Imperialism, World Wars, and Global Conflict

New Imperialism: motivations

Imperialism in Africa: scramble and partition

Imperialism in Asia: India and China

Imperialism in Southeast Asia and Pacific

Resistance to imperialism

Causes of World War I: MAIN factors

WWI: outbreak and alliances

WWI: trench warfare and new technology

WWI: global scope

WWI: end and Treaty of Versailles

Russian Revolution

Interwar period: League of Nations

Rise of fascism: Italy

Rise of Nazism: Germany

Militarism in Japan

Causes of World War II

WWII: European theater

WWII: Pacific theater

WWII: Holocaust

WWII: home fronts

WWII: Allied victory

Atomic bombs and war's end

Aftermath: United Nations

Aftermath: Nuremberg trials

Decolonization: Africa

Decolonization: Asia

Decolonization: Middle East

Partition of India

Long-term effects of world wars

Unit assessment