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The Modern World 1
Essential Questions
Why did European nations give
up their colonies?
World History and Geography
Enduring Understandings
Decolonization would reshape
the world in a new and
dynamic way.
How did Third World countries
change once independence was
gained?
Unit
GLCEs
Assessments
7.2.4 Revolutionary and/or
Required:
Independence Movements –
Compare two revolutionary and/or
Independence movements of this
era (Latin America, India, China,
the Arab World, and Africa) with at
least one from the previous era.
(See 6.2.1). (National Geography
Standard 13, p. 210)
New nations would rise to
challenge the existing powers
both economically and
How did India and China rise to politically.
become important world powers?
Conflict and change go hand in 7.3.3 Asia – Analyze the political,
economic, and social
hand.
Formative:
transformations that occurred in
Key Terms & Vocabulary
Apartheid
Pan-African Movement
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
Kwame Nkrumah
Jomo Kenyatta
Desmond Tutu
Idi Amin
Uganda
Hutu and Tutsi
Dafur
Genocide
Rwanda
Mohandas Gandhi
Civil disobedience
Indian National Congress
Caste system
Pakistan
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this era, including
(National Geography Standard 13,
p. 210)
• Japanese imperialism
• Chinese nationalism, the
emergence of communism, and
civil war (See 7.2.2)
• Indian independence struggle
8.2.1 The Legacy of Imperialism District:
– Analyze the complex and
changing legacy of imperialism in
Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin
America during and after the Cold
War such as apartheid, civil war in
Nigeria, Vietnam, Cuba,
Guatemala, and the changing
nature of exploitation of resources
(human and natural).
(National Geography Standards 11
and 16, pp. 206 and 216)
The Rise of the Third World
District Resources
The Modern World 1
World History and Geography
Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Long March
People’s Republic of China
Taiwan
Tiananmen Square
French Indochina
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam War
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8.2.2 Independence,
Decolonization, and
Democratization Movements –
Compare the independence
movements and formation of new
nations in the Indian Subcontinent,
Africa, Eastern Europe, and
Southeast Asia during and after
the Cold War. (National
Geography Standards 13 and 17,
pp. 210 and 219)
Unit
The Rise of the Third World
The Modern World 1
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World History and Geography
Unit
The Rise of the Third World