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History
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Free History study notes for Senior Secondary (HKDSE) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Introduction: The Making of the Modern World
The foundations of Western supremacy
Western expansion and the formation of colonial empires
Asia’s reactions to Western expansion
Towards international cooperation
Theme A : Modernisation and Transformation in Twentieth-Century Asia
Political and institutional changes of Hong Kong
Development as an international city of Hong Kong
Early attempts at modernisation – reforms and revolutions of China
Socialist modernisation in the Maoist period and the evolution of “socialism with Chinese characteristics” in the post-Mao period
Modernisation and transformation of Japan
Southeast Asia: from colonies to independent countries
Theme B : Conflicts and Cooperation in the Twentieth-Century World
International relations from 1900 to 1914
The two world wars and the peace settlements
Major conflicts after WWII and attempts to make peace
International economic cooperation
International social and cultural cooperation
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