Daily AgendaDaily Agenda1) Self-Grade Poster

2) Religions Quiz

3) Current Protests in North Africa and Middle East

HW: Venn Diagramhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYnV0a4zdBU

Self-Grade PosterPlease flip-over the Religion poster project

sheet and complete the grading rubric.Remember to be honest with yourself and

what you contributed.

Group QuizGroup Quiz

Now, using your poster, brain, and group members, please take 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

Please put your initials next to the questions YOU answered.

When done, please turn in your poster and quiz sheet.

Arab Revolt article questions

1) Why are the majority of the protests throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East taking place?

2) Which two countries have already overthrown their leaders?

3) What are the remaining country’s leaders now doing? Provide examples.

4) Why are the protests and revolts in Libya critical to the protest movement across the region?

1) Why are the majority of the protests throughout Northern Africa and the Middle

East taking place?

2) Which two countries have already overthrown their leaders?

3) What are the remaining country’s leaders now doing? Provide examples.

4) Why are the protests and revolts in Libya critical to the protest movement across the region?

Background to Current Protests…

Current conflicts:-Roots began with

collapse of Ottoman Empire around WWI (1914-1918).

-British and French wanted control of the region for their colonies.

British Empire (Light Red)Vital link with India for trade went through the Middle

East

Protect the Oil!During WWI, British Navy switches from coal to oil-burning ships…where’s the oil

again?

Post WWI IndependenceBritain granted independence to a number of

her colonies in the 1920’s and 1930’s.But, with a great demand for oil, how could

Britain make sure these new countries listened?

British answer?

Set-up governments who have:

1) Leaders willing to sell oil.

2) Leaders who are in complete control of their people (authoritarian rule).

Results of British colonialism

1) Strong, militaristic leaders.

2) Large populations of people with little resources.

3) Religious/ ethnically divided countries.

Dysfunctional region