Intro. to Global Course VBQ
- Freshmen & Sophomores partner together and click on the above hyperlink. Follow the directions carefully and answer each question as thoroughly as possible. Be prepared to discuss in class. You will have 25 mins. to complete the VBQ.
Proper Essay Format & Defending a Thesis Statement
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What Do You Need to Know?
- Define 'gadget' - Define 'important' - What format should your answer be in? |
Format:
There have been many gadgets throughout history that have changed the way in which people live, work, and play. The most important gadget ever invented is ______________________ (Thesis). - Reason #1 - How did it effect people? Their lifestyles? Be specific. - Reason #2 - Reason #3 Although there have been many gadgets invented throughout history, the invention of the ______________________ proved to be the most important. |
TOPIC 1: Nonpolitical Revolutions & Britain's Industrial Revolution (1750-1850)
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Video Questions:
1- What social changes occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution? 2- What new forms of power were harnessed during this time period? 3- How did the production of goods change during the Industrial Revolution? 4- What new social class emerged in Britain? 5- What new machines helped make the production of goods faster and cheaper? 6- What specific industry in England was effected first by this change in production? 7- What positives did the Industrial Revolution create for England? 8- What negatives did the Industrial Revolution create for England? 9- What new laws helped resolve some of these problems? |
Important Terms:
- factory - capital - urbanization - tenement - labor union - socialism - communism - proletariat - means of production - assembly line - interchangeable parts - urban renewal - suffrage - Social Darwinism Important People: - James Watt - Adam Smith - Karl Marx - Charles Dickens - Louis Pasteur - Charles Darwin
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Video Questions:
1- In what city was Charles Dickens born? 2- What was this city like? Describe where it was and what conditions there were like? 3- Were there any slums in this city? 4- What social class did Dickens' family belong to -- lower? middle? upper? Explain. 5- How did the people who read Dickens' books view him? Could they relate to his work and his characters? 6- In addition to writing, what was another of Dickens' passions? 7- When did Charles Dickens die? What was the cause? 8- Do some additional research and list two of Charles Dickens' best know literary works. |
TOPIC 3: Revolutions in Latin & South America (1790-1848) * Pages 15-18 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: French Revolution
1- What kind of government did France have before the revolution? 2- What three social classes were French citizens divided into? 3- How were the commoners treated? Explain. 4- What event on July 14, 1789 is seen as the beginning to the French Revolution? 5- How did the French Revolution play out? Was it peaceful or bloody? Explain. 6- What happened to King Louis XVI? 7- What kind of government did France have after the revolution? 8- What document did the French gov't draft? 9- What military general became leader in France? 10- What impact did the French Revolution have on other countries? |
Important Terms:
- ideology - autonomy - recession - peninsular - creole - mestizo - mulatto - truce - conservatism - liberalism - universal manhood - nationalism suffrage Important People: - Prince Klemens von Metternich - Jose de San Martin - Simon Bolivar - Toussaint L'Ouverture - Miguel Hidalgo - Napoleon Bonaparte |
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#2 Video Questions: Haitian Revolution
1- Which European country controlled Haiti (Saint Domingue) in the 18th-century? 2- What labor did this country rely on for profit and crop production? 3- Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture? What was his background? 4- What role did L'Ouverture play in the Haitian Revolution? 5- What role did the French Revolution play in the Haitian Revolution? Explain. 6- How is Haiti looked at today? What long-term impact did colonialism have on the island nation? |
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TOPIC 4: Nationalism in Europe (1800-1914) * Pages 19-21 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: German Unification
1- Which German state was the most powerful during the Holy Roman Empire? 2- What was formed in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars? 3- King Wilhelm I, of Prussia, appointed who as chancellor? 4- When greater calls for German unification and liberal reforms grew louder, what swept across Germany in 1848? 5- Where were some of Bismarck's motives for provoking wars with other countries? |
Important Terms:
