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Key Concept 6.1
Key Concept 6.1 Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rapid advances in science spread throughout the world was assisted by what? | The development of new technology. |
| What virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance? | New modes of communication and transportation. |
| What were some new modes of communication and transportation introduced in the twentieth century? | Airplanes, radios, the Model T car, television, the first cell phone, and the internet. |
| What is an example of new scientific paradigms that transformed human understanding of the world? | The Big Bang Theory. |
| What is the Green Revolution? | A movement to become more environmentally friendly. |
| Medical innovations increased the ability of humans to survive. What were some of these medical innovations? | The Polio vaccine and antibiotics. |
| The use of what energy technologies raised productivity and increased the production of material goods? | Oil and nuclear power. |
| As the global population expanded at an unprecedented rate, humans fundamentally changed their relationship with the __________. | environment |
| What are some of earth's finite resources that are exploited and competed over? | Oil, lumber, and coal. |
| What is global warming? | The release of greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the atmosphere. |
| _______ threatened the world's supply of water and clean air. | Pollution |
| ________ and __________ were continuing consequences of the human impact on the environment. | Deforestation, desertification |
| The rates of what accelerated sharply? | The rates of extinction. |
| What led to demographic shifts? | Disease, scientific innovations, and conflict. |
| What are two diseases commonly associated with poverty? | Malaria and HIV/AIDS. |
| What are two common diseases linked to our modern sedentary lifestyle? | Diabetes and heart disease. |
| _________ has no vaccine, but it is a highly preventable and treatable disease. | Malaria |
| Malaria persists in what areas? | Poverty stricken places where people do not have financial means for preventative nets or medical treatment. |
| Effects of more effective forms of birth control? | Lowered birth-rate and sex without the risk of pregnancy. |
| Improved military technology and new tactics led to increase levels of what? | Wartime casualties. |
| What is one example of improved military technology? | The atomic bomb, created in 1945. |
| What is one example of new military tactics? | Trench warfare. |
| What is trench warfare? | Both sides construct elaborate trench and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. |
| What is the area known as "no man's land"? | The area between opposing trench lines. It was fully exposed to artillerty fire from both sides. |
| Conditions in the trenches were poor. What all sorts of disgusting things could you get from the ole trench? | Dysentery, typhus, cholera, parasites, fungal conditions such as trench mouth and trench foot, as well as exposure to weather conditions. |
| What is mustard gas? | Also known as Yperite, it was first used by the German Army. It was one of the most lethal of all the poisonous gases used in the war. |
| How did you become in contact with mustard gas? | It was an almost odorless gas and took twelve hours to take effect. Once in the soil it remained active for several weeks. |
| Explain the -horrific- effects of mustard gas. | The skin became blistered, the eyes became sore, and they began to vomit. It caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane. V painful. |
| What was the Rape of Nanjing? | Chinese massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War. 250,000 to 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese Imperial Army. |
| What does 'Sino' mean? | Chinese |
| The first real use of airplanes was in what war? | World War ll |
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