AP World Era 6 Key Concept 6.1

Question 1

Researchers made rapid advances in what that spread around the world, assisted by the development of what?
Examples?

Answer 1

science; new technology
Problem of geographic distance?
New scientific paradigms (The theory of relativity)
The Green Revolution produced food for 
the earth’s growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture
Medical innovations (The polio vaccine)
Oil and Nuclear power

Question 2

As the what expanded at an unprecedented rate, humans fundamentally changed their relationship with the environment?
Examples?

Answer 2

global population
Exploited and competed over resources
Global Warming
Pollution=Rates of extinction of other species accelerated sharply

Question 3

What, what, and what led to demographic shifts?

Examples?

Answer 3

Diseases associated with poverty persisted (Malaria), while other diseases emerged as new epidemics (HIV/AIDS) and threats to human survival. In addition, changing lifestyles and increased longevity led to higher incidence of certain diseases. (Alzheimer’s Disease)
Birth Control
Improved military technology (Airplanes) and new tactics (Trench Warfare) led to increased levels of wartime causalities 
(Hiroshima)