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• World War 1

  also known as "The Great War," it involved almost all countries in Europe as well as the US, Russia, Middle East, and other regions in the world.
• WW1 Allies- France, Russia, Italy, US, British Empire
• Central- Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman Empires
• Cause of World War 1- assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
• Resolution- treaty of Versailles, treaty of Lausanne
• Japan

  Invaded the German territories in China and in the Pacific (Shantung and other islands in the Pacific)
• China

  Joined WW1 because Germans attacked a submarine with Chinese passengers; Struggled for recognition and the removal of unequal treaties
• India

  Nationalist and independence movements joined together and supported the Allies; the desire to attain independence became stronger
• Indian troops were sent to war zones in Europe to aid the British granting of Chinese territories to Japan
• WW1- Japan became a superpower together with the US.
• WW1-The spread of Communism in China
• WW1 - League of Nations was created
• WW1- The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the liberation of west Asian states and kingdoms
• The punitive restrictions on Germany which resulted from the Treaty of Paris as well as the economic and political events in the world were factors in the outbreak of WWII.
• WWII Cause- Invasion of Poland by Germany, Japan Empire invaded China, attack of Pearl Harbor
• WW2 Allies- USSR, United Kingdom, US, France, and China
• Axis - Japan, Germany, Italy
• WWII Resolution- Paris Peace treaties, San Francisco Peace treaty
• Allied forces occupied Japan and dismantled its armed forces
• India was divided between Hindus and Muslims (Pakistan)
• Nationalist movements in India became stronger.
• Violence worsened and civil war broke out: Communist vs. Kuomintang

  in China, Indonesian Revolution
• The spread of Communism in Asia
• Colonial territories in SEA gained independence: Philippines (1946), India

  (1947), Indonesia (1949).
• Monarchy - The term applies to states in which supreme

  authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity.

  Practiced in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar
• Democracy

  ● Power resides in the people

  ● Values freedom and rights

  ● Elects their own leaders

  ● Leaders are referred to as “President” in a presidential system while “Prime Minister” is used in parliamentary systems.
• Communism

  ● Communism undermines individual choice by putting government power before individual rights

  ● One party system or a single party system that represents the

  majority

  ● Individual rights may be subordinated to the collective good.
• Authoritarianism

  ● The power to rule is held only by a single person or group.

  ● The one who wields power decides on the economy and politics of the

  country.

  ● Countries such North Korea, Laos, and Vietnam follow this kind of

  government.
• Military Junta

  ● The military controls the government

  of the country as well as its people.

  ● Limited freedom and suppressed

  rights.

  ● This form of government ruled over

  Myanmar in 1962 until 1988.
• One- Party Rule

  ● States in which political

  power is concentrated

  within a single political

  party.

  ● This is best exemplified in

  Asia by the People’s

  Republic of China with its

  Communist Party.