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Rapid Advances in Science New modes of communication and transportationcommunication New scientific paradigms o The theory of relativity The theory of relativity o Quantum mechanics Quantum mechanics o The Big Bang theory o Psychology Psychology The Green Revolution Energy technologies raised productivity
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Key Concept Period 6c. 1900 to Present
Key Concept 6.1Science and Environment
Rapid Advances in Science• New modes of communication and
transportation• New scientific paradigms
o The theory of relativityo Quantum mechanicso The Big Bang theoryo Psychology
• The Green Revolution• Energy technologies raised productivity
Medical Innovations• Increased ability of humans to survive
o The polio vaccineo Antibioticso The artificial heart
• More effective forms of birth control
First Artificial Heart
Changed Relationship with EnvironmentAs the global population expanded...• Humans exploited and competed over the
earth’s finite resources• Global warming was a major consequence• Pollution threatened the world’s supply of
water and clean air.• Deforestation and desertification• Rates of extinction of other species
accelerated sharply.
Diseases Associated with Poverty• Malaria• Tuberculosis• Cholera
Emergent Epidemic Diseases• 1918 influenza pandemic• Ebola• HIV/AIDS
Diseases Associated with Changing Lifestyles• Diabetes• Heart disease• Alzheimer's disease
Improved Military Technology• Tanks• Airplanes• The atomic bomb
New Tactics• Trench warfare• Firebombing
Wartime Casualties• Nanjing• Dresden• Hiroshima
(No pictures on this slide, all you need to know is that these events were awful and many people died gruesome deaths)
Key Concept 6.2Global Conflicts and Their
Consequences
Collapse of EmpiresOttoman, Russian and Qing Empires collapsed
due to internal and external factors:• Economic hardships• Political and social discontent• Technological stagnation• Military defeat
Colonies Negotiate Independence• India from the British Empire• The Gold Coast from the British Empire
Independence Through Armed Struggles• Algeria and Vietnam from French Empire• Angola from the Portugese Empire
Nationalist LeadersChallenged imperial rule in Asia and Africa• Mohandas Gandhi• Ho Chi Minh• Kwame Nkrumah
Regional, Religious, and Ethnic Movements• Challenged colonial movements• Inherited imperial boundaries• Muhammad Ali Jinnah• The Québécois separatist movement• The Biafra secessionist movement
Transnational Movements• Communism• Pan-Arabism• Pan-Africanism
Movements to redistribute land and resources developed in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, sometimes advocating communism and socialism.
Population Resettlements• The India/Pakistan partition• The Zionist Jewish settlement of Palestine• The division of the
Middle East into mandatory states
MigrationsFormer colonial subjects migrated to imperial metropoles; maintained cultural and economic ties between colony and metropole even after the dissolution of empires.• South Asians to Britain• Algerians to France• Filipinos to the United States
Ethnic Violence and DisplacementEthnic Violence:• Armenia • The Holocaust• Cambodia• RwandaDisplacement of people and refugee
populations:• Palestinians• Darfurians
Global Military ConflictsWorld War I and World War II were the first
“total wars.” Governments used ideologies, including fascism, nationalism and communism, to mobilize all of their state’s resources, including peoples, both in the home countries and the colonies or former colonies, for the purpose of waging war. Governments also used a variety of strategies, including political speeches, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize these populations.
Mobilization of State's Resources• The Gurkha soldiers in India• The ANZAC troops in Australia• Military conscription
Sources of Global Conflict• Imperialist expansion by European powers
and Japan• Competition for resources• Ethnic conflict• Great power rivalries between Great Britain
and Germany• Nationalist ideologies• The economic crisis engendered by the
Great Depression
Cold War• Global balance of economic and political
power shifted; US and Soviet Union• Capitalism vs Communism• NATO and Warsaw Pact• Dissolution of Soviet Union ended Cold War
Capitalism vs Communism Quotes Slideshow
Opposition of War• Picasso in his Guernica• The anti nuclear movement during the Cold
War• Thich Quang Duc by self-immolation• Gandhi• Martin Luther King
Groups That Promoted Alternatives• Communist leaders such as Vladimir Lenin
and Mao Zedong• The Non-Aligned Movement, which
presented an alternative political bloc to the Cold War
• The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa
• Participants in the global uprisings of 1968 (Podcast at top of site)
• The Tiananmen Square protestors that promoted Democracy in China
Responses that Intensified Conflict• The promotion of military dictatorship in
Chile, Spain, and Uganda• The United States’ promotion of a New
World Order after the Cold War• The buildup of the “military-industrial
complex” and arms trading
Violence Against Civilians• IRA• ETA• Al-Qaeda
Influence on Popular Culture• Dada• James Bond• Socialist Realism• Video games
Key Concept 6.3New Conceptualizations of GlobalEconomy, Society, and Culture
Communist Governments Controlled National Economies
• The Five-Year Plans• The Great Leap Forward
Government Intervention in the Economy
• The New Deal• The Fascist corporatist economy
Governments Guiding Economic Life• Nasser’s promotion of economic
development in Egypt• The encouragement of export-oriented
economies in East Asia
Governments Encouraging Free Market Policies• The United States starting with Ronald
Reagan• Britain under Margaret Thatcher• China under Deng Xiaoping• Chile under Pinochet
New International Organizations• The League of Nations• The United Nations• The International Criminal Court
New Economic InstitutionsSought to spread the principles and practices associated with free market economics throughout the world• The International Monetary Fund (IMF)• World Bank• World Trade Organization (WTO)
Humanitarian Organizations• UNICEF• The Red Cross• Amnesty International• Doctors Without Borders• World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Trade AgreementsRegional trading blocs designed to promote the movement of capital and goods across national borders• The European Union• NAFTA• ASEAN• Mercosur
Multinational Corporations• Royal Dutch Shell• Coca-Cola• Sony
Protest MovementsProtested the inequality of environmental and economic consequences of global integration• Greenpeace• Green Belt in Kenya• Earth Day
Human Rights• The U.N.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights• Women's rights• The end of the White Australia Policy
New Cultural Identities/Exclusionary Reactions
• Negritude• Xenophobia• Race riots • Citizenship restrictions
Spirituality• New forms of spirituality
o New Age Religionso Hare Krishnao Falun Gong
• Application of religion to political issueso Fundamentalist movementso Liberation Theology
Global CultureSports
• World Cup Soccer• The Olympics• Cricket
Diffusion of music and film• Reggae• Bollywood
THE END!!!CONGRATULATIONS ON SURVIVING
THROUGH KEY CONCEPT 6! NOW GO EARN 5's ON THE AP WORLD
EXAM!!!