Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan • Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries. • No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do so secretly, he must be executed. The ship so involved must be impounded and its owner arrested, and the matter must be reported to the higher authority. • If any Japanese returns from overseas after residing there, he must be put to death. . . . • Any informer revealing the whereabouts of the followers of padres (Christians) must be rewarded accordingly. If anyone reveals the whereabouts of a high ranking padre, he must be given one hundred pieces of silver. For those of lower ranks, depending on the deed, the reward must be set accordingly. . . . Source: David John Lu, Sources of Japanese History, McGraw-Hill from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2005. Key words/ clues Main Idea of doc Purpose No Japanese is permitted to go abroad The document is about how the japanese adopted isolationism during the 1600’s in order to get rid of foriegn influences. The purpose of this document is To inform the japansese people of the closing of japan. he must be executed whereabouts of the followers of padres (Christians) Key words/ Clues the emancipation [unification] of Italy Main Idea of doc The document is about the unification of Italy. Purpose The purpose is to get support for the unification of italy. we may elevate her in intelligence and moral development up to the plane of the most civilized nations. . . . Therefore, if we so ardently desire the emancipation [unification] of Italy — if we declare that in the face of this great question all the petty questions that divide us must be silenced— it is not only that we may see our country glorious and powerful but that above all we may elevate her in intelligence and moral development up to the plane of the most civilized nations. . . . The Three Estates in Pre-Revolutionary France Source: Jackson J. Spielvogel, World History, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003 (adapted) from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2007. Key words/ Clues 98% of the population during pre-revolutionary france were comprised of the third estate.however they only owned 65% of the land Main Idea of doc The economic and social conditions of pre revolutionary france Purpose The purpose is to inform others of the conditions in france. … Nor is there liberty if the power of judging is not separate from legislative power and from executive power. If it were joined to legislative power, the power over the life and liberty of the citizens would be arbitrary, for the judge would be the legislator. If it were joined to executive power, the judge could have the force of an oppressor.… —Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws Key words/ clues Nor is there liberty if the power of judging is not separate from legislative power and from executive power. Main Idea of doc The document is about Montesquieu beliefs in the three branches of government. Purpose The purpose is for Montesquieu to inform others about his beliefs. Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Napoleon has much of Europe under his control. The document is about Napoleon's conquests in Europe during the 1800’s The purpose of this document is to inform others. The Wealth of Nations carries the important message of laissez faire, which means that the government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs and leave the market to its own devices. It advocates the liberation of economic production from all limiting regulation in order to benefit the people . . . Source: Introduction to a re-publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations likely written by Martin Perry in 2013 from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2013. Key words/ Clues laissez-faire, the liberation of economic production Main Idea of doc Purpose The main idea of the document is laissez-faire capitalism and how it works. The purpose of this document is to inform others about how laissez-faire capitalism works. Regulation This is an excerpt from the testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the Sadler Committee. Sadler: Do you know of any other children who died at the R Mill? Hebergam: There were about a dozen died during the two years and a half that I was there. At the L Mill where I worked last, a boy was caught in a machine and had both his thigh bones broke and from his knee to his hip . . . . His sister, who ran to pull him off, had both her arms broke and her head bruised. The boy died. I do not know if the girl is dead, but she was not expected to live. Sadler: Did the accident occur because the shaft was not covered? Hebergam: Yes. Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose children who died at the R Mill Labor rights violations Documentation of the testimony The boy died the girl is dead, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The White Man’s Burden. “Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. . . .” — Rudyard Kipling, 1899 Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose White Man’s burden The Poem by Rudyyard kipling is about the “burden” white man have which is to civilizse natives. The purpose is to persuade others to take up the white mans burden bind your sons to exile Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose He’ll be quite now. The document is about the appeasement tactics that took place before world war two The puprose of this document is to convey the artists belief on the muunich agreement and appeasement. Baby hitler given munich agreement ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose The document is about the differences of NATO and the Warsaw Pact shown on a map The purpose of the document is to inform others about The Warsaw pact and NATO US and its allies make up NATO USSR and its allies make up the WArsaw pact " I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended." – Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Little, Brown and Co., 1994 Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose I have walked that long road to freedom. The document is about Nelson Mandelas struggle for racial equality in south africa The purpose of this document is to covey a message. I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Nelson Mandela is shown as mcuh bigger than the prison gaurds The document is about how the South african prison was not able to silence Nelson Mandelas effort Purpose To convey the artists opinions on Mandelas freeing from prison The Wealth of Nations carries the important message of laissez faire, which means that the government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs and leave the market to its own devices. It advocates the liberation of economic production from all limiting regulation in order to benefit the people . . . Source: Introduction to a re-publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations likely written by Martin Perry in 2013 from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2013. Key words/ Clues laissez-faire, the liberation of economic production Main Idea of doc Purpose The main idea of the document is laissez-faire capitalism and how it works. The purpose of this document is to inform others about how laissez-faire capitalism works. Regulation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------. . . They [the Communists] openly declare that their ends can be attained [achieved] only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!” — Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, 1848 from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, August 2002. Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Working men of all countries, unite The document is about the communist Revolution of karl marx and friedrich engels The purpose is to persuade others to overthrow the ruling class. Communist revolution Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Military spending The document is about the military spending of these four european countries The purpose of the document is to inform others. Gernmany spent the most money during WW1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Japan contol many areas in east asia Main Idea of doc Purpose The document is about japanese conquests and growth during the 1930’s The purpose is to inform others. ". . .The Nazi Holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the reestablishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations. . .." - David Ben-Gurion, May 1948 Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose the reestablishment of the Jewish state The document is about how the esatblishment of a Jewish state is nesseacasry because of the millions who died during the holocaust. The purpose is to convinve others and to gain support for a jewish state. The Nazi Holocaust ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose France ,Britian And Germany fight for contorol of China The main idea of the document is to show how European opowers were taking contol of china. The Purpose of this document is to inform others about thespheres of influence in china. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Britian has many natural resources. The document is about the industrial revolution in Britian. Cities are also growing. The purpose of the document is to show the geographic circumstances of them industrialising. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Many muslim refugees are packed into trains. The document is about the fleeing of muslim refugees in india during partition. The purpose is to infor others about the condition for mmuslimk regugeees fleeing india. They are fleeing Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose Many skulls are resrved for Pol pot The main idea of the document is the demonstate the amount of deaths pol pot was respomsible for The purpose of the document is to inform others. Shows how many deaths he was responsible for --------------------------------------------------------------------------------. . .While the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s boosted production enormously and made India self-reliant in food grains, the environmental and social costs were also staggering. In Punjab, where the Green Revolution was most successful, a glut of water brought by largescale irrigation schemes coupled with high concentrations of nitrates from synthetic fertilizer runoff have impoverished the soil and polluted the water. Production of grains is now falling. Pesticide use in India is also very high, resulting in high levels of pesticide residues present throughout the food chain.... Source: Mira Kamdar, "India's Agrarian Crisis: An Urgent Opportunity," December 8, 2006 Key words/ Clues Main Idea of doc Purpose boosted production enormously and made India self-reliant in food grains. igh levels of pesticide residues present throughout the food chain.... The document is about the agricultural situation of india. THe pupose of the document is to inform others.