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Listen to all of the personal accounts of survivors of Nazi Germany, they can be found here:
Answer the following questions for each video:
Are the experiences of everyone interviewed similar? What is different?
What do you think can be learned from their experiences about what was lost?
Is appeasement lead directly to this cause and effect?
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The Chinese Revolution of 1949 Links to an external site.( Milestones: 1945–1952 – Office of the Historian (state.gov) )brought significant change to China. Answer the questions below:
Most of China was never formally colonized. So why has twentieth-century China seen itself as so engaged in a struggle against imperialism and colonialism?
How did relations between the nationalist Guomindang (GMD) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) change between 1921 and 1949?
What were the main policies of the communists under Chairman Mao, once they came to power?
What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward, and did it succeed, according to the author?
What was the goal of the Cultural Revolution, and did it succeed, according to the author?
China is a communist power. Was it a Soviet ally during the Cold War?