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

IndiaPakistan

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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.

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Hinduism Buddhism

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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

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

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Hinduism• World’s oldest religion• Polytheistic• Believe in reincarnation

(rebirth of soul in another body)

• Everything in universe is part of a single spirit called Brahman.

• Sacred writings are known as the Vedas

Buddhism• Founder is Siddhartha

Gautama• Believe in reincarnation

(rebirth of soul in another body)

• Goal is to reach Nirvana (end of suffering)

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