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AP World History Review Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments c. 1900 CE - present. Bill Strickland East Grand Rapids High School East Grand Rapids, MI bstrickl@egrps.org. 6.1 Science and the Environment. Rapid advances in science
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AP World History ReviewPeriod 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignmentsc. 1900 CE - present Bill Strickland East Grand Rapids High School East Grand Rapids, MI bstrickl@egrps.org
6.1 Science and the Environment • Rapid advances in science • Fundamental change in human relationship w/ environment • Global population boom • Disease, scientific innovations, and conflict led to demographic shifts.
6.2 Global Conflicts & their Consequences • Europe dominated global political order c.1900, but gave way to new forms of trans-regional political org’s by 2000 • Anti-imperialism ideologies contributed to the dissolution of empires & restructuring of states. • Pol changes accompanied by demographic & social consequences.
6.2 Global Conflicts & their Consequences • Military conflicts on an unprecedented global scale. • Although conflict dominated much of the 20th century, many individuals and groups— including states—opposed this trend. Some individuals and groups, however, intensified the conflicts.
6.3 New Conceptualizations ofGlobal Economy, Society, & Culture • States responded in a variety of ways to econ challenges of the 20th century. • New org’s for peace & cooperation (LofN, UN) • Econ Institutions (IMF, WTO, World Bank) • Humanitarian Org’s (WHO, UNICEF, Red Cross, Amnesty Internat’l) • States, communities & individ’s became increasingly interdependent, a process facilitated by the growth of internat’l org’s.
6.3 New Conceptualizations ofGlobal Economy, Society, & Culture • People conceptualized society and culture in new ways: • challenged old assumptions about race, class, gender, religion • Used new technologies to spread reconfigured traditions. • Popular and Consumer Culture became global.
