Un i t Let ' s get star ted: LEARNING SITUATION Bui ld your understanding ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE BE A HISTORIAN 7 World War II. The world on the verge of destruction 162 Why does remembering the horrors of the past help to prevent them from happening again? 1. The causes of World War II 2. The German offensive 3. The Allied counter-attack 4. The Holocaust 5. The occupied countries: collaboration or resistance? 6. The end of the war and territorial changes 7. Other consequences of the war Analyse the Fascist and Nazi expansion Analyse the war in the Pacific regions 8 Spain: from the crisis of 1898 to the Civil War 188 How did gender equality advance in Spain in the first third of the 20th century? 1. The decline in the reputation of the Restoration's political system 2. The proclamation of the Second Republic 3. A time of reforms (1931-1933) 4. The crisis of the Republic (1933-1936) 5. The beginning of the Civil War 6. The development of the Civil War 7. Life during the Civil War 8. Consequences of the war Analyse historical press Compare election graphs Analyse Civil War propaganda 9 The Cold War. A period that rocked the world 212 What technological legacy did the Cold War leave? 1. What was the Cold War? 2. The Cold War blocs 3. Hostility between the two great powers (1948-1953) 4. The years of peaceful coexistence (1953-1962) 5. The return to maximum tension (1963-1973) 6. The road to the end of the Cold War (1973-1991) Interpret a historical photograph 10 Decolonisation of the world 234 How can we help to ensure that people's rights are not violated? 1. Causes of decolonisation 2. The independence of India and Pakistan 3. Decolonisation of Southeast Asia and Oceania 4. Decolonisation of the Middle East and the Maghreb 5. The independence of Sub-Saharan Africa 6. Independence and economic development Analyse a conflict using maps Prepare a speech for an independence leader of an African country Analyse a country's statistical data 11 The world's major changes since 1945. Tensions and challenges 254 How can volunteering improve the world? 1. Economy and society in the Western world 2. The evolution of Western Europe 3. The United States of America, the great power of the Western world 4. Latin America: dictatorships, revolutions and indigenous peoples 5. From the USSR to the Russian Federation 6. The evolution of Eastern Europe 7. China, a major world power 8. Other Asian areas 9. Africa after the Cold War 10. The Islamic world Analyse graphs on China's exports 12 Spain: from dictatorship to democracy 282 How did Spain go from a dictatorship to a democracy? 1. What was Franco's ideology? 2. The autarchy era 3. The era of development 4. The end of the dictatorship 5. The start of the Transition 6. The final years of the Transition 7. Democratic Spain 8. Economy and society in democratic Spain Analyse graphs about the Spanish economy Analyse the 1978 Constitution REPORT. An overview of the world we live in 310 What challenges are we facing? • We are 8,000,000,000 people! • Migration is increasing • An ageing world • An increasingly urban world Glossary, Historical text bank, Basic maps Contents 4
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