AP World History Unit 6

The Basics Three Key Concepts About 20% of the Total Exam Science and the Environment (6.1) Global Conflicts and Their Consequences (6.2) New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture (6.3) About 20% of the Total Exam

Science and the Environment Science helps us New communications and technology  Globalization Helps us to understand the world around us better Helps us to live longer New energy sources  More productivity The Green Revolution

Science and the Environment Science hurts us More competition over limited resources Release of greenhouse gases & other pollutants  Global warming Pollution threatens water and air Deforestation and desertification Rates of species extinction increase

Science and the Environment Science causes demographic shifts Disease of poverty continue New diseases emerge Live longer  More disease More effective birth control gives women control over fertility and “transformed sexual practice” Military technology and practice increased wartime causalties

Continuity and Change? Effects of science (Positive and Negative) Disease shifts Cure some diseases, but other diseases show up Impact of technology on war After WWI? After WWII?

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Transition from Empires to Transregional political organizations Ottomans, Russians, and Qing collapse Why? Independence of colonies Negotiation v. Armed Struggle Sounds like a good comparison question What does post-independence look like?

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Ideologies of Anti-Imperialism Role of Nationalist leaders Ghandi, Ho Chi Minh, etc. Regional, Religious, and Ethnic movements What is the definition of nation? Are these movements a form of nationalism? Transnational movements Communism, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Slavism Land redistribution  Communism/Socialism(?)

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Demographic/Social Consequences Redrawing of boundaries  Population resettlement Migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles maintains cultural/economic ties Similar to growth of ethnic enclaves in 19th Century Proliferation of ethnic conflict  Displacement of peoples  Increase in refugees

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales WWI & WWII First “Total” Wars Ideology and Propaganda (Fascism, Nationalism, Communism) Use of empires resources

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales Causes of Conflict in sub-period I (1900-1945) Imperialist Expansion by European Powers & Japan Competition for Resources Ethnic Conflict Great Power Rivalries Between Germany and Great Britain Nationalist Ideologies The Great Depression WWI and WWII merged as two acts of one really long play

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales Shifts after WWII to Superpower Conflict USA v. USSR Capitalism v. Communism New military alliances NATO v. Warsaw Pact “Proxy Wars” Dissolution of USSR ends the Cold War

Global Conflicts and Their Consequences Opposition to Conflict Practice of Nonviolence Individuals who opposed war Alternatives to political, economic, and social orders Non-Alignment Movement, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Tiananmen Square Protestors Supporters of Conflict Conflict breeds more conflict Violence against civilians (AKA Terrorism) Influence on Popular Culture Everything from James Bond to COD

Try this Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb A representation of a Holocaust victim A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

Try this D is the correct answer Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb A representation of a Holocaust victim A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment D is the correct answer

Try this Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb A representation of a Holocaust victim A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment Why?

New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture Responding to Economic Challenges of 20th Century In Communist China & USSR government controlled national economy Great Depression  More government involvement in economy Role of government in economies of newly independent states Free market policies and economic liberalization Deng Xiaoping’s China, Gorbachev’s Perestroika

New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture Increasing Interdependence New International Organizations Promote Peace and Cooperation New economic institutions promote free market economics Humanitarian Organizations respond to crises Regional Trade Agreements Multi-national corporations challenge state authority Protests of consequences of global integration Environmental Consequences & Economic Consequences

Globalization Good Comparison Question Good CCOT Question Effects of Globalization on East Asia/South Asia/Middle East v. SE Asia/Latin America Think about World-Systems Theory & Core/Periphery Good CCOT Question Process of globalization “World System” goes back to at least Classical Period Homogenization of Regional Cultures? Is there a global culture or is it one region’s culture that becomes dominant? Jihad v. McWorld? What does it all mean?

New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture New conceptualizations of society and culture Notion of Human Rights Increase interactions  New cultural identities & “exclusionary reactions” New forms of spirituality & new emphases with old religions Political applications of religious values

New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture Globalization of Popular & Consumer Culture Sports Nationalist Aspirations Social Aspirations Widespread diffusion of music and film Why? Better technology in communications and transportation Not just American culture – think Bollywood/Reggae

Or even…Bad Rap

And a reaction to bad rap