AP World History – Unit 6 – Last Unit!!! (Chapters 21 – 24)
Ch. 21 Important Terms
This chapter explains major political and economic events covering almost the entire unit as it goes up to the 1970s. Although most
of the events center on Europe, you must be able to explain how non-European states and peoples are being impacted by these
events. You will place all the information discussed in chapters 22 – 24 within the events discussed in this chapter. Therefore, this
chapter is importance because it provides the context for understanding the topics discussed in chapters 22 – 24. You must place
the following items within a story. They will most likely help you explain these stories (1) World War I, (2) The Great Depression (3)
The Rise of Dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan (4) World War II (5) Post World War II Europe
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Franco-Prussian War (p. 979)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (p. 979)
List non-Europeans that became involved in war and
explain how (p. 981)
national self-determination (p.982)
Bolsheviks (p. 983)
Treaty of Versailles (p. 983, 984)
The Ottoman Empire (p. 984)
The League of Nations (p. 984)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (p.984)
10. The Great Depression (p. 985, 986, 987, 989):
a. Definition/description of event (p.985)
b. Causes (p.986)
c. Impact on colonies (p. 986)
d. Impact on Soviet Union (p. 987)
e. U.S. response to the Great Depression (p. 987,
988)
f. Impact on Japan (p. 994)
g. Lebensraum (999)
11. Fascism (p.988, 989)
a. Definition/description (p.988,989)
b. In Italy, Benito Mussolini, Black Shirts (989,
990)
c. In Germany, Adolf Hitler, The Nazi party (p.
990, 991, 992, 993)
d. In Japan (p.993, 994, 995, 996)
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Manchukuo (p. 997)
Japan 1940-1941 (p. 997)
Pearl Harbor, December 1941 (p. 997)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 (p. 999)
Lebensraum (999)
Technologies of WWII warfare (1001)
Rape of Nanking (Nanjing) (1002)
Colonial subjects’ role in WWII (1002)
Women’s role in WWII:
a. “comfort women” (1002)
b. “Rosie the Riveter” (1003)
c. Women in USSR (1003)
d. Women in Japan (1003)
The Holocaust (1003)
WWII’s impact on nationalist, anticolonial
movements (1004)
United Nations (UN) (1004)
World Bank (1004
International Monetary Fund (1004)
The Marshall Plan a/k/a European Economic
Recovery Program (1005, 1006)
European Coal and Steel Community, European
Economic Community (EEC), European Union (EU)
(1006)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (1006)
“economic miracle”
When finished with this chapter and the PPTs and the videos and the class discussions and outside readings, you should be able to
answer questions on the following Key Concepts. Please read and reread these specific key concepts as you read this chapter:
6.1.III.C.
Improved military technology and new tactics led to increased levels of wartime casualties.
6.2.IV.A.B.C
Military conflicts occurred on an unprecedented global scale
6.3.I.B.
Before the Great Depression governments played a small role in the economy but after the Great Depression that
changed.
6.3.II.A.B.
States, communities and individuals became increasingly interdependent, a process facilitated by the growth of
institutions of global governance