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Unit 6: Contemporary

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

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Unit 6: Contemporary

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  1. Unit 6: Contemporary 1900-Present

  2. Tabs 6.1 Science & Environment 6.2 Global Conflict & Consequence 6.3 Global Economy, Society, and Culture

  3. 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

  4. 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.)

  5. 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. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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

  9. 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)

  10. 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

  11. 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

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