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Unit 6: The 20th Century – The Cold War, Decolonization and Nationalist Movements

Date / Topic / Assignment Due
4/11
W / WWI – WWII Quiz
Cold War Introduction / Key terms
Kaplan pages 234-236
Online Reading pages 887-896 & Questions
4/12
TH / Cold War Lecture
West vs. East
Assign Groups and Reading / Key Terms
Kaplan pages 236-238; China 239-241 & 242-243; India 243; E. Europe 243-244
Online Reading 896-904; 904-910
4/13
F / Cold War struggles group activity and reading / Complete assigned section from class
4/16
M / Cold War table share / Key Terms
Kaplan pages 236-238; China 239-241 & 242-243; India 243; E. Europe 243-244
Online Reading 896-904; 904-910
4/17
T / Genocide Lecture / Essay COT handout
Struggle for National Identities India & South Africa
4/18
W / Early Release Day - AP Money DUE
Essay tips and reminders / Work on Essay
4/19
TH / Independence Summary Lecture / Work on Graphic Organizer for Essay
4/20
F / In class essay
4/23
M / Russian Revolution / Russian Revolution
Kaplan pages 239
Textbook pages 730-746
4/24
T / China Revolution / China Revolution
Kaplan pages 239-241
Textbook pages 860-876
4/25
W / NO Class – AP REGISTRATION DAY
4/26
TH / Comparative Essay Activity / Study for Test
4/27
F / Global Culture & Modern Challenges
The World today – Lecture / Kaplan pages
Textbook pages
Study for Test
4/30
M / Review Game / Study for Test
5/1
T / Unit 6 Exam
KEY Terms Due

Terms:

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United Nations

NATO

Warsaw Pact

Iron Curtain

Third World/ Nonaligned nations

World Bank

European Community (EC)

Marshall Plan

World Bank & IMF

Cold War

Truman Doctrine

Berlin Blockade

Helsinki Accords

Chinese Cultural Revolution

Great Leap Forward

Tiananmen Square Massacre

1979 Iranian Revolution

Arab-Israeli Conflict

OPEC

Proxy Wars

Korean War

Cuban Missile Crisis

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam War

All-India Muslim League

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Indian National Congress

African National Congress

Jomo Kenyatta

Kwame Nkrumah

Apartheid

Mikhail Gorbachev

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The Cold War (887-896)

1. How did economic philosophy impact the Cold War? How did the 2 sides try

to extend their influence?

2. How did the Korean & Vietnam wars reflect the connection between anti-

imperialism and anti-capitalism? In what ways were these “limited” wars and

why?

3. How were the SU and the US able to avert a 3rd World War?

Decolonization (finally); Nation building (896-904)

4. Why was nation building in South & South East Asia and Africa difficult?

5. How did decolonization impact African regions? Know process in Algeria,

Ghana, Belgian Congo & South Africa.

6. What problems did Guatemala & Cuba face in trying to gain economic

independence and land reform? How did developments in the 2 regions

differ?

7. What role did the US play in developments in both regions?

Beyond a Bipolar World (904-910)

8. How did various countries attempt to limit the impact of both the USSR and

the US on their countries?

9. In what ways did Japan and China continue to proceed in different directions

politically and economically?

10. How did conflicting promises to Jewish and Arab nationalist in the Middle

East (during WWI) lead to post WWII conflict in that Area?

11. What issues concerned the students in the period of unrest in the 60’s and

early 70’s?