CPSC503 Operating Systems Fall 2017 Project 2 – A Portable File System using Contiguous Allocation

CPSC503 Operating Systems Fall 2017 Project 2 – A Portable File System using Contiguous Allocation
Method for GCP VM Due: Friday, December 1, 2017. 11:59:59 PM (EST) Objective:
1. Practical experience with the problems of file systems. 2. Experience with the Windows or Unix/Linux operating system. 3. Keep the definition simple. Don’t read things into the problem that aren’t there.
These will be individual projects. For Project 2 you will use any operating system under Google Cloud Platform (GCP) VM. You may write the program in any language that is supported under any Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that runs on your selected OS on VM. Keep in mind that more help may be available to you in some languages than in others. Furthermore, available controls, etc. may make some of these tasks easier in one language than in another. Problem Statement: Implement a Portable File System (PFS) with Contiguous Allocation Method, which can perform “Allocate a file”, and “Move files from the Windows file system into your file.” You should have your own directory structure, allocation table, etc. inside your file. Move files back out of your file to the Windows file system or Linux/Unix file system. When your program is running it should somehow accept the following commands: open PFSfile Allocate a new 10 KByte “PFS” file if it does not already exist. If it does exist, begin using it for further commands. put myfile Copy the Windows (or Unix/Linux) file “myfile” into your PFS file. get myfile Extract file “myfile” from your PFS file and copy it to the current Windows (or Unix/Linux) directory. rm myfile Delete “myfile” from your PFS file. dir List the files in your PFS file. putr myfile “Remarks” Append remarks to the directory entry for myfile in your PFS file. kill PFSfile Delete the PFSfile from the Windows file system.

quit Exit PFS. You can provide those commands through command line interface ONLY (No GUI will be accepted). Limits:
1. PFS is NOT a memory based file system, but based on the existing file system on your OS, such as Windows or Linux/Unix.
2. Command-Line Interface (CLI) Only, i.e., cmd.exe (in Windows) or shell interface (in Unix/Linux). When PFS is executed, it will show the prompt as: C:\> pfs.exe PFS> open pfs
3. Filenames are a maximum of 20 bytes. And, file extension is optional like Unix/Linux.
4. The directory need handle only Name, Size, Time and Date. For example, PFS> dir Test1.txt 128 bytes 12:30 PM September 2 Test2.txt 512 bytes 11:00 AM November 11 Lee.exe 1k bytes 08:52 PM September 1 . . .
5. If the original PFS file fills up then you should create a new PFS “volume” with the same name but a different suffix – e.g., pfs.1, pfs.2, etc., each the same size as the first “volume”.
6. Your file system should use Contiguous Allocation for an allocation scheme where “disk block” size is 256 bytes.
7. In your files system, each file has one File Control Block (FCB) that includes file name, file size, create time, create date, starting block ID, ending block ID and more (if needed).
8. Your file system should consist of two main parts, i) Directory Structure and ii) Data Blocks. Therefore, you need to define the directory data structure that includes File Control Block (FCB) for each file.
9. In addition, your files system should be able to manage free blocks. You can use any techniques that you learned in the classroom, such as bit map (vector) or linked free space management. Free block management should be part of directory structure.

