262 i PERIOD 6 Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (c. 1900 to the present)
Change/Continuity Chart
REGIONPOLITICALECONOMICSOCIALCHANGESCONTINUITIESEast AsiaEnd of the Qing dynastyWorld wa rsJapanese occupationChinese communismKorean WarGreat Leap ForwardElectronicsAutomobilesTe x t i l e sChinese one-child policyWomen working outside home (China)BaseballDepressionFootbinding outlawedHigh-tech industriesShintoismBuddhismConfucianismU.S. recognition of ChinaSoutheast AsiaVietnam WarCommunismRiceBuddhismDecolonizationCommunismTo u r i s mImmigration from AsiaBuddhismOceaniaParticipation in world warsBritish CommonwealthTo u r i s mFarmingSheep-raisingIndustryGreater rights for aboriginesIntroduction of capitalism in RussiaHerdingGrazingCentral AsiaRussian RevolutionWorld wa rsCold WarGlasnostEnd of communismNEPFive-Year PlansCollective farmingPerestroikaAllowance of some Western influencesDecolonizationPartitionNuclear powerEconomic difficultiesEthnic conflictSouth AsiaWorld warsIndependence movementsGreen RevolutionLaws against caste systemMandatesCreation of IsraelArab-Israeli warsHinduismIslamBuddhismKEY IDEA