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Beginnings of Life

Creation Spontaneous Generation Panspermia. Beginnings of Life. Evolution. Geologic Time Scale. Large-Scale Ecological Change. Continental Drift Climate Change Mass Extinctions. North America in the Jurassic Period. Mass Extinctions. Early Human History. Agriculture.

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Beginnings of Life

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  1. Creation Spontaneous Generation Panspermia Beginnings of Life

  2. Evolution

  3. Geologic Time Scale

  4. Large-Scale Ecological Change • Continental Drift • Climate Change • Mass Extinctions

  5. North America in the Jurassic Period

  6. Mass Extinctions

  7. Early Human History

  8. Agriculture

  9. Birth of Civilizations

  10. The World in 200

  11. Spread of Islam

  12. Europe in 1350

  13. European Expansion • Trade with Near East- Spices, Fabric, Metal & Gems • Growth of Mercantile System and Middle Class • Crusades cut off Trade Routes • Growth in Population following Black Plague • Drive to Expand Overseas

  14. Colonialism

  15. The Industrial Age • New Sources of Energy • Machinery and Technology • Shift from Farms to Factories • Urbanization • Pollution • Population Increase

  16. The World in 1900

  17. World War II

  18. Post-WW II • United States emerges as a world superpower • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics responds • Warsaw Pact • Cold War and Nuclear Armament • International Governmental Organizations (IGOs)

  19. International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) • United Nations • Works to reduce threats to international security • Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) • United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) • United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) • Loans money for reconstruction and economic development • International Monetary Fund (IMF) • Loans money to help stabilize national currencies • World Trade Organization (WTO) • Born out of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) • Works to reduce tariffs and encourage free trade

  20. Soviet Era & Cold War

  21. End of Colonialism • Decolonialization of Africa and Asia • Growth in United Nations Membership • From Bipolar to Multipolar (Third World) • Non-Aligned Movement • UN Conference on Trade and Development • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

  22. Interconnections • Non-Governmental Organizations • Globalization of Issues, Institutions, and Interaction Processes • Economic, Ecological, Linguistic, Social, Philosphical, or Political • Population Growth • Speed of Communication and Transportation

  23. What is Next? • The international scope, importance, and complexity of issues facing the planet’s peoples demand cooperative and cooridnated responses. No longer can one state or even a small group of states manage, much less negotiate, solutions to the world’s problems. • Kelleher & Klein, p. 14

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