Unit 4: Transformations Around the Globe
1914-1945
Overview of Unit 4
During the newest stage of world history, 1914 to the present, great Western empires declined and were
replaced by regional groups and multinational corporations. There are several triggers for this dramatic shift.
The first is the collapse of European imperial dominance and subsequent decolonization. Another trigger was
massive technological innovation in military capacity and communications. The final reason for this shift in
world history was an explosion in population growth. These triggers created political innovation and a
renewed globalization.
But even with these changes many societies resisted changes to traditional worldviews. These key
developments in the 20th and 21st centuries effected people’s emotions and behaviors by decreasing birth
rates and increasing consumerism.
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Overview of Semester 2 Content Targets
2nd Semester:
1. I can determine the meaning of words and use academic vocabulary:
cold war, total war, totalitarianism, genocide, socialism, communism, globalization, balance
of power, de-colonization, United Nations, autonomy, developing world
2. I can identify and describe the causes of WWI and how the consequences of the conflict changed the
balance of power in the world
3. I can describe how the consequences of WWII led to a shift in world power from Europe to the US.
4. I can describe examples of Genocides (e.g. Holocaust, Armenian Genocide, Rwandan Genocide) and
explain why the global community is often reluctant to intervene.
5. I can explain the ideological basis of the Cold War and describe the human and material cost of that
forty-year struggle.
6. I can explain how developing nations broke free (independence) from their mother countries
(decolonization), organized a state, and learned to expand their economic and social capacity
(development).
7. I can explain the environmental impact of technological advancement, increased population growth,
migration, and changes in urban-rural populations on natural resources and land use.
8. I can analyze a current conflict and/or human rights issue, explaining the role of the United Nations
in finding a solution.
9. I can explain how in economic globalization and interdependence has created both challenges and
opportunities for individuals, social groups, and nations. (China, India, and Brazil).
Unit 4 Overview (10 Weeks)
Date
1900-1914
1914-1918
1919-1939
1939-1945
1914-1949
Topic
Transformations around the Globe
 imperialism
 militarism
 nationalism
 industrialization
WWI
Interwar Period
WWII
Revolution and Nationalism
 China
 India
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Chapters from the textbook
Review parts of 25 and 27
Chapter 28
29
31
32
30
OVERVIEW OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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Unit 4 Geography Map 1: Europe Pre World War I and Europe Post World War I
Use the map on page 860 of your textbook to label the following. Be sure to color the alliances accordingly!
Europe Pre-World War I
Europe Post-World War I
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Unit 4 Geography Map 2: Europe after WWII
Use the map on page 966 of your textbook to complete the following map. You should color accordingly and
draw in the Iron Curtain as well.
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Unit 4 Geography Map 3: East Asia after WWII
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Chapter 29: The Great War
Vocabulary
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Causes (p.841)
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Imperialism
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Militarism

nationalism
Alliances (p. 842)
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Triple Alliance
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Triple Entente
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Central Powers (845)
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Allies (p.845)
Causes (p.844)
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Black Hand
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Gavrilo Princip
Military terms and strategies:
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Schlieffen Plan (Alfred von Schlieffen) (846)
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Tranch Warfare (847)
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No-man’s-land
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Western Front (846)
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Unrestricted submarine warfare (852)
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Total war (853)
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Rationing (854)
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Propaganda (854)
Russian Revolution (869-872)
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Causes?
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Effects?
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Bolsheviks
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
6.
Lusitania
7.
End of WWI
8.
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Armistice (855)
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Treaty of Versailles (858)
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Fourteen Points (858)
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League of Nations (859)
World Leaders
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Georges Clenmenceau (859)
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Tsar Nicholas II
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Woodrow Wilson (859)
Chapter 29 Review Questions: After reading the chapter can you explain ALL of the following?
 Identify important causes and motivations behind the outbreak of World War I.

Discuss the link between new industrial weapons and trench warfare.

Discuss the roles played by women during World War I, and identify important contributions made
by women to the war effort.

Discuss and analyze the long-term consequences of the ill-fated campaign at Gallipoli.

Outline the connections between World War I and the outbreak of the Russian revolution.

Explain the factors that prompted U.S. intervention in World War I.

Outline the collapse of the Central Powers across all fronts in 1918.

Discuss the impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918.

Outline the important features of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points program.
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Timeline
Insert the following events into the timeline. This should help you to compare important historical events
chronologically.
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Battle of the Marne
Dinshawai incident in Egypt
Pan-African Congresses
Treaty of Versailles
United States enters war
______________________________________________________________ 1906
______________________________________________________________ 1914
______________________________________________________________ 1915
______________________________________________________________ 1917
______________________________________________________________ 1919
______________________________________________________________ 1920s
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Chapter 31: Years of Crisis
1919-1939
Vocabulary
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3.
4.
5.
6.
Lost Generation
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Decline of the West
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Uncertainty principle
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Psychoanalysis
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International style
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Bauhaus
Global Depression (797)
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Great Depression
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Crash of 1929
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Black Thursday
Economic Experimentation (800)
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Keynes
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The New Deal
Communism in Russia (802)
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New Economic Policy
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Kulaks
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Socialism in One Country
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Collectivization
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Five-Year Plan
Italian Fascism
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Ethiopia
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Pact of Steel
Post War Germany
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Fascism
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Nuremberg Laws
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Weimar Republic
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Kristallnacht
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National Socialist German Workers’ Party
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Mein Kampf
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Anti-Semitism
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Chapter 31 Review Questions: After reading the chapter can you explain ALL of the following?

Identify traditional western ideas that were undermined by the experience of World War I.
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Outline the chief causes of the Great Depression of 1929.
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Identify areas of the world that suffered the most from the effects of the global depression.
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Identify common government responses to the global depression, and discuss their effects.

Explain the link between Joseph Stalin's industrialization plans and the collectivization of agriculture.
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Discuss important features of fascist ideology.

Identify social groups within Germany targeted by National Socialist ideology.
Timeline
Insert the following events into the timeline. This should help you to compare important historical events
chronologically.
Fascists seize power in Italy
Last Chinese emperor abdicates
Obregon becomes leader of Mexico
Russian Bolshevik Revolution
Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan
Versailles Peace Conference
______________________________________________________________ 1912
______________________________________________________________ 1915
______________________________________________________________ 1917
______________________________________________________________ 1919
______________________________________________________________ 1922
______________________________________________________________ 1927-1928
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Chapter 32: World War II
Causes of WWII
1.
Japanese Aggression
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Rape of Nanjing
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Chinese Resistance to Japanese Aggression
2.
Italian Aggression
3.
German Aggression
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Appeasement
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Anschluss
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Luftwaffe
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Munich Conference (“Peace for our Time!”)
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Lebensraum
Total War: The World under Fire
1.
Blitzkrieg “Blitz”
4.
Operation Barbarossa and Stalingrad
2.
The Fall of France
5.
Battles in Asia and the Pacific
3.
Battle of Britain
6.
Pearl Harbor and Japanese Victories
End of the War
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League of Nations
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D-Day
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Yalta Conference
Origins of the Cold War

United Nations
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan
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Berlin Wall
Globalization of the Cold War
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The People’s Republic of China
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Korea
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Cuba and The Bay of Pigs
Important Figures
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Mao Zedong
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Francisco Franco
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Benito Mussolini
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Neville Chamberlain
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Adolf Hitler
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Harry Truman
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Joseph Stalin
Chapter 32 Review Questions: After reading the chapter can you explain ALL of the following?
World War II
 Outline the chief causes of World War II.
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Discuss the escalation of the war in Asia between China and Japan after 1932.

Identify the members of the rival alliance systems that faced off by 1941.
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Describe important features of Japanese occupation policy in China.
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Why did the Japanese attack U.S. installations at Pearl Harbor, and what did they hope to achieve?

Compare the resistance strategies of China's nationalists and communists in the war against Japan.

Identify different groups targeted by the Germans within the Holocaust.
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What was the purpose of the Wannsee Conference, and how did it influence the process of murder during the
Holocaust?
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Identify and discuss the roles and occupations taken by women during World War II.
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Chapter 30: Revolution and Nationalism
India:

Indian National Congress

Muslim League

Mohandas Gandhi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Satyagraha
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India Act of 1937
CHINA
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May Fourth Movement
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Mukden Incident
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Chinese Communist Party
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Sun Yatsen
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Guomindang (Nationalists)
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Mao Zedong

Long March

Jiang Jieshi
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Maoism
Africa
1.
Mumbo cult
The Americas
2.
Apristas
10. Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
3.
Dollar Diplomacy
11. Diego Rivera
4.
Monroe Doctrine
12. Augusto César Sandino
5.
Estado Novo
13. William Howard Taft
6.
Good Neighbor Policy
14. Getúlio Dornellas Vargas
7.
“Sweetheart Treaties” Guarda Nacional
15. Juan Batista Sacasa
8.
Marcus Garvey
16. Lázaro Cárdenas
9.
José Carlos Mariátegui
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Chapter 30 Review Questions
1. Who was Mohandas Gandhi, and what role did he play in fostering Indian nationalism?
2. Identify key themes within the Chinese nationalist ideology of Sun Yatsen.
3. Outline the causes and effects of the Mukden incident of 1931.
4. Discuss and analyze different types of challenges to European authority in Africa after the end of World War I.
5. Identify recruitment measures used by colonial powers to recruit African soldiers during the Great War.
6. Outline the development of Africa's "new elites" and explain their contribution to African nationalist
movements.
7. Describe the role of universities in fomenting and encouraging Latin American radicalism.
8. Outline the development of the policy of U.S. "dollar diplomacy" in Latin America.
9. Describe important features of the "Good Neighbor Policy" within Central America and the Caribbean.
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