10. You should handle unusual conditions such as trying to put a file into the PFS when a file with that name is already there, file too large to fit into one “volume”, etc.
If you need to make assumptions, do so. Make a “reasonable” choice & include it in the write-up. Reasonable means that you can explain the logic behind your choice. These problems change each semester and it is difficult to imagine every question that might come up. When in doubt, ask to Professor Lee or the GA. Write-up You should submit a write-up as well as your program. Your write-up should include any known bugs, limitations, and assumptions in your program. This write-up should be in text-format and titled as ‘README’. It should be submitted along with your code. GA will use the ‘README’ file to compile (or install) and run your program. If the GA has trouble with your program then he will contact you to makeup it. Submission You will submit your program using Canvas Assignment (https://bridgeport.instructure.com/login ). If you have any trouble to use Canvas, you can contact GA or instructor. You should zip your source files and write-up (README) into a single file and submit it. Be sure that you include everything necessary to unzip this file on another machine and compile and run it. This might includes forms, modules, classes, configuration file, etc. DO NOT include the executable file itself, we will recompile it. The name of your submitted zip file should be your “UB account”_”ID”_”Project2”. For example, “jelee_000000_Project2.zip”. Make sure your name and UB ID are listed in both your write-up and source code. You may resubmit your program at any time. However, please do not ask the GA to grade your program and then resubmit it. The submission time of the latest submission will be used for determining whether the assignment is on time or not. Late submissions will be accepted at a penalty of 10 points per day. In other words, it may pay you to do this project early on the off chance that something prohibits your submitting it in a timely way. If your program is not working by the deadline, submit it anyway and review it together with GA for partial credit. Do not take a zero on any lab just because the program isn’t working yet. If you have trouble getting started, ask the professor or the GA. Grading points element
10 Defined Data Structure for FCB, Directory, File Block

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(should be presented during a presentation and writing-up) 10 Allocate new PFS file 10 Copy file into PFS 10 Extract file from PFS 10 Handle second PFS Extent when full 10 Kill PFS file 10 Delete file from PFS 10 Add remarks to a file 10 DIRectory listing 05 Writeup 05 Comments in code Extra credit (maximum 15) Encrypt the PFS Associate a program with a PFS file & launch it putc myfile runcommand Associate a program to be run against this file. run myfile Extract “myfile” from the PFS and run it with the associated command.
To receive full credit for comments in the code you should have headers at the start of every module, subroutine, or function explaining the inputs, outputs and function of the module. You should have a comment on every data item explaining what it is about. (Almost) every line of code should have a comment explaining what is going on. A comment such as /* add 1 to counter */ will not be sufficient. The comment should explain what is being counted.

November 28, 2017

International Management

instructions: There are two sections to this examination; Section A and Section B.
Section A: 1 question – compulsory . This question is worth 50% of the marks for this examination.
For the purposes of this assessment, assume that you are an HR consultant, and have been retained by BMS Bank, a medium-sized independent investment bank with operations in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. The Bank has been operating for almost 10 years, and now employs almost 400 staff. To date, HR activities have been largely carried out by department managers, with some external assistance from recruitment consultants, and other external experts. The Bank is planning a flotation within the next 18 months, and its advisers have suggested that an HR function should now be set up. You have been retained to design the HR function, and present your recommendations in a report.
Your answer should be presented in report format.

Section B: Answer any two (2) from three (3) questions. Each question is worth 25%.

Question	Topics
2	technology changing the nature of the relationship between employer and employee
3	the risks inherent in expatriate assignments
4	international talent acquisition assignment

November 28, 2017

Case Study 3 ING Life

Case Study 2
Read the case study titled “ING Life” found below.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Assess the probable difficulties and risks associated with using a public infrastructure such as the Internet as part of a business solution.
2. Analyze ING’s solution for providing security to determine if the solution is adequate or inadequate. Provide a rationale for your answer.
3. Critique the extranet solution and recommend one (1) change to the solution to provide better connectivity to brokers.
4. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Compare and contrast among local area and wide area network technologies and architectures.
· Compare and contrast among data communication technologies that include transmission media, data link control protocols, and multiplexing.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in communication networks.
· Write clearly and concisely about communication networks using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Case Study 3 ING Life
ING Life (formerly NN Financial) is a leading provider of life insurance products in Canada. The company is based in Ontario and operates out of three regional offices. Over 2000 brokerage partners market its products [BRUN99, IBM00]. In 1997 most of the brokers relied on fax, phone, and postal services to request policy information. Response times could sometimes be measured in hours. The company did have a 56-kbps frame relay wide area network, but that only connected the Ontario headquarters to 70 managing general agent offices ( Figure III.1 ). The systems in Ontario converted the frame relay requests to SNA from TCP/IP and routed them to the corporate mainframe in Connecticut.
In December of 1997, ING decided it had to reduce response times to remain competitive and attract new brokers. The company wanted a cost-effective solution that could provide its brokers fast access to mainframe data and scale to accommodate new partners. ING investigated extending the existing frame relay network and estimated the cost at a prohibitive $3.3 million.

