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AP World History - Unit 6 (1900 - Present) key concept questions

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  1. 1Rapid advances in science during this period caused what?
    1. AAlterations in the understanding of the universe.
    2. BAlterations in the understanding of the natural world.
    3. CThe development of new technologies.
    4. DThe development of new ideologies based off of science (for example, Social Darwinism from unit 5).
    5. EThe creation of a new science-based culture that caused a slow decline in religion.
    6. FThe development of mounting resistance in the new secularization of modern life in conservatives.
    7. GAlterations in the major perceptions of humanity's role in the world.
  2. 2How did rapid advances in science majorly affect us in terms of the environment?
    1. AIt enabled unprecedented population growth.
    2. BIt altered how humans interacted with the environment.
    3. CIt threatened ecological balances at local, regional, and global levels.
    4. DIt enabled humans to completely maximize resources found in the environment.
    5. EIt enabled humans the creation of a large movement to settle in originally impossible-to-settle environments, such as the ocean.
    6. FIt has, through the mounting concerns for the environment, significantly slowed the growth of human expansion.
    7. GIt has, through the mounting concerns for the environment, caused a major shift in humanity's energy sources.
  3. 3What did researchers do during this time period?
    1. AThey made rapid advances in science.
    2. BThey continued the previous rate of discovery from the previous period.
    3. CDue to all the discoveries in human history made before their time, scientific developments slowed.
    4. DThey switched to another main job while they researched on the side due to new developments in the economy.
  4. 4What new development helped researchers while making any advances in science?
    1. AThey were assisted by the development of new technology.
    2. BThey were assisted by the development of a scientific network and community that stretches the world.
    3. CThey were assisted by a vast enlargement in the researcher workforce caused by a newfound interest in science.
    4. DThey were assisted through payments by companies in order to write reports without any research needed, increasing the speed of advances found due to new research.
  5. 5How was the problem of geographic distance virtually eliminated?
    1. AThrough new modes of communication and transportation.
    2. BThrough the unprecedented population growth of humans, thereby decreasing the space between humans throughout the world and enabling a communication network.
    3. CIt wasn't, as the development of new technologies have distanced humans far more than ever before, especially socially.
    4. DThrough a shift in language used throughout the world, thereby allowing everyone to communicate with each other more easily. This shift was caused in part by globalization.
  6. 6Which of the following are scientific paradigms that transformed human understanding of the world?
    1. AThe theory of relativity
    2. BQuantum mechanics
    3. CThe Big Bang theory
    4. DPsychology
    5. ETheoretical mathematics
    6. FComputer science
    7. GModern medicine
    8. HArchaeology
    9. IEugenics
  7. 7What did the Green Revolution do?
    1. AIt produced food for the Earth's growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture.
    2. BIt spread awareness and advocated action for a global shift towards green energy in order to reverse the effects of climate change.
    3. CIt advocated for a global shift to neoliberalism as a new economic approach that should be adopted by everyone to both profit developing countries as well as corporations wanting to expand.
    4. DIt spread awareness and advocated action for people to conserve the Earth's ecological systems and environments to mitigate the harmful effects of climate change.
  8. 8Which of the following are medical innovations that increased the ability of humans to survive?
    1. AThe polio vaccine
    2. BAntibiotics
    3. CThe artificial heart
    4. DTherapy
    5. EDevelopment of healthier diets
    6. FDevelopment of exercise routines
    7. GAnti-pollution efforts to create cleaner air
  9. 9What new development raised productivity and increased the production of material goods?
    1. AEnergy technologies including the use of oil and nuclear power.
    2. BAn expansion of industrial processes.
    3. CThe increasing size of the workforce due to unprecedented population growth.
    4. DThe Second Industrial Revolution that leaped industrialization forward into a new phase.

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A conversion of Warren Township High School's AP World History Unit 6 key concepts for Parmenter's class into questions for studying.
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