https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u Why Mrs. Silvio??? en-us 2017-06-01 10:32:31 UTC 2017-06-01 11:04:47 UTC hello@padlet.com aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784191 Outcomes of World War II
• Loss of empires by European powers
• Establishment of two major powers in the world: The United States
and the U.S.S.R.
• War crimes trials
• Division of Europe, Iron Curtain
• Establishment of the United Nations
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Marshall Plan
• Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and
Warsaw Pact]]> 2017-06-01 10:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784191 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784285 the trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict]]> 2017-06-01 10:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784285 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784569 Efforts for reconstruction of Germany
• Democratic government installed in West Germany and West Berlin
• Germany and Berlin divided among the four Allied powers
• Emergence of West Germany as economic power in postwar Europe
Efforts for reconstruction of Japan
• United States occupation of Japan under MacArthur’s administration
• Democracy and economic development
• Elimination of Japan’s military offensive capabilities; guarantee of
Japan’s security by the United States
• Emergence of Japan as dominant economy in Asia ]]> 2017-06-01 10:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784569 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784687 International Cooperative Organizations
• United Nations
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Warsaw Pact ]]> 2017-06-01 10:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784687 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784785 Beginning of the Cold War (1945–
1948)
• The Yalta Conference and the Soviet
control of Eastern Europe
• Rivalry between the United States and
the U.S.S.R.
• Democracy and the free enterprise
system vs. dictatorship and
communism
• President Truman and the Policy of
Containment
• Eastern Europe: Soviet satellite
nations, the Iron Curtain]]> 2017-06-01 10:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784785 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784897 Collapse of communism in the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe
• Soviet economic collapse
• Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries
• Tearing down of Berlin Wall
• Breakup of the Soviet Union
• Expansion of NATO ]]> 2017-06-01 10:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174784897 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785013 • containment: A policy for preventing
the expansion of communism ]]> 2017-06-01 10:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785013 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785107 Conflicts and revolutionary
movements in China
• Division of China into two nations at
the end of the Chinese civil war
• Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi):
Nationalist China (island of Taiwan)
• Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong):
Communist China (mainland China)
• Continuing conflict between the two
Chinas
• Communist China’s participation in
Korean War
Conflicts and revolutionary
movements in Vietnam
• Role of French Imperialism
• Leadership of Ho Chi Minh
• Vietnam as a divided nation
• Influence of policy of containment
• The United States and the Vietnam
War
• Vietnam as a reunited communist
country today ]]> 2017-06-01 10:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785107 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785213 Indira Gandhi
• Closer relationship between India
and the Soviet Union during the
Cold War
• Developed nuclear program
Margaret Thatcher
• British prime minister
• Free trade and less government
regulation of business
• Close relationship with United States
and U.S. foreign policy
• Assertion of United Kingdom’s
military power
Mikhail Gorbachev
• Glasnost and perestroika
• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Last president of Soviet Union
Deng Xiaoping
• Reformed Communist China’s
economy to a market economy
leading to rapid economic growth
• Continued communist control of
government ]]> 2017-06-01 10:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785213 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785503 Indian democracy
• Jawaharlal Nehru, a close associate of Gandhi,
supported western-style industrialization.
• 1950 Constitution sought to prohibit caste
discrimination.
• Ethnic and religious differences caused
problems in the development of India as a
democratic nation.
• New economic development has helped to ease
financial problems of the nation]]> 2017-06-01 10:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785503 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785655 Evolution of the Indian independence
movement
• British rule in India
• Indian National Congress
• Leadership of Mohandas Gandhi
• Role of civil disobedience and passive
resistance
• Political division along Hindu-Muslim lines —
Pakistan/India
• Republic of India
– World’s largest democratic nation
– Federal system, giving many powers to the states ]]> 2017-06-01 10:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785655 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785823 The independence movement in Africa
• Right to self-determination (U.N.
charter)
• Peaceful and violent revolutions after
World War II
• Pride in African cultures and heritage
• Resentment of imperial rule and
economic exploitation
• Loss of colonies by Great Britain,
France, Belgium, and Portugal;
influence of superpower rivalry during
the Cold War ]]> 2017-06-01 10:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785823 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785892 • Kenya (Britain): Violent struggle
under leadership of Jomo Kenyatta ]]> 2017-06-01 10:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174785892 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786027 • South Africa: Black South Africans’
struggle against apartheid led by
Nelson Mandela, who became the first
black president of the Republic of
South Africa]]> 2017-06-01 10:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786027 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786141 Mandates in the Middle East
• Established by the League of Nations
• Granted independence after World
War II
• Resulted in Middle East conflicts
created by religious differences
French mandates in the Middle East
• Syria
• Lebanon
British mandates in the Middle East
• Jordan (originally Transjordan)
• Palestine (a part became independent
as the State of Israel) ]]> 2017-06-01 10:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786141 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786364 Golda Meir
• Prime Minister of Israel
• After initial setbacks, led Israel to
victory in Yom Kippur War
• Sought support of United States
Gamal Abdul Nasser
• President of Egypt
• Nationalized Suez Canal
• Established relationship with Soviet
Union
• Built Aswan High Dam]]> 2017-06-01 10:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786364 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786478 Migrations of refugees and others
• Refugees as an issue in international
conflicts
• Migrations of “guest workers” to
European cities
Ethnic and religious conflicts
• Middle East
• Northern Ireland
• Balkans
• Horn of Africa
• South Asia]]> 2017-06-01 10:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786478 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786557 Impact of new technologies
• Widespread but unequal access to
computers and instantaneous
communications
• Genetic engineering and bioethics ]]> 2017-06-01 10:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786557 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786619 Contrasts between developed and developing
nations
• Geographic locations of major developed and
developing countries
• Economic conditions
• Social conditions (literacy, access to health care)
• Population size and rate of growth
Factors affecting environment and society
• Economic development
• Rapid population growth ]]> 2017-06-01 10:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786619 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786754 Relationship between economic and political freedom
• Free market economies produce rising standards
of living and an expanding middle class, which
produces growing demands for political
freedoms and individual rights. Recent examples
include Taiwan and South Korea. ]]> 2017-06-01 11:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786754 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786872 Economic interdependence
• Role of rapid transportation,
communication, and computer
networks
• Rise and influence of multinational
corporations
• Changing role of international
boundaries
• Regional integration, e.g., European
Union
• Trade agreements, e.g., North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), World Trade
Organization (WTO)
• International organizations, e.g.,
United Nations (UN), International
Monetary Fund (IMF)]]> 2017-06-01 11:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786872 aarongreen2246 https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786908 Examples of international terrorism
• Munich Olympics
• Terrorist attacks in the United States
(e.g., 9/11/2001) motivated by
extremism (Osama bin Laden).
• Car bombings
• Suicide bombers
• Airline hijackers 

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activities
• Surveillance
• Review of privacy rights
• Security at ports and airports
• Identification badges and photos ]]> 2017-06-01 11:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aarongreen2246/mhbtgw0iy16u/wish/174786997