How did China try to reform after the death of Mao Zedong?How did Chinese people respond to these changes?What has happened to the population and economy of India since independence?

21.1 The Challenges of Development

May 8th, 2019 14m 41s

What was the green revolution?How has rapid population growth raised concerns in developing nations?How is the status of women’s changing in developing nations?

20.3 Conflicts in the Middle East

Apr 26th, 2019 18m 27s

What is a cause of continued conflict in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein?What are the obstacles to peace in Israel?Why is Jerusalem significant for Muslims, Jews, and Christians?

20.2 Struggles in Africa

Apr 26th, 2019 18m 7s

What was South Africa’s apartheid and how did it come to an end?What caused the genocides of Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan?

20.1 Conflicts Divide Nations

Apr 26th, 2019 22m 27s

How has ethnic, religious, and regional differences led to conflict in the modern world?

19.4 The Modern Middle East

Apr 6th, 2019 19m 38s

What resources have caused foreign interest in the Middle East?Why was Egypt considered an early leader in the Arab world?How did foreign intervention contribute to Iran’s Islamic Revolution?

19.3 Africans Nations Gain Independence

Apr 6th, 2019 13m 5s

Why do many African nations gain their independence peacefully?How do one-party dictatorships impact newly independent African nations?Why do African economies still depend on foreign nations?

19.1 independent Nations of South Asia

Apr 6th, 2019 14m 46s

Why was British India partitioned into two new nations?How do religions and border disputes fuel current conflicts?

18.5 The End of the Cold War

Apr 6th, 2019 21m 18s

How did Gorbechev’s glasnost and perestroika impact the Soviet Union?What was Poland’s solidarity movement and how was it reflective of the Eastern European countries after the fall of the Soviet Union?

18.4 War in Southeast Asia

Apr 6th, 2019 21m 58s

What was the Vietnam conflict about and why was the Tet Offensive a turning point?Who was Pol Pot and what was the goal of the Khmer Rouge?

18.3 Communism Spreads in East Asia

Apr 6th, 2019 21m 47s

Who was Mao Zedong and how did the Great Leap Forward affect China?What is a proxy war and how is the Korean War and example of it?

18.2 Industrialized Democracies

Apr 6th, 2019 16m 47s

How did western democracies recover after World War II?When did the Berlin Wall come down and what allowed this to happen?What is a welfare state and why was it set up in Europe?