- How did the Meiji Restoration modernize Japan? 2. Explain the concept of manifest destiny. How did it challenge Mexico and lead to the Mexican-American War? 3. How did apartheid divide South Africa and what were the forces that ended this practice? 4. Explain the network of alliances of the great powers in 1914 at the beginning of World War I. 5. What is the feminization of poverty? 6. Your textbook includes a map showing the global distribution of wealth around 2010. In which area are the poorest countries concentrated and why? -7. What was Gandhi's satyagraha, and how did it help in gaining Indian independence? 8. What was the objective of Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and how was the program carried out? 9. What is the digital divide? Where is it at its peak? 10. Who were the contras and what role did they play in Nicaragua?
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