A New World Order

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A New World Order

• An Overview of the World from 1945-1990

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Key Ideas

• Cold War
• Were there any Cold War conflicts in this area?
  Why are they important?
• Decolonization and Nationalism
• How did this area gain independence from Europe?
  What was their new relationship with the West?
• Globalization
• To what extent did this area participate in the
  global economy? What cultural impact did this
  have on them and the groups they interacted with?

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Key Terms

• Third World
• US and allies 1st World
• Soviet Union and allies 2nd World
• Non-industrialized poor countries 3rd World
• Non-aligned nations
• Countries remaining specifically neutral during
  Cold War
• Led by India
• Neo-colonialism
• Refers to economic dominance and other influence
  Western nations hold over former colonies

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Europe

• Cold War
• Iron Curtain Europe divided between democratic
  and capitalist West and communist and socialist
  East
• Rise of the Welfare State
• Western Europe develops programs designed to care
  for citizens from cradle the grave
• Soviet Empire
• Eastern Europe essentially controlled by Soviet
  Union, struggles economically
• Key Terms
• Eastern bloc, Warsaw Pact, Berlin Wall,
  Postmodernism, Solidarity, EU

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North America

• Cold War
• Containment US determined to stop the spread of
  Communism anywhere
• American Century
• Political, military and economic dominance of the
  US in the postwar world
• Key Terms
• Yalta Conference, Potsdam, Marshall Plan, NATO,
  Arms Race, Space Race, feminism

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East Asia

• Cold War
• Red China Taiwan
• Korean War
• Asian Tigers
• Japan and others develop powerful economies based
  on exports to the West
• Key Terms
• ROK, PDRK, Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il, Hong Kong,
  Hyundai, Great Leap Forward, Pragmatists, Zhou
  Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Cultural Revolution, Red
  Guard, Tiananmen Square

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Southeast Asia

• Cold War
• Vietnam War
• ASEAN
• Organization of SE Asian states to promote
  economic growth
• Key Terms
• Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Ngo Dinh
  Diem, Viet Cong, Fall of Saigon, Pol Pot, Pacific
  Rim, Marcos, Corazon Aquino

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South Asia

• Partition of Subcontinent
• Violence erupts when India is divided into mostly
  Hindu and Muslim countries, and leaves long term
  political issues
• Modernization
• Social and economic issues of the rise of modern
  India
• Key Terms
• Congress Party, Nehru, Muslim League, Jinnah,
  Kashmir, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Butto, Green
  Revolution, Bollywood

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Middle East

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Arab-Israeli Wars
• Israeli Diplomacy
• Arab and Islamic Nationalism
• Competition between secular and religious
  governments
• Oil Kingdoms
• Economic and cultural implications of industrial
  worlds oil dependence
• Key Terms
• Oil Embargo, Pan-Arabism, Nasser, Muslim
  Brotherhood, Sadat, Mubarak, Iranian Revolution,
  Ayatollah, Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein

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Sub-Saharan Africa

• Decolonization
• Tactics of nationalist movements
• Successes and problems of independence
• Key Terms
• Nkrumah, Kenyatta, KAU, FLN, Senghor, Apartheid,
  ANC, Mandela, AIDS

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Latin America

• Challenges of Democracy
• Frequent devolutions into single party rule or
  dictatorships
• Cold War
• Cuban Revolution
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Key Terms
• Banana republics, Perons, PRI, Che, Fidel Castro,
  Cuban Missile Crisis, Alliance for Progress,
  liberation theology, Sandinistas

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Coach Lerchs Final Thoughts

• You are now on your own. I have given you an
  outline of chapters 31-34. You will now need to
  read it and fill in the blanks for yourself