China Case Study

Enduring Understandings

Nationalism has many common characteristics, yet can have varied outcomes.

Revolutions can follow a predictable pattern throughout history.

Competing economic systems and social ideologies shape the modern world.

Essential Questions

What was the role of Nationalism in the history of China?

How has the geography of China created challenges for nationalism?

How and why does Mao's communism differ from other forms of communism?

To what extent do societal conditions lead people to question authority?

What is the legacy of the Cold War for the developed and developing nations of the world?