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Creation Spontaneous Generation Panspermia. Beginnings of Life. Evolution. Geologic Time Scale. Large-Scale Ecological Change. Continental Drift Climate Change Mass Extinctions. North America in the Jurassic Period. Mass Extinctions. Early Human History. Agriculture.
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Creation Spontaneous Generation Panspermia Beginnings of Life
Large-Scale Ecological Change • Continental Drift • Climate Change • Mass Extinctions
European Expansion • Trade with Near East- Spices, Fabric, Metal & Gems • Growth of Mercantile System and Middle Class • Crusades cut off Trade Routes • Growth in Population following Black Plague • Drive to Expand Overseas
The Industrial Age • New Sources of Energy • Machinery and Technology • Shift from Farms to Factories • Urbanization • Pollution • Population Increase
Post-WW II • United States emerges as a world superpower • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics responds • Warsaw Pact • Cold War and Nuclear Armament • International Governmental Organizations (IGOs)
International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) • United Nations • Works to reduce threats to international security • Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) • United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) • United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) • Loans money for reconstruction and economic development • International Monetary Fund (IMF) • Loans money to help stabilize national currencies • World Trade Organization (WTO) • Born out of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) • Works to reduce tariffs and encourage free trade
End of Colonialism • Decolonialization of Africa and Asia • Growth in United Nations Membership • From Bipolar to Multipolar (Third World) • Non-Aligned Movement • UN Conference on Trade and Development • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Interconnections • Non-Governmental Organizations • Globalization of Issues, Institutions, and Interaction Processes • Economic, Ecological, Linguistic, Social, Philosphical, or Political • Population Growth • Speed of Communication and Transportation
What is Next? • The international scope, importance, and complexity of issues facing the planet’s peoples demand cooperative and cooridnated responses. No longer can one state or even a small group of states manage, much less negotiate, solutions to the world’s problems. • Kelleher & Klein, p. 14