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1914-Present
Review
The Big Thematic picture
!  Theme 1- Interaction between humans
and the environment
!  Theme 2 Development and interaction
of cultures
!  Theme 3 State-building, expansion, and
conflict
!  Theme 4 Creation, expansion, and
interaction of economic systems
!  Theme 5- Development and
transformation of social structures
Three Things to Remember
!   Population increased rapidly as has
movement of people.
!   Traditional social and gender structures have
been challenged during this time periodwhether through political movements like
communism or social movements like the
suffrage movement.
!   Women gained the right to vote in most parts
of the world. New medical innovations have
given women control over their reproductive
system like never before. Through dolls like
the Barbie, women continue to be objectified,
however.
Three more things to Remember
!   The world has become more and more
integrated due to improved communication
and transportation technology. Global
commerce is the norm. Fundamental
religious movements have arisen because of
the unease this new fast-paced connected
world has fostered.
!   Rise of the Nation-state in all areas of the
world. As minority ethnic groups seek to
assert their rights, conflicts arise within these
states
!   International organizations define the newworld order.
The Bookends
!   1914- outbreak of WWI
!   Weakening of European imperial system
!   Rise of communism with Russian Revolution
of 1917
Details- World conflict
 World War I
 Great Depression
 Fascism and totalitarian states
 World War II
 Cold War
 Nationalist movements-Israel, Palestine,
Sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam
!  Revolutions- Russia, China, Mexico, Iran
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Details- Demography and the
Environment
 Rapid population growth
 Increased rapidity of Migration.
 Global diseases- AIDS, SARS, bird flu
 Rapid Urbanization, especially in the less
developed countries
!  Global warming as a result of
industrialization
!  Agricultural innovations- Green
Revolution and GM foods
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Details- Social changes
!  Changing roles of women in the westbirth control, feminism, women in the
workforce.
!  Women involved in revolutions and
seen as legally “equal” to men.
!  Conflict between “western” concept of
women and traditional concept.
!   Barbie
vs. Sara
Details- Cultural and Intellectual
expressions
!  African and Asian influences of European
art.
!  Western intellectual thought- especially
science and the enlightenment- were
highly influential to Asian and African
areas.
!  Traditional religious teachings continue
to be influential and often form the
backbone to anti-imperial activities.
Details- Changing roles of States
!   Enlightenment said that the government was
needed to be responsive to the people (at
least to males with property)
!   Some new nation states experimented with
democratic ideals (U.S. France, Britain)
!   Land-based empires (coercive tribute states)
continued to enforce absolute rule and
resisted enlightenment ideas.
!   Latin America co-opted the ideas, but usually
just as justification for maintaining Creole
power.
Details: Internationalization of
Culture
!  International organizations
!   OPEC
!   GATT
!   WTO
!  Multinational companies
!   Microsoft
!   Alcatel
!   BP
!  Rock and Roll, Jeans
Changes and Continuities
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  Change: Nationalism
  Change: Democracy
  Change: Rapid Communication
  Change: Women improved politically and
economically
  Change: Increased industrialization
  Continuity: Women continue in traditional roles
  Continuity: Peripheral states continue with
subsistence and agricultural economies
  Continuity: Unrepresentative governments
prevalent
Want to Know more?
!  Princeton Review: Cracking the World
History AP test
!  Kaplan: AP World History
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