World History

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Free World History study notes for Senior High School students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.

Comprehensive History A–B: Doorway to History / Modernization and Us

  • History and Us

  • The Nature of History and Historical Sources

  • Questions about Modernization

  • A Connecting World and the Opening of Japan

  • Nation States and the Meiji Restoration

  • Modernization and Contemporary Issues

Comprehensive History C: Changing International Order, Mass Society and Us

  • Questions about the Changing International Order and Mass Society

  • World War I and Mass Society

  • Economic Crisis and World War II

  • Changing International Order, Mass Society and Contemporary Issues

Comprehensive History D: Globalization and Us

  • Questions about Globalization

  • The Cold War and the World Economy

  • The Transformation of World Order and Japan

  • Formation and Outlook of Contemporary Issues

World History Inquiry A–B: Viewing World History / Formation of Regional Characteristics

  • Human History Seen from the Global Environment

  • World History Seen from Daily Life

  • Questions about the Historical Characteristics of Regions

  • Historical Characteristics of Ancient Civilizations

  • Historical Characteristics of Regions

World History Inquiry C–D: Exchange, Reorganization, Integration and Transformation of Regions

  • Questions about the Exchange and Reorganization of Regions

  • A Connecting Eurasia and the Regions

  • Reorganization of Asian Regions and Europe

  • Questions about the Integration and Transformation of Regions

  • Formation of the World Market and the Integration of Regions

  • Imperialism and the Rise of Nationalism

  • World War II and the Transformation of Regions

World History Inquiry E: Issues of the Global World

  • Formation of International Organizations and the Search for Peace

  • Economic Globalization and the Correction of Disparities

  • Advanced Science and Technology and the Knowledge-Based Society

  • Inquiry into Issues of the Global World

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