Figure III.1 ING Life Network before Using Internet

Figure III.2 ING Life Network with Extranet

Instead, the company decided to build an extranet and offer a Web-to-host service that would allow partners to access mainframe data directly via the Internet. ING estimated the annual cost of extranet services for 2000 brokers at $70,000. The annual cost of maintaining the existing WAN for 70 brokers was $750,000.
Besides reducing maintenance costs, the Web-to-host solution offered other benefits. The client software installed automatically as a browser applet, thereby reducing administrative costs. Also, using a browser as an interface meant that brokers were no longer tied to a specific workstation or PC.
The new solution would include two NT servers, a new SNA gateway (to translate between SNA and IP), and a Cisco Pix firewall connected to the Internet via a leased T-1 line ( Figure III.2 ). The NT servers would run Lotus Notes, IBM Host on Demand (Web-to-host software), and Web server software. Because this service would send private data over the public Internet, security was a concern. The Pix firewall would prevent unauthorized access to the data. In addition, the Web-to-host software used an SSL (secure sockets layer) connection (described in Chapter 18). Before bringing the service on line, ING had security consultants probe the system for vulnerabilities.
By July of 1999, ING had 350 brokers connected to the extranet and plans to connect the remaining brokers by sometime in 2000. To use the new service, brokers connect to the Internet using dial-up and point their browser at the Web server. The Host on Demand client loads automatically as a browser applet. The applet provides TN3270 emulation services. After the applet has loaded, the broker can access the corporate mainframe as if he is using a directly connected TN3270 terminal. Response times for extranet requests are less than one minute.

November 28, 2017

Network Neutrality Term Paper

Term Paper
Select one (1) of the following topics in which you will base your responses in the form of a term paper:
· Network Neutrality
· Web2.0
· Wireless Technology
· Broadband Convergence
· U.S. Telecommunication Policy
· Internet Security
· IPv6
· WWAN
· WLAN
· DNSSEC
· WAN
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
1. Compose an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic.
2. Conduct a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic.
3. Evaluate the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic.
4. Select one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, take a position on the issue, and provide rationale.
5. Analyze the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, and suggest an improvement based on its current usage.
6. Predict the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use.
7. Create a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
8. Use at least eight (8) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Evaluate the ethical concerns that communication networks raise in a global context.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in communication networks.
· Write clearly and concisely about communication networks using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

November 28, 2017

The Girl Effect

Discussion Forum 10
For this discussion forum, you will have the opportunity to explore one of the some of the major gender issues in the world. Some of these are very disturbing and are very much part of “gender oppression.”
Research one of the the topics in the list below. In your first, post write a short paragraph on the issue and include a link to website about this issue. I think any video clips you find would be so helpful. Here is one that I often use in class (Google this organization and you will find other videos and good information):
The Girl Effect
After writing about your topic, reply to at least one other post in the class.
Be sure to review ther rubric below that describes the requirements of writing in complete sentences for discussion forums.
· Female Infanticide
· Female Genital Mutilation
· Dowry Deaths
· Honor Killings
· Employment Issues Faced by Women in the Developing World
· Vaginal Drying Practices
· AIDS and Women and Sub-Sahara Africa
· Education and Women
· Global Organizations that are working to Help Women
· War and Rape of Women in the World
· Human Rights of Women
· The Beijng Conference on Women
· Grameen Bank and Helping Women out of poverty
· Transgendered global issues (hirajas and berdache)
· Comfort Women (Japan)
· Sex trafficking of men, women, and children in the world
· Thailand and prostitution
Rubric for Evaluating/Grading this Discussion Forum:

