Saturday, January 30, 2010

UCF EUH2000 - Exam #1 Review

EUH2000 at UCF - Exam Review

Exam #1 is divided into three parts:
Part 1 - Identify
Part 2 - Matching
Part 3 - Essay

In Part One - You will see a list of vocabulary from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 which you will be required to identify. (Some words are boldfaced in text, some are italicized, others are not)

In Part Two - You will be asked to match the city or person to the proper ancient civilization.

In Part Three- You will see two questions, you will choose one to answer in essay form.

Essay Topics:

Be able to explain how civilizations form.
Be able to explain how Egypt and Mesopotamia are alike or different and why.
Be able to explain the development of writing from cuneiform to the English alphabet
Be able to explain the development of religious beliefs in the Middle East.

WOH Flowcharts

Flowcharts 1

Thursday, January 21, 2010

How did the ancients move large rocks to build large structures?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

VCC - EUH 2000/Western Civilizations to 1750 -WED NIGHTS

EUH 2000/Western Civilizations to 1750
Spring 2010 - (January 11 - May 2)
CRN 20324
WED - 7pm-9:50pm
Bldng 8 Rm 148

Instructor: Michael A. Deliz
Textbook: Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, et al. The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.

Deliz EUH2000 20324 FullTerm Spring 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

VCC - EUH2000 - CRN 25170 - Spring 2010 - Syllabus

Course Syllabus EUH 2000/Western Civilizations to 1750
Spring 2010 - (January 11 - May 2)
CRN 25170
Tues & Thurs - 4pm-5:15pm
Bldng 8 Rm 148

Instructor: Michael A. Deliz
Textbook: Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, et al. The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.

Deliz EUH2000 25170 FullTerm Spring 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

UCF - EUH2000.0002 - Spring 2010 Syllabus

COURSE: EUH2000.0002 Western Civilization I (to 1600 C.E.)
COURSE SYLLABUS

Instructor: Mr. Michael Deliz
TEXTBOOK:
A. Daniel Frankforter, et al. The West: A Narrative History, Volume 1, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall. 2009.

DELIZ-EUH2000-002-Spring2010

UCF - WOH2022.0001 - Spring 2010 Syllabus

COURSE: WOH2022.0001 World Civilizations II (1500CE to Present)
COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mr. Michael Deliz
TEXTBOOK:
Edward Judge, et al. Connections: A World History, Volume 2 1st ed. Prentice Hall. 2008.

DELIZ-WOH2022-001-Spring2010

Sunday, January 10, 2010

World History Reading List

Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Adas, Michael, and American Historical Association. Islamic & European Expansion: The Forging of a Global Order Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993.

Bentley, Jerry H., and American Historical Association. Shapes of world history in twentieth-century scholarship (Essays on global and comparative history) Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1996.

Blaut, James M. The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History New York: Guilford Press, 1993.

Braudel, Fernand. Capitalism and Material Life, 1400-1800 New York: Harper and Row, 1973.

Chaudhuri, K. N. Asia before Europe: Economy and Civilisation of the Indian Ocean from the Rise of Islam to 1750 Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Cooper, Frederick, and Ann Laura Stoler. Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997.

Crosby, Alfred W. Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Curtin, Philip D. The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: Essays in Atlantic History (Studies in Comparative World History)Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Davis, David Brion. Revolutions : Reflections on American Equality and Foreign Liberations Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1990.

Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Dirks, Nicholas B. Colonialism and Culture (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series) Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992.

Frank, Andre Gunder. ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

Frank, Andre Gunder, and Barry K. Gills. The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand?London; New York: Routledge, 1993.


Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change Oxford [England]; Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1989.

Hodgson, Marshall G. S., and Edmund Burke. Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History (Studies in Comparative World History) Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Holt, Thomas C., The Problem of Freedom: Race, Labor, and Politics in Jamaica and Britain, 1832-1938 (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture) The Johns Hopkins University Press (November 1, 1991)

Landes, David S. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.

Lapidus, Ira M. A History of Islamic Societies Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Mazlish, Bruce, and Ralph Buultjens. Conceptualizing Global History Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.

McNeill, William Hardy. Plagues and Peoples Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1976.

Meyer, Karl Ernest, and Shareen Blair Brysac. Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1999.

Mintz, Sidney Wilfred. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History New York, N.Y.:
Viking, 1985.

Northrup, David. Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism, 1834-1922 (Studies in Comparative World History). Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.


Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Washington: Howard University Press, 1974.

Schwartz, Stuart B. Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting and Reflecting on the Encounters between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era (Studies in Comparative Early Modern History) Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1994.


Smith, Neil. Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space New York, NY: Blackwell, 1984.

Stearns, Peter N. The Industrial Revolution In World History (Essays in World History) Boulder, CO:Westview Press, 1993.


Thornton, John. Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680 (Studies in Comparative World History) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Tracy, James D., ed. The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade in the Early Modern World 1350-1750 (Studies in Comparative Early Modern History) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.


Williams, Eric. Capitalism and Slavery. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984.

Wolf, Eric R. Europe and the People Without History Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.

Woodruff, William. Impact of Western Man: Study of Europe's Role in the World Economy, 1750-1960. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1967.

Wright, Donald R. The World and a Very Small Place: A History of Globalization in Niumi, the Gambia Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.

UCF - WOH2022.0005 - Spring 2010 Syllabus

COURSE: WOH2022.0005 World Civilizations II (1500CE to Present)
COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mr. Michael Deliz
TEXTBOOK:
Edward Judge, et al. Connections: A World History, Volume 2 1st ed. Prentice Hall. 2008.

DELIZ-WOH2022-005-Spring2010

UCF - WOH2022.0002 - Spring 2010 Syllabus

COURSE: WOH2022.0002 World Civilizations II (1500CE to Present)
COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mr. Michael Deliz
TEXTBOOK:
Edward Judge, et al. Connections: A World History, Volume 2 1st ed. Prentice Hall. 2008.

DELIZ-WOH2022-002-Spring2010

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Required Textbooks - Spring 2010

ABOUT THE PRICE: These are available through your on-campus bookstore.  Sometimes their price is a little high (ahem) so if you are concerned about the cost, click on the link and check out the used book price at Amazon.


UCF Required Textbooks - SPRING 2010
UCF - WOH2022.001 - MWF - 10:30am-11:20am - Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF - WOH2022.002 - MWF - 1:30pm-2:20pm - Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF - WOH2022.005 - MW - 4:30pm-5:45pm - Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF - EUH2000.002 - MWF - 2:30pm-3:20pm - The West: A Narrative History, Volume 1, 2nd ed.

VALENCIA Required Textbooks SPRING 2010
VCC - EUH2000.25170 - TR - 4pm-5:15pm - The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition)
VCC - EUH2000.20324 - W - 7pm-9:45pm - The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition)

UCF and VCC - RECOMMENDED - (NOT REQUIRED)
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

ABOUT THE PRICE: These are available through your on-campus bookstore.  Sometimes their price is a little high (ahem) so if you are concerned about the cost, click on the link and check out the used book price at Amazon.