ASSIGNMENT  1

NAME:  ___________________________________
DATE:  ____________________________________

Chose a question from the Essay 1 list and a question from the Essay 2 list.  For each question you chose, write a 4-6 paragraph essay.  Each essay is worth 15 points.  30 points possible.
 
ESSAY 1

1. How did Japanese culture change during the Tokugawa period? What was the importance of Confucianism to the culture of Japan? What influence, if any, did the West have on Japanese cultural development?
2. Compare and contrast the influence of Chinese culture and government in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. How did each state use Chinese culture to build their own states? What were the results of state-building in each place?

 
ESSAY 2

1.  Compare and contrast the state-building efforts in Prussia, Russia, France, and England. Which do you think was most successful? The least? To what factor or factors would you attribute relative success?
2. What caused the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century? What were some of the technological innovations and why were they important? Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution?