Enduring Issues Flashcards
What is: Conflict
Serious disagreement or argument between people, groups, or nations.
Examples of: Conflict
War, battles, revolutions, genocides.
What is: Desire for Power
Influence or control over the behavior of people.
Examples of: Desire for Power
Revolutions, genocides, discrimination, colonization.
What is: Inequity
Lack of fairness or justice. One person or group does not have equal opportunities as others.
Examples of: Inequity
Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Liberation, Holocaust, discrimination.
What is: Impact of Innovation/Technology
A new method of addressing a problem. Positive and negative impacts.
Examples of: Impact of Innovation/Technology
Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Computer Revolution.
What is: Impact of Cultural Diffusion
Having connections or relationships with other groups or people, exchanging ideas, customs, or commodities.
Examples of: Impact of Cultural Diffusion
Trade, war, migration. Like the spread of food around the world.
What is: Impact of Ideas or Beliefs
Shapes the way we see the world. Can come from observations, religion, books, and communities.
Examples of: Impact of Ideas or Beliefs
Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Protestant Reformation, Civil Rights, Women’s Liberation, racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, colorism.
What is: Human Impact on the Environment
The area around us in which we live in, and how we impact it and how it impacts us.
Examples of: Human Impact on the Environment
Pollution, industrialization, deforestation, desertification, extinction.
What is: Scarcity
The state of not having enough resources or commodities that our world has a finite number of.
