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IV Imperialist Invasion and the Movement to Build a Nation-State
: Europe and America, dominating the world

12 Nation-state systems in Europe and America
: Rise up for freedom and equality!
How did the constitutional monarchy begin? - The Puritan Revolution and the Glorious Revolution / Why did North American colonists throw chests of tea into the sea? - The beginning of the American Revolution / Which country first applied the principle of separation of powers? - The United States, the first democratic republic / Why did the citizens of Paris storm the Bastille? - The Enlightenment and the outbreak of the French Revolution / Why did the citizens of Paris turn their backs on the republic? - The development and conclusion of the French Revolution / Why did Napoleon dismantle the Holy Roman Empire? - The Napoleonic Wars and the spread of French revolutionary ideology / Why was Louis Philippe called the 'Citizen King'? - The Vienna System and the French Liberal Revolution / Why did no revolution occur in England? - The British liberal movement and economic development / Why did Germany proclaim the establishment of the German Empire in Paris? - The spread of nationalism and the unification of Italy and Germany / Why was the Russian Tsar assassinated? - Russian reforms and the establishment of a nation-state / Why is the path that the Indians followed called the 'Trail of Tears'? - American Territorial Expansion and the Civil War / Whose Name is Bolivia? - Latin America's Independence Fever
Unit Summary Notes
1.
The political development of Britain / 2.
The Founding of the United States / 3.
The French Revolution and the Process of Political Change

13 Industrialization and Imperialism in Europe
: The era of survival of the fittest triggered by the Industrial Revolution
Why was the vacant lot fenced off? - The beginning and development of the Industrial Revolution / What are the three major elements of capitalism? - The spread of the Industrial Revolution and the development of capitalism / Why did workers break machines? - The emergence of social problems due to the development of capitalism / Why did Romanticism reject the Enlightenment? - Science and art in the 19th century / Did Darwin's theory of evolution become the ideology of imperialism? - The emergence and expansion of imperialism / Why did the great powers target China? - The invasion of Asia and Africa by the imperialist powers
Unit Summary Notes
1.
Why the Industrial Revolution Happened First in Britain / 2.
Why the great powers established colonies

14 Nation-building movements in West Asia and India
: Fighting imperialism with the modernization movement
Why did the young Ottoman officers start a revolution? - Reform and revolution in the Ottoman Empire / Why did the Suez Canal not become Egypt's? - Modernization and national movements in Egypt and Africa / Why did the Arab people oppose the Ottoman Sultan? - The Arabian nation-building movement and the Iranian Revolution / Why did the Indian cotton textile industry collapse? - The Sepoy Mutiny and the British annexation of India / Why did the British try to partition Bengal? - The anti-British movement of the Indian National Congress / Why was Thailand able to avoid becoming a colony? - The nation-building movement in Southeast Asia
Unit Summary Notes
1.
The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire / 2.
Representative nation-building movements in West Asia and India

15. Nation-building movements in East Asia
: How to overcome the great powers?
Why did Britain sell opium to China? - Triangular trade through opium / Why was extraterritoriality an unequal treaty? - The outbreak of the Opium Wars and the opening of China / Why were there so many women in the Taiping Rebellion? - The Taiping Rebellion and the Self-Strengthening Movement / Why did Kang Youwei promote the Reform and Self-Strengthening Movement? - The Reform and Self-Strengthening Movement and the Boxer Rebellion / Why did Yuan Shikai overthrow the Qing Dynasty? - The Xinhai Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China / Why did the Japanese start eating pork cutlets? - The opening of Japan's ports and the Meiji Restoration / Why did Japan commit the Yunyo Incident? - Japan's invasion of Joseon and the First Sino-Japanese War / Why did Japan wage war with Russia? - Japan's imperialistic invasion and the Russo-Japanese War / What organizations did Joseon establish for the modernization movement? - Joseon's modernization movement and nation-building movement
Unit Summary Notes
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The process of establishing the Republic of China / 2.
Japan's modernization process

World War V and Social Change
: Beyond the Age of Barbarism and Inhumanity

World War 16 and the Changing International Order
: The worst war in human history
Why did the Sarajevo youth shoot the Austrian Archduke? - The outbreak of World War I / Why was the United States enraged by the sinking of a British passenger ship? - The development and end of World War I / Why was the principle of national self-determination not applied to Korea? - The Versailles system and changes after World War I / What is the difference between the Soviet Union and the parliament? - The background of the Russian Revolution and the February Revolution / Why did the Soviet Union pursue the New Economic Policy? - The background of the Russian Revolution and the February Revolution / Why did Gandhi spin and make clothes? - National movements in China and India / Why is Egyptian independence called conditional independence? - National movements in Southeast Asia, West Asia, and Africa / Why did the world reel from the American Depression? - The outbreak of the Great Depression and the American New Deal / Why did fascism and Nazism gain public support? - The rise of totalitarianism / Why did Hemingway take up arms in Spain? - The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and World War II / Hitler invades the Soviet Union - The development and end of World War II / What international organizations were created under the Atlantic Charter? - The end of the war and the establishment of a new international order
Unit Summary Notes
1.
The Outbreak of World War I / 2.
The course and outcome of World War I / 3.
The circumstances of Germany, Italy, and Japan that caused World War II / 4.
The post-war process and consequences of World War II

