IB History Section 2: European Explorations and Conquests in the Americas Lessons

The impact of Japanese nationalism and militarism on foreign policy

Japanese expansion in East Asia - Causes of expansion

Japanese expansion in East Asia - Events and Responses

German and Italian Expansion (1933-1940) - Causes of expansion

German expansion - Events and Responses

Italian expansion - Events and Responses

Civil rights movement in the United States - Nature and characteristics of discrimination

Civil rights movement in the United States - Protests and action

Civil rights movement in the United States - The role and significance of key actors/groups

Apartheid South Africa - Nature and characteristics of discrimination

Apartheid South Africa - Protests and action

Apartheid South Africa - The role and significance of key actors/groups

Rwanda - Causes of the conflict

Rwanda - Course and interventions

Rwanda - Impact

Kosovo - Causes of the conflict

Kosovo - Course and interventions

Kosovo - Impact

India

Ben Bella and Algeria

Nkrumah and Ghana

Kenyatta and Kenya

Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam

Emergence and development of democratic states (1848–2000)

Germany

India

USA

South Africa

Authoritarian states (20th century)

Case study: Fidel Castro

Case study: Vladimir Lenin

Case study: Joseph Stalin

Case study: Mao Zedong

Case study: Benito Mussolini

Case study: Adolf Hitler

Causes and effects of 20th-century wars

Interstate Wars

Civil Wars

Guerrilla Wars

Rivalry, Mistrust, and Accord

Impact of Leaders

Impact on Nations

Cold War Crises

Section 1: Monarchies in England and France (1066–1223)

Section 2: Muslims and Jews in Medieval Europe (1095–1492)

Section 3: Late Medieval Political Crises (1300–1487)

Section 4: The Renaissance (c1400–1600)

Section 5: The Age of Exploration and Its Impact (1400–1550)

Section 6: Aspects of the Reformation (c1500–1563)

Section 7: Absolutism and Enlightenment (1650–1800)

Section 8: The French Revolution and Napoleon I (1774–1815)

Section 9: France (1815–1914)

Section 10: Society, Politics & Economy in Britain and Ireland (1815–1914)

Section 11: Italy (1815–1871) and Germany (1815–1890)

Section 12: Imperial Russia, Revolution and the Establishment of the Soviet Union (1855–1924)

Section 13: Europe and the First World War (1871–1918)

Section 14: Inter-war Domestic Developments in European states (1918–1939)

Section 15: Diplomacy in Europe (1919–1945)

Section 16: The Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia (1924–2000)

Section 17: Post-War Western and Northern Europe (1945–2000)

Section 18: Post-War Central and Eastern Europe (1945–2000)

Section 1: Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500)

Section 3: Colonial government in the New World (1500–1800)

Section 4: Religion in the New World (1500–1800)

Section 5: Slavery and the New World (1500–1800)

Section 6: Independence Movements (1763–1830)

Section 7: Nation-building and Challenges (1780–1870)

Section 8: US Civil War (1840–1877)

Section 9: The Development of Modern Nations (1865–1929)

Section 10: Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880–1929)

Section 11: The Mexican Revolution (1884–1940)

Section 12: The Great Depression and the Americas (mid 1920s–1939)

Section 13: The Second World War and the Americas (1933–1945)

Section 14: Political Developments in Latin America (1945–1980)

Section 15: Political developments in the United States (1945–1980) and Canada (1945–1982)

Section 16: The Cold War and the Americas (1945–1981)

Section 17: Civil rights and social movements in the Americas post-1945

Section 18: The Americas (1980–2005)

Section 1: Trade & Exchange: The Silk Road in the Medieval World

Section 2: Japan in the Age of the Samurai (1180–1333)

Section 3: Exploration, trade and interaction in East Asia & South-East Asia (1405–1700)

Section 4: The Rise & Fall of the Mughal Empire (1526–1712)

Section 5: Colonialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia

Section 6: India, Afghanistan and Burma (1750–1919)

Section 7: Challenges to Traditional East Asian Societies (1700–1868)

Section 8: British Colonialism & Emerging National Identities in Oceania (1788–1919)

Section 9: Early Modernization & Imperial Decline in East Asia (1860–1912)

Section 10: Nationalism & Independence in India (1919–1964)

Section 11: Japan (1912–1990)

Section 12: China and Korea (1910–1950)

Section 13: Impact of the Second World War on South-East Asia

Section 14: The People’s Republic of China (1949–2005)

Section 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia

Section 16: Developments and Challenges in South Asia after 1947

Section 17: Oceania after the Second World War (1945–2005)

Section 18: Asia (excluding China, Japan and India) (1980–2005)