History

  I How did the early European expansion into the new world change the life of the native Americans? How does a colonist view differ form an anti-colonist view on the expansion? What would a multiculturalist view differ from the previous two on the expansion?   2. What were major characteristics of the Eastern empires (for example, the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire) in early modern time? What were their virtues that made them last for centuries? What were their defects that made them lose their battles against the Western expansion?   3. flow ata xussta attempt to retorm its tinware system trom Peter me ureat to Catherine the Great? Did they succeed in bring Russia into modernity? What were major problems left over by their reform legacies? 5. How was Japanese culture similar to and different from Chinese culture around 1500. How did Meiji Japan socially, politically, and militaristically reform Japan in order to respond to the intrusion of the Europeans prior to 1860s? How do you evaluate the successes and failures of the Meiji Reforms?