World History

What factors contributed to economic globalization in the second half of the twentieth century? After World War 2 man countries established capitalistic policies in order to avoid another depression. The Bretton Woods Conference established a system for new economic globalization. Organizations such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund established a new era of economic globalization. New cost-effective technology in travel allowed for more interaction between the world. This, in turn, connected more people throughout the world.  In what ways has economic globalization more closely linked the world's peoples? Globalization increased the number of goods distributed around the world and also the interaction between peoples. Companies were now able to buy and sell products on a global level. This leads to companies selling services and products internationally allowing for more interaction through globalization. This allowed for stock markets to be influenced by ...

1. The Global South registered in a broader economy on world history because of the south-south cooperation. It refers to the economic and political term which was known as the long-term goal of pursuing world changes in economics which benefited countries that were in Global South. Since most countries considered to be in the Global South were mostly third world developing countries, long term economic goals were put in place as these were emerging markets.  Some of the principles guided it were non-interference in domestic affairs, national ownership, and independence, respect of national sovereignty. This insured these nations’ independence in hopes of being economically sound. Some countries which used this south cooperation termed it as the mutually beneficial that spread skills, knowledge, resources, and expertise to address their development changes for example pressure of high population. 3. As World War 1 and 2 weakened Europe the United Nations was established. This han...

The Spanish flu was a global pandemic experienced in world war 1. The name Spanish flu originates from Spain being neutral in the war so their media was not as censored as the UK and German news. The flue quickly spread through the trenches of world war 1 and had a mortality rate of 20%. The Spanish Flu is commonly referred to as the most deadly pandemic in modern history since an estimated 100 million people died to it. People were most vulnerable to it due to the media not being able to spread information about it. Due to the ongoing war, the participants chose not to share the news with its people in order to not worsen morale. World War 1 was already the bloodiest conflict in human history and the Spanish Flu would only make it worse adding more casualties. In fact, more American troops died to the flu then combat, affecting almost 36% of the army. The outbreak lasted from 1918 to 1920 as governments began to take more preventive measures as requesting people to wear masks in publi...

Summary: World War 1 begins due to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, this triggered a web of alliances to declare war on each other ultimately putting Britain vs Germany and the axis powers. The war becomes one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history due to the brutality that was trench warfare which led to stalemates and mass casualties. Germany ends up losing but the damage had been done on the world economy.  The great depression begins as inflation is rampant throughout the world. Money becomes virtually worthless to the point where German citizens use it kindle fires. This was due to a crash in the stock market where everyone decided to sell their stocks leading to banks becoming bankrupt since they couldn’t keep up with the massive demand for money. In Germany, the depression led to the Nazi party which was lead by Adolf Hitler. He campaigned on the promise of making Germany powerful again, but unfortunately encouraged the genocide of Jews and other non-Arya...

1. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of 19 th century China? Peasants rebelled claiming that they did not support the Qing Dynasty because of its foreign Manchu origins. They demanded that the northern region be returned to the Han Dynasty. These peasants rejected mainstream religions of  Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism and instead followed their own form of Christianity. The rebel groups pushed for a revolutionary change that would completely change Chinese society. Their demands were as follows: the abolition of private property, redistribution of land, end of prostitution and opium smoking, and the organization of society into sexually segregated military camps of men and women. Leaders claimed that the Qing Dynasty had “poisoned China” and “defiled the emperor’s throne.” 2. How did Western pressures stimulate change in China during the 19 th century? The smuggling of opium from India into China was a way the west stimulated change in China. This is t...

How did cash-crop agriculture transform the lives of colonized peoples? Africa and Asia were major producers of cash crops such as peanuts and palm oil. Other trading items included cotton in Egypt, spices in Indonesia, and pepper and textiles in India. In some areas, there was an increased cash-crop production by local farmers like rice. European colonization of the Indies and Africa shaped the lives of many people as infrastructures such as railroads and roads were constructed. This forced many indigenous people to live under colonial rule and inherit European customs into there societies. Not only did the production of cash-crops improved, so did the wellbeing of others because of how they were living. Also, this practice of colonial development was also reached in the Mekong River where there were environmental consequences. There were mass destruction of mangrove forests, dikes and irrigation channels that use of the soil's resources, and large amounts of methane gas be...