| 1423811401 | What eliminated the problem of geographic distance between
1900 and the present day? | New modes of communication and transportation | | 0 |
| 1423811402 | What new scientific paradigms transformed human
understanding of the world between 1900 and the present
day? | Theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, Big Bang theory, and psychology | | 1 |
| 1423811403 | What are the defining characteristics of the green revolution? | Produced food for the earth's population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture | | 2 |
| 1423811404 | What are some examples of new technologies that raised
productivity and increased the production of material goods
between 1900 and the present day? | Energy technology such as use of oil and nuclear power | | 3 |
| 1423811405 | What changed in the use of natural resources between 1900
and the present day? | Humans exploited and competed for them more than ever before | | 4 |
| 1423811406 | What major factors contributed to the global warming that
occurred between 1900 and the present day? | Release of greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the atmosphere | | 5 |
| 1423811407 | Name some environmental consequences of human's changed
relationship with the natural world between 1900 and the
present day? | Pollution, deforestation, desertification, and rise in extinction rates | | 6 |
| 1423811408 | What diseases are associated with poverty? | Malaria, tuberculosis, and cholera | | 7 |
| 1423811409 | What diseases emerged as epidemics between 1900 and the
present day? | Influenza, Ebola, and HIV/AIDS | | 8 |
| 1423811410 | What factors led to higher incidences of diseases like diabetes,
heart disease, and alzheimer's? | Changing lifestyles and increased longevity | | 9 |
| 1423811411 | What were some results of new forms of birth control that
were developed between 1900 and the present day? | Gave women control over fertility and transformed sexual practices | | 10 |
| 1423811412 | What factors led to increased levels of wartime casualties
between 1900 and the present day? List some examples. | Improved military tech (tanks, planes, and the Atomic Bomb), as well as new tactics (trench warfare and fire bombing) | | 11 |
| 1423811413 | Which land-based empires collapsed in the twentieth century?
List some reasons. | Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of economic hardship, political and social discontent, technological stagnation, and military defeat | | 12 |
| 1423811414 | Which major colonies negotiated their independence from the
British Empire in the twentieth century? | India and the Gold Coast | | 13 |
| 1423811415 | Which major colonies achieved their independence through
armed struggle in the early twentieth century? | Algergia & Vietnam from France
Angola from the Portuguese | | 14 |
| 1423811416 | What emerging ideologies contributed to the dissolution of
empires and the restructuring of states in the early twentieth
century? | Anti-imperialistic ideologies | | 15 |
| 1423811418 | Name some examples of nationalist leaders challenged imperial
rule between 1900 and the present day? | Mohandas Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, and Kwame Nkrumah | | 16 |
| 1423811420 | Name some examples of regional, religious, and ethnic
movements that challenged both colonial rule and inherited
imperial boundaries between 1900 and the present day? | Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Quebecois separatist movement, and the Biafra secessionist movement | | 17 |
| 1423811422 | Which trans-regional movements sought to unite people across
national boundaries between 1900 and the present day? | Communism, pan-Arabism, and pan-Africanism | | 18 |
| 1423811425 | What sorts of movements concerning land distribution
developed between 1900 and the present day? | Developed within Africa, Asia, and Latin America; sometimes advocating communism or socialism | | 19 |
| 1423811427 | Which redrawn colonial boundaries led to population
resettlements between 1900 and the present day? | Indian/Pakistan partition, Zionist Jewish settlement of Palestine, and division of Middle East into mandatory states | | 20 |
| 1423811429 | What trend helped maintain cultural and economic ties
between former colonies and European metropoles after the
disillusion of empires? | Migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles | | 21 |
| 1423811431 | Name some examples of ethnic violence that occurred between
1900 and the present day. | Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, and Rwanda | | 22 |
| 1423811433 | Which major examples of ethnic violence resulted in refugee
populations between 1900 and the present day? | Palestinians and Darfurians | | 23 |
| 1423811435 | What types of ideologies did governments use to mobilize their
state's resources for the purpose of waging war in the 20th century? | Fascism, nationalism, and communism | | 24 |
| 1423811437 | What are some examples of governments recruiting people
from colonies or former colonies for war efforts? | Gurkha soldiers in India, ANZAC troops in Australia, and military conscription | | 25 |
