Week 3 Globalization after 1900 Unit 9 | 1900-2001 CE
Unit 9, Topic 1
Globalization
Globalization: The phenomenon ● Globalization
by which trade and technology ○ Each of these new technologies transform the world in
have created a politically, some way whether by increasing lifespans making energy
economically, and socially more accessible or further connecting the world into a
interconnected world. globalized economy.
Economic globalization: The ● Economic globalization
deepening economic entanglement ● Globalization of Industrialization: Development in the Global
of the world’s peoples, especially South
since 1950; Accompanied by the ○ Asian Tigers
spread of industrialization in the
Global South and extraordinary Communication Technology
economic growth following World ● Communication revolution
War II; The process has also ● Solve the problem of geographical distance
generated various forms of ● Radio
inequality and resistance as well as ● Television
increasing living standards for ● Cellular
many. ● Internet
Asian Tigers: Nickname for the ○ World Wide Web
East Asian countries of South
Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Transportation Technology
Hong Kong, which experienced ● Automobiles
remarkable export-driven ● Air travel
economic growth in the late ● Shipping containers
twentieth century.
Energy Technology
Communication revolution: ● Age of fossil fuels
Modern transformation of ● Petroleum
communication technology, from ○ Not only is petroleum refined into fuel for cars and
the nineteenth-century telegraph to planes, but it has been used to generate electricity which
the present-day smart phone. has largely been democratized at least throughout the
developed world.
Age of fossil fuels: ○ Replaced coal as the main power source of industrial
Twentieth-century shift in energy manufacturing
production with increased use of ■ Increased production in order to meet the
coal and oil, resulting in the demand for consumer goods across the world
widespread availability of ● Nuclear Power
electricity and the internal ○ Emits very little pollution from its chemical reactions
combustion engine; a major source ■ Pitched as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels like
of the greenhouse gases that drive petroleum
climate change.
Medical Technology
● Antibiotics
○ Penicillin
● Vaccines
○ Early forms of this practice were around in 17th century
China, but in the 20th century medical advances produced
an astonishing number of vaccines against some of the
world’s most persistent diseases like measles, pneumonia,
polio, and influenza.
● Birth Control
○ Lower fertility rates
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Agricultural Technology
Commercial Farming: Farmers’ ● Commercial Farming
main goal is to sell agricultural ○ Versus subsistence farming
products on the market and ● Green Revolution
maximize profits ○ Farmers for encouraged to double-crop, or plants more
Subsistence Farming: Farmers’ than one crop in the same soil per year, which is how
main goal is to grow small-scale more food was produced
crops mainly for their own ■ This kind of intensive use of the soil led to
consumption. exhaustion and erosion
○ Green Revolution Technologies
Malaria: A disease spread by ■ GMOs (Genetically-modified organisms)
infected mosquitoes an it typically ■ Chemical fertilizers
occurs in large numbers ■ Tractors
throughout warmer, tropical ■
regions
Tuberculosis: An airborne disease Unit 9, Topic 2
that severely affects the lungs and Diseases Associated with Poverty
can be fatal. ● Populations of all the nations with well-developed healthcare
Systems have far greater access to the various medical
1918 Influenza Pandemic interventions that address disease and less developed nations.
(Spanish Flu): Spread rapidly ● Malaria
And globally along travel and ● Tuberculosis
trade routes because of all of the
increasing Global interconnection; Epidemics and Pandemics
Claimed near 50 million lives over ● 1918 Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu)
the course of 2 years which had a ● HIV/AIDS
massive impact on demographics ● Covid-19
around the world.
HIV/AIDS: Starting in the 1980s, Diseases Associated with Aging
led to the deaths of millions of ● Alzheimer’s Disease
people worldwide. ● Heart Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease: A form of Unit 9, Topic 3
dementia that disproportionately Land Problems
affects the aging population. ● Deforestation
○ Urbanization
Deforestation: The large-scale ■ Increasing size and populations of cities
clearing of trees in a geographical ■ Has created the problem of urban sprawl
area ● The increasing size of the urban
Desertification: The footprint
transformation of once fertile land ●
into infertile land ○ Farmland
■ Large commercial farms keep the world’s
growing population fed
■ Largely impacts the world’s forests especially
the rainforests
● Provide a home to an astonishing
number of animal species that have
since become endangered or have gone
extinct through deforestation
○ Erosion
● Desertification
Unit 9, Topic 1
Globalization
Globalization: The phenomenon ● Globalization
by which trade and technology ○ Each of these new technologies transform the world in
have created a politically, some way whether by increasing lifespans making energy
economically, and socially more accessible or further connecting the world into a
interconnected world. globalized economy.
