unit 7 chapter 39 & 40: the end of empire ap world history – kimberly zerbst

UNIT 7 CHAPTER 39 & 40: THE END OF EMPIRE

AP World History – Kimberly Zerbst

What are we learning today? Pan-Arabism Zionism in Palestine – displacement of Palestinians Anti-Apartheid movement in S. Africa Social developments, cultural changes, intellectual

trends Independence for Africa Independence for Asia Latin American “independence” Ronald Regan & Margaret Thatcher Coca-Cola New Economic Institutions

•Islamic resurgence•Palestinians•Iran-Iraq War

Pan-Arabism

Transnational movement – Pan Arabism

Sought to unite people based on religion as a basis for culture rather than national boundaries

Can you think of other transnational movements that try to consolidate people based on ideas rather than national boundaries?

Islamic resurgence

OPEC (66% of world’s oil)

Fundamental Islam

Destabilization because of the Arab/Israeli conflict

Cold war superpower competition

Dictatorships

Zionism in Palestine

• Israeli Statehood – May 14, 1948

• Arab opposition to statehood

Palestine

•S. African Anti-Apartheid movement•Independence movements•Nassar in Egypt

Africa after Colonialism

Anti-Apartheid movement

1948 general election 1952 African National

congress begins peaceful resistance against “whites only” park benches

1953 Bantu Education Act 1956 Mandela arrested 1959 Bantustans created 1962 Mandel arrested

again (Life in Prison) 1974 S. African loses UN

membership 1985 Steven Van Zandt,

U2, Paul Simon all make music for Anti-Apartheid

1990 Mandela released 1994 Mandela becomes

president

•Vietnam•Cultural revolution in China•Tiananmen Square•Indian democracy

Asia after Colonialism

•Argentina•Guatemala•Nicaragua

Latin & South America “after colonialism”

Checking for Understanding

1. Pan-Arabism is an example of what kind of movement.

2. Give other examples of transnational movements from history

3. Whose claim to Israel is more valid, Muslim Palestinians or Jewish Israelis?

4. Give evidence that could prove that de-colonization was rarely smooth.

Reagan, Thatcher, Gorbachev

Coca-Cola

Coca Cola statistics

New Economic Institutions

IMF World Bank WTO

New Religions

New Age Religions

Hare Krishna Falun Gong

Are these religions syncretic?

Putting it ALL together

Do you think there will every be another non-syncretic form of religion in the future?

Using your knowledge of past religious, migratory, economic, social, or political history (or any other kind of history) write a thesis statement that would adequately answer that question in three groupings.

The End…