Honors world district final

Excerpt from letter from Christopher Columbus to King and Queen Spain

  • Justified conquest of new world do you conversion of natives to Christianity

  • Primary motivators for finding new trade routes to Asia was they needed a different/alternate trade route to Asia

Mercantillism:(economic system of European countries during colonialism)

  • Economic theory that a nations wealth was based on amount of gold and silver it had

  • In this theory the colonies of a mother country and mother country at self work together for good of mother nation; mother nation was a consume raw materials; colonies were to produce around materials

  • Mercantillism most directly caused by the spread of Christianity and exchange of food animals people and diseases

Excerpt from Martin Luther (protestant Reformation)

  • Source of salvation is Faith not good Works auto Catholic Church on necessary

  • Spread of Luthers ideas lead to an increase in literacy in men and women in Europe

  • All across Eurasia similar protestants broke out as various groups challenge traditional customs and beliefs

Map of Voyages of Zheng He(a chinese explorer during the Ming dynasty)

  • Ming dynasty expand in Chinese influence in East Africa

  • China's leader ship stops voyages of exploration to focus on threat of northern invaders

  • Diffusion of culture happened between port cities in India China and eastern Africa

Map of ottoman empire

  • Ottoman Empire was at its height between 1566 and 1683

  • Armin power was decreasing in their empire over the centuries

  • After ottoman conquest of Byzantine Empire/constanopile in 1453 European empires out new trade routes in Asia

Graph of land ownership by three estates going into French revolution and political cartoon of the three estates

  • Third estate largest tax burden

  • Major cause of revolt in France was high inflation and shortage of grain bread

  • The enlightenment influenced most revolutions around the world

Image of Haitian Revolution(only slave revolt resulting in independence) and maps of South America before/after independence movements

  • Drawing depicts Haitian revolution

  • Revolutions promote advancements in society because there are powershifts right or expanded and more have rights of America

Graph of Inventions in the factory system

  • Invention of the mule and automatic power loom increase efficiencies in textile industries(fabric making)

  • Effects of technology during industrial revolution included price of manufactured goods decrease production of manufactured goods increase and factory owners profits increased

  • James White steam engine improved the factory system because factories cannot be built anywhere without reliance on water source

Image of European man holding Africa

  • Europeans wanted gold rubber and diamonds from Africa

  • European leaders felt Africa was ripe for the taking and could be conquered

  • Role of industrial revolution and imperialism increase the need for a material and manufactured goods

Image of gold coming from latin america and africa to U.S. and europe and image of GDP per capita in 2018 in world

  • Europe and US took resources from South America and Africa

  • Countries in North America and Europe became wealthy by exploding South America and Africa

  • Global consequences of imperialism means most civilians in developing countries have less opportunity for social mobility

Political cartoon of the Russian revolution

  • Genie with knife represents revolution

  • Primary cause of Russian revolution was Czar refusal to address suicidal issues

  • Bolsheviks overtook provisional government of Russia after Czar depose because that provisional government continue to keep Russia in World War I

Graphic of causes of World War I

  • Main causes of World War I include militarism alliances nationalism and imperialism

  • European powers used resources to build up militaries and strengthen alliances

  • Once World War I began western front immediately was in stagnant trench warfare

Poem about use of mustard gas on soldiers and pictures of soldiers in horse and gas masks

  • Mustard gas is depicited as cause of increased death

  • Treaty in which United Kingdom signed overland to Germany was Munich agreement

  • Adolf Hitler model of his regime after Benito Mussolini

Graphic showing causes of Nazis rise to power

  • Unemployment doubts about Wiemeyer republic and wish for revenge help them into power

  • Pressures on Germany caused the popularity of the Nazi party

  • Majority of issues Germans experience before World War II were caused by concessions made in the treaty of versailles

Political cartoon about atomic bomb in graphic about US having billions of dollars in gold

  • The US became economic powerhouse of World War II

  • Use of atomic weapons unilaterally shifted global power

  • Use of atomic weapons directly contributed to rivalry between US and Soviet union

Image of big scary bear shadowing Western Europe and Marshall speech about Marshall plan

  • US intended to help restore normal economic health to the world

  • Desired for my government promoted by western European countries with democracy

  • Western European countries accepted our help because they feared communist takeover by Soviet union

Excerpt from North Atlantic Treaty NATO

  • International leaders agreed to support each other in armed attack under NATO

  • After World War II global shift in alliances heart in between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries

  • Proxy wars fought during Cold War war Vietnam war Korean War and soviet Afghanistan war

Map of Coldwater alliances in 1962 and graphic a number of nuclear weapons both US and Soviet union had

  • USSR in the US had the most nuclear weapons

  • US creation and use of atomic bomb spurred the USSR to begin creating nuclear weapons of their own

  • Citizens of Third World countries were impacted by Cold War as citizen for Jean in the proxy conflict between the two global superpowers

Political cartoon of Perestroika and Glasnost(political reform movement and transperecny of government in soviet union in 1980s)

  • Glasnots and perestroika caused the collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Results of policies created widespread criticism of the Soviet Union by Soviet civilians

  • Perestrokia created free market (Capitlalism) reforms in what had been a long-standing communist economy

Excerpt from Gandhi's letter to the Viceroy(English governer in charge of india)

  • Gandhi's reason that British rule is occurs to India include exploitation of the masses expensive military and civil administration and disarmament of civilians

Quotations of Nelson Mandela and political cartoon the depiciting nelson Mandela's power

  • Mandela's determination to be free could be stamped out by years of imprisonment

  • Mandela hugging popularity throughout his imprisonment

  • South African anti-apartheid movement was a direct effect of European imperialism

Graphic of Starbucks around the world

  • US has the most Starbucks stores in the world

  • Impacts of the global market include that companies may exploit natural resources of countries companies and pursue cheaper labor and companies may bypass environmental guidelines

  • Globalization has impacted cultural exchange because it has led to push back against homogenization of cultures, facilitated exchange ideas languages and traditions across borders and has accelerated the growth of global markets and interdependence among countries