Unit 6: Contemporary 1900-Present
Tabs 6.1 Science & Environment 6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence 6.3 Global Economy, Society, and Culture
6.1 Science & Environment Rapid advance in science New comm & transport Green Rev.= chemical & genetically enhanced forms of agriculture Advanced med. Oil & nuclear power II. Pop. Expands = changed environment Exploit earth’s resources Global warming; pollution
6.1 Science & Environment III. Demographic shift Disease threatens human survival (Malaria, TB, Cholera, AIDS, Span. Flu Birth control give women control over fertility & sex Improved military tech. increases casualties (trench warfare, atomic bomb, tanks, planes, etc.)
6.1 Science & Environment III. Demographic shift Disease threatens human survival (Malaria, TB, Cholera, AIDS, Span. Flu Birth control give women control over fertility & sex Improved military tech. increases casualties (trench warfare, atomic bomb, tanks, planes, etc.)
6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence Europe dominated global political order; by end of cent. New forms of transregional pol. Orgs. League of Nations; UN Ottoman, Russian, & Qing Empires collapsed due to both internal & external factors China= Poverty, rebellion, war, famine, over population, addiction, econ. Disaster Russia= diverse ethnicities, comm. Not universally accepted, econ. Decline Colonies negotiate independence (Africa, Middle East, Asia)
6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence II. Anti-imperialism dissolved empires Kwame Nkrumah, Ho Chi Minh, Gandhi Transnational movements unite ppl. Across national borders (Pan-Africanism, Communism) Movements to redistribute land promoted socialism III. Political change= demographic & social consequence Redraw boundaries (Palestine, Middle East, Africa) Ethnic violence & refugees (Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Armenia)
6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence IV. Military conflict WWI &WWII first “total war”; used propaganda, colonies/civilians, & nationalism to mobilize Global conflict b/c of comp. for resources, imperialist expansion, ethnic conflict Balance of economic & pol. Power shifted into the Cold War (tension b/w capitalism & communism) Cold War = NATO, Warsaw Pact Cold War ended w/ dissolve of Soviet Union
6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence Challenge existing political, social, econ. Orders Gandhi, MLK Jr., Anti-apartheid movement Islamic fundamentalism (AL-Qaeda) Military dictatorship (Chile, Spain, Uganda)
6.3 Global Economy, Society, and Culture Response to economic challenges EU, WTO, WHO, UNICEF, Green Peace,“New Deal” Made possible w/: WWI & II, Cold War, Global Warming; established standards Communist nations controlled economies W/ Great Depression, govs took greater role in economy @ end of 20th cent, govs encourage free market
6.3 Global Economy, Society, and Culture III. Conceptualized society & culture in new ways Human Rights New cultural identities and exclusionary reaction (Negritude, Xenophobia, race riots) IV. Pop culture Olympics Globalization of music Reggae, Bolywood