Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900-1929 What led to the outbreak of the First World War? How did the war lead to revolution in Russia? What role did the war play in eroding European dominance in the world? Why did China and Japan follow such divergent paths in this period? How did the Middle East change as a result of the war? How did European and North American society and technology change in the aftermath of the war?
What were the causes of WW I? M A I N
Why did WW I expand beyond Europe? Asia Africa Pacific
Timeline of Russian Revolution February 1917 April 1917 October 1917 March 1918
Marxism vs. Leninism Marx Lenin
End of WW I and Consequences Treaty of Versailles Mandate System League of Nations Anti-Imperialist Movement
Chapter 29: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949 How did the Soviet Union change under Stalin, and at what cost? What caused the Depression, and what effects did it have on the world? How did fascism in Italy and Germany lead to the Second World War? What were the economic reasons behind Japan’s invasion of Manchuria? How was the war fought, and why did Japan and Germany lose? How did science and technology change the nature of warfare?
Key Vocabulary and People Five Year Plan (USSR) Fascism Long March Maoism Nanjing Appeasement Hiroshima and Nagasaki Manchukuo Pearl Harbor Joseph Stalin Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-shek
Chapter 30: Striving for Independence: India, Africa, and Latin America, 1900-1949 Why did the educated elites of India want independence? What were ordinary Indians hoping for? What changes did foreign rule bring to Africa, and how did Africans respond? What could Latin Americans do to achieve social justice and economic development? Were these two goals compatible?
Key Vocabulary and People Balfour Declaration Deforestation Cartel Peasantry African National Congress Extremist European-educated indigenous elites Mohandas Gandhi Lázaro Cárdenas Muhammad Ali Jinnah Jawaharlal Nehru W.E.B. Du Bois Haile Selassie Emiliano Zapata Juan Perón Eva Perón
Chapter 31: The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1975 What were the major threats to world peace during the Cold War? How were the experiences of Asia, Africa, and Latin America similar in this period? How did the rivalry between the Cold War superpowers affect the rest of the world?
Key Vocabulary and People Capitalism Communism Cuban Missile Crisis Marshall Plan Warsaw Pact NATO Nonaligned nations United Nations Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution OPEC Truman Doctrine Helsinki Accords Mao Zedong Jawaharlal Nehru Kwame Nkrumah Fidel Castro “Che” Guevara Nikita Khrushchev
Chapter 32: The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration, 1975-2000 How did the Cold War affect politics in Latin America and the Middle East in the 1970s and 1980s? What forces led to the collapse of the Soviet Union? How does wealth inequality among nations impact international migration patterns? How has technological change affected the global environment in the recent past?
Key Vocabulary and People Proxy Wars “Dirty Wars” “Brazilian Solution” Contras Sandinistas keiretsu Tiananmen Square Solidarity Ethnic cleansing immigrants Asian Tigers Ronald Reagan Oscar Romero Hugo Chavez Saddam Husain Deng Xiaoping Mikhail Gorbachev Ayatollah Khomeini Thomas Malthus