Unit 9.1 - Advances in Technology and Exchange

Question 1

New modes of _____ and _____ reduced the problem of _____ _____ and promoted…

Answer 1

communication and transportation; geographic distance and economic growth

Question 2

How the radio/internet changed the world

Answer 2

Spread news, music, and cultural events (improved communication)

Question 3

What stackable shipping containers promoted

Answer 3

The widespread movement of people and goods

Question 4

Examples (2) of energy technologies and what they made possible

Answer 4

Oil and nuclear power; they made it possible to transport goods faster and cheaper

Question 5

What knowledge economies were based on

Answer 5

Developing/sharing information

Question 6

Technologies (3) that reduced the problem of geographic distance

Answer 6

Airplanes, cargo planes, and tankers

Question 7

How technology influenced protests

Answer 7

The form of communication allowed for people to see and share the racial injustices occurring across the world, publicizing it so that more people wanted to do something about it

Question 8

Arab Springs

Answer 8

A series of Egyptian protests organized through Facebook to promote greater democratic rights

Question 9

Green Revolution

Answer 9

Increased farming productivity and helped maintain population using pesticides, GMOs, and heavy machinery

Question 10

Environmental Problems of the Green Revolution

Answer 10

Deforestation, the land was plowed, and chemicals from fertilizers/pesticides damaged the soil

Question 11

Other problems of the Green Revolution

Answer 11

Farming became commericalized so local farmers lost their jobs to larger, richer land owners

Question 12

Alexander Flemming’s Contributions and Impacts

Answer 12

He discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, which can fight bacterial infections, saving wounded soldiers in WWII and sick civilians

Question 13

Gregory Pincus’s Contributions and Impacts

Answer 13

Developed birth control pills which made fertility rates decline, changed sexual practices, and gender roles as women got more control over their lives and bodies

Question 14

How vaccines increased human life span/survival rate

Answer 14

Starting to become mass produced in this time, vaccines prevented deadly diseases such as polio and measles and in the case of smallpox, eradicated it

Question 15

Globalization

Answer 15

The connection of peoples, cultures, and countries around the world

Question 16

Is 20th century globalization a continunity or change?

Answer 16

It is a continuity, as people continue to trade, they became more connected and more cultures, traditions, and ideas spread. New technology only catapulted globalization further.