Requirements	You are a Survivor Excellent (3 points)	You Might Survive Good (2 points)	You re Struggling to Survive Needs Improvement (1 point)	You need a Life Raft Failed to meet requirements (0 points)
Followed Directions	Posted by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote at least five complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote four complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted by deadline and did not reply to at least one classmate AND/OR Did not write in complete sentences and/or had 1 or 2 spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Did not post by deadline – 0 points Did not write in complete sentences and/or had spelling /grammatical errors in post and reply
Addressed Content	Thoroughly discussed the question and responded to another classmate by asking a question	Adequately discussed the question and responded to another classmate by asking a question	Attempted to discuss the question but did not thoroughly analyze and/or did not ask a question in response to a classmate	Did not attempt to discuss the question Post and/or reply did not address the question
Cited Materials	Cited academic materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates Citation addressed the question *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Attempted to cite materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates Citation was not clear or did not address the question *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Cited materials incorrectly or cited inadequate materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Did not cite materials in the post and reply

Your score out of 9 possible________/9
Note about this rubric:
Unless otherwise noted in the discussion forum, you will need to first post your response to the question, film clip, and/or assignment. Your discussion post must include at least 5 sentences and must include a reference/citation to course materials (the book, websites, or films). Your reference does not need to be formally cited. For example, you can state that on p. 32 of our textbook, our author notes…the following. You do need to at least let the reader know where your information came from.
After you post, it is your responsibility to reply to at least one classmate. Your reply also needs to be in 5 sentences but does not have to include a reference or citation.

