IB History Economic Factors Key Definitions

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Post-war displacement in Europe (1945-1960)

Indochina refugee crisis (1975-1990)

Feminism in the USA (1960-1979)

Revolution in Tunisia (1989-2015)

Egypt: Nasser

Cuba: Castro

China: Mao

Germany: Hitler

Why did popular movements emerge?

How did popular movements create change?

How were popular movements challenged?

What was the impact of popular movements?

Regional study 7: The Great Depression in the Americas (circa 1920-1939)

Regional study 8: Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880-1945)

Regional study 9: The Americas during the Cold War (1945-1991)

Regional study 11: Social movements in the Americas (1945-2020)

Regional study 8: Emergence of Modern China (1910-1949)

Regional study 11: The Cold War in Asia (1949-2002)

Regional study 12: The People's Republic of China (1949-2020)

Regional study 6: Europe and the First World War (1871-1923)

Regional study 7: The Russian Revolution (1855-1924)

Regional study 8: European totalitarianism (1918-1941)

Regional study 9: Europe and the Second World War (1918-1949)

Regional study 11: The USSR and post-Soviet Russia (1945-2020)

Regional study 12: Europe during and after the Cold War (1945-2020)

IB History Economic Factors Key Definitions

Definition

Guomindang (GMD)

The Chinese Nationalist Party, led by Chiang Kai-shek from the late 1920s, which ruled the Republic of China and fought the CCP in the Chinese Civil War before its defeat and retreat to Taiwan in 1949.

Definition

Hyperinflation (1940s China)

The catastrophic collapse in the value of Guomindang currency during the Chinese Civil War era, driven by war spending and government mismanagement, which destroyed the savings of China's urban middle class and undermined public support for Chiang Kai-shek's government.

Definition

Guomindang (GMD)

The Chinese Nationalist Party, led by Chiang Kai-shek from the late 1920s, which ruled the Republic of China and fought the CCP in the Chinese Civil War before its defeat and retreat to Taiwan in 1949.

Definition

Hyperinflation (1940s China)

The catastrophic collapse in the value of Guomindang currency during the Chinese Civil War era, driven by war spending and government mismanagement, which destroyed the savings of China's urban middle class and undermined public support for Chiang Kai-shek's government.