Then and Now Podcast: 100 Years of Global History and Culture

Final Exam Essay Questions Only

Due to time constraints with grading, I created this special podcast that only has my commentary about the potential essay questions for all five units that will be covered on the final exam. I plan to post up the individual unit podcasts with student overviews, music, and these same commentaries by me concerning the essay questions. I also am at work mixing up the special podcasts on music from different countries and interviews of people in the community.

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(S10.E12.) Final Exam Essay Questions Only.m4a

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Music Special: Australia

This episode features music of contemporary Australia. The music displays the influences of both music from other countries as well as the unique culture and history of Australia.

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Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union will quicly rise as one of the dominant world powers and just as quickly falter during the second half of the 20th century due to internal and external pressures.

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The Cold War

The Cold War started even before the end of World War Two. The mutual mistrust among the Allies and the Soviet and eventually Chinese would dominate the next half century and nearly plunge the entire world in a war that would end all wars, and life itself.

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World War Two

This unit explores the causes, events, and consequences of World War Two for the rest of the 20th century. It is a series of turning points that could have favored the Axis powers rather than eventual virtory by the Allies.

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Unit 7 Rise of Communist China

In this unit we explore what is similar and different between the paths taken in Russia and China regarding a Communist revolution.

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Unit 6 Genocides and the Holocaust of the 20th Century

When strong nationalistic feelings and matched with intense racist beliefs, the unthinkable can occur. The issue of why these events occurred are complex and intertwined with one another.

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Unit 5: Between WWI and WWII

Some historians argue that WWII is simply a continuation of unresolved issues or those made worse by the results of WWI.

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Unit 4: Rise of the Soviet Union

The end of World War One and the rise of the Soviet Union are linked closely. It helps explain why the Communist revolution occurs in an agricultural area rather than a major industrial city as Marx predicted.

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Unit 3: World War One

The most tragic and probably most avoidable war is World War One. Issues were not resolved at the end of it which encouraged World War Two just a few decades later.

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Unit 2, The Industrial Revolution

What was it about the Europeans that encouraged, enabled, and accelerated the development of the Industrial Revolution in their corner of the globe and not with one of the much older civilizations?

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(S10.E2.) Unit 2 The Industrial Revolution.m4a
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Unit 1: Global Imperialism

We explore in this unit the relationship between the European countries as they interact with other countries in the Americas, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

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Unit 15 Globalism and the Future

The final unit in the course is about globalism and the future. What are the history forces at work shaping the near future? One outcome already recognized is globalism, the interconnectedness of nearly everything. An important question is who are the big winners and losers with globalism? Within a single country the answer may be mixed. Globalism has presented new economic markets for U.S. companies, but has also led to moving jobs to other countries to reduce labor costs.

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Unit 14 Africa Since World War Two

Africa has suffered from the itnerference from outside countries for more than 500 years. Most have gained their independence in only the last half century. These nations have faced considerable challenges as they have sought to find their identity, protect their people and borders, and engage in new relationships despite past turmoil. The genocide in Rwanda is a tragic example of the history forces at work.

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Unit 13 South Asia Since World War Two

The major countries studied in this unit were India and Pakistan. Formerly one nation, the peoples of these two countries share a common history and culture, but are divided by religion and feelings and life experiences of discrimination. The history forces that tore the two countries apart was examined and the history simulation of the creation of Pakistan from India illlustrated the mistakes that were made and different futures that could have been chosen, even staying united as one nation.

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Unit 12 Southeast Asia Since WWII

The major focus for this unit was the Vietnam War. The historical causes, catalysts, and outcomes have deeply influenced U.S. history as well as in Southeast Asia.

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Unit 11 Middle East Since WWII

The Middle East over the past 2,000 years has often served as the crossroads of the world. Earlier it was the transportation crossroads for Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Now it is the center of the world due to oil exports and interest in the dispute between Israel and Palestine.

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Student Visit to Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Eric from our class visited the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and shared his thoughts about the visit and talked about some of the photographs he took when there. This is a short ten minute interview with Eric and the course instructor.

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Unit #10: Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

WIthin less than 100 years one of the largest empires of the world rose and fell. The Soviet Union was an improbable place to serve birth to the world-wide Communist movement. The ideals of the ideology were not able to be replicated in reality for the average people. Economic forces in the 1980s eventually led to its collapse and the smaller Russian Republic was once again reborn.

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Unit #9: The Cold War

The Allies (Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the United States) were in conflict with one another even before the end of World War Two. During the Yalta Conference and others at that time, the countries began to jockey for position regarding dominance in the world. The world nearly was engulfed in a nuclear war several times during the Cold War time period.

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