AP Content is complete! You are now AP SURVIVORS!

DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 6 steps below!

1.  Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 147.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  TIME MAP

World snapshot in the year 1960 CE
Titanic conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have gravely weakened the European nations. Their world-wide power has gone and new superpowers dominate the world.

• • Europe 1960 CE  Europe has experienced two devastating world wars, and is now divided between East and West.
  • East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1960 CE China, Japan and Korea have all experienced some of the most turbulent times in their entire history, as great wars have swept through East Asia.
  • India and South Asia 1960 CE  The long history of India and South Asia has entered a new chapter with the replacement of the British empire by independent republics.
  • Africa 1960 CE  The European nations are starting to withdraw from the empires in Africa.
  • Middle East 1960 CE  The Cold War has had a major impact on the Middle East.
  • National Geographic – Interactive Mapping
  • COUNTRY SIZE COMPARISON

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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING –

• Review Ch 17 – Focus on p. 512 – 516
• Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

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In China, Mao Zedong established a communist state. As a result of his Great Leap Forward policy, over 20 million peasants died.Around the world, communist and socialist policies manifested themselves in land reform. In Vietnam, a communist state was established under Ho Chi Minh and land was redistributed to peasants. In India, land distribution had mixed success. However, in Kerala, it was pretty successful. In Ethiopia land redistribution occurred under the brutal policies of its communist leader..

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