Part 1: Identifications of Key Terms (45 points)
Directions: key terms to define. Your definitions must address the questions of who, what, when, where, how, why, and so what. They must be thorough and detailed. Your definitions must be typed using your own words — no plagiarism.
1. Mohandas Gandhi
2. fascism
3. The Cold War
Part 2: Essay based on historical images and document (55 points)
Directions: Please study the two images *and* read the one document below. You will see the links *for all 3 items* below. After you have done this, answer the question (beneath the 3 items, in bold) in the form of a well-constructed essay using your own words (no plagiarism) and using all 3 items. (1,000 to 1,200 words).
Please look at the first image on this page. The photo’s caption reads, “South Vietnamese civilians scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. embassy in Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters as the last Americans depart from Vietnam, April 29, 1975.”
https://www.ap.org/explore/fall-of-saigon/ (Links to an external site.)
A sign from Durban Beach in South Africa
https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid (Links to an external site.) (Scroll down a bit to see a photograph of a sign that reads “City of Durban…” from South Africa. This sign is from 1989 when apartheid was still practiced in South Africa).
Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977) – Chapters 1-5
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/77cons01.html#I (Links to an external site.)
Essay Question: Each event and outcome in history is the result of people having conceptualized and implemented ideas that were intended (for better or for worse) to change society, culture, economy, and politics. What historical ideas, events, and forces over time led to the outcomes that you see in the images and document above? (For example, think about larger ideas and forces such as capitalism, socialism, Social Darwinism, colonialism, decolonization, etc.)
I will be looking for and grading your essay based on the criteria below:
*A clearly stated thesis
*Supporting points clearly presented
*Demonstrate a command of the topic (that is, essays should be marked by detailed evidence from the images and document)
*Clearly explain, analyze, and synthesize your ideas and historical facts?
*Is your essay well-organized?
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*BONUS QUESTION* (25 points):
How is the history that you have learned in this class relevant to the world today? (500-700 words.)
