World History 2

What international circumstances and social changes contributed to the end of colonial empires? Europe began to lose power to those other superpowers in the world those empire included the rising super power of the US and the Soviet Union. They saw the european colonial empires as old and they saw themselves as superior.  By the early twentieth century in Asia and the mid-twentieth century in Africa a second or third generation of Western-educated elite male had arisen throughout the colonial world. The men were very aware of the differences in values and practices in the european culturers compared to the other parts of the world. people began to realize thqt colonial rule was changing that how it had been in the past.  no longer viewed colonial rule as a vehicle for their peoples' progress as their fathers had, and increasingly insisted on independence now. People were now looking for independence.  What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian em...

Another pandemic that i did some research on was the bubonic plague or the "Black Plague".The black plague is the most famous and deadly plague to hit humanity because it killed between 75- 125 million people which at the time brought down the human population almost 40 percent. Today if a plague hit that hard there would only be 4 billion people left in the world which means we would lose 4 billion people.  It came from Central or east asia it was spread througbh the silk road which caused ot to spread very rapidly through Europe and it killed 30-60% of Europe's population due to the fact that medicine wasn't thriving and people didn't have the knowledge of how things were spread. Hygiene wasnt a big thing back in the 1300s so this caused the plague to thrive everywhere because being clean and having decent hygiene wasnt taught. The plague has been on and off again for centuries but until the 20th century, it wasn't completely stopped. The climate cooled...

4. What strategies did China adopt to confront its various problems? In what ways did these strategies reflect China’s own history and culture as well as the new global order? The chinese changed many systems in order to help with there problems one include the installation of the examination system that helped find candidates for there bureaucrartic systems that they were starting. They also started a self strengthening program to help traditional china but they also started to use ideas from the west to help. Many of the traditional conservative leaders were against the self strenghting programs because they feared that the older systems of power would disappear. The traditional leaders also controlled most of the industrial enterprises and they used they weren’t focusing on strengthing the nation but rather themselves. Traditional leaders didn’t believe that they needed foreign help like with materials and there industries but the new leaders realized that they needed help from...

6. Read the poem on page 798 by Nguyen Khuyen, a Vietnamese official during French colonial rule. If you had the opportunity to share a glass of his “fine wine” (or a cup of tea) with Mr. Nguyen, what would you say to him? How might that conversation go? Here is the poem for your convenience: Fine wine but no good friends, With this poem, i am able to tell that this man has all the things that he wishes to have in his life but he got all this wealth for a price. I think that if i had a chance to talk with him i would ask him why he feels so alone and what he is doing about that loneliness. I would also tell him that everything that he has done to get the things he desired at the time came at the price of having a family and friends to share these things with. I think that the conversation could go well and he would listen because he is already in turmoil for being so lonely and he wants anything to fill those missing pieces in his life. What was distinctive about European co...

4) How did the Industrial Revolution transform British society?  At the time of the start of the industrial revolution Britain was the most highly commercialized of all Europes countries Agriculture became a major staple in europe and small farmers began to be pushed out. But this shifted in Britain during the Industrial revolution because agriculture was not the main part of British economy anymore. The British textile became extremely important and the use of cotton soared from 52 million pounds top 588 million pounds. The output of coal soared in Britian because of the access to railroads that people never have seen before. There was also a dramatic increase in mining manufacturing and services that were needed to support the use of railroads. 7) What were the differences between industrialization in the United States and that in Russia The industrial revolution was bound to be different in each country due to the different histories, cultures, and societies that made up the...

The industrial revolution was one of the first booms of western culture in the modern world. It was one of the first booms because during the 1000 AD the islamic world was known for its inventions and how far ahead it was then. most countries in the world. The industrial revolution began in Europe because it became one of the most popular places for trade and advancements through out the years. It started in Britain which wasn't planned but it rather just happened randomly because Britain was one of the most advanced countries in Europe at the time. It most likely began in Britain because Britain became a hotspot for trade and many urban centers so it was very popular. The first thing that we see emerge during this industrial revolution is the British Aristocracy, the middle classes, and the laboring classes. The united states and Russia also went through the industrial revolution, but during the industrial revolution there was an emergence of socialism that was seen in Russia but ...