Discussion Forum 11

This is by far the most difficult discussion forum we will have in this course. Please remember this when you are posting your responses on the forum. These are not anonymous!! Also, I will be monitoring this regularly. In order to receive full credit for participating in the discussion forum you will need to not only post your response but also respond to one other person’s response. Try your best to use anthropology and/or other scientific points in your arguments rather than personal opinions.
A few years ago a movie came out called “White Men Can’t Jump”. There have also been numerous Sports Illustrated Articles on where have all the white men gone in sports. Specifically, these articles target basketball and football. The discussion always leads to some type of point that black men (most of the articles are about men) are physically more athletic than white men. There have actually been some interesting developments in recent news. Please read the notes below:
Tiger Woods Quote “Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.” Tiger Woods quotes (American Golfer, b.1975)
Jimmy the Greek Story Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder was ejected from the public eye in 1988 when, on Martin Luther King’s birthday, he said that blacks are better at sports because of slave plantation breeding techniques. “During the slave period, the slave owner would breed his big black with his big woman so that he would have a big black kid-that’s where it all started.”
HoopsHype.com Columns Where have all the honkies gone? by Dennis Hans / October 30, 2002 As the National Basketball Association begins another season and unveils its latest line of sleek foreign imports, one can t help but notice that the best of the league s fair-skinned domestic models is 40 years old. Forty! Props are certainly in order for John Stockton. Before he grabbed Father Time s shorts and decked him with an elbow while the ref wasn t looking, there had never been a point guard, black or white, functioning at near-all-star level at 36, let alone 40. But the fact that this gifted geezer can still kick the booty of any other U.S.born white man in the NBA is compelling evidence of a disintegrating demographic.
Not so long ago, America produced palefaces who could run like the wind, board like a bear and shoot like The Rifleman. In fact, they shot better than The Rifleman, or at least the actor who portrayed him. Before Chuck Connors took Hollywood by storm, he averaged 4.6 points a game for the 1946-47 Boston Celtics, shooting a scattershot 24.7% from the field and 46.4% from the line. Of course, Connors only qualified for NBA work because he came along when African Americans were banned from the league. But consider some of the white players who have shined in an integrated NBA: Bob Cousy, Jerry West, Rick Barry, Dolph Schayes, Bob Pettit, Jerry Lucas, Billy Cunningham, Gail Goodrich, John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Walton, Dave Cowens, Bobby Jones, Dan Issel, Kiki Vandeweghe, Paul Westphal, Pete Maravich, Kevin McHale and Larry Bird. What those greats have in common is they all played back in the day. Today, if you find a white guy who can really play, you can bet your 201(k) he s from far away.
Black America s families, thank goodness, continue to produce quality NBA stars, thus preventing the U.S. from descending to the level of international laughingstock. Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter and Shaquille O Neal all will be remembered long after they hang up their sneakers. If anyone remembers Travis Knight, it will be for his girly do. In 2025, if someone smiles at the mention of Mark Madsen, chances are he s visualizing Mad Dog bustin loose in his doofus victory dance. Now that could wind up in the Hall of Fame. Isn t it just a little bit suspicious that the creme of the USA s latest Caucasian crop, Wally Szczerbiak, has a foreign-sounding name? The best of the rest, Keith Van Horn and Brad Miller, are pale imitations of their forebears— solid pros, but hardly reminiscent of Barry or Big Red. Some in today s generation don t even merit the old race-tainted compliment heady. Last season, I saw Van Horn and Fred The Mayor Hoiberg foul up something so simple as the intentionally missed free throw. Neither realized that, for the ball to be active after a miss, the shot must draw iron. They just banged the shot hard off the board, a violation that automatically gave the ball to the other team.
This plague of hoop mediocrity is not a white thing writ large. If it were, it would transcend national boundaries. But there s this 25-year-old All-Star who wears sunscreen in summer and would likely sport a championship ring if he hadn t sprained his ankle last spring: Peja Stojakovic, the pride of Yugoslavia. His Sacramento teammates include the best passing center in the game, fellow countryman Vlade Divac, and versatile Turk Hidayet Turkoglu. Another young superstar, Dallas s Dirk Nowitzki, hails from Germany. His All-Star teammate, playmaker Steve Nash, is a hot-shooting hoser who was born in South Africa and raised in the Great White North (a.k.a. Canada). What about the 21-year-old string bean who late last season stuffed Shaq twice in the same game? That s Utah s Andrei Kirilenko, Russian born and bred. Seattle s high-flying, do-everything, 21-year-old forward? Vladimir Radmanovic. You go, Yugo! Runaway 2002 Rookie of the Year? The Grizzlies silky Spaniard, pallid Pau Gasol. Best white center of the past dozen years? No, not Will Perdue. Lithe Lithuanian Arvydas Sabonis. Some say that in his lean-and-healthy prime (which, alas, he spent in Europe), Sabonis was the caliber of Shaq, Kareem and Hakeem the Dream. Get the picture? Foreign lands don t produce great white hopes. They produce players — great athletes with great skills. Not so long ago, so too did white America.
Why can t we now? Have we grown soft? Did our best talent get sidetracked by dot.com mania? Are there 6-10 dudes with unlimited ability hanging out at Starbucks rather than the local gym? What about diet? Too much junk food and too many keggers? You can t be like Mike if you eat like Shaq and drink like Barkley. What about white flight from the cities? Being the H-O-R-S-E champ of your gated community is all well and good, but it s a far cry from competin in the hood. All are factors, but surely the biggest is the disappearing family farms. Once upon a time they dotted the landscape, and farm boys grew into men who kicked butt in every major sport. They threw harder, ran faster and jumped higher, and they had a natural farm-boy strength that transferred to the playing field or court far more effectively than sterile, iron-pumped muscle. Unfortunately, yesterday s hardscrabble farm boy is today s suburban slob. A hard day for him is an all-nighter at his Play Station station. Return to the land, long tall honkies. Bale that hay, milk them cows and hammer a hoop above the barn door. Don t show your face in the big city until you ve got corn- and cattle-fed muscles and a game to go with them.
Dennis Hans s essays on basketball — including the styles, rhythms and fundamentals of free-throw shooting — have appeared online at the Sporting News, Slate and The Black World Today. His writings on other topics have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Miami Herald, among other outlets. More websites: Just try using google.com and type in the following question.
You will find numerous blogs, yahoo discussion groups and websites devoted to the topic: Are Blacks Better Athletes than Whites?
Smith College – Racial Differences in Sports
Social Science Research Council Forum
Okay, enough background on a topic that is probably not new. Interestingly, I have never heard someone argue that Canadians are physically superior to Americans and that is why they are better than us at hockey.
Well, to make a very long discussion question short…here it goes. What would an anthropologists have to say about all this? In other words, don’t give me your opinion until you at least post an answer to this question. Look back to the discussion on race and ethnicity in Chapter 12.
Also check out the PBS website on Race: The Power of an Illusion and the American Anthropological Association Statement on Race. Both of these sources will be helpful and you should reference them in your answer. Also check out the new American Anthropological Association website that is a traveling museum exhibit on race http://www.understandingrace.org/humvar/skin_01.html.
Rubric for Evaluating/Grading this Discussion Forum:

Requirements	You are a Survivor Excellent (3 points)	You Might Survive Good (2 points)	You re Struggling to Survive Needs Improvement (1 point)	You need a Life Raft Failed to meet requirements (0 points)
Followed Directions	Posted by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote five complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted by deadline and replied to at least one classmate Wrote four complete sentences without spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Posted by deadline and did not reply to at least one classmate AND/OR Did not write in complete sentences and/or had 1 or 2 spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply	Did not post by deadline – 0 points Did not write in complete sentences, and/or had spelling / grammatical errors in post and reply
Addressed Content	Thoroughly discussed the question and responded to another classmate by asking a question	Adequately discussed the question and responded to another classmate by asking a question	Attempted to discuss the question but did not thoroughly analyze and/or did not ask a question in response to a classmate	Did not attempt to discuss the question Post and/or reply did not address the question
Cited Materials	Cited academic materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates Citation addressed the question *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Attempted to cite materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates Citation was not clear or did not address the question *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Cited materials incorrectly or cited inadequate materials from either the internet, the textbook, class notes, and/or other classmates *MLA format is not required as long as you noted a textbook page or internet site.	Did not cite materials in the post and reply

Your score out of 9 possible________/9
Note about this rubric:
Unless otherwise noted in the discussion forum, you will need to first post your response to the question, film clip, and/or assignment. Your discussion post must include at least 5 sentences and must include a reference/citation to course materials (the book, websites, or films). Your reference does not need to be formally cited. For example, you can state that on p. 32 of our textbook, our author notes…the following. You do need to at least let the reader know where your information came from. After you post, it is your responsibility to reply to at least one classmate.
Your reply also needs to be in 5 sentences but does not have to include a reference or citation.
HINT: There is Statement about Race on the American Anthropological Association Web page.

November 28, 2017

Describe And Analyze Character Behavior When Faced With An Ethical Dilemma

Objective: Describe and analyze character behavior when faced with an ethical dilemma.

After viewing The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio; write an in-depth review. The review must cover the following seven areas.
Summary of the Plot
Provide enough information for those who have not read the book or seen the movie to understand the ethical dilemma faced by the character you are analyzing. Describe the environment of the character.
Issues Identified
Describe and analyze the ethical dilemma faced by the character.
What are the major factual issues raised?
What are the major ethical issues raised?
Who are the major stakeholders?
Options Considered
What alternative courses of actions were considered or identified by the character?
Ethical Arguments Constructed
Determine which of the ethical principles/standards were employed by the character. (i.e., moral development; egoism; virtue; deontology; teleology; justice)
Evaluate the Arguments for each OptionDid the character weigh the ethical reasons and arguments for each option?
Did the character make any unwarranted factual assumptions?
Did the character leave any unresolved conceptual issues?
Character DecisionDescribe how the character resolved the dilemma.
Explain the reasoning for the character’s chosen resolution.
Did the character select the ethically best way to deal with the dilemma?
In your opinion, what decision should the character have made?
Your Recommendation
Would you recommend this movie or book to your classmates?

November 28, 2017

The Rise of Islam

Homework instructions: Please no outside source unless its from the book.
Read Chapters 7 Rise of Islam
Answer the following questions properly and use only the textbook as reference, avoid using too much outside source.
1. What are the 5 Pillars of Islam

Essay:

2. Why can’t you find a depiction of Mohammad?

3. What other religious text is similar to Sharia Law?

4. Why did the Islamic religion spread so rapidly?

5. Discuss the meaning of the term Jihad. How is the term interpreted today?

November 28, 2017

History Essay-European Recovery & Renaissance

Homework instructions: Please no outside source unless its from the book.

