AP World History_ Unit 9 Study Guide -Unit 9: Globalization

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Unit 9: Globalization C. 1900 - Present / Exam Weighting: 8-10% Topic 9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900 Learning Objective Explain how the development of new technologies change... d the world from 1900 to present Historical Developments New modes of communication—including radio communication, cellular communication, and the internet—as well as transportation, including air travel and shipping containers, reduced the problem of geographic distance. Energy technologies, including the use of petroleum and nuclear power, raised productivity and increased the production of material goods More effective forms of birth control gave women greater control over fertility, transformed reproductive practices, and contributed to declining rates of fertility in much of the world The Green Revolution and commercial agriculture increased productivity and sustained the earth’s growing population as it spread chemically and genetically modified forms of agriculture. Medical innovations, including vaccines and antibiotics, increased the ability of humans to survive and live longer lives. 1. Choose one new mode of communication and explain how it reduced the problem of geographic distance. Handheld phones, able to communicate with people far away, faster. 2. Choose one new mode of transportation and explain how it reduced the problem of geographic distance. Airplanes, made travel must faster 3. Choose one new energy technology and explain how it raised productivity and the production of material goods. Oil and natural gas made energy cleaner, and more renewable that wood. 4. Explain the role of birth control in creating more opportunities for women in the 20th century. Women could now choose when they wanted to have children, which allowed them to have jobs and make money for a longer period of their life. 5. What was the Green Revolution? A movement to become more environmentally friendly. 6. Name two positive impacts of the Green Revolution. It improved the economic lot of farmers, and their standard of living greatly improved. It reduced the import of food grains. 7. Name two negative outcomes of the Green Revolution. Increase in fertilizer usage, and machinery was expensive for poor farmers. 8. Describe one medical innovation that has increased the ability of humans to survive and live longer lives. Polio Vaccine [Show More]

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