1. Finishing COMP and COT theses Families and kinship, social and economic class, gender, Ethnic constructs

2. Thesis AudienceWhile EvidenceAddresses all parts of the question Reasons for similarities and differences ClassAlthough AnalysisRelevant world historical context Addresses all parts of the question OccupationDespite MeaningEvidenceComparisons relevant and direct ReligionEven though GroupingAnalysisEvidenceNationality Additional document Political affiliation Point of viewEducation Gender

3. DBQCOMPCOT Communism European imperialism Cricket Green Revolution Industrialism African imperialism Olympics Han and Rome Technology Silver trade 20 th Century Muslim nationalism Buddhism in China Indentured Servitude Merchants in Christianity and Islam Religion/gov’t Economic development Demographic and environmnetal Rise of Empires Political control Racial ideologies Nation-States Empire building 20 th century Revolutions Political-Economic impacts of Mongol rule Impacts of WWI Women China/Japan West Trade Political transformation Trade Long distance migration Religious beliefs and practices Silk Routes Indian Ocean Formation of national identities Cultural political Classical Social-economic transformation Atlantic world Labor Systems Role of Islam P-E-C Global Trade

4.  The rigid social hierarchies in Western Europe 600-1450 and India 600B.C.E-600C.E. denied any chances of social mobility, were justified under the religious values of following one’ station with a reward in the next life, although

5.  Childhood in East Asia and Latin America 600-1450 was very short lived as larger families provided a source of labor to work on the farms, educated elites learned to provide economic opportunities for their families, even though

6.  Women in Western Europe and Latin America 1750-1900 both took part in the revolutionary process, both were marginalized due to the patriarchy which persisted, although

7.  4.Families in both Western Europe and East Asia 600 B.C.E-600 C.E emphasized the role of the father as the dominant parent, relegated the role of the mother toward domestic duty, despite

8.  The proletariat in both North America and Western Europe 1750-1900 would struggle under subsistence wages and unsafe and unfair working conditions,although

9.  In both East Asia and South Asia social promotion was limited to those who were provided opportunities outside the realm of belief systems, outside forces would challenge the status quo despite

10.  Women in both East Asia and Eastern Europe 1900-present elevated their status through the opportunities of working within the Communist System, worked in jobs not traditionally associated with women, although

11.  Peasant rebellions were common in Western Europe 600-1450 and Eastern Asia 1750- 1900 out of dissatisfaction with the rule of government and its negligence, its crippling tax hikes which forced many to go without the basic essentials although

12.  The bourgeoisie in Latin America and North America 1750-1900 were both inspired by enlightened ideals of liberty and property rights, both staged rebellions against absolute monarchies even though

13.  Ethnic minorities in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in the 20 th century have been subjected to horrific acts by ethnic majority groups, have faced discrimination by their respective governments Although

14.  The Arabs in the Middle East 600-1450 began a pattern of centralization under the banner of Islam and the Umma, cofied laws which governed behavior under the Sharia while

15.  The Han Chinese 1911-Present combined various ethnic Turkic, Mongol and Uighur groups under the idealization of nationalism, embarked on an program of equity under the Communist cultural revolution, even though

16.  Jews in Western Europe 1900-present were subjected to anti-semitic discrimination, were denied access to institutions within the government, despite

17.  Women’s in the Middle East in the 20 th century enjoyed less restrictions in dress in places like Turkey and Egypt, gained access to schools, even

18.  Families in North America 1750-present went from the extended to the nuclear family, were often disjointed due to relaxed marital and cultural values despite

19.  Latin America 1750-Present was dominated by the patriarchy of machismo, limiting women’s roles culturally to the domestic sphere even though

20.  Social hierarchies in Latin America 600-1750 would be dominated by land owning class, would relegate most domestic roles to women even though

21.  Minority groups in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1992 were targeted toward elimination, they both were scapegoated for the negative economic problems of the ri respective countries despite

22.  World War one provided women’s right in both north America and Western Europe eventually gaining women suffrage rights and gaining access into the industrial workforce on a more regular basis although

23.  Arabs and Israelis 1947-present both contend the lands in the Eastern Mediterranean to be of historical importance to their respective people’s, both claim religious legitimacy to the lands, despite