- chancellor - annex - Kaiser - Reich - social welfare - anarchist - emigration - Duma - emancipation - pogrom Important People: - Otto von Bismarck - Victor Emmanuel II - Giuseppi Garibaldi - Count Camillo Cavour - Czar Nicholas II
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TOPIC 5: Western Democracies (1815-1914) * Pages 22-24 in your Course Guide*
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Video Questions: "Flight from Famine" The Irish Potato Famine
1- What caused the potato blight in Ireland? 2- What did it cause amongst the Irish people? What do the Irish refer to this time period as? 3- How many people died during the Potato Famine? 4- How did English absentee landlords make matters worse for the Irish? Be specific and include the wheat, barley, and oat crops that the Irish were growing. 5- What role did religion play in making the Irish and English relationship more tense? 6- What was the response of the Irish peasants to the injustices of the English landlords? 7- Irish nationalists resorted to what means in order to achieve home rule? 8- Where did survivors of the Irish Potato Famine go? Where did they live once they arrived there? |
Important Terms:
- rotten borough - electorate - free trade - repeal - capital offense - penal colony - absentee landlord - home rule - provisional - premier - coalition - expansionism - segregation - isolationism - Zionism Important People: - Emmeline Pankhurst - Alfred Dreyfus - Theodor Herzl
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TOPIC 6: The New Imperialism (1800-1914) * Pages 25-28 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: European Imperialism in Africa
1- Define imperialism. 2- How did European nations benefit from imperialism? 3- How did African nations suffer from imperialism? 4- What advantages did European nations possess in their drive to colonize Africa? 5- What disadvantages did the African nations face in their attempt to remain free and independent? 6- What long-lasting impact did the Trans-Atlantic slave trade play in all of this? 7- What role did technology play in the European conquest of Africa? 8- What did Conrad's book, "Heart of Darkness," show European readers about the reality of imperialism in Africa? 9- By 1914 and the beginning of World War I, which 2 African countries were the only to remain free and independent? |
Important Terms:
- imperialism - protectorate - sphere of influence - missionary - elite - genocide - concession - Berlin Conference - Boer War - direct rule - indirect rule - sepoy - deforestation - Sepoy Rebellion - Opium War - INC - Treaty of Nanjing - Open Door Policy - Boxer Rebellion - extraterritoriality - trade surplus - trade deficit - Suez Canal Important People: - Menelik II
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TOPIC 7: New Global Patterns (1800-1914) * Pages 29-32 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: "The Rise of a Modern Japan: Russo-Japanese War"
1- Which 2 countries fought in the Russo-Japanese War? 2- What were they fighting over and which country was winning? 3- What long-term goals did Japan have in Asia? 4- What was at stake in their area of the world for the United States? 5- What American President helped mediate or negotiate a peace agreement between the 2 warring nations? 6- Where did the peace negotiations take place? 7- In the end, what did the peace agreement (Treaty of Portsmouth) look like? What terms did the 3 parties agree to? |
Important Terms:
- Diet - zaibatsu - Meiji Restoration - indigenous - Russo-Japanese War - dominion - regionalism - Monroe Doctrine - economic dependence Important People: - Commodore Matthew Perry - Emperor Meiji - Emilio Aguinaldo - Porfirio Diaz - Cecil Rhodes - Rudyard Kipling
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TOPIC 8: World War I (1914-1919) *Pages 33-37 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: How Did WWI Start?
1- What event "sparked" the beginning of WWI? 2- What countries were initially involved? 3- What region of Europe was this conflict located in? 4- Who declared war first? In what year? 5- What factors had been at work in Europe decades before that contributed to tension between rival European powers? 6- In the months that followed the beginning of WWI, what role did alliances play? 7- What were some results of WWI? |
Important Terms:
- pacifism - militarism - entente - stalemate - U-Boat - no man's land - zeppelin - mobilize - ultimatum - conscription - total war - Western Front - propaganda - armistice - pandemic - self-determination - reparations - collective security - Lusitania - Treaty of Versailles - mandate - Schlieffen Plan - Fourteen Points - Central Powers - Allies - League of Nations |
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#2 Video Questions: Weapons & Technology
1- World War I gave rise to what new forms of weaponry? Be specific. 2- What specific forms of gases were used during WWI? 3- Many of these new weapons were in response to what kind of fighting - taking place primarily along the Western Front? 4- Many of these new weapons were designed to break the deadlock of WWI or this term? |
