Global history regents review

Meiji restoration in Japan, shah pahlevi, kemal Ataturk of turkey

Modernization and westernization. opened to new technologies

Bolivar, Ghandi, jomo kenyatta

Nationalism, independence movements

John locke

Self-determination and democratic ideals

Ghandi, Nelson mandela

Non-violent civil disobedience, resistance to oppression

Green revolution

New types of agricultural techniques

Boxer rebellion, sepoy rebellion, opium wars

Revolts against European influence that failed. cant match military tech

Karl marx

Struggle of working class. rise of workers (Proletariat)

Castro, Pinochet in Chile, Juan Peron in Argentina, Noriega in nicaragua

Support for dictatorships in Latin America who make promises of land reform for lower classes

partitioning of india

civil war between rival religions Hindus and muslims

mao zedong

power of the group over the individual. stressed togetherness. power of the landless peasants

israel Palestine conflict

zionism. conflict over competing land claims, religious differences

china and their economy since the 1980s and Japan after ww2

establishing some free enterprise, becoming more like the west

cambodia, Khmer rouge, pol pot, Rwanda, slobodan Milosevic in yugoslavia

genocide, human rights violations

islamic fundamentalism in Iran and middle east

limiting the rights of women, dedication to Islamic code of law and government

modern china

thriving, capitalist economy, repressive dictatorship with few rights and freedoms

opec, european union (eu), NAFTA, world bank, imf, work health organization (who)

globalization, interconnectedness, cooperation