Read Chapter 13 – European Recovery & Renaissance

Answer the following questions properly and use only the textbook as reference, avoid using too much outside source.

1. What code of conduct is associated with the term Chivalry? Discuss the relationship of chivalry to the feminist movement today.

2. What was the “Black Death?” Discuss how it impacted European society.

3. What is humanism? Why were the writings of Ancient Greeks and Romans important to humanists?

4. What values do you believe were important in Renaissance society? Why is the renaissance often thought of as the first “modern age?’

November 28, 2017

History Of Western Civilization To Middle Ages

Question
1 of 40
The Anglo-Saxons were pagans

True

False
Question
2 of 40
Which of the following was NOT typical of medieval aristocratic lifestyles?

Hunting and war

Feasting and   hospitality

Maintaining multiple   wives

Great wooden halls or   stone fortifications
Question
3 of 40
He was the most capable, powerful, cultivated, and sophisticated Gothic ruler.

Anastasius I

Clovis the Frank

Alaric II the Visigoth

Theodoric the   Ostrogoth
Question
4 of 40
This pope laid the foundations for the medieval papacy by feeding the population during famines and comforting the people during times of plague and warfare.

Pius II

Leo I

Gregory the Great

Urban II
Question
5 of 40
In Germanic society, the elite owed its elevated status to

the ability to gain   favor with the gods.

royal appointment by   kings.

the inheritance of   land and leadership.

inherited status and   wealth perpetuated through military command.
Question
6 of 40
Charlemagne was a descendent of Julius Caesar

True

False
Question
7 of 40
In the Frankish Kingdoms, the real power was held by the

king.

princes.

lords.

dukes.
Question
8 of 40
The name “Frank” means

bold.

barbaric.

fierce or free.

stout.
Question
9 of 40
Charlemagne and his followers felt his coronation as emperor in 800 signified the revival of

the Babylonian   captivity.

the Roman Empire in   the west.

the Byzantine Empire   in the west.

Athenian democracy.
Question
10 of 40
Which of the following was NOT a Carolingian ecclesiastical reform?

Removal of all foreign   clerics from the Frankish kingdom

Establishment of   Benedictine rule in monastic organization

Establishment of   mandatory tithing

Ensuring the   competency and commitment to the people of parish priests
Question
11 of 40
These Germanic people replaced the Ostrogoths on the Italian peninsula.

Carthaginians

Alemanni

Visigoths

Lombards
Question
12 of 40
Based on his knowledge of scripture, natural science, rhetoric, chronology, and history, he was considered the greatest scholar of his century.

Augustine of   Canterbury

Aidan

Ethelbert

Bede
Question
13 of 40
Jews concentrated on occupations that allowed them to be mobile in case there was danger because _____ tried to force all Jews in his kingdom to be baptized.

King Chilperic

Bodo

Bishop Agobard of Lyon

Charlemagne
Question
14 of 40
By 1000 all of the following EXCEPT _____ had become Christian kingdoms whose bishops in the national churches were approved by the pope.

Poland

Scandinavia

Bohemia

Ireland
Question
15 of 40
Which of the following statements concerning women in early medieval society is most accurate?

Women participated in   royal hunts.

Christianity failed to   recognize any rights for women.

The religious life   allowed for increased autonomy and authority for aristocratic women.

Women were not allowed   to participate in court proceedings.
Question
16 of 40
The king’s role in legislating justice

was limited to   collecting and publishing the customs of the past.

was limited to writing   laws.

was limited to writing   economic policy.

meant that all   families had to bring their grievances before the royal court.
Question
17 of 40
Since Charlemagne appointed counts throughout Europe, it could be said that he created a/an

imperial aristocracy.

international coven.

missi dominici.

international round   table.
Question
18 of 40
King Alfred temporarily stopped the Viking conquest of Wessex by doing all of the following EXCEPT

creating an   Anglo-Saxon navy.

reorganizing the   Anglo-Saxon army.

establishing a network   of fortifications.

creating an alliance   system with the Lombards and the Franks.
Question
19 of 40
All of the following statements about Umayyad Spain are true EXCEPT that

its cultural   developments were the most sophisticated in western Europe.

