Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 22 August 2015 Chapter 34 Outline Contemporary Global Alignments, 1914 ? Present 1914, Euro torn by nat?l?ism/colonial disputesplunged into war Ottoman, Japan, US joined, became global; ended in 1918, Euro exhausted resources Global interdep. Ensured everyone would cope with postwar stress, culminating in Great Depression of 1929; paved way for fascist dictatorships in Italy/Germany Communists Soviet Union, born out of revolution in 1917, industrialized 5-yr. plans transformed USSR into int?l power/1stsocialist state Weakening of Euro colonies led to turmoil in Asia, nat?l?ism formed indep.