Unit 9: Globalization (nobody using this)

Question 1

How has the development of new technology changed the world since 1900? (9.1)

Answer 1

1. Communication: radio, cellular, and Internet
2. Energy technology: petroleum and nuclear power lead to increased goods production
3. Birth control: decreased rates of fertility in developed countries
4. Green Revolution: more agriculture due to chemical and gentically engineered crops (Normal Borlaug)
5. Medical innovations: penicillin, antibiotics and vaccines lead to longer life
6. SHIPPING CONTAINERS!

Question 2

How have environmental factors affected human populations since 1900? (9.2)

Answer 2

1. Poverty diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, Cholera
2. Epidemics: 1918 Spanish Flu, Ebola, HIV/Aids
3. Diseases associated with increased longevity: Heart disease and Alzhemier

Question 3

What were the causes and effects of environmental changes from 1900 to the present? (9.3)

GDD

Answer 3

1. Greenhouse gases: climate change
2. Deforestation and Desertification: increased consumption of fresh water and competition for resources

Question 4

How did the global economy change and remain the same from 1900 to the present? (9.4)

FKIM

Answer 4

1. Free-market trade: become more promoted after Cold War (Britain under Margaret Thatcher and China under Deng Xiaoping)
2. Knowledge economies: Japan, USA, Finland
3. Industrial production: remain in Asian and Latin American countries (Mexico, Bangladesh)
4. Multinational economic institutions and companies: World Trade Orgnization (WTO) and Nestlé, Nissan

Question 5

How did social categories, roles, and practices change and stay the same during 1900-present? (9.5)
8 things!

UNLESCTP

Answer 5

1. UN classics: Universal Dec. of Human Rights, UNICEF, international bill of rights for women
2. Negritude literary movement: blackness
3. Liberation theology: christians save people from oppressive gov. (Nicaragua overthrown)
4. More access to education (desegregated)
5. Suffrage
6. Civil Rights/no discrimination (apartheid)
7. WFTO because WTO not fair trade (F) – conditions mid
8. Protest environment harm (Green Belt: trees in colonies, Greenpeace)

Question 6

How did globalization change culture? (9.6)

Answer 6

Barriers fall after Cold War and more comm. & transportation

1. Regional stuff goes global: Reggae, Bollywood, Hollywood (West influence), Olympics
2. Consumer culture global: need ebay & alibaba, and new global brands like Toyota & CocaCola

Question 7

What were the responses to globalization? (9.7)

Answer 7

1. Chinese social media resists western influence (Weibo after revolts from Facebook & Twitter)
2. Battle for Seattle because World Bank & IMF benefit big corporations more (small bussy sad, can’t cross borders)

Question 8

How did globalization influence the creation of institutions? (9.8)

Answer 8

1. UN to prevent WW3 (negotiate instead of kill)
   A. General Assembly: new nations can vote on things to help them like UNICEF
   B. Security council: peacekeeping and sanctions get ceasefire in Liberia