World History II

2.  What factors contributed to economic globalization in the second half of the twentieth century? There were many factors that contributed to economic globalization in the second half of the twentieth century. During the beginning of the twentieth century, World War 1 and the Great Depression wreaked havoc on the world economy (Strayer 1138). In 1944 a conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire there was an agreement between the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund laying the foundation for postwar-globalization. The Bretton Wood System negotiated rules for commercial and financial dealings among the powerful capitalist countries in the world. Technology started rising becoming a factor in economic globalization.  Technology made trades faster for countries to receive goods as well as communicating with other countries faster instead of taking a while for a message to get delivered. “ Containerized shipping, huge oil tankers, and air express services dramatic...

Adonayi Netsereab                                                                                                          Professor Andrews April 11, 2020 Pandemic According to Google, "a pandemic is a global outbreak of disease". Pandemics happen when a new virus emerges to infect people and can spread between people sustainably. Because there is little to no pre-existing immunity against the new virus, it spreads worldwide. The majority of the time pandemics have been caused by influenza or otherwise known as the flu.  An example of a recent and deadly pandemic known in history was the Spanish Flu of 1918.  The Spanish Flu infected more than 500 million people worldwide about one-third of the world’s po...

2.  What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires compared to other cases of imperial disintegration? The end of Europe’s African and Asian empires due to the mobilization of the masses around a nationalist ideology (1088). “America threw off British, French, Spanish, or Portuguese rule during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries (1088). The African and Asian empire’s struggles were different, not only about political independence but also the way their cultures had been deluged and besmirch during the colonel era. “HumanKind was naturally divided into distinct peoples of nations each of which deserved an independent state of its own (1089). “African and Asian movements were shared with these other ends of empire stories the ideal of national-self determination” (1089). Human beings were naturally divided as into-nations which brought which was proclaimed by the winning side of both world wars. Empires that had no territories came...

The recent Pandemic happened between January 1918-December 1920. More than 500 million people were infected, more than a quarter of the world's population. An estimation of 50 million people died worldwide with around 675,000 occurring in the United States. The reason it was called the Spanish Flu because the Pandemic received greater press attention after it moved from France to Spain. The name of the virus which affected the people is called Influenza A virus subtype H1N1.  Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 is the subtype of Influenza A Virus that was the common cause of human influenza (flu). It's also known as the swine flu because in the past, the people who caught it had direct contact with pigs. You could also receive the virus through birds as well. People were vulnerable to the Spanish Flu because of tight living conditions, poor health, and barely any food. During that time there were no effective drugs or vaccines to treat this disease. Citizens were ordered to wear mas...

From 1914-1918 there was a Great War called the World War or World War 1 which started at the beginning of the twentieth century, changing the course of history.  The war was followed by the economic meltdown of the Great Depression, by the rise of Nazi Germany and the horror of the holocaust. During the three decades, Western Europe for more than a century the dominant and dominating center of the modern "world system" far beyond Europe itself. The Great Powers of Europe completed intensely for colonies, spheres of influence, and superiority in armaments. School, mass media, and military service had convinced millions of ordinary Europeans that their national identities were profoundly and personally meaningful.  All of the Great Powers had substantial standing armies, except for Britain, which relied on conscription. The aftermath of the war brought substantial social and cultural changes to Ordinary Europeans and Americans. The war also transformed international political ...