17 Spread of Democracy
Sovereignty always resides with the people.
Which country first gave women the right to vote? - The development of democracy and the expansion of suffrage / Why is the United States of the 1920s called the Roaring Age? - The development of capitalism and the expansion of workers' rights
Unit Summary Notes
1.
Women's Suffrage / 2.
The background of the United States becoming the world's greatest power after World War II

18 Efforts to restore human rights and spread peace
: Give a genuine apology, reflect on your actions, and make amends.
Why did Germany build showers in Jewish concentration camps? - Uncovering the truth about mass murder / Why won't Japan offer a genuine apology? - Efforts to resolve the comfort women issue / Why are war museums created? - The international community's efforts to maintain peace
Unit Summary Notes
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Crimes against humanity committed during war / 2.
Differences between Germany and Japan on crimes against humanity

Ⅵ Developments and Challenges of the Modern World
: Beyond the Age of Conflict and into the Future

19 The Cold War System and the Formation of the Third World
: The era of ideological conflict between the left and right
Why did capitalism and communism come into conflict? - The formation of the Cold War system / Why did communism win the Vietnam War? - The Cold War escalated into a heated war / Why did India and Pakistan split? - Independence and conflict in Southeast Asia and India / Why was 1960 the 'Year of Africa'? - Independence in West Asia and Africa and the Middle East war / Why did newly independent countries gather in Bandung? - Third World resistance to the Cold War system / What was the movement competition that the United States waged to improve relations with China? - Divisions within the left and right camps and the easing of the Cold War system /
Unit Summary Notes
1.
The Four Ideologies That Created the Cold War / 2.
The Cold War System and the Third World

20 Globalization and Economic Integration
: Free Trade and a United World
Why did Gorbachev pursue reform and openness policies? - The collapse of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union / What does it mean to say that a cat, whether white or black, catches mice? - China's reform and openness policies / Is the World Trade Organization truly fair? - Globalization and neoliberalism / What are the advantages and disadvantages of multinational corporations? - The expansion of globalization and economic blocs
Unit Summary Notes
1.
The collapse of the Cold War system / 2.
Globalization and Economic Blocs

21. Anti-authoritarianism movement and the development of popular culture
: Breaking old customs and entering a new future

Why did black people march on Washington? - The development of the civil rights and democratization movements / Why were young people so enthusiastic about rock music? - The development of the student and women's movements / Why is the Internet so attractive as a mass medium? - The formation of mass society and the development of popular culture
Unit Summary Notes
1.
What is de-authoritarianism? / 2.
Forms of the anti-authoritarian movement / 3.
Popular culture and popular society

22 Efforts to solve problems in the modern world
: The future of humanity depends on our current response.
Why do Israel and Palestine fight so often? - Growing international conflicts / Will expelling refugees prevent terrorism? - The refugee issue and the anti-war peace movement / Why is the gap between underdeveloped and developed countries called a North-South problem? - The North-South problem and the problems of poverty, hunger, and disease / Why do we need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions? - Environmental issues and international cooperation
Unit Summary Notes
Challenges we must address as we navigate the future

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As the middle school history curriculum was reorganized, the previous method of studying world history and Korean history together was changed to a method of separating world history (2nd grade) and Korean history (3rd grade).
It appears to be a choice made based on the judgment that studying history, which crosses world history and Korean history, could be burdensome for middle school students.

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The biggest challenge for students and parents in learning history is the lack of textbooks that are appropriate for the knowledge level of young readers.
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We've even added [Unit Summary Notes] to help you organize what you've read here in a clear manner.
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A textbook commentary perfectly aligned with the order and content of middle school history classes.

The thing I paid the most attention to while creating this book was its connection to school curriculum.
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The greatest strength of this book is that it provides a rich explanation of the causal relationships in history that textbooks and school classes cannot provide, through friendly commentary.

They say history is a subject that requires memorization, but if you don't understand the flow of history, not only will you not remember what you've memorized for long, you won't be able to answer descriptive questions properly.
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First, it was organized perfectly to match the order of middle school history textbooks.
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Third, difficult terms are explained in an easy-to-understand manner, and condensed content is accompanied by helpful explanations and stories.
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