6.+Today

The world since the end of World War II has been an exciting and dynamic place. Advancements is the areas of medicine, science and technology have created a world that some can not recognize. People live longer, trade with foreign countries more, and travel more. The world, once so very far apart, is now closer than ever.
 * The World Today **

Worldