Ap World Unit 8 review

Tiananmen Square

Beginning and end of democracy in China

Leader of China cut off all western media and suppressed demonstrations of western culture

Nationalist movements in Africa and Asia

Decolonization

after britain and france lost strength after war, Russia helped other rise up with weapons, america came with food, they sided with russia

WWII and Communism- relationship

WWII facilitated the spread of communism

Scenes of genocide in 20th century

Armenian genocide WWI by turks, holocost, bosnian, 

Gandhi’s goal

To achieve indian independence from britain 

Ghandi’s method

Satyagraha- no violence, would do nothing until their goal was reached

Satyagraha

steadfastness in truth

WWI epidemic

Spanish Flu

Appeasement

thought that giving him what he wants will stop it, but leads to a consequence

Who is appeasement associated with?

Hitler

Partition of India- cause

Prompted by demand for separate muslim homeland,

What did the partition of India split India into?

india (muslim) and pakistan (hindu)

Marshall plan

US bringing supplies to Europe to rebuild after WWII

What was the purpose of the marshall plan

to prevent communism in weakened countries

Economic competition to the West

China

How did world wars affect the status of women?

Enhanced value and status

Let them join the workforce, increased independence, feminism rise

Latin American antagonists to US

Cuba, allied w russia and had large military

Nicaragua

Soviet Leaders (order)

Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev

International migration

From global south to global north +australia and new zealand

When did the Soviet Union fall

1991

Suffrage

Right to vote

Global South

Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania

Global North

North America, Europe, and parts of East Asia

Socialism vs. communism

socialism was less severe version of communism

socialism allowed private property and control of own labor

Perestroika

Reforming economy

Glasknost

Transparency in government

what was the purpose of perestroika and glasnost

Mikhail Gorbachev way of reforming soviet union back into russia

Comintern

Advocated/ spread communism

Globalization

increased interconnection of people around the world as technology advances

What technology advanced globalization

internet, social media, and transportation, free market policy,

Major reforms

Civil right, feminism, and environmental

Free market policies

economic system with limited government interference, reduced trade barriers