World War II Military and Society

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• What accounts for Germany's rapid conquering of Western Europe?
• Why were Hitler's military tactics less successful in Russia?
• How was the U.S. involved in the war before Pearl Harbor, and how did they help turn the tide of war in 1942 and thereafter?
• Why did the U.S. resort to using the atomic bomb on Japan?
• In what way did race and ethnicity play into wartime atrocities (e.g. POWs, medical experiments, genocides, etc.)
• How did women's role in the war vary by country?

World War I Group Notes

Each student will become a "specialist" regarding the questions assigned to you.  Take bulleted notes on the questions with your name in parentheses.  Please note, you may have to look earlier in chapter 33 for some of your answers:

1. How did new military technologies change the course of war? (Alex)
2. What prompted the U.S. entry into the war? (Gabby)
3. What are the internal events taking place in Russia both before and during the war that cause them to leave the conflict early? (Daniel)
4. How were citizens other than soldiers still engaged in the war effort? (Alex)
5. To what extent was WWI a Global War? (Gabby)
6. How did the war affect various countries in terms of the casualty rate? (Daniel)
7. What were the results of the Paris Peace Conference?  Which countries arguably achieved most of their demands? (Alex)
8. How did the war’s end impact colonized nations? (Gabby)

World War I Intro

Based on your understanding of the reading and the first few videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• How entangled alliances caused the war to extend beyond the Balkans.
• How tensions surrounding imperialism helped lead to war (especially after the Germans got involved).
• How countries outside the two opposing alliances (e.g. Bulgaria, Turkey, Japan, U.S.,) got involved in the conflict.
• How industrialization affected the course of war.

Imperialism Part I

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• The various motives of imperialism, including economic, political, and cultural.
• How various European countries competed for space in Africa, and how the Berlin Conference was an attempt to solve some of the resulting problems.
• How European rule affected autonomy and politics in non-western nations.

Decline of the Ottoman Empire

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• Reasons why the Ottomans lost territory
• Sources of economic decline in the Ottoman Empire
• How the rise of Muhammad Ali in Egypt challenged Ottoman political power
• Successes and failures of Ottoman reforms
• Who supports and who opposes Ottoman reforms and why.
• How Europe benefits from European decline.

China: Ming and Qing Dynasties

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• CCOT: Examples of continuity AND change between period 3 (c. 600-1450 C.E.) and period 4 (c. 1450-1750 C.E.) China

Comparison: Compare how Ming and Qing approached outside governments and cultures.

Gunpowder Empires: Safavid and Mughal Empires

Based on your understanding of the reading and the videos, take bulleted notes on the following:

• Compare political and military power in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
• Compare degree of religious tolerance in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
• Compare role of women in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires