AP Exam Unit 6 Flashcards
(100 cards)
How did science affect humans’ conception of the natural world in the 20th century? (2)
- Altered understandings of the universe and the natural world
- Led to the development of new technologies
How did new technologies affect population?
It cause unprecedented population growth
What was the affect of new mode of communicationa nd transportation?
Virturally eliminated the problem of geographical distance
What new scientific models transformed human understandings of the world? (4)
Theory of relativity
Quantum mechanics
Big Band theory
Psychology
Which scientific discovery affected humans ability to feed and care for themselves?
Green Revolution
What did the Green Revolution do?
Produce food for the earth’s growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture
Which medical innovations increased the ability of humans to survive? (3)
Polio vaccine
Antibiotics
Artificial heart
What new energy technologies affected the 20th century? (2)
Oil
Nuclear power
What was the affect of new energy technologies such as oil and nuclear power? (2)
Raised productivity
Increased production of material goods
How did humans’ relationship to the environment change? (3)
- Expointed and competed over finite resources
- Global warming
- Pollution
What were causes of gloabl warming? (2)
Green house gases
Other pollutants
What did pollution threaten?
Water and air supply
What were continuities in the consequences of the human impact on the environment? (2)
Deforestation
Desertification
What happened to the rate of extinction of species?
Accelerated
What caused some of the major demographic chagnes? (3)
Disease
Scientific innovations
Conflict
Coninuity in disease
Disease associated with poverty
Diseases associated with poverty (3)
Malaria
Tuberculosis
Cholera
New diseases (3)
1919 influenza
Ebola
HIV/AIDS
What was the affect of changing lifestyles on certain diseases?
Increased longevity which led to higher incidents of certain diseases (diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimers)
How did the inverntion of reliable birth control affect gender roles?
Gave women greater control over fertility
How did military technology affect wartime causalties?
Improved technology led to increased levels of wartime casualties
Improved military technologies (3)
Tanks
Airplanes
Atomic Bomb
New tactics (2)
Trench warfare
Fire bombing
Increased incident of wartime casualties (1)
Hiroshima