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If You See : Neolithic Revolution. Think of : End of the last “Ice Age” People began to settle = Civilizations developed- Major river valleys - Huang He, the Indus, and the Nile civilizations . If You See: Brahma, dharma, and moksha. Think Of: Hinduism. If You See: Great Wall of China . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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If You See: Neolithic RevolutionThink of: End of the last “Ice Age” People began to settle = Civilizations developed- Major river valleys - Huang He, the Indus, and the Nile civilizations
If You See: Brahma, dharma, and moksha
Think Of: Hinduism
If You See: Great Wall of China
Think Of: Protect the Chinese from the nomadic tribes of northern and central Asia
If You See: Renaissance
Think of: Rebirth of the Classical Age – time of the ancient Greeks & Romans.
Bring back the arts, sciences, literature, etc = Their Golden Age
End of the Middle/ Dark Ages = Death/Dangerous.
The Phoenicians
- “Carriers of civilization” = Cultural diffusion.
- Traded goods and spread ideas throughout the Mediterranean region = sea people.
- Phonics = alphabet
Carefully drawn calligraphy, Zen gardens, and the tea ceremony
Think Of: Early Japanese Culture/way of life.
If You See: Mansa Musa (originated from Mali)
Think Of: Famous Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca = holy land of all Muslims.
Trade and travel – crossing the Sahara/N. Africa.
Connected to Salt for Gold Trade.
If You See: Reformation
Think Of: Martin Luther & his 95 Theses
Printing Press – helped spread the word
Weakened the Catholic Church W/the start of several other Christian Churches.
Protesting the ills/wrongs of Catholic church.
If You See: Crusades
Think Of: Fight for the Holy Land (Palestine/M.E) – Christians vs. Muslims.
Cultural Diffusion – interest in each others’ cultures.
European interest in the Asian goods/products.
Encounter, Triangular Trade, Middle Passage, Encomienda,
Columbian Exchange, etc.
Think Of: Slavery, Colonialism/Imperialism, exploitation, mass death of the natives and African populations/lands in the so-called, “New World.”
Zheng He (Chinese) & Ibn Battuta (N. Africa/Muslim)
Think Of: Trading/Traveling to many distance lands
Cultural diffusion
Advanced navigation systems.
Scientific Revolution or the Enlightenment
Think Of: Emphasis on the value of human reasoning
Break from the Middle/Dark Ages
Using science and logic to reach at everyday decisions.
If You See: Simón Bolívar
Think Of: The George Washington of Latin America
The Great Liberator – working/fighting for self-rule/independence from European colonialism/imperialism.
If You See: Industrial Revolution
Think Of: Factory production
Exploitation of workers – women & children
Vast pollution
Desire/need for an abundance of nat. resources.
If You See: Meiji Restoration
Think Of: Modernization/Industrialization of Japan
Last Samurai – remember that movie.
Break from the past/traditionalism – Tokugawa Shoguns.
If You See: 1938 Munich Conference
Appeasement – one of the major causes of WWII.
Helped to make Germany/Nazis stronger
Impact of the Great Depression.
Mikhail Gorbachev, Glassnost, and
Perestroika
Think Of: End of the Cold War – Early 1990s.
New freedoms – more democratic
Moving away from Communism.
If You See: Bolshevik Revolution
Think Of: Birth of Communism/Reds in Russia = U.S.S.R.
Got rid of all western/capitalist/democratic policies
The rise of Lenin (N.E.P) and then Stalin (failed 5-Year Plans).
If You See: Confucianism
Think Of: Filial Piety
Kids must honor/respect parents, elders, the dead, and gov’t authority.
The 5 relationships & Social Order
If You See: The Treaty of Versailles
Think Of: The “War Guilt Clause” – Blame Germany for causing the WWI – and played a major role in A. Hitler and Nazis’ rise to power.
Reparations
Geographic characteristic shared by both Greece and
Japan
Think Of: Archipelago – group, row, or chain of island
Irregular coastline = perfect for shipping/trading
Lacked arable land & natural resources – Conquest of other lands for what was lacking.
Martin Luther (95 Theses), John Calvin (new bible), and Henry VIII (6
wives/new religion = Anglicanism)
Think Of: Protestant Reformation throughout Europe
Weakened the power/authority of the Catholic church
Creation of several different Christian sects.
If You See: Marco Polo
Think of: Interest in Asian cultures increased
Later lead to colonialism/imperialism of Asia = resources, labor force, and rich/strategic land.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1994 or the European Union (EU) post WWII
Think Of: Trade unions
Interdependence – working together for economic and political unity
Does away with many trade obstacles, i.e. tariffs.
Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Tiananmen Square
demonstrations in 1989?
Think Of: Repressive action was taken to end both protests.
Students/citizens protesting against Communist gov’ts stronghold/dictatorial rule.
Wanting more freedoms – western style of gov’t.
