Upper School Faculty - John Zazzaro

Welcome students and parents to my class page. Below you will find some general rules about class,dates of upcoming tests and projects, and the class syllabus for the entire year. I hope you enjoy the year and I am looking forward to working with all of you.  If you would like to know more about me, check out my personal page at the same link on the CDS site. If you want to contact me I can be reached at school on ext. 449 or at jzazzaro@cdschool.org.

Rules: (I Only Have Three!)

1. Come to class on time!

2. Come to class prepared with notebook, book, writing utensils and most importantly readings completed.

3. Have fun! If you’re not having fun then learning will seem too much like work and nobody likes work!

FINAL EXAM MAY 28---10:00 AM

Global Studies I:   Final Exam Questions

 Class, below you will find 10 exam questions.  During this review week you will have the task of producing an outline for each of these questions.  This outline really needs to be as thorough as possible.  You will only be given 5 of these questions on exam day and you will only be required to write 2 essays.  However, 20 points of the exam will be given for the 10 outlines.  

 I’ve tried to simplify this:

 10 = number of exam questions

10 = number of outlines you will need to complete this week

5 = number of questions on test

2 = number of essays you will write at final exam

20 = number of points on exam for turning in ten outlines

80 = points for two essays

 It sounds like a lot, but you do have 13 days until the exam. 

 Exam Questions:

1.  Describe the events leading to the Neolithic agricultural revolution and the impact of this event.
2.  Compare the cultural development of the Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, and Indus river valleys.
3.  Discuss the rise of Islam and its greatest effects on the modern world.
4.  The Greeks, Mongols, and British have all had colonial empires in the Middle East, India and China.  What were the greatest influences of these empires on those cultures? 
5.  What would you say were the biggest impacts of the Silk Road on the world?
6.  Compare the paths, achievements and influences of Buddha and Muhammad.
7.  How would you explain this statement:  After several other foreign empires have dominated the eastern world, the Arabic, Indian and Chinese peoples have stayed true to their ancient beliefs and cultural differences?
8.  Discuss the pros and cons of monotheism and polytheism using specific examples from Judeo-Christianity and Hinduism.
9.  Identify and discuss three problems facing the countries of modern East Asia today.
10.  How would you define globalization and what would you say are the greatest strengths and weaknesses of this concept?