Important People:
- Archduke Francis Ferdinand - Gavrilo Princip - Woodrow Wilson |
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#3 Video Questions: The Treaty of Versailles
1- In what year was an armistice to stop fighting signed in? 2- In what year was the Treaty of Versailles signed in? 3- At the beginning of the peace talks, what 5 countries were the primary voices in Paris? 4- Which of these 5 countries dropped out from the talks? Why? 5- What specific ways did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? 6- How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the rise of fascism and Adolf Hitler in Germany? 7- What role did the Jewish "stab-in-the-back" legend play in this? 8- What prediction had a French official made regarding the effectiveness of the Treaty of Versailles? Did this prediction prove to be accurate? |
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TOPIC 9: The Russian Revolution (1917-1939) * Pages 38-40 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions:
1- What socioeconomic class was Vladimir Lenin born into? 2- What role did he play at the beginning of the Russian Revolution? 3- What radical group did Lenin belong to? 4- What ideology did Lenin establish in Russia? 5- How did Lenin purge the country of opposition? 6- How else can you characterize Lenin's rule of the Soviet Union? 7- In what year did Lenin die? |
Important Terms:
- proletariat - soviet - commissar - collective - command economy - atheism - totalitarian state - Bolsheviks - Great Purge - NEP Important People: - Karl Marx - Rasputin - Czar Nicholas II - V.I. Lenin - Joseph Stalin
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TOPIC 10: Nationalism and Global Revolution (1910-1939) * Pages 41-44 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions:
1- Based on its position geographically, why is Turkey significant to both Europe and Asia? 2- How did Mustafa Kemal Ataturk help create a more modern, western, and secular Turkey? 3- What goals did Ataturk have for Turkey? 4- What made Ataturk popular among many Turkish people and European countries during this time? 5- Based on the overwhelming Islamic population in Turkey, why was Ataturk also unpopular among many Turkish people? 6- What is Kemal Ataturk's lasting legacy for the country of Turkey and the overall time period? |
Important Terms:
- nationalization - apartheid - Zionist - civil disobedience - Long March - Amritsar Massacre - Diet - ultranationalist - African National Congress (ANC) Important People: - Shah Reza Pahla - Theodor Herzl - Jomo Kenyatta - Jiang Jieshi - Mao Zedong - Hirohito - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi
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TOPIC 11: Post World War I and the Rise of Fascism (1919-1939) * Pages 45-48 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: "Education for Death"
1- This Disney short film is an example of what? 2- What elements of a totalitarian state are referenced in the cartoon? 3- What is the moral of the fairy tale involving Adolf Hitler and Germany? #2 Video Questions: Benito Mussolini - The Rise of Fascism in Italy 1- What was Benito Mussolini's nickname? 2- What political party did Mussolini join? 3- What role did Mussolini play during World War I? 4- What steps did he take to become the leader of the Fascist party? How did he exert his power in order to maintain a one-party dictatorship? 5- How did Mussolini help Italy recover from the economic devastation of WWI? 6- Why did Mussolini ally with Adolf Hitler during World War II? What were his goals for Italy? 7- Explain Mussolini's downfall during WWII? 8- What is Mussolini's legacy in Italy? #3 Video Questions: Adolf Hitler - The Rise of Fascism in Germany 1- In what country was Adolf Hitler born in? 2- What values did he develop from his family and the manner in which he was raised? 3- What role did Hitler play during World War I? 4- How did he get involved in politics? What party did he join? 5- What techniques did he use in order to "climb the ranks" within this party? What skill did he possess that made him popular amongst Germans? 6- What was the title of his book? 7- What groups and ideologies did Hitler oppose? 8- Once in power, what steps did Hitler take to maintain control? |
Important Terms:
- disarmament - margin buying - general strike - Great Depression - Locarno treaties - Maginot Line - Kellogg-Briand Pact - surrealism - psychoanalysis - Il Duce - Black Shirts - chancellor - repudiate - concentration camp - Third Reich - Dawes Plan - fascism - Gestapo - Mein Kampf - Kristallnact - Nuremberg Laws Important People: - Albert Einstein - Adolf Hitler - Benito Mussolini - Erich Maria Remarque
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TOPIC 12: World War II (1931-1955) * Pages 49-54 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: How Did It Start?
