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7-6.5 Burnette
Information, Technological, and Communications Revolutions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Information Revolution | changes in computer and telecommunications technology, and how these changes affect public, personal, corporate (business) worlds |
| Technological Revolution | when one set of technologies rapidly replaces another, in the 1960s and after this refers to the digital revolution or the rise of computer and related technologies |
| Communications Revolution | the ways in which computers, the internet, and wireless technologies have affected how people communicate with each other, work, and live |
| Television | a system for broadcasting still or moving images and audio (sound) from central locations into receiving devices in people’s homes, offices, or elsewhere |
| Satellites | machines launched into Earth’s orbit; they relay or transfer information from one place on Earth to another |
| Computers | electronic devices that can accept data and perform logical or mathematical operations, or other operations, at high speed |
| the Internet | a web of tens of thousands of computer networks that allows people to access information and to send information swiftly all around the world |
| Sputnik | the first communications satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957; its launch helped lead to the “space race” between the U.S. and the Soviet Union |
| culminate | to reach an end point, or to achieve a long-term goal |
| first United States lunar landing | when the United States won the “space race” with the Soviet Union by being the first (and so far only) nation to successfully land men on the moon in July, 1969 |
| milestone | a very significant event in the life of a person, or a nation; something that makes a very important difference in terms of everything that comes after that |
| International Space Station (I.S.S.) | a joint venture launched in 1998 by sixteen nations to create a working laboratory for exploration in space |
| foster | to encourage or to promote the development of something |
| empathy | identifying with or being concerned about the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another person |
| Civil Rights movement | the movement for social & political equality for African-Americans in the U.S., especially in the 1950s & 1960s, led by Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.; it called for the end of long-standing racist, prejudiced, and discriminatory actions and policies |
| Pop Culture | the ideas and attitudes adopted by most of society; the music and other entertainment that most of society enjoys; usually thought of as being trivial or “dumbed down” |
| bulky | something that is awkward, clumsy, or difficult to use or move because of its large size or how it is made |
| Interdependent Global Economy | when the success of countries’ economies depends on an exchange (trade) of goods and services between countries |
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