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These opening slides will serve as
THE BRIDGE
between this new unit on
Industry & Empire
and all the units we’ve taken since
the beginning of the year.
Do you remember these
lessons from the beginning
of the year when I
introduced the topics of
World History II?
World History II
• focuses on 1400 – 1900 CE
• focuses on the dominant culture of that time
period
• two very important trends of the era
– global convergence
– industrialization
Global Convergence
Before 1400 CE, the impact of historical events had
at most a regional reach.
Global Convergence
 started in the late 15th century
 world began to converge (come together)
 direct ties connected entire world
 “global world”
Global Convergence
 dominant power  rise from regional to
G L O B A L
power
 global power = superpower
 with global convergence – world’s 1st superpower
 world’s 1st superpower – 1st to industrialize…
Now… back to the dominant culture of
the era…
• 1400 – 1900 CE - dominated by the West
• “the West” – culture of Western Europe
(Britain, France, Germany, Spain) and their cultural
descendents (US, Canada, Australia)
• 1st superpower – Britain in the 19th C.
• the West gained economic/technological lead
it still enjoys
Up to 1400 CE
1400-1750 CE
1750-1990 CE
EAST
WEST
World History II covers the time from
1400 – 1900 CE
(RED and most of GREEN).
This year we will study…
• …the West’s rise to dominance
What social, cultural, political, economic, and
historical conditions helped the West in its rise
to dominance and prevented the rest of the
world from dominating?
Access the chart online and fill out
6-8 main historical events / periods
that we’ve studied this year.
In the 20th Century, countries were
divided into 2 categories:
• Developed Nations
– the world’s
fall into this category
– ex. Most Western
nations (UK, France, Spain, ,
etc.), the , but only a few non-Western countries like
• Developing Nations
– everyone else
– the world’s belonged to this category
– However, . In fact, some nations were caught
between “developing” and “developed” depending on
whom you ask.
What is the modern world?
According to 20th C. DEVELOPMENT
experts, a should be the
following:
Up to 1400 CE
1400-1750 CE
1750-1990 CE
EAST
WEST
Our last unit on Revolution had us crossing into
the GREEN. This unit on Industry & Empire takes
place entirely in the GREEN.
What is significant about the GREEN?
Up to 1400 CE
1400-1750 CE
EAST
WEST
ANSWER:
1750-1990 CE
The only way to answer these questions is to
first understand how the West developed.

Most of the history we will study this year will
pertain to that topic.
However, in order to make this course
relevant to our lives today, we will constantly
be asking whether the way the West did it
will be the only way to do it.
.
The only way to answer these questions is to
first understand how the West developed.

Most of the history we will study this year will
pertain to that topic.
However, in order to make this course
relevant to our lives today, we will constantly
be asking whether the way the West did it
will be the only way to do it.
.
This year we will study…
• …MODERNITY
 What does it mean for a culture, a country, a
civilization to call itself modern?
 How will modern nations define themselves
when the West is no longer so influential?
 As industrialization spreads throughout the
world and the developing world becomes
developed, how will they develop? In the model
of the West? Or will they create their own
modernity?
In the 20th Century, countries were
divided into 2 categories:
• Developed Nations
– the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nations fall
into this category
– ex. Most Western European nations (UK, France,
Spain, Germany, etc.), the United States, but only a
few non-Western countries like Japan
• Developing Nations
– everyone else
– the world’s poorest nations belonged to this category
– However, not all were poor. In fact, some nations were
caught between “developing” and “developed”
depending on whom you ask
What is the modern world?
According to 20th C. DEVELOPMENT
experts, a modern nation should be
the following:
•
•
•
•
secular
capitalist
democratic
technologically advanced /
educated
• industrialized
The next slides contain new
information for the
Industry & Empire unit..
M
a social system in which people
to a higher class by means of
Revolution & Power
• Who has the power?
• How can one get more power?
Compare the answers to these questions in
- society before revolutions
- society after revolutions
:
Merchant families who wanted more it by or
marrying into noble families.
They did
the nobles – they tried to become
nobles.
Therefore, families like the Medicis did not
challenge the old social system; they played it to
their advantage, by working to gain a higher rank
within it.
REVOLUTION:
• Power
• WHO HAS POWER?
– More people have more to:
-wealth
- opportunity
• HOW CAN ONE GET MORE POWER?
– You
– this is a
.
• In meritocracies the while the noble class
stagnates*. Why?
*stays the same or loses power
To review…Revolution & Power
If the Medicis had lived in England in
the 1700s, would they have wanted to
be royalty?
ANSWER:
are great
because people are in constant
competition to
better their own lives.
What Enlightenment idea does this relate
to?
ANSWER:
F
• L–
• L–
• C–
– “ ” can refer to professional people with , like
chemical engineers or graphic designers or
accountants