 to 1945. Make sure you touch upon political, economic, and cultural aspects, the relationship between these, and Japan’s relations to the outside world. Try to describe this process in a nuanced way.

Discuss the language (s) spoken in your area, and how language, written or unwritten, had a major impact upon your area’s development.Discuss in your essay the spread of religion(s) within your area…and even beyond your area. Who carried the religion outwards? priests? trader – businessmen? or who?

1.) Did the area you picked experience variety, diversity of beliefs, and practices? Give examples, explaining why or why not there was diversity. Was there a geographic pattern to these differences – explain. What role did cities play – or not play – in your area?

2.) Did your area “butt heads” with other areas, or rather , was there a mutually beneficial relationship…or even a combination of these two phenomena? Discuss. am especially interested in how your area connected to other areas.

3.) Discuss in your essay the spread of religion(s) within your area…and even beyond your area. Who carried the religion outwards? priests? trader – businessmen? or who?

4.) Discuss the social and political trends of your area, being sure to tell how power and prestige were structured in your area. For example, what power or prestige did soldiers, priests, scholars, and business people have in your area.

5.) Discuss the language (s) spoken in your area, and how language, written or unwritten, had a major impact upon your area’s development.

Use double spacing, twelve-point font, one-inch margins, and other proper structuring when doing this assignment.

Describe (in 500-700 words) how various different ideologies of imperial conquest, expansion, and authority shaped and influenced political developments in sixteenth century Japan. Make sure you discuss 1) the competition for “all under heaven” and the “three unifiers” in Japan 2) the Jesuit presence in Japan, and 3) Hideyoshi’s attempted invasion of Korea, and how each of these might relate to each other.

4th Paper

Edit the paper named “j50-4” by following the original prompt and also the feedback. While you’re working on it, refer to the resources; videos, book pg 113-128, and the note. Link for the Resources(https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/152k9_moEPWynxnuyz8dTwvb7jMbvVnyE)

Prompt:

Describe (in 500-700 words) how various different ideologies of imperial conquest, expansion, and authority shaped and influenced political developments in sixteenth century Japan. Make sure you discuss 1) the competition for “all under heaven” and the “three unifiers” in Japan 2) the Jesuit presence in Japan, and 3) Hideyoshi’s attempted invasion of Korea, and how each of these might relate to each other. As always, look for connections among culture/ideology (including religion), economics/trade, legal reform, and politics. (It will be difficult to attempt this question without hearing both of this week’s lectures).

Creat a power point presentation on the history of a specific minority group about Vietnamese Americans.

History of a specific minority group Vietnamese Americans

You’ll be creating a power point presentation on the history of a specific minority group about Vietnamese Americans.

You will also need to create an annotated bibliography of the sources used for your presentation.

Each annotated bibliography should contain at least 10 sources in addition to the textbook, and they should be reputable sources; peer-reviewed journals or books, education websites, etc.

It would be best to use Wikis as sources unless they originate from a college or university.

In the annotations for each source, you will want to explain why each source is included in the PowerPoint and what information you include from each source.

Drop the files of an annotated bibliography of the 10 sources.

You should create at least 30 slides for the final power point