6.1: Science and the Environment6.2: Global Conflicts and Their

Consequences6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and

Culture

Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments,

1900-Present

6.1 Science and the Environment

Rapid advances in science-new understandings of the universe and the natural world, new technologies

Unprecedented population growthAltered how humans interacted with the environment and

threatened ecological balanceNew modes of communicationGreen Revolution-produced food for the worldNe mechanical innovations (vaccines for example)New energy technologiesExploitation and competition over finite resourcesEradication of old diseases, challenge of new diseases Birth controlUnprecedented wartime death and destruction due to

technology

6.2 Global Conflicts and Their ConsequencesCentury began with a European dominated

global order-challenged as others sought to redistribute power

Ottoman, Russian, Qing empires collapsedColonies negotiated independence-India, W.

AfricaColonies fought for independence-Vietnam,

AlgeriaAnti-imperialism, nationalism-Gandhi,

Nkrumah, Ho Chi Minh)Religious and ethnic movements-Muslim

PakistanTransregional movements-communism,

Pan-Africanism

6.2 Global Conflicts and Their ConsequencesEthnic and religious conflicts, secessionist

movements, territorial partitions, economic dependency, legacies of colonialism

Population resettlements-India/Pakistan, Zionist movement and Palestine

Migration of former colonial subjects-Algerians to France, Filipinos to USA

Ethnic violence-Rwanda, Armenia, Holocaust, Cambodia

Displacement of People-Darfur

6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences

Unprecedented military conflictImperialist expansion, resource competition, ethnic

conflict, nationalism, economic crisis (great depression)WWI, WWII, Cold WarGroups and individuals challenged violence-Gandhi, MLK,

anti-nuclear movement, artGroups and individuals sought alternatives-Anti-Apartheid

movement, Lenin and Mao, counterculture of 1968Dictatorship or totalitarianism in response to conflictTerrorismConflict influence on global popular culture-James Bond,

video games

6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and CultureStates responded in a variety of ways to

economic challengesCommunism in China and RussiaResponses to Great Depression-New Deal,

FascismGovernment role in promoting economic

life-Nasser in Egypt Neoliberals at end of 20th Century-Ronald

Reagan, Pinochet, Thatcher

6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and CultureStates, communities, and individuals

become increasingly interdependentNew international organizations-United

NationsNew economic institutions-World BankHumanitarian organizations-Red CrossRegional trade agreements-NAFTAMultinational corporations-Coca-ColaProtest movements-Greenpeace

6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and CulturePeople conceptualized society and culture

in new waysHuman Rights-civil rights, women’s rights,

U.N. Declaration of Human RightsNew cultural identities-NegritudeExclusionary reactions-Xenophobia, race

riotsNew forms of spirituality-Hare Krishna, New

AgeismSports-World Cup Soccer, OlympicsMusic and Film-Reggae, Bollywood