1. The Ages of Discoveries and Exploration

• Motives;
• Main discoveries (4),
• Columbian exchange

2. Europe and America in the age of revolutions: The causes, consequences, and impacts of three major revolutions

• British civil war
• American war for independence
• French revolution

3. Industrial revolutio/indusrtrialization

• The reasons why the first industrial revolution began in Great Britain;
• Main achievements of the First and Second Industrial revolutions;
• Positive and negative impacts of the industrial revolution.

4. World War I:

• Long –term
• Immediate cause
• Impacts on Vietnam

5. Meiji Reform:

• The reasons for the reform or the context of the reform (internal and external contexts)
• Main reform policies;
• Reasons for the success

6. China: from feudal to semi-colonial and semi-feudal country

• The Opium war (reasons and consequences)
• The attempted reforms (Hundred Days of Reform; The 1911 Revolution; Self-Strengthening Movement)
• Reasons for the failure of the reforms.

7. World War II:

• The causes of WWII
• Impacts of WWII on Vietnam

Note: Students are allowed to consult with texts only; access to electronic devices is strictly forbidden.