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Day 2 Review:

Day 2 Review:. Government & Economic Systems Globalization &Interdependence Developed vs. Developing Roots of Imperialism Imperialism & Africa . Types of Government . Communism .

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Day 2 Review:

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  1. Day 2 Review: Government & Economic Systems Globalization &Interdependence Developed vs. Developing Roots of Imperialism Imperialism & Africa

  2. Types of Government

  3. Communism • Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto- all of human hist. class struggle between bourgeoisie (upper class) & Proletariat (working class) • Lower class overthrown upper class & eventually create a classless society - Socialist theory • It is a political system in which the government owns all the property and dominates all aspects of life in a country. • Leaders of most communist countries and governments are not elected by pple- are chosen by Communist Parties or Communist leaders • People in Communist states often have restricted rights and little freedom

  4. Globalization • The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade • causes • improvements in transportation (airplanes) • telecommunications (Internet) • C. Global Trade • globalization connects businesses and affects trade • improvements make trade quicker and easier

  5. Globalization interdependence: reliance of one country on the resources, goods or services of another country • automakers (purchase parts made in US or Japan) • consumers (bananas or tomatoes) • the world seems smaller – places are more connected • world works together to promote cooperation in times of conflict (wars) and crisis (disasters)

  6. Global Organizations: • United Nations (UN): organization of the world’s countries that promotes peace and security around the globe • humanitarian aid: assistance to ppl in distress

  7. Developed/Developing • Developed Nations- 1st world/ high development • Ex. European, US, Canada, Japan • Developing Nations: 2nd or 3rd world/ Some development • Ex. Burma, Nigeria, the Sudan • Modernization: changes in a nation that enable it to set up a stable government and produce a high level of goods and services

  8. Imperialism: 1750-1914 • a strong nation takes over a weaker nation or region and dominates its economic, political, or cultural life

  9. Imperialism in South & Southeast Asia: • India & British Empire “The Jewel of the British Crown” • Run By British E. India Co • Colonized for goods such as tea and cotton

  10. Berlin Conference • 1884 Europeans divide Africa – Berlin Conference (no Africans present) • Belgian Congo ruled by King Leopold- exploitation • Britain- Southern /Eastern Africa- Boer War • Cecil Rhodes: “I content that we are the finest race in the world, and the more of it we inhabit, the better it is.”

  11. Imperialism in Africa:

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