Wednesday, March 12, 2008

CL Vocab:

-transubstantiation

-paschal mystery

-incarnation

-conversion

-Church

-Mother Mary's doctrine (assumption, immaculate conception)

- temptation

- sin

- Jesus as a priest, prophet, and king-servant

- Pentecost

- Parousia - second coming of Christ

- Morality -

- Persecution

- Hierarchy

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Monday, February 4, 2008

Chakri dynasty-
Rama I - Chao Phya Chakri : Thai Culture
Rama II :Thai Culture
Rama III
Rama IV: Monkut :Father:Welcomed Westernization
Rama V: Chulalongkorn:Son: abolished slavery
Rama VI
Rama VII
Rama VIII:Bhumibol Adulyadej - 1950 present

Bangkok - city of Angels
constitutional Monarchy
Baht-money

NATIONALISM

Nationalism: love for once country & fellow men

Indonesian - Auguest 17, 1950
Sukarno - guided democracy = dictatorship
Credo - one flag, one nation, one language
Raden Adjeng Kartini - Javanese princess
-movement for the emancipation of women, equality

Malaysia - Sept. 16, 1963
UMNO - United Malay Nationalist Organization
Communist = led by Chin Peng

Singapore - joined by Malaysia but left because of discrimination of Chinese Malays (Aug. 9, 1965)
Lee Kuan Yew
Goh Chok Tong

MyanMar Jan. 4, 1948 Aung San
U Nu - 1st primier
Than Tun - leader of Burmese communist

Vietname Sept. 2,Ho Chi Minh - Enlightened One

Cambodia - Nov. 9, 1953
-defeat of France in Vietname now King Sihanouk

Laos July 19, 1949
Sisavong Vong - supported the French

WESTERN COLONIZATION

South East Asia in WWII
Western Colonizer: Asian Countries Colonized

French: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
British: Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar
Dutch: Indonesia, Malaysia
Portuguese: Malaysia, Indonesia
Spanish: Philippines

Indonesia: Spices
Dutch Policy: make money
Cornelius Van Hontman - Netherlands East Indies
Sukarno - liberator of Indians; Father of Indonesian Independence & 1st president inspired Revolution against Spain
Martyrdom of Rizal
INP - Indian Nationalist Party

Malacca - Portuguese
British Malacca
Stamford Raffles - British Empire
Modernization - rubber and tin industry
Japanese established a Puppet Government
Chin Peng - UMNO -United Malay Nationalist Organization

Tunku Abdul Rahman - Father of Malay Independence; 1st prime minister

Singapore: Stamford Raffles - center of banking & ships, got help from Malays
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SEA WWII Japanese Rule
SEA Colonized by the westerners

INDONESIA - Netherlands East Indies
-Portuguese vs. Spanish
-Dutch Moluccas
policy - make money ==> exploitation of natives & land, spices

Cornelius Van Hontman - 1st Dutch expedition to the East

Philippines inspired revolution against Spanish; Martyrdom of Rizal

INP - Indian Nationlist Party ==> Sukarno & Hatta August 17, 1950
Sukarno - Father of Indonesian Independence

MALAYSIA - Malacca
portuguese Albaquerque
Modernization - British; Stamford Raffles: Empire Builder; Rubber & Tin Industry

Tunku Abdul Rahman - Father of Malay Independence

Sept. 16, 1963

SINGPORE
  1. Major trading port
  2. Royal Navy base
  3. Crown Colony
Lee Kuan Yew
Aug. 9, 1865

MYANMAR (Burma)
British - abolished monarchy
  • made Burma a province of India
  • various reforms were made -Separation from India
Aung San - Father of Independence Jan. 4, 1948


VIETNAM -French
VW I (French), VW II(US), VW III(Cambodia)
transportation + communication
Ho Chi Minh - Father of Vietnamese Independence

CAMBODIA - French
Norodom Shanouk - King & Father of Cambodian Independence
laws were modified
-restored Angkor relics
- forced to be colonized because of bandits

LAOS - French
mild +modernization

-poor country - submissive peopl and no natural resources
Sisavong Vong - Father of Laos Independence

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Muang Thai -> Thailand - Siam - Land of the Free
-Reasons not colonized:
  1. able Monarchs
  2. welcomed presence of westerners
capital: Bangkok, currency: Baht, religion: buddhist

Asian History Notes 4th Quarter

WWI (1914-1918)
Allies: France, England, Russia
Axis: Hungary, Austria, Germany

WWII (1939-1945)
Allies: Japan, Italy, Germany
Axis: France, England, United States of America

World War I (1914-1918) "The War to End all Wars"
Allies: France, England, Russia
Axis: Hungary, Austria, Germany
Causes:
  1. Competition for territory/Expansion Policy/Spheres of Influence
  2. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from Austria
  3. Alliance Systems
  4. Nationalistic Beliefs
  5. Militarism
  6. Economic Interests
Effects
  1. European countries were weakened by the length, hardship and expense of the war
  2. Entry of Europeans in West Asia
  3. Central Powers were defeated
The Treaty of Versailles - damaged Germany and injured pride
- pay $33 million
- forced to give up territories to Belgium, France, Poland
- were forbidden to use submarines & aircraft
- reduce number of army members

Results
  1. Allied victory
  2. End of German, Russian, Ottoman & Austro-Hungarian empires
  3. Foundation for new countries in Europe & the Middle East
  4. League of Nations
-President Wilson of America (U.S.A.) promoted peace & encouraged cooperation among nations


World War II (1939-1945) "The Most Expensive War"
Personalities: Hirohito, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler
Allies: Japan, Italy, Germany
Axis: France, England, United States of America

Causes:
  1. Fascism & Extreme Nationalism
  2. Economic depression & instability
  3. Failure of the Treaty of Versailles
  4. Failure of the league of Nations (U.S. refused to join)
  5. Attempt to conquer continents "Expansion"
*Japan got involved because of the Sino-Japanese War (1937) & attack at Pearl Harbor (1941)
*U.S. got involved because of the sinking of the unarmed British boat Lusitania

Effects:
  1. U.S. and soviet Union became the chief World Powers
  2. United Nations was formed, World Bank
  3. Germany was divided into east (communist) & west [like Korea]
  4. Japan got westernized
  5. Most expensive war, wasted more than 1 Trillion $
  6. Damage in properties in European and Asia... (Pacific Islands & Africa)
Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki ended World War II

Thailand remained a neutral country
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia got their independence

Deadliest Conflict in Human History or Most Blood Shedding War
Most Widespread War in History
Most Expensive War

JAPAN
  • Emperor - symbol of the state
  • more democratic form of gov't
SEA
  • Independence
South Asia
  • Independence of India & Pakistan
East Asia
  • Division of K0rea, North & South
China
  • rivalry between nationalist & communist
Germany
  • division: east & west
Germany was divided into 4 quadrants which were controlled by the Allied Powers - the U.S., U.K., France & the USSR
-redrawing of European Borders
-Communist takeover of China & Eastern Europe
-Creation of Israel
-Westernization of Japan
-Division of Germany & Korea
-Improvement in Technology