If You See: Laissez- faire economics
Think Of:
Free Markets/trade
Capitalism
Little to no gov’t interaction in business – May the “best” win.
America and Western/democratic nations.
If You See: Human Rights Violations
Jews – Holocaust/WWII and throughout history
Cambodians – Genocide of over 2 million people at the hands of Pol Pot.
Rwanda (1994) Hutus killed approximately 1 million Tutsi, while the U.S./U.N. absolutely nothing.
Nanking – Genocide and Gendercide by the Japanese.
Armenians – Genocide by the Turks
Iraq – Kurds were killed in great numbers by S. Hussein
If You See:
The fight in the Middle East for the Holy land/Palestine = Muslims vs. Jews. Non-stop blood baths year after after.
If You See: Silk Roads
Think Of: - Trade & Travel: Europe/Middle East to China/Asia (vice versa): Exchange of goods/products.
- Cultural Diffusion/New ideas.
Think Of:
European: Spanish & Portuguese rule
Colonialism in the Americas/Latin America
Who’s at the top? Peninsulares = Europeans from the Iberian Peninsula = Portugal & Spain.
Who’s at the bottom? Africans/Natives = slaves
If You See: Zionism
Homeland – for whom? The Jews.
Connected to the Balfour Declaration = agreement with the British gov’t for a homeland in Palestine.
Key in the creation of Israel.
If you want to understand the conflict in the Middle East, one needs to understand Zionism.
If You See: Karl Marx
A German political Philosopher – Spent most of his adult life in England; enjoyed more political freedoms there.
Wrote the Communist Manifesto alongside Frederick Engels
“Father” of modern Communism
Predicted a revolution of the proletariats vs. bourgeoisie would occur first in industrial Europe
Wrote during the Industrial Rev. = Mid. 1800s.
If You See: Chernobyl
Think Of: Major “man-made” disaster = destruction/mass deaths.
Nuclear explosion
Connect it to modern-day Japan – think back to what happened a few months ago.
If You See: Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini and Afghanistan’s
Taliban
Established an Islamic/theocratic state
Strict laws/customs.
Anti-west/democracy
Persepolis – You guys read it with Sandra
Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
Mass deaths
Used violent methods to eliminate their opponents
One year of chopping people’s heads off with a guillotine. I.e., Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI
Process of German unification/Nationalism
Bismarck was the “orchestrator”
“Blood & Iron” – his famous speech
The Panama Canal and Suez Canal
Shortened shipping routes between major bodies of water
Helped trade and travel
Save $$ & time.
Chronological Order
Roman Empire → Middle Ages → Crusades
Renaissance →European exploration of the Americas → Reformation
World War I →Treaty of Versailles → World War II →Korean War
If You See: Constantinople & Byzantine Empire
Think Of: Location made it the crossroads of Europe and Asia = Bosporus Sea – Helped to spread cultural diffusion.
Part of Eastern Rome – South of Russia.
Spread Christianity – Eastern Orthodoxy
Sepoy (Indian) or Boxer (Chinese)Rebellions
Think of: British/Western imperialism of Asia. The natives attempted to end the ruled, but failed in their attempts and only made matters worst.
Birth of the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Era
If You See: John Locke
Think of: Protect the natural rights of individuals. Speak about freedoms. Gov’t for and by the people.
If You See: Triple Alliance & the Triple Entente
Think of: One of the major causes of Great War/WWI. Helped to increased tensions between European countries.
If You See: Berlin Conference
Think of: Conquest and division of the so-called, “Dark Continent” = Africa at the hands of Europeans. When? Industrial Rev. 1800s
Imperialism/colonialism – all in the name of resources, labor force and land
White Man’s Burden
Social Darwinists
Stronger groups have the right to rule and control weaker groups
Applying Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to everyday life/society.
Major dispute between India and Pakistan
Muslims vs. Hindus
India vs. Pakistan
Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, and Slobodan
Milosevic
Oppressive regimes
Autocratic rule
Mass deaths/purges/ethnic violence = genocide
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Nationalism/Freedom from the French
The great Haitian liberator
Helped Haiti gained its independence
Haiti became the first “Black” nation in the western hemisphere.
Rejection of the czarist system in Russia/U.S.S.R.
Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution = Intro to Communism
Agricultural advancement of the Incas
Settled around Peru = mountainous area
Not good for crops/cultivation = limited space/arable
When you think of the Incas, think of Manhattan. Very small island, but millions reside there and many more visit/conduct business there.
How? Tall buildings = do a lot with very little
For the Incas =Terracing of mountains for farming
Louis XIV and Peter the Great
Absolute ruler = The monarch is all mighty/all powerful
Used religion = Divine Right of Kings
“Do not question government authority” = Autocratic gov’t
Centralized gov’t
Pax Romana & Pax Mongolia
Pax = means peace in Latin
Political/social stability
Often leads to a Golden Age = the best of times.
Mauryan/Gupta Empires
Ancient Indian Empires
Development of math and science. Use of Sanskrit language and development of the concept of zero
The Pillars of Emperor Asoka of the Mauryan Empire
Water = life
All early civilizations developed close to/around major river systems/valleys/waterways.
Egypt = The Nile, Mesopotamia = Euphrates & Tigris, China = Huang/Yellow River, India= Indus & Ganges Rivers
Byzantine (Eastern Rome)
Introduced the Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox Christianity, and domed architecture to Russian culture
Hagia Sophia = Great temple
Golden Age in Spain
Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, the rule of Isabella and Ferdinand, and the art of El Greco
Russia
Frigid region
Seeking access to warm water ports.
Largest landmass in the world
Most of it barren/waste land
Tundra = frozen desert
Seventeenth-century scholars Galileo Galilei and René
Descartes
Contradicted traditional medieval European beliefs
Went against the teachings of the Bible/church
Fell into lots of trouble with traditional authorities
Used scientific/enlightened thinking/logic/methods to come to a conclusion.
“the powder keg of Europe” prior to World War I
The Balkans Peninsula One of the major
causes of the Great War/WWI
Causes of WWII
Masters, apprentices, and journeymen
Guild system of Europe in the Middle Ages
Form of a union
Training people to be professionals in a time where schools/organized education was all but none existent.
Shows the importance of Constantinople
Twelve Tables
Ancient Roman Laws & Customs
Helped to govern the citizens of Rome.
If You See: Five Year Plan
Think of: Joseph Stalin’s plan for Russia’s economic growth.
All but the first failed.
Led to mass starvation – famine = mass deaths.
If You See: Mohandas Gandhi
Think of: India’s leader in the movement for independence from Great Britain
Method: Civil Disobedience – non-violence.
Civil disobedience: Boycott all British Products
If You See: The United Nations
Think of: Created after WWII.
Resolve conflicts between nations peacefully.
Prevent another world war or another major conflict. But what happened to: Rwanda? Vietnam?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Think of: Establish production quotas to control the price of oil.
Several oil producing nations united to control the distribution of oil production across the globe.
If You See: Korean or Vietnam Wars
Think of: Impact of the Cold War.
Proxy warfare
Post- WWII – 1950s – 70s.
If You See: Truman Doctrine or Marshall Plan
Think of: Working to prevent the so-called, “Domino Effect.”
Strengthen the alliances that had won the war
Containment policies
Fidel Castro in Cuba & the Sardinastas in Nicaragua
Think of: Communism/followed Marxist principles in Latin American nations throughout the Cold War.
World War II left many European nations weak and vulnerable
Think Of: Major turning point– why/how? Many African and Asian colonies united (nationalism) in order to fight for their independence.
Many gained independence during the 1950s – 70s.
Great Leap Forward & Four Modernizations (China)
Think of: Increase farm & factory output.
Growth of industry
If You See: Green Revolution
Think of: Green = plants/food/production using new methodologies, technologies, science, farming, etc.
Helped to increase agricultural production based on technological advancements.
Impact of the Green Revolution
If You See: Magna Carta, English of Rights, Glorious Revolution, Habeus Corpus, Petition of Rights, etc. (all connected to England/Britain)
Think of: Limited the power of the monarchy
More to Parliament/the people = more democratic form of government. Away from absolute rule.
If You See: Any question dealing with “Golden Age”
Think of: Best of times for a particular nation or empire.
Great economy, literary period, arts, science/math, etc.
If You See: Mercantilism
Think of: Economic system – age of Exploration and beyond (W. European nations).
Colonies were created to benefit the “Mother Country.” Colonies MUST serve.
All wealth and power for the “Mother Country.”
Mercantilism
If You See: Pol Pot
Think of: The “Adolf Hitler” of Cambodia (my words) = mass deaths. Over 2 million were brutally murdered.
Often associated/connected to the Vietnam War.
If You See: Iron Curtain (taken from a speech)
Given by Winston Churchill – Prime Minister of
Great Britain
Think of: Cold War affairs
A political/hypothetic wall created by the Soviets to separate Europe post-WWII.
Created a world of twos: Western democracy/capitalist vs. Eastern/Communist.
If You See: Nelson Mandela
Think of: Apartheid in S. Africa = ultra racial discrimination/segregation at the hand of the whites = Afrikaans (Dutch settlers) and the British descendants.
Arrested for 27 years
Worked to make S. Africa more democratic
First black president of S. Africa.
Apartheid
Apartheid
Post-Apartheid
Interpret the slide
The Mongols
The Rome Empire
Interdependence
Interdependence
Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world.
Pre-Columbian Era
Cold War: NATO vs. Warsaw
Pre- Age of Exploration: “Discovery” of the New World
During the Age of Exploration
By the 1500s, the Ottoman Empire controlled parts of the Middle East,
NorthAfrica, and eastern Europe.
Impact of AIDS
Monsoons = Wind
1990s: Capitalist or Communist – Many decisions to make
E.U.& its growth