| 1423811438 | What types of strategies did governments use to mobilize
populations in the 20th century? | Political speeches, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism | | 26 |
| 1423811440 | What are 6 primary sources of global conflict in the 20th century? | 1. Imperial expansion by Europe and Japan
2. Competition for resources
3. Ethnic conflict
4. Great power rivalries between Great Britain and Germany
5. Nationalist ideologies
6. The economic crisis engendered by the great depression | | 27 |
| 1423811442 | The global balance of economic and political power shifted
after the end of ____________. | World War II | | 28 |
| 1423811444 | What two nations emerged as super powers after WWII? What
conflict did they become involved in? This was a struggle
between which two ideologies? | US and Soviet union emerged; the Cold War was precipitated as a result of conflict between capitalism and communism | | 29 |
| 1423811446 | What military alliances formed out of the Cold War? What
types of smaller wars did it encourage? What ended it? | NATO and the Warsaw Pact promoted proxy wars in Latin America, Africa, and Asia | | 30 |
| 1423811448 | Name some examples of individuals who challenged war and
promoted the practice of non-violence. | Thich Quang Duc, Picasso, Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King | | 31 |
| 1423811449 | Name some examples of individuals who opposed and
promoted alternatives to existing economic and social orders. | Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong | | 32 |
| 1423811451 | Name some examples of militarized states who responded to
the proliferation of conflicts in ways that intensified the
conflicts. | Military dictatorship in Chile, Spain and Uganda; US promotion of the New World Order; and the buildup of the military-industrial complex | | 33 |
| 1423811453 | In which 20th century states did the government control the
national economies? Examples? | Communist states of the Soviet Union and China; Example: Five Year Plans and Great Leap Forward | | 34 |
| 1423811454 | In which states did the governments play a minimal role in the
economy in the early 20th century? What major event changed
this trend? | US and parts of Europe; Great Depression | | 35 |
| 1423811456 | What are some examples of newly independent states taking
on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote
development after WWII? | Nasser's promotion of economic development in Egypt, and the encouragement of export-oriented economies in East Asia | | 36 |
| 1423811457 | What are some examples of governments encouraging free
market economic policies and promoting economic
liberalization at the end of the twentieth century? | US with Ronald Reagan, Britain under Margaret Thatcher, China under Deng Xioping, and Chile under Pinochet | | 37 |
| 1423811459 | What facilitated the increasing interdependence of states,
communities, and individuals in the 20th century? | The growth of institutions of global governance | | 38 |
| 1423811461 | List some examples of new international organizations that
were formed to maintain world peace and facilitate
international cooperation in the 20th century. | League of Nations, United Nations, and the International Criminal Court | | 39 |
| 1423811462 | List some examples of new economic institutions that sought to
spread the principles and practices associated with free market
economies throughout the world in the 20th century. | IMF, World Bank, and the WTO | | 40 |
| 1423811464 | List some examples of humanitarian organizations that
developed to respond to humanitarian crises throughout the
world in the 20th century. | UNICEF, Red Cross, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Border, and the WHO | | 41 |
| 1423811466 | List some examples of regional trade agreements that created
regional trading blocs designed to promote the movement of
capital and goods across national borders in the 20th century. | European Union, NAFTA, ASEAN, and Mercosur | | 42 |
| 1423811468 | List some examples of multinational corporations that began to
challenge state authority and autonomy in the 20th century. | Royal Dutch Shell, Coca Cola, and Sony | | 43 |
| 1423811469 | List some examples of protest movements that protested the
inequality of environmental and economic consequences of
global integration in the 20th century. | Greenpeace, Greenbelt in Kenya, and Earth Day | | 44 |
| 1423811470 | List some examples of human rights movements that gained
traction throughout the world in the 20th century. | UN Declaration of Human Rights, women's rights, and the end of the White Australia Policy | | 45 |
| 1423811471 | What were 2 results of increased interactions among diverse
peoples in the 20th century? | 1. Formation of new cultural identities
2. Exclusionary reactions | | 46 |
| 1423811472 | List some examples of new forms of spirituality and religious
emphasis that developed in the 20th century. | New Age religions, Hare Krishna, and Falun Gong | | 47 |
| 1423811473 | What are some examples of popular culture that became global
in the 20th century? | Sports and the widespread diffusion of music & film | | 48 |
