Unit 5 1914 – Present. Periodization Why 1914? Ideologies Economic vs Political Socialism – Scientific, Revisionist Totalitarianism –Communism –Fascism.

Unit 51914 – Present

Periodization

• Why 1914?

Ideologies

• Economic vs Political

• Socialism – Scientific, Revisionist

• Totalitarianism–Communism

–Fascism

• Representative democracy

Revolutions

• New ideas about class and property, land reform

• How did this differ from 18th and 19th century?

Mexican Revolution

Russian Revolution

“Peace, Bread, and

Land”

Chinese Revolutions

Cuban Revolution

Iranian Revolution

A New Age of Conflict

• Role of technology– how war changes

• Continued impact of disease

• Connection of nationalism to conflict

• Balance of power politics versus ethnic nationalism

WW I- The Great War

WW II – The Western Front

WW II – The Eastern Front

WW II- The Pacific War

WW II- Globally

The Cold War

International Organizations

Wars of Independence

Decolonization

• A long and painful process– Resistance, Treaty of Versailles, protests, gradual or sudden transitions…

• Colonial legacies?

Independence

Colonial Legacy

Global Economics• Global Depression• North and South• Interdependence• Emergence of Pacific Rim• Globalization– pros and

cons?–NAFTA and W.T.O.–Consumerism–Religious response to

Globalization

Global Economics

Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948

• Genocide Convention, 1948–Armenian 1918–Jewish Holocaust 1930’s- 1940’s–Cambodia- Pol Pot 1975- 1979–Rwanda, 1994

• Child labor, soldiers, slavery

Genocide Statistics

Genocide

International Terrorism

Social Reforms

• Rise of feminism (suffrage for women+)

• Civil rights movements globally

• Anti-apartheid movement in South Africa

• Class, religious, racial and gender reforms worldwide

Social Changes

Human-Environmental Interaction

• Continued urbanization

• Green Revolution

• Deforestation

• Ozone depletion

• Global environmental efforts

Human Environmental Interaction

Demographics

• World population 6.5 billion

• Global impacts?

World Population

Conclusions

• Impact of technology?

• Role of international organizations?

• Challenges?

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