WHAP Regions & Themes Units 5-8

Enlightenment: Europe, Cultural, 1750-1900

Berlin Conference: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

Women’s suffrage: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

Spanish-American War: Latin America & the Caribbean, Political, 1750-1900

John Locke: Europe, Cultural, 1750-1900

quinine: Africa, Interactions with the Environment, 1750-1900

Mary Wollstonecraft: Europe, Social, 1750-1900

Suez Canal: Middle East, Economic, 1750-1900

Haitian Revolution: Latin America and the Caribbean, Political, 1750-1900

Raj: South Asia, Political, 1750-1900

French Revolution: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

Cecil Rhodes: Africa, Economic, 1750-1900

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

sphere of influence: East Asia, Economic, 1750-1900

Simon Bolivar’s “Letter from Jamaica”: Latin America and the Caribbean, Political, 1750-1900

Treaty of Nanking: East Asia, Political, 1750-1900

Latin American independence movements: Latin America and the Caribbean, Political, 1750-1900

Corvee labor: North Africa, Economic, 1750-1900

factory system: Europe, Economic, 1750-1900

banana republics: Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic, 1750-1900

specialization of labor: Europe, Economic/Technological, 1750-1900

ethnic enclaves: Southeast Asia (pick any), Social/Interactions with the Environment, 1750-1900

Second Industrial Revolution: Europe, Technological, 1750-1900

Russian Revolution: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

railroads, telegraphs, steamships: Europe, Technological, 1750-1900

Muhammad Ali: North Africa, Political, 1750-1900

Tanzimat Reforms: Middle East, Political, 1750-1900

Meiji Restoration: East Asia, Political/Economic, 1750-1900

Adam Smith: Europe, Economic, 1750-1900

laissez-faire capitalism: Europe, Economic, 1750-1900

Karl Marx: Europe, Social/Economic, 1750-1900

socialism: Europe, Economic, 1750-1900 (probs no period)

self-strengthening movement: East Asia, Economic,1750-1900

social Darwinism: Europe, Social, 1750-1900

King Leopold: Europe, Political, 1750-1900

Yaa Asantewaa War: West Africa, Political, 1750-1900

Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion: South Asia, Political, 1750-1900

Opium War: East Asia, Political, 1750-1900

Chinese Exclusion Act: North America, Political, 1750-1900

imperialism: Africa (multi-region), Political/Economic, 1750-1900 (both periods)

May Fourth Movement: East Asia, Political/Social, 1900- present

stalemate: Europe, Political, 1900- present

self-determination: Africa (multi-region), Political, 1900- present

Porfirio Diaz: Latin America and the Caribbean, Political, 1900- present

Bolsheviks: Europe/Central Asia, Political,1900- present

Armenian genocide: Middle East, Social, 1900- present

Adolf Hitler: Europe, Poltical, 1900- present

Joseph Stalin: Europe/Central Asia, Political, 1900- present

atomic bomb: North America, Technological, 1900- present

League of Nations: Europe, Political, 1900- present

Treaty of Versailles: Europe, Political, 1900- present

Indian National Congress: South Asia, Political, 1900- present

fascism: Europe, Political, 1900- present

Five Year Plans: Europe/Central Asia, Economic, 1900- present

Great Depression: North America, Economic, 1900- present

total war: Europe (multi-region), Political/Social, 1900- present

Japan invades China: East Asia, Political, 1900- present

Munich Agreement: Europe, Poltical, 1900- present

appeasement: Europe, Political, 1900- present

blitzkrieg: Europe, Political/ Technological, 1900- present

ethnic cleansing: Europe (multi-region), Social/Political, 1900- present

Holocaust: Europe, Political/Social, 1900- present

non-aligned movement: Southeast Asia (multi-region), Political/Economic, 1900- present

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): Europe, Poltical, 1900- present

Warsaw Pact: Europe, Poltical, 1900- present

Korean War: East Asia, Political, 1900- present

Great Leap Forward: Europe/Central Asia, Economic, 1900- present

Muslim League: South Asia, Political/Cultural, 1900- present

Shining Path: Latin America and the Caribbean, Political/Social, 1900- present

Mohandas Gandhi: South Asia, Social,1900- present

Mao Zedong: East Asia, Political, 1900- present

Yalta Conference: Europe, Political, 1900- present

United Nations (UN): Europe, Political, 1900- present

Marshall Plan: North America/Europe, Economic, 1900- present

Berlin Airlift: Europe, Political, 1900- present

Cultural Revolution: East Asia, Political/Cultural, 1900- present

Partition of India: South Asia, Political/Cultural, 1900- present

apartheid in South Africa: South Africa, Social/Political, 1900- present

Suez Crisis: North Africa, Political/Economic, 1900- present

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Mikhail Gorbachev: Europe/Central Asia, Political, 1900- present

perestroika: Europe/Central Asia, Economic/Political, 1900- present

glasnost: Europe/Central Asia, Social/Political, 1900- present

Fall of communism in Eastern Europe: Europe, Political/Social, 1900- present

World War I: Europe, Political, 1900- present

World War II: Europe (multi-region), Political, 1900- present