Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Overview
In the mid-nineteenth century, industrial powers extended their empires across new regions of the world, creating new and unequal social hierarchies.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 03:34 According to this video, how were the empires of this period different from earlier empires?
- 04:26 How does this video describe “empire”? What is ironic about the fact that Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States held empires in this period?
- 05:00 How does this video define imperialism? How does it define colonialism? How are they connected?
- 07:20 What changes in global economic equality are shown between 1800 and 1975?
- 09:30 How did the French change Hanoi? How did the inhabitants respond?