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AP World History

Explore the relationship between science, the environment, and global conflicts in this unit, covering topics such as the effects of science, demographic shifts, ideologies, and military conflicts. Understand the positive and negative impacts of science on the environment, population, and warfare, and the consequences of global conflicts on society and culture.

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AP World History

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  1. AP World History Unit 6

  2. The Basics • Three Key Concepts • Science and the Environment (6.1) • Global Conflicts and Their Consequences (6.2) • New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture (6.3) • About 20% of the Total Exam

  3. Science and the Environment • Science helps us • New communications and technology  Globalization • Helps us to understand the world around us better • Helps us to live longer • New energy sources  More productivity • The Green Revolution

  4. Science and the Environment • Science hurts us • More competition over limited resources • Release of greenhouse gases & other pollutants  Global warming • Pollution threatens water and air • Deforestation and desertification • Rates of species extinction increase

  5. Science and the Environment • Science causes demographic shifts • Disease of poverty continue • New diseases emerge • Live longer  More disease • More effective birth control gives women control over fertility and “transformed sexual practice” • Military technology and practice increased wartime causalties

  6. Continuity and Change? • Effects of science (Positive and Negative) • Disease shifts • Cure some diseases, but other diseases show up • Impact of technology on war • After WWI? • After WWII?

  7. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Transition from Empires to Transregional political organizations • Ottomans, Russians, and Qing collapse • Why? • Independence of colonies • Negotiation v. Armed Struggle • Sounds like a good comparison question • What does post-independence look like?

  8. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Ideologies of Anti-Imperialism • Role of Nationalist leaders • Ghandi, Ho Chi Minh, etc. • Regional, Religious, and Ethnic movements • What is the definition of nation? • Are these movements a form of nationalism? • Transnational movements • Communism, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Slavism • Land redistribution  Communism/Socialism(?)

  9. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Demographic/Social Consequences • Redrawing of boundaries  Population resettlement • Migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles maintains cultural/economic ties • Similar to growth of ethnic enclaves in 19th Century • Proliferation of ethnic conflict  Displacement of peoples  Increase in refugees

  10. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales • WWI & WWII • First “Total” Wars • Ideology and Propaganda (Fascism, Nationalism, Communism) • Use of empires resources

  11. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales • Causes of Conflict in sub-period I (1900-1945) • Imperialist Expansion by European Powers & Japan • Competition for Resources • Ethnic Conflict • Great Power Rivalries Between Germany and Great Britain • Nationalist Ideologies • The Great Depression • WWI and WWII merged as two acts of one really long play

  12. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Military Conflicts on Unprecedented Scales • Shifts after WWII to Superpower Conflict • USA v. USSR • Capitalism v. Communism • New military alliances • NATO v. Warsaw Pact • “Proxy Wars” • Dissolution of USSR ends the Cold War

  13. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • Opposition to Conflict • Practice of Nonviolence • Individuals who opposed war • Alternatives to political, economic, and social orders • Non-Alignment Movement, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Tiananmen Square Protestors • Supporters of Conflict • Conflict breeds more conflict • Violence against civilians (AKA Terrorism) • Influence on Popular Culture • Everything from James Bond to COD

  14. Try this Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? • A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party • A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb • A representation of a Holocaust victim • A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

  15. Try this Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? • A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party • A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb • A representation of a Holocaust victim • A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment D is the correct answer

  16. Try this Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? • A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party • A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb • A representation of a Holocaust victim • A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment Why?

  17. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture • Responding to Economic Challenges of 20th Century • In Communist China & USSR government controlled national economy • Great Depression  More government involvement in economy • Role of government in economies of newly independent states • Free market policies and economic liberalization • Deng Xiaoping’s China, Gorbachev’s Perestroika

  18. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture • Increasing Interdependence • New International Organizations Promote Peace and Cooperation • New economic institutions promote free market economics • Humanitarian Organizations respond to crises • Regional Trade Agreements • Multi-national corporations challenge state authority • Protests of consequences of global integration • Environmental Consequences & Economic Consequences

  19. Globalization • Good Comparison Question • Effects of Globalization on East Asia/South Asia/Middle East v. SE Asia/Latin America • Think about World-Systems Theory & Core/Periphery • Good CCOT Question • Process of globalization • “World System” goes back to at least Classical Period • Homogenization of Regional Cultures? • Is there a global culture or is it one region’s culture that becomes dominant? • Jihad v. McWorld? • What does it all mean?

  20. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture • New conceptualizations of society and culture • Notion of Human Rights • Increase interactions  New cultural identities & “exclusionary reactions” • New forms of spirituality & new emphases with old religions • Political applications of religious values

  21. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture • Globalization of Popular & Consumer Culture • Sports • Nationalist Aspirations • Social Aspirations • Widespread diffusion of music and film • Why? Better technology in communications and transportation • Not just American culture – think Bollywood/Reggae

  22. Or even…Bad Rap

  23. And a reaction to bad rap

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