Spanish emirs   established a religious foundation for their government as protectors of   Islam.

its architecture and   visual art deemphasized physical forms for abstraction.

even though the   agricultural economy of Spain recovered from the Muslim invasions, urban life   was damaged beyond repair.
Question
20 of 40
King Oswy of Northumbria decided to ally himself with the Roman church at the

Parliament of   Northampton.

Synod of Whitby.

Convocation of   Westminster.

Doom of Salisbury.
Question
21 of 40
In 711, the Visigoth kingdom was conquered by the

Anglo-Saxons.

Huns.

Vandals.

Muslims.
Question
22 of 40
Today, Gaul is known as

France.

Greenland.

Ireland.

Belgium.
Question
23 of 40
In Spain and Italy, the fusion of Germanic and Roman aristocracies was impeded by

Irish Christianity.

religious differences   separating Aryans and Orthodox Christians.

long-standing disputes   between lords and vassals.

dissention among the   Germanic military commanders.
Question
24 of 40
Which of the following statements concerning the Visigoth kingdom is MOST accurate?

They forced all   subjects to become Aryan Christians.

The Visigoth kingdom   was centered in Spain, with the kings establishing a unified government based   on Roman administrative tradition.

The Visigoth kingdom   disappeared after being defeated by the Franks in 507.

The Byzantines   destroyed the Visigoth kingdom in 711.
Question
25 of 40
He laid the foundations for a hierarchical, bishop-centered church in England, based on the Roman model.

Augustine of   Canterbury

Aidan

Ethelbert

Bede
Question
26 of 40
Roman slavery ended because it was finally found to be unethical

True

False
Question
27 of 40
What was the lasting legacy of Charlemagne’s Carolingian Empire?

A reunified eastern   Roman Empire

Unity and cultural   reforms in many spheres

An end to all Viking,   Magyar, and Saracen raids

Closing trade with the   Mediterranean
Question
28 of 40
Romanized Germans of late antiquity were generally known as

Aryans.

Agnostics.

Pagans.

Muslims.
Question
29 of 40
The primary source of meat for the peasants was

cows.

buffalo.

pigs.

deer.
Question
30 of 40
The medieval kings assumed the role of protector and defender of the church

True

False
Question
31 of 40
The Early Middle Ages is the time period between the years

400 and 800.

500 and 900.

500 and 700.

700 and 1100.
Question
32 of 40
In 909 a new round of ecclesiastical reform began at the monastery of

Assisi.

Benedictine.

Cluny.

Mont Saint Michel.
Question
33 of 40
The Frankish Empire was reorganized and its cavalry molded into the most effective military force of his time by

Clovis.

Charles Martel.

Charlemagne.

Pepin III.
Question
34 of 40
Which of the following was NOT a grandson of Charlemagne?

Louis the German.

Louis the Pious.

Charles the Bald.

Lothair.
Question
35 of 40
Charlemagne was the son of

Pepin II.

Pepin III.

Charles Martel.

Charles the Bald.
Question
36 of 40
Charlemagne’s palace complex, rivaling the great Roman and Byzantine buildings, was located in

Athens.

Aachen.

Provence.

Paris.
Question
37 of 40
Traditional Christian doctrine stated that one of the signs of the end of the world would be the conversion of the Jews

True

False
Question
38 of 40
The Lombards divided Italy into military districts under the control of dukes

True

False
Question
39 of 40
The Russian Empire began in 882, when the House of Ryurik united the towns of

Kiev and Moscow.

Kiev and Novgorod.

Smolensk and Kiev.

Smolensk and Novgorod.
Question
40 of 40
After Theodoric’s death, the Ostrogothic kingdom was destroyed by the

Franks.

Byzantines.

Muslims.

Visigoths.