1. Quick Write—You have 15 minutes
Prompt: Did the United States do the right thing by fighting the spread of communism during the Cold War?  
Explain your answer in a quality paragraph using AND UNDERLINING the following vocabulary:
ideology
representative democracy
totalitarian
Free-market
Command economy
Soviet Union
Vietnam or Korea.

2. Pictionary Race! Nation State Nation-state Multinational state
Stateless nation
Kurds
Ideology
Cold War
Soviet Union
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Command economy
Free-market economy
Representative democracy
Theocracy
Totalitarianism
Dictatorship
Limited government
Unlimited government
Sovereignty
Census
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Unitary government
Federalism

3. Nation-States and World History
Let’s take some notes!!!
Nation-States and World History

4. Put these in the correct order, from biggest to smallest
State
County
Province
Empire
City
Which of each do you live in? (except empire)

5. Provinces and counties

6. Did states always exist?
Hearth for modern state—Western Europe
Before 1648, lots of kingdoms whose borders constantly changed

7. In 19th and 20th centuries, nationalism rose in Europe
Nationalism—Pride in your state or nation
Led to many new states

9. 1700’s—The Industrial Revolution
Europe entered into the Industrial Revolution first (1700’s)
Meant that Europe had more machinery, more population, better weapons
AND more disease because they had bigger, more crowded cities

11. Also meant that these countries needed natural resources to feed their growing societies
Most European countries are small, and don’t have many resources

12. Colonialism in Latin America
Colonialism—When one country takes over another country, usually for natural resources

13. The Europeans Arrive
Spaniards “discover” South American countries in the 1500’s
Better weapons, new diseases
Easily conquer Native tribes

14. Horrible working conditions in the colonies

17. The Colombian Exchange
Both parts of the world got introduced to new things

18. Decolonization of the Americas
Nations fought to be free, wanted self-determination (sovereignty.)
Decolonization happened
Most Latin American nations became independent

19. Imperialism Same as colonialism
In late 1800s European states split up Africa and competed for power and land
Largest empire—Great Britain

20. Why Imperialism? Nationalism Industrial Revolution Racism
Cultural Duty- The White Man’s Burden
Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.

23. Largest empire—Great Britain
“The Sun Never sets on the British Empire”

24. Effects of Imperialism
Africans lost their lands, their power, and their lives to Europeans
Europeans built infrastructure only to extract materials from Africa

26. Effects of Imperialism
Europeans allowed very little education for Africans
Congo
Europeans divided Africans up largely by geometric boundaries
Ethnically, made no sense
Led to multi-state nations and multinational states

27. Sir Archibald Mapsalot III

28. Decolonization in Africa & Asia
Occurred 1940s to 1970s.
World War II weakened colonizing countries, allowed colonies to get self determination

29. Dependencies Dependencies
= few remaining colonies, usually small island territories

30. Former colonies today
Even though they have sovereignty, most former colonies still have low standards of living, and their economies depend on their former owners.
Three divisions within world economy
Core - MDCs
Periphery – LDC’s that were the core’s colonies.
Semi-periphery - Countries with economic situations between the core and periphery.

31. Review! What is the difference between a nation and a state?
What is a nation-state?
Where is the cultural hearth of the modern state?
Why were European countries interested in being imperialistic?
What is the Colombian Exchange?
How has nationalism led to countries achieving self determination?
What area achieved self determination first, Latin America or Africa?
What is the main idea of the core periphery model?

32. FRQ—2015 #1

34. Homework!
Find a news article that represents something we have learned in our first three powerpoints.
Print out the article or it to me. Include a brief (2-3 sentence) explanation of how the article represents the concepts we have covered in class.