1900-Present

Review

The Big Thematic picture

Theme 1- Interaction between humans and the environmentTheme 2 Development and interaction of culturesTheme 3 State-building, expansion, and conflictTheme 4 Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systemsTheme 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 period- whether 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 statesInternational organizations define the new-world 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 IGreat DepressionFascism and totalitarian statesWorld War IICold WarNationalist movements-Israel, Palestine, Sub-Saharan Africa, VietnamRevolutions- Russia, China, Mexico, Iran

Details- Demography and the Environment

Rapid population growthIncreased rapidity of Migration. Global diseases- AIDS, SARS, bird fluRapid Urbanization, especially in the less developed countriesGlobal warming as a result of industrializationAgricultural innovations- Green Revolution and GM foods

Details- Social changes

Changing roles of women in the west- birth 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 StatesEnlightenment 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 OPECGATTWTO

Multinational companiesMicrosoftAlcatelBP

Rock and Roll, Jeans

Changes and ContinuitiesChange: NationalismChange: DemocracyChange: Rapid CommunicationChange: Women improved politically and economicallyChange: Increased industrializationContinuity: Women continue in traditional rolesContinuity: Peripheral states continue with subsistence and agricultural economiesContinuity: Unrepresentative governments prevalent

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