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Syllabus and Schedule File CHIS 1023 Western Civilization II Syllabus (file will be downloaded)

Western Civilization II Syllabus (file will be downloaded and appear in downloads list)

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URL Chapter 1 Understanding the Past
URL Chapter 1.1 Developing a Global Perspective
URL Chapter 1.2 Primary Sources
URL Chapter 1.3 Causation and Interpretation in History
URL Chapter 1 Section Summary
URL Chapter 1 Key Terms and Assessments 
Module 2: Foundations of the Atlantic World URL Chapter 2 Foundations of the Atlantic World     
URL Chapter 2.1 The Protestant Reformation
URL Chapter 2.2 Crossing the Atlantic
URL Chapter 2.3 The Mercantilist Economy
URL Chapter 2.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade
URL Chapter 2 Section Summary
URL Chapter 2 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 3: Colonization and Economic Expansion URL Chapter 3 Colonization and Economic Expansion
URL Chapter 3.1 European Colonization in the Americas
URL Chapter 3.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
URL Chapter 3.3 Capitalism and the First Industrial Revolution
URL Chapter 3 Section Summary
URL Chapter 3 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 4: Revolutions in Europe and North America URL Chapter 4 Revolutions in Europe and North America
URL Chapter 4.1 The Enlightenment
URL Chapter 4.2 The Exchange of Ideas in the Public Sphere
URL Chapter 4.3 Revolutions in Europe and North America
URL Chapter 4.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order
URL Chapter 4 Section Summary
URL Chapter 4 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 5: Expansion in the Industrial Age URL Chapter 5 Expansion in the Industrial Age
URL Chapter 5.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
URL Chapter 5.2 Motives and Means of Imperialism
URL Chapter 5.3 Colonial Empires
URL Chapter 5.4 Exploitation and Resistance
URL Chapter 5 Section Summary
URL Chapter 5 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 6: Life and Labor in the Industrial World URL Chapter 6 Life and Labor in the Industrial World
URL Chapter 6.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization
URL Chapter 6.2 Life in the Industrial City
URL Chapter 6.3 Coerced and Semicoerced Labor
URL Chapter 6.4 Communities in Diaspora
URL Chapter 6.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies
URL Chapter 6 Section Summary
URL Chapter 6 Key Terms and Assessments
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Module 7: The War to End All Wars URL Chapter 7 The War to End All Wars
URL Chapter 7.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict
URL Chapter 7.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War
URL Chapter 7.3 Total War
URL Chapter 7.4 War on the Homefront
URL Chapter 7.5 The War Ends
URL Chapter 7 Section Summary
URL Chapter 7 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 8: The Interwar Period URL Chapter 8 The Interwar Period
URL Chapter 8.1 Recovering from World War I
URL Chapter 8.2 The Formation of the Soviet Union
URL Chapter 8.3 The Great Depression
URL Chapter 8.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
URL Chapter 8.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy
URL Chapter 8 Section Summary
URL Chapter 8 Key Terms and Assessments
Module 9: The Causes and Consequences of World War II URL Chapter 9 The Causes and Consequences of World War II
URL Chapter 9.1 An Unstable Peace
URL Chapter 9.2 Theaters of War
URL Chapter 9.3 Keeping the Home Fires Burning
URL Chapter 9.4 Out of the Ashes
URL Chapter 9 Section Summary
URL Chapter 9 Key Terms and Assessments
URL Chapter 9 The Causes and Consequences of World War II
Module 10: Cold War Tensions and Domestic Transformations URL Chapter 10 Cold War Tensions and Domestic Transformations
URL Chapter 10.1 The Cold War Begins
URL Chapter 10.2 The Spread of Communism
URL Chapter 10.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
URL Chapter 10.4 Europe Amidst Global Tensions and Decolonization
URL Chapter 10.5 Europe and the New World Order
URL Chapter 10 Section Summary
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Module 11: The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges URL Chapter 11 The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges
URL Chapter 11.1 A Global Economy
URL Chapter 11.2 Debates about the Environment
URL Chapter 11.3 Science and Technology for Today’s World
URL Chapter 11.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
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