1- What role did appeasement play in the rise of Hitler and to the beginning of World War II? 2- What alliances took shape in the mid-1930s? 3- What meeting and agreement represented the high-point in European appeasement of Hitler? 4- German invasion of what country in 1939 began World War II? #2 Video Questions: Tactics, Weapons, and the Holocaust 1- Describe total war and the impact it had on civilians. 2- What role did both air warfare and naval warfare play during WWII? 3- What were conditions like for Jews and other prisoners inside German concentration camps? #3 Video Questions: Nuclear Bombings of Japan 1- What is unique about the use of atomic/nuclear bombs during WWII? 2- How what 2 Japanese cities were atomic bombs dropped on? 3- How many Japanese civilians died in these attacks? 4- What impact did the use of these weapons have on the war with Japan? What impact will the use of these weapons have on the Cold War? |
Important Terms:
- sanction - appeasement - pacifism - Anschluss - Munich Conference - Nazi-Soviet Pact - blitzkrieg - radar/sonar - Lend-Lease Act - Pearl Harbor - Holocaust - D-Day - Battle of Stalingrad - genocide - reparations - island hopping - kamikaze - Cold War - United Nations (UN) - "iron curtain" - Truman Doctrine - Berlin airlift - NATO - Warsaw Pact - Marshall Plan - containment - satellite state Important People: - Neville Chamberlain - Winston Churchill - Harry Truman - Emperor Tojo - Gen. Douglas MacArthur - Joseph Stalin - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TOPIC 13: Post WWII: Overview Since 1945 (1945-Present) * Pages 55-58 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: World War II: The Aftermath
1- What problems was Europe facing at the conclusion of World War II? 2- How were relations between the Axis and Allied Powers? 3- How did the end of WWII affect countries in Asia? How did the end of WWII affect former colonies, such as India? 4- What 2 superpowers emerged after WWII? 5- Why was their tension between these 2 countries? What new form of "war" did this lead to? 6- How did the Holocaust affect Europe's Jewish population? 7- What role did the Nuremberg Trials play in helping bring justice to those impacted by Hitler's Holocaust? 8- What was the intended purpose of the United Nations when it was formed following WWII? |
Important Terms:
- modernization - superpower - ideology - nonaligned - interdependence - terrorism - human/natural rights - summit - privatization - environmentalist - Universal Declaration of Human Rights - multinational corporation - acid rain - global warming - OPEC - Chernobyl - fundamentalist - feminist movement - e-commerce - genetic engineering - Sputnik I - Green Revolution Important People: - George W. Bush - Osama bin Laden
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Topic 14: Europe & North America (1945-Present) * Pages 57-61 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: Why Did the Cold War Begin?
1- What three countries and what three leaders helped negotiate peace at the conclusion of World War II? 2- What happened to defeated Germany after the War? 3- What division transpired between eastern and western European nations? 4- What were both sides, the United States and the Soviet Union, fearful that the other would do? 5- What role did nuclear arms play in the Cold War? 6- Explain the scenario that took place to prompt the Berlin air lift? 7- Through rigged elections and Soviet-inspired upheavals, what other European nations became communist during this time? 8- How would a civil war in Korea bring this stand-off between superpowers to a new stage of the Cold War? |
Important Terms:
- detente - welfare state - recession - service industry - euro - Berlin Wall - NATO - coalition - European Union (EU) - deficit - surplus - segregation - war crime - Quebec - dissident - glasnost - perestroika - default - Afghan War (1979) - ethnic cleansing Important People: - Pope John Paul II - John F. Kennedy - Lyndon B. Johnson - Richard Nixon - Ronald Reagan - Boris Yeltsin - Nikita Khrushchev - Vladimir Putin - Mikhail Gorbachev - Lech Walesa - Slobodan Milosevic
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TOPIC 15: East Asia & Southeast Asia (1945-Present) * Pages 64-67 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: Vietnam War: History and Key Dates
1- How did the Geneva Convention divide the nation of Vietnam? Which country was communist? Which country was democratic? 2- Why did some people in South Vietnam support the communists? 3- How did Vietnam become a battleground for the superpowers during the Cold War? 4- What initial role did the U.S. play in Vietnam? 5- What series of events led to further involvement, including using ground forces? 6- What effect did the Vietnam War have on the political career of Lyndon B. Johnson? 7- Explain the term "Vietnamization." 8- What role did Pres. Richard Nixon play in the Vietnam War? 9- What became of the two Vietnamese countries after American forces withdrew? What happened to neighboring countries? |
Important Terms:
