AP World History - Unit 9 Latest 2022 Graded A

Identify how new modes of communication and transportation increased global connectivity - 20th century innovations in transportation and mass transit made possible the surging movement of goods and people (cars buses, trucks, containerized, shipping and supertankers, airplanes and air friet -Greatest social and cultural impact in transportation in 20th century was the automobile -by 1920's ford's model T production made the US the first country to market cars to the masses Communication:- Radios, motion pictures, television, computers, cell phones, Internet - Internet access and cell phone availability has soared globally- Transformed education, commerce, and personal relationships and interactions - Reshaped human life and spawned debates about consequences - Gov't use to influence populations (propaganda)- Popular mass culture of the West undermining cultural values elsewhere - Cyberwarfare Identify examples and explain the increasing role of regional and international organizations to promote cooperation and development worldwide UNITED NATIONS: -The United Nations was an international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations. It had two main bodies, the General Assembly and Security Council. NAFTA: -An organization that prohibits tariffs and other trade barriers between Mexico, the United States, and Canada WORLD BANK:-A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND: -agency founded in 1944 to help restore financial order in Europe and the rest of the world, to revive international trade, and to support the financial concerns of Third World governments. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: -health institution that was created because it could combat outbreaks effectively to prevent spreading WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: -an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade. Weapons of Mass Destruction. nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that can kill tens of thousands of people all at once. OVERALL: -all promoted free trade stable currency values, and high levels of investment -laid the foundation for postwar globalization Provide examples of positives and criticisms resulting from economic and cultural globalization POSITIVES: -electricity allowed for the conversion of fossil fuels into useful energy....by 2014 85% of the world population had access to electricity(transformed method of living -gas combustion engine -cars -the communication revolution which was built upon the telegraph and telephone as well as radios motion pictures , television, computers and internet access and cell phone availability had soared globally which transformed education, commerce and personal relationships -economic growth in East Asian economies producing for export (Asian Tigers)