Chapter 21

This chapter was about, World WarI, the civil war, the great depression, and the rise of nazi germany and the holocust.
world war l  was considerd the great war. it lasted more than four years and was defeated by the german. during this war alot of lives were scarficed. and the russian,german  and austrian empires collapsed but poland, czechoslovakia and yugolavia became independent. when soilders came home from the war they were to go back to their  normal lifes but for many that wasnt an easy thing to do. world war l cause a temporary resting period for the women suffrage but women got the opprotunity to go to work in the factories and they slowy gainedd voting rights .after the great war , germany and the united states expierenced  a period of economic downfail which was the great depression. at this time alot of people lost their jobs and life savings. banks closed down , the stock market crashed and people were committing suicde.  alot was done to fix the goverment during the great depression such as roosevelts new deal, but  that did not help the united states much.

colonial encounters

Chapter 20 is about how Europe took over control of Asia and Africa.  but also they were also in India and Indonesia.

I feel like Europe during the 20th century and past centuries has been taking over countries and civilizations back to back. and i still just don't understand why. like if they were such a power country like they said they were then why r they invading other countries. when Europe entered Africa and Asia they weren't primarily aggressive but if they needed to be , they would have been. it was like Asians and Africans became slaves in their own home. kinda like if a stranger just came into our house and try to run  the house hold. Africans generally didn't try to resist  the European rules, because sometimes the rules benefited them. Europeans felt that by speaking the native language vs speaking English would limit the natives from rebellion but there were always a group of people who just didn't like the Europeans in their country. racism grew  within the country and many of the natives could not hold positions in jobs.they were basically "nothing " in there own country, and it was hard to better themselves. women did a lot during this time they had to split their time between working on the farm and their families. but even though they did alot , the men were still in charge. Europeans entering Africa, had its positive points, but when they left, it left the country in confusion. I believe that even today, the problems in Africa such as the tribal wars between  the Hutus and Tusis are because of the changes the Europeans brought into Africa.  we learn from everything we experience, but i think the Europeans could have  went about things differently.

Chapter 19 - External Challenge

In Europe : .. there was a higher demand for raw materials... which meant international trading ..but the main problem was that Europe was producing more goods than its people could buy, Which lead to Europe looking towards Asia because its high population. Unfortunately  having foreign relations ( Markets) mostly only benefited the wealthy , and they became known as imperialist.
     At first Europeans during the 18th century, took likeness to the Chinese and the African culture but when  the 19th century came along, it was like their love for the two cultures died.  The change, meant the uprising of " Racism". Europeans even used scientist to justify the indifference amongst the cultures. Race became everything, it determined intelligence and moral development. Of course the Europeans had to stay superior and above the rest so when the races were ranked, the " Whites" came before others The views of the Europeans  resulted in a lifetime of discrimination and mistreatment. The Europeans applied the theory of survival of the fittest to everyone, so this basically meant every race, is for themselves and we as people must fight amongst each other just because we come from different cultures...
 bad enough.... Asia  ( china ) was already having problems within their country which lead to a peasant rebellion , but to many Europeans that did matter, they still continued to be bullies, in china the British started an opium war, to teach the Chinese a lesson,  the war was as  if the Chinese were being punished for trying to protect their country.  thanks to the opium war tho, the Chinese trading was open to many other countries who abused their privileges.
     The Chinese weren't the only ones who's government was ruled and dependant on the Europeans, The Ottoman Empire, was faced with dealing with the Europeans along side the Chinese. but one country  who arose above the Europeans was Japan. to the Europeans Japan modernization made them " an economic, political and military competitor"