Economic globalization: The ● Economic globalization
deepening economic entanglement ● Globalization of Industrialization: Development in the Global
of the world’s peoples, especially South
since 1950; Accompanied by the ○ Asian Tigers
spread of industrialization in the
Global South and extraordinary Communication Technology
economic growth following World ● Communication revolution
War II; The process has also ● Solve the problem of geographical distance
generated various forms of ● Radio
inequality and resistance as well as ● Television
increasing living standards for ● Cellular
many. ● Internet
Asian Tigers: Nickname for the ○ World Wide Web
East Asian countries of South
Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Transportation Technology
Hong Kong, which experienced ● Automobiles
remarkable export-driven ● Air travel
economic growth in the late ● Shipping containers
twentieth century.
Energy Technology
Communication revolution: ● Age of fossil fuels
Modern transformation of ● Petroleum
communication technology, from ○ Not only is petroleum refined into fuel for cars and
the nineteenth-century telegraph to planes, but it has been used to generate electricity which
the present-day smart phone. has largely been democratized at least throughout the
developed world.
Age of fossil fuels: ○ Replaced coal as the main power source of industrial
Twentieth-century shift in energy manufacturing
production with increased use of ■ Increased production in order to meet the
coal and oil, resulting in the demand for consumer goods across the world
widespread availability of ● Nuclear Power
electricity and the internal ○ Emits very little pollution from its chemical reactions
combustion engine; a major source ■ Pitched as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels like
of the greenhouse gases that drive petroleum
climate change.
Medical Technology
● Antibiotics
○ Penicillin
● Vaccines
○ Early forms of this practice were around in 17th century
China, but in the 20th century medical advances produced
an astonishing number of vaccines against some of the
world’s most persistent diseases like measles, pneumonia,
polio, and influenza.
● Birth Control
○ Lower fertility rates
, Week 3 Globalization after 1900 Unit 9 | 1900-2001 CE
Agricultural Technology
Commercial Farming: Farmers’ ● Commercial Farming
main goal is to sell agricultural ○ Versus subsistence farming
products on the market and ● Green Revolution
maximize profits ○ Farmers for encouraged to double-crop, or plants more
Subsistence Farming: Farmers’ than one crop in the same soil per year, which is how
main goal is to grow small-scale more food was produced
crops mainly for their own ■ This kind of intensive use of the soil led to
consumption. exhaustion and erosion
○ Green Revolution Technologies
Malaria: A disease spread by ■ GMOs (Genetically-modified organisms)
infected mosquitoes an it typically ■ Chemical fertilizers
occurs in large numbers ■ Tractors
throughout warmer, tropical ■
regions
Tuberculosis: An airborne disease Unit 9, Topic 2
that severely affects the lungs and Diseases Associated with Poverty
can be fatal. ● Populations of all the nations with well-developed healthcare
Systems have far greater access to the various medical
1918 Influenza Pandemic interventions that address disease and less developed nations.
(Spanish Flu): Spread rapidly ● Malaria
And globally along travel and ● Tuberculosis
trade routes because of all of the
increasing Global interconnection; Epidemics and Pandemics
Claimed near 50 million lives over ● 1918 Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu)
the course of 2 years which had a ● HIV/AIDS
massive impact on demographics ● Covid-19
around the world.
HIV/AIDS: Starting in the 1980s, Diseases Associated with Aging
led to the deaths of millions of ● Alzheimer’s Disease
people worldwide. ● Heart Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease: A form of Unit 9, Topic 3
dementia that disproportionately Land Problems
affects the aging population. ● Deforestation
○ Urbanization
Deforestation: The large-scale ■ Increasing size and populations of cities
clearing of trees in a geographical ■ Has created the problem of urban sprawl
area ● The increasing size of the urban
Desertification: The footprint
transformation of once fertile land ●
into infertile land ○ Farmland
■ Large commercial farms keep the world’s
growing population fed
■ Largely impacts the world’s forests especially
the rainforests
● Provide a home to an astonishing
number of animal species that have
since become endangered or have gone
extinct through deforestation
○ Erosion
● Desertification
