World History Part II

This time it’s personal

A Thematic Approach to World History

• Change - Political Leaders
• Change - Challenges to tradition/Authority
• Change - Revolutions
• Change - Collapse of Government
• Change - Individuals
• Change - Global Issues

• Imperialism
• Movement of People and Goods
• Cultural and Intellectual Achievements
• Belief Systems (Movement)
• Human and Physical Geography
• Geography - Influence on Political, Economic and Social Development
• Human Rights/Justice
• Conflict - Armed Conflict
• Nationalism
• Science & Technology

Political Systems

• Absolute Monarchy
• Feudalism
• Democracy
• Republic
• Totalitarianism
• Communism
• Fascism
• Militarism
• Theocracy

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Change

• Neolithic Revolution
• Scientific Revolution
• Agrarian Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• French Revolution
• Latin American Revolution
• Communist Revolution

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• Fall of the Roman Empire
• Crusades
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Protestant Reformation
• Discovery of the Americas
• Collapse of Communism

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

As the cold war is winding down across Eastern Europe, the citizens of Communist controlled East Berlin were finally allowed to freely pass through to West Berlin on November 8th, 1989.

East and West Berlin were reunified almost a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall on October 3rd, 1990.

Famous quote by President Ronald Reagan: “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Economic Systems

• Traditional Economy
• Manorialism
• Mercantilism
• Laissez-Faire Economics
• Commercial Revolution
• Capitalism
• Communism

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Economic systems deal with the distribution of resources. Economic systems include all the times and ways that goods and services are produced and distributed

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Cultural and Intellectual Achievements

• Greek Civilization
• Roman Civilization
• Gupta Golden Age
• Islamic Golden Age
• Renaissance
• Mesoamerican Civilizations
• Enlightenment

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Conflict

Throughout history, conflict (violent and non-violent) has caused political, economic social and/or cultural changes

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• Crusades
• World War I
• World War II
• French Revolution
• Communist Revolutions
• Communist Expansion
• Cold War
• Arab-Israeli Conflict

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Science & Technology

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• Neolithic Revolution
• Invention of the Printing Press
• Scientific Revolution
• Advancements in Exploration
• Green Revolution
• Nuclear Weapons

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Movement of People, Goods and Ideas

Cultural Diffusion is the constant exchange of people, ideas, goods and technology from one civilization to another

• Muslim Influence in Africa
• Silk Road
• Crusades
• Bubonic Plague
• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Irish Potato Famine

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Geography The natural surroundings of the land have � a significant impact on the cultures of the � groups that live there

A. River Valleys

-Ancient Civilizations

B. Mountains

-Greek City-states

- Isolation of China

C. Islands

-Japanese Expansion

-British Imperialism

D. Natural Resources

-Gold/Salt Trade in � Northern Africa

-British Imperialism

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Justice & Human Rights

• Genocide**
• Holocaust (Anti-Semitism)
• Armenian Massacre
• Rwandan Crisis (Hutu-Tutsi)
• Bosnia (Serbs Croats; Slobodon Milosevic)
• Pol Pot in Cambodia - “Killing Fields”
• Apartheid
• Belgian Congo
• Encomienda
• Slave Trade

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“We will not enjoy security without development. We will not enjoy development without security. And we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.”

- Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Imperialism

Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country

• British in India
• European Involvement in Africa
• Meiji Restoration in Japan
• Pre-World War I Rivalries
• Mongol Empire
• Byzantine Empire
• Colonies in the Americas

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a feeling of pride �and devotion to one’s country

• German and Italian Unification
• Zionist Movement
• African Independence Movement
• Pre-World War I Conflicts
• Latin American Independence Movements
• Anti-Imperialist Movements
• French Revolution, Napoleon “birthplace of modern nationalism”

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Religions and Belief Systems

***Remember that it is about the HISTORY, not simply the religion or belief systems***

Belief systems are the established, orderly ways in which groups look at religious faith or philosophy and define reality

• Animism
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Legalism
• Shintoism

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Modern Trends/Global Issues

Today’s world is a web of connections and interactions causing both negative and positive changes - INTERDEPENDENCE

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• Global Communication
• United Nations
• Environmental Cooperation
• Global Terrorism
• Global Migrations
• Nuclear Proliferation
• Green Revolution

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