b ii only : increasing sea trade with India And South East Asia
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This source shows the triggering of the Alliance Systems. It shows Austria-Hungary threatening Serbia with Serbia being defended by Russia, and Germany coming to the aid of Austria-Hungary. France and Britain appear weak in this Political Cartoonas they are not in uniform and are far behind. This is mocking Britain and France. Serbia is small to represent how Austria-Hungary viewed the Serbs (Slavs) as inferior and sub-human. They also viewed their military as weak and the child form of Serbia used shows this. Austria-Hungary and Germany appear well equipped in uniform and ready for war.
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Link Austria-Hungary's threatening gesture to the July Crisis/Ultimatum
Link the child form of Serbia to Serbia wanting independence from the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
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The year 1949 proved pivotal in changing the dynamics of post-World War II international relations. In October 1949, the People’s Republic of China(PRC) replaced the Republic of China (ROC) after the Chinese Communists won a nationwide victory in the civil war and drove the Nationalist government to Taiwan. The collapse of the Nationalist cause shocked the American public, which had idealized “free China” as a democratic ally and valiant protégé. Now, a Communist China, comprising a quarter of the world’s population, had inevitably extended the Cold War to East Asia. The PRC’s foreign policy during the Cold War went through several distinctive stages.