Global Themes

Why Themes The Global examination is based on themes throughout history. Often times these themes are tested on both the thematic essay and the Document Based Essay (DBQ). By knowing the themes one will be better prepared to answer the essay questions.

Change Change means the basic alteration in things, events, and ideas. Throughout global history major changes have had a significant and lasting impact on human development.

Change Neolithic Revolution Industrial Revolution 11,000 years ago people started farming and living in permanent settlements. The first civilizations emerge. Industrial Revolution Factories and machines become the dominate means of production. This change results in urbanization, higher standard of living, pollution, overcrowded cities, capitalism and Marxist Socialism (Communism) Chinese Communist Revolution In 1948 Mao and the Communist take over China. China becomes an economic power and communism has adapted to the modern world

Change Other examples are Crusades The Bubonic Plague Renaissance Scientific Revolution Enlightenment Agrarian Revolution Reformation African Nationalism (Pan-Africanism)

Neolithic Neolithic revolution was around 10,000 B.C. Environmental changes caused an end to the stone age because people could farm and domesticate animals. People no longer had to wander to search for food but could raise their own food and live in permanent settlements. This new age was called the Neolithic period The new discoveries called the Neolithic Revolution or the Agricultural Revolution because the new farming discoveries changed the way people lived.