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22.4 Secruity in a Dangerous World

What role has fundamentalism played in the growth of terrorism? Why is the United States currently at war with Afghanistan?

22.3 Social and Environmental Challenges

What are the major environmental threats to our planet? What are some of the problems keeping nations in poverty?

22.2 Globalization

What is globalization and how is it changing relationships between countries?

22.1 Industrialized Nations After the Cold War

How did Boris Yeltsin try to reform Russia’s economy? What is the European Union and what challenges does it face?

21.4 Latin America Builds

Why did dictatorships develop in Latin America? How did Cold War tensions lead to civil wars in Latin America?

21.3 China and India:Two Giants of Asia

How did China try to reform after the death of Mao Zedong? How did Chinese people respond to these changes? What has happened to the population and economy of India since independence?

21.1 The Challenges of Development

What was the green revolution? How has rapid population growth raised concerns in developing nations? How is the status of women’s changing in developing nations?

20.3 Conflicts in the Middle East

What is a cause of continued conflict in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein? What are the obstacles to peace in Israel? Why is Jerusalem significant for Muslims, Jews, and Christians?

20.2 Struggles in Africa

What was South Africa’s apartheid and how did it come to an end? What caused the genocides of Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan?

20.1 Conflicts Divide Nations

How has ethnic, religious, and regional differences led to conflict in the modern world?

19.4 The Modern Middle East

What resources have caused foreign interest in the Middle East? Why was Egypt considered an early leader in the Arab world? How did foreign intervention contribute to Iran’s Islamic Revolution?

19.3 Africans Nations Gain Independence

Why do many African nations gain their independence peacefully? How do one-party dictatorships impact newly independent African nations? Why do African economies still depend on foreign nations?

19.1 independent Nations of South Asia

Why was British India partitioned into two new nations? How do religions and border disputes fuel current conflicts?

18.5 The End of the Cold War

How did Gorbechev’s glasnost and perestroika impact the Soviet Union? What was Poland’s solidarity movement and how was it reflective of the Eastern European countries after the fall of the Soviet Union?

18.4 War in Southeast Asia

What was the Vietnam conflict about and why was the Tet Offensive a turning point? Who was Pol Pot and what was the goal of the Khmer Rouge?

18.3 Communism Spreads in East Asia

Who was Mao Zedong and how did the Great Leap Forward affect China? What is a proxy war and how is the Korean War and example of it?

18.2 Industrialized Democracies

How did western democracies recover after World War II? When did the Berlin Wall come down and what allowed this to happen? What is a welfare state and why was it set up in Europe?

18.1 The Cold War Unfolds

What was the importance of the Berlin Wall? How did the Cuban Missile Crisis increase the likelihood of mutually assured destruction? What was the goal of detente?

17.5 The End of World War II

How did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan shape rebuilding efforts in Europe after WWII? Who were the two opposing sides of the Cold War and what early areas of conflict?

17.4 Victory in Europe and the Pacific

What was the island-hopping strategy that the United States used in the pacific? What was the project that produced atom bombs that would be used in the pacific?

17.3 The Allies Turn the Tide

How was the battle of Stalingrad and the Normandy invasion a turning point for the Allies?

17.2 Part III Atrocities

What atrocities did the civilian populations endure during World War II?

17.2 Part II Axis Advance Stumbles

What was the significance of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor?

17.2 Part I The Axis Advances

How does the blitzkrieg contribute to the fall of Poland and France? What was Germany’s goal in bombing Britain during the blitz?

17.1 From Appeasement to War

Why was the Spanish Civil War important for the German military? How did Anschluss, the Czech crisis, and the Nazi-Soviet Pact lead to World War II?

16.5 Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany

What were the struggles of the Weimar Republic? What were the goals of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists?

16.3 Fascism in Italy

How did Mussolini rise to power in Italy? What are key characteristics to fascism?

16.2 The Western Democracies Stumble

How did Britain, France, and the United States respond to the Great Depression? What was the purpose of the Kellog-Briand Pact?

16.4 Soviet Union Under Stalin

How did Stalin use terror as a weapon? What were the results of the great purge? How did the totalitarian state affect industry and agriculture?

15.3 India Seeks Self-Rule

What role did the Amritsar massacre play in Indian independence? How did Gandhi bring attention to Indian independence?

15.4 Upheavals in China

What two groups are engaged in a civil war? Who are the nationalists and communists? How did they respond to war lord uprisings and foreign imperialism?

15.5 Conflicting Forces in Japan

How does industrialization and military expansion lead to Japan becoming a world power?

14.5 Revolution and Civil War in Russia

What were the two revolutions in Russia? Who was Lenin and how did he gain power and rule?

14.4 Making the Peace

What was the outcome at the Paris Peace Conference? What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

14.3 Winning the War

How does total war affect the home front? How does propaganda affect the war effort? How does collapsing morale and U.S entry into the war affect the outcome?

14.2 A New Kind of War

How do developments in technology affect the war? What were the different experiences in the eastern and western fronts?

14.1 The Great War Begins

How did Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism contribute to the outbreak of the First World War?

13.2 Imperialism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific

How did Siam maintain its independence? Why were imperial powers in the region? How did the United States become an imperial power?

12.5 China and the New Imperialism

How did China respond to the various domestic issues and foreign interventions? What happened to the Imperial Chinese government?

12.4 The British Takeover India

What were the positive and negatives of British rule in India?

12.3 European Claims in Muslim Regions

What contributed to the continued decline of the Ottoman Empire? What fuels European interest in Egypt and Persia?

12.2 The Partition of Africa

What was the Berlin Conference and who benefitted from it? What is paternalism? Why was the Belgian Congo a horrific example of European Imperialism?