Unit 7: Global Conflict – 7.1
Power Shifts after 1900: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEHRHjICEfDXpIjArszCIqDxXGHApX6WY
Key Concept
KC – 6.2.I
The West dominated the global political order at
the beginning of the 20th century, but both landbased and maritime empires fave wy to new
states by the century’s end.
KC – 6.2.I.A
The older, land-based Ottoman, Russian, and
Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of
internal and external factors. These changes in
Russia eventually led to communist revolution.
KC – 6.2.II.D
States around the world challenged the existing
political and social order, including the Mexican
Revolution that arose as a result of political crisis.
Questions from the Video
Why was Russian, internally, a hot mess?
What was the response of the Russian Tsar to
the Russian people’s protests?
What were Russia’s external problems?
Fill in the blank: With all this mounting
tension a group called the _______________
overthrew the Tsarist government in 1917.
Who is the leader of the Bolsheviks &
established a Communist government in
Russia?
What were the 3 main internal problems of
the Qing Dynasty?
1.
2.
3.
By 1900, why was China’s economy in steep
decline?
Who was Sun-Yat Sen and why was he
important to modern Chinese history?
Why did the Ottoman Empire earn the
nickname “The Sick Man of Europe”?
Unit 7: Global Conflict – 7.1
What were the objectives of the Young
Turks?
What was one of the big reasons the
Ottomans sided with Germany in W.W. I?
Who was Ataturk?
What was one of the complaints against the
rule of Porfirio Diaz in Mexico?
What act was the spark that set off the
Mexican Revolution?
What did the new constitution of Mexico
provide for?