Global History

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Global History Geography

• Word Association
• Flashcards 4

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Industrial Revolution1700s-1800s

• Started in England
• Poor working conditions and pay
• Factory system / growth of cities (urbanization)

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Nationalist Groups

• India National Congress
• The Zionists
• The Slavs / Pan-Slavism (The Black Hand)

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Adam Smith

• Developed Laissez-Faire Theory (Hands Off)
• Wrote The Wealth of Nations
• Free trade

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Karl Marx

• Wanted to overthrow capitalism and develop a
  fairer system (Communism)
• Thought workers were being exploited and urged
  them to unite History of Class Struggle
• Wrote The Communist Manifesto Das Kapital
• workers of the world unite

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Berlin Conference

• Major European nations carved up or divided
  Africa into colonies
• Also known as the Scramble for Africa
• The Great African Cake

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Causes of ImperialismLate 19th Century

• Need for raw materials and new markets
• Belief that European culture was superior to that
  of the natives (Social Darwinism)
• Desire to become more powerful and White Mans
  Burden (uplift or civilize the natives)

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Spheres of Influence

• Areas in China that were taken over or dominated
  by Europeans
• Unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanking) placed on
  China after Opium War
• Led to nationalist sentiment in China (Boxers)
• similar to the outcome of the Berlin Conference

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Chinese Revolution1911

• Boxer Rebellion helped to cause it
• Ended dynastic rule in China
• Led by Sun Yat-Sen and his Three Principles

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Meiji Restoration

• Japan westernizes or modernizes
• Japan doesnt fall victim to imperialism
• Japan itself becomes imperialistic

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Sun Yat-Sen

• Three Principles Democracy, Nationalism,
  Livelihood (economic well-being)
• Father of Modern Day China

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Imperialistic JapanLate 1800s Early 1900s

• Driven by its need for resources
• Becomes an Asian power
• Sino-Japan War (1894) Russo-Japan War (1904)

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World War I

• Trench warfare
• Use of poison gas
• Alliance system The Spark
• Central Power vs. Allied Power

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Russian Revolution

• Bolshevik Revolution
• Bread, Land and Peace
• Ended Romanov Dynasty and Russia became first
  Communist nation
• Led by Vladimir Lenin

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Treaty of Versailles (1919)

• Treaty signed after World War I
• War Guilt clause
• Heavy reparations paid by Germany
• Germany and hyperinflation
• Rise of Hitler

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Kemal Ataturk

• Father of modern day Turkey
• Westernized and modernized Turkey
• Similar to the Shah of Iran

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Mohandas Gandhi

• Fought for Indian independence from Britain
• Civil Disobedience Passive Resistance
• Salt March Homespun Movement

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Adolf Hitler

• Anti-Semitism / Holocaust / Genocide / Final
  Solution
• Ultra-nationalistic Germany
• Nazi Party / Fascism

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Munich Agreement

• Policy of appeasement Neville Chamberlain
• Sudetenland
• To give in or grant concessions with the hope
  that Hitler will be better in the future

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World War II

• Axis Powers vs. Allied Powers
• Total War
• Key events D-Day, Hiroshima Nagasaki

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Post World War II

• Marshall Plan plan to rebuild Europe
• Japan new constitution is written and military
  is limited
• Superpowers USA USSR begin the Cold War

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Joseph Stalin

• Soviet Union Communist leader
• Makes the Soviet Union a powerful nation through
  collectivization Five Year Plans
• Kills or exiles those who challenge him (Great
  Purges)

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United Nations

• Assembly of representatives from all over the
  world
• Major purpose to promote peace among nations
• Security Council and the General Assembly

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Cold War1945-1989

• Communist / Totalitarian Soviet Union vs.
  Capitalist / Democratic United States
• Warsaw Pact (communist alliance) vs. NATO
  (democratic alliance)
• Cold War events Berlin Airlift, Space Race,
  Cuban Missile Crisis

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European Union / Common Market

• End tariffs between nations
• Promote cooperation between European nations
• Similar to NAFTA / Greater interdependence

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NAFTA

• North American Free Trade Agreement
• End tariffs between the USA, Canada, Mexico
• Promote cooperation between North American
  countries
• Promotes interdependence

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OPEC

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Mainly made up of Middle Eastern countries
• Seeks to control the amount of oil exported to
  the worlds market
• Oil as a weapon