Transcript Political Cartoon Friday: March 30th

Political Cartoon Friday: March 13th
1. What is the artist
saying?
What flag do
you see?
2. What do these places have in
common?
• Latin America and the
Treaty of Tordesillas?
• East and West Berlin
• East and West Germany
• Israel and Palestinian
territory
2-minute drill
Countries and
landforms of Asia
All of these places had people of
different perspectives and they divided
their territory
• Latin America and the
Treaty of Tordesillas?
• East and West Berlin
• East and West Germany
• Israel and Palestinian
territory
The British Empire
• Remember “The Sun
Never Set on the
British Empire.”
• We’ll look at two
former colonies of
Great Britain.
– India
– Pakistan
Pakistan
India
Textbook 622
Burrito Book page 4
Read about Mohandas Gandhi.
Whom does he remind you of in
American history?
Read pages 622 and 623
• “The British Empire” and “Independence and
Division” (See also page 4 in Study Book.)
• The region of India and Pakistan was once a
_______. This area supplied Great Britain with
raw materials such as ____ , ______, and tea .
Conflicts arose between ______ and ______. To
solve these conflicts ________ decided to split the
colony into two independent countries: _______
and _________ became independent countries in
1947. India was mostly __________, while
Pakistan was mostly ___________.
Read pages 622 and 623
• “The British Empire” and “Independence and
Division” (See also page 4 in Study Book.)
• The region of India and Pakistan was once a _British
colony_. This area supplied Great Britain with raw
materials such as _cotton_ , _sugar_, and tea .
Conflicts arose between _Hindus_ and _Muslims_.
To solve these conflicts _Great Britian_ decided to
split the colony into two independent countries:
_India_ and _Pakistan_ became independent
countries in 1947. India was mostly _Hindu_, while
Pakistan was mostly _Muslim_.
Religion’s impact on India
• Religion has a huge impact in India.
• Not only did it lead to the breakup of India
and Pakistan, but 2 major religions were
founded there.
• Hinduism and Buddhism.
• Read about Hinduism on page 624.
Burrito Book page 6
Hinduism
Buddhism
Burrito Book page 6
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Hinduism
World’s oldest religion
Polytheistic (believe in more
than one god)
Everything in universe is part
of a single spirit called
Brahman.
Ultimate goal is to reunite
soul with Brahman.
Believe in reincarnation
(rebirth of soul in another
body)
Karma
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Buddhism
Founder is Siddhartha
Gautama
Goal is to reach Nirvana
(end of suffering)
Believe in reincarnation
(rebirth of soul in another
body)
Follow the Eightfold path
and 4 noble truths
Karma
Burrito Book page 6
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Hinduism
Buddhism
World’s oldest religion
• Founder is Siddhartha
Polytheistic
Gautama
Believe in reincarnation
(rebirth of soul in another
• Believe in reincarnation
body)
(rebirth of soul in
Everything in universe is part
another body)
of a single spirit called
• Goal is to reach Nirvana
Brahman.
Sacred writings are known as
(end of suffering)
the Vedas
World’s oldest religion??
Founder is Muhammad
Polytheistic?? (believe in more
than one god)
Founder is Abraham
Founder is Siddhartha Gautama?
Holy book is the Koran (Qu’ran)
Followers are called Muslims
Goal is to reach Nirvana?
Now try it with all 5 major
religions
Holy book is the Bible
Holy book is the Torah and
Hebrew Bible
Believes in Eightfold Path and 4
Noble Truths
Everything in universe is a part
of Brahman?
Believes in reincarnation?
Goal is to end suffering