Assignment task: Write a long essay addressing the question (preferably one body paragraph for each commodity):
Q1. In what ways was the capitalist pursuit of commodities--sugar, bananas, coal, oil, cotton, opium, rubber, diamonds--responsible for the state of the world in 1945?
Q2. Make sure to have a thesis ad start each body paragraph with a topic sentence you will prove.
Q3. In your answer, make sure to talk about key concepts such as: (1) nationalism, (2) carving up Asia, (3) the scramble for Africa, (4) scientific racism, (5) the white man's burden, (6) industrial infrastructure, (7) the great global depression, and (8) militarism.