- zaibatsu - trade deficit - gross domestic product - commune - collectivization - five-year plan - special enterprise zone - Great Leap Forward - Cultural Revolution - "Little Red Book" - Four Modernizations - Tiananmen Square - Asian Tigers - domino theory - cease-fire - embargo - Khmer Rouge - ASEAN Important People: - Douglas MacArthur - Deng Xiaoping - Ho Chi Minh - Pol Pot
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Topic 16: South Asia & the Middle East (1945-Present) * Pages 68-71 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: Gandhi the Road to Freedom (Part I) 1- What were Mohandas Gandhi's goals for India? 2- How did his appearance reflect his beliefs and his teachings? 3- Describe his trip to London to attend the roundtable discussion on India: (1) Who did he meet with? (2) Where did he stay? 4- How did the British people receive him? 5- Ironically, what portion of the British people were especially welcoming of Gandhi? #2 Video Questions: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1- What common "enemy" did the groups in this area have at the turn of the century? 2- What role did World War I play in creating tensions between specific religious groups? 3- What role did Britain play in creating tensions between specific religious groups? 4- Ultimately, what did both the Arab Palestinians (Muslim) and the Jewish Israelis want for themselves in this area of the Middle East? 5- How has the violence becoming increasingly worse over the years between the two opposing sides? #3 Video Questions: Persian Gulf War: Timeline of Operation Desert Storm 1- Who was the dictator of Iraq for each of the Persian Gulf Wars? 2- What small, oil-rich nation did Iraq invade? 3- The U.S. led a coalition force of how many other countries to help liberate this country? 4- Which American President was in office for the 1990 Gulf War? 5- What were U.S. motives in pushing Iraqi forces out of Kuwait? 6- How did events in 1990-1991 help lead to a future war with Iraq and Saddam Hussein? 7- Which American President was in office during the second Persian Gulf War? |
Important Terms:
- partition - deforestation - debt service - kibbutz - desalinization - hejab - Arab League - delta - ayatollah - theocracy - Aswan High Dam - intifada - militia - no-fly zone - PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) Important People: - Jawaharlal Nehru - Mother Teresa - Mohandas Gandhi - Indira Gandhi - Gamal Abdel Nasser - Anwar Sadat - Ayatollah Khomeini - Yasir Arafat - Saddam Hussein
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TOPIC 17: Africa (1945-Present) * Pages 72-74 in your Course Guide *
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#1 Video Questions: Biography of Nelson Mandela: End to Apartheid 1- Why was Nelson Mandela expelled from "university" early on his educational career? 2- What did Mandela major in? 3- What organization did Mandela join and what methods did he implement in his protests? 4- In what year, did the system of apartheid get officially adopted in South Africa? 5- What offshoot of the ANC did Mandela help found? How were their protest techniques different from those of his earlier years? 6- Why was Mandela arrested and jailed? 7- In what year was Mandela eventually released from prison? What South African president called for his release? 8- What events transpired in 1994 that ultimately changed the course of South African history? 9- What prestigious award was Mandela given? 10- What did Mandela do after his retirement from politics? #2 Video: "Worse than War" - Daniel Goldhagen's Award-Winning PBS Special - Hear about the 1994 genocide that raged in the country of Rwanda between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority. Review cases of genocide from throughout Global Studies II as Goldhagen grapples with the notion of why ordinary people participate in horribly brutal acts of genocide. |
Important Terms:
- Pan-Africanism - desertification - one-party system - AIDS - mixed economy - African National Congress (ANC) Important People: - Jomo Kenyatta - Julius Nyerere - Kwame Nkrumah - F.W. de Klerk - Desmond Tutu - Nelson Mandela
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TOPIC 18: Latin & South America (1945-Present) * Pages 75-78 in your Course Guide *
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Video Questions: Hugo Chavez Biography: Life of the Venezuelan Leader
1- Describe Hugo Chavez's childhood. 2- What philosophers did Chavez grow up admiring and studying? 3- What problems facing Venezuela most troubled Chavez? 4- His early political career was based around what nationalist leader, who helped liberate many Latin American nations from Spanish rule? 5- After his failed coup d'etat of the Venezuelan government, what steps did Chavez take to run for president in the next election? 6- What role did 'democratic socialism' play in the political policies of Hugo Chavez? Why were her policies controversial? 7- Ultimately, what led to Chavez's downfall in Venezuela? What has been his lasting legacy in Latin American history? |
Important Terms:
- import substitution - debt slavery - liberation theology - literacy rate - Bay of Pigs - NAFTA - Cuban Missile Crisis - drug cartel - contra - Sandinistas - "dirty war" - Falklands Important People: - Hugo Chavez - Fidel Castro - Manuel Noriega - Juan Peron - Eva Peron
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