AP World History
Meyer
Unit 6: The 20th Century – The Cold War, Decolonization and Nationalist Movements
Date
4/11
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4/12
TH
4/13
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4/16
M
4/17
T
4/18
W
4/19
TH
4/20
F
4/23
M
4/24
T
4/25
W
4/26
TH
4/27
F
4/30
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5/1
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Topic
Assignment Due
WWI – WWII Quiz
Cold War Introduction
Cold War Lecture
West vs. East
Assign Groups and Reading
Cold War struggles group activity and reading
Cold War table share
Genocide Lecture
Early Release Day - AP Money DUE
Essay tips and reminders
Independence Summary Lecture
Key terms
Kaplan pages 234-236
Online Reading pages 887-896 & Questions
Key Terms
Kaplan pages 236-238; China 239-241 & 242-243;
India 243; E. Europe 243-244
Online Reading 896-904; 904-910
Complete assigned section from class
Key Terms
Kaplan pages 236-238; China 239-241 & 242-243;
India 243; E. Europe 243-244
Online Reading 896-904; 904-910
Essay COT handout
Struggle for National Identities India & South
Africa
Work on Essay
Work on Graphic Organizer for Essay
In class essay
Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution
Kaplan pages 239
Textbook pages 730-746
China Revolution
Kaplan pages 239-241
Textbook pages 860-876
China Revolution
NO Class – AP REGISTRATION DAY
Comparative Essay Activity
Study for Test
Global Culture & Modern Challenges
The World today – Lecture
Kaplan pages
Textbook pages
Study for Test
Study for Test
Review Game
Unit 6 Exam
KEY Terms Due
Terms:
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Third World/ Nonaligned
nations
World Bank
European Community (EC)
Marshall Plan
World Bank & IMF
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Blockade
Helsinki Accords
Chinese Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Tiananmen Square Massacre
1979 Iranian Revolution
Arab-Israeli Conflict
OPEC
Proxy Wars
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam War
All-India Muslim League
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Indian National Congress
African National Congress
Jomo Kenyatta
Kwame Nkrumah
Apartheid
Mikhail Gorbachev
AP World History
Meyer
The Cold War (887-896)
1. How did economic philosophy impact the Cold War? How did the 2 sides try
to extend their influence?
2. How did the Korean & Vietnam wars reflect the connection between antiimperialism and anti-capitalism? In what ways were these “limited” wars and
why?
3. How were the SU and the US able to avert a 3rd World War?
Decolonization (finally); Nation building (896-904)
4. Why was nation building in South & South East Asia and Africa difficult?
5. How did decolonization impact African regions? Know process in Algeria,
Ghana, Belgian Congo & South Africa.
6. What problems did Guatemala & Cuba face in trying to gain economic
independence and land reform? How did developments in the 2 regions
differ?
7. What role did the US play in developments in both regions?
Beyond a Bipolar World (904-910)
8. How did various countries attempt to limit the impact of both the USSR and
the US on their countries?
9. In what ways did Japan and China continue to proceed in different directions
politically and economically?
10. How did conflicting promises to Jewish and Arab nationalist in the Middle
East (during WWI) lead to post WWII conflict in that Area?
11. What issues concerned the students in the period of unrest in the 60’s and
early 70’s?