End of the Age of Empires Democracies displace monarchies Big business people displace landed

aristocracy New Types of Nationalism (fascism,

decolonization, racism, genocide, break up of USSR)

Globalization World War I Great Depression World War II Cold War

Some countries continue to rely on the production of raw materials (former colonies/third world countries)

Industrialized nations continue to greatly influence the economies in Africa, Latin America and SE Asia

Overall economic inequalities persisted within and between societies

Rural regions in India maintained old economic and social forms

Many societies continue to resist changes in gender relations Ex. Girls are less likely to be educated in many

societies

Globalization World War I Great Depression World War II Cold War Rise of International Organizations

(ex. League of Nations & United Nations)

World War I Begins

Russian Revolution

Treaty of Versailles – End of World War I

Stock Market Crash – Beginning of the Great Depression

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Italian invasion of Ethiopia

German blitzkrieg in Poland – Beginning of World War II

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. Enters World War II

End of World War II

Independence and Partition of India

Birth of Israel

Chinese Communist Revolution

Korean War

Yom Kippur War

Iranian Revolution

1st Palestinian Intifada

Tiananmen Square & Fall of Berlin Wall

Fall of USSR & 1st Gulf War

Genocide in Rwanda & 1st all-race elections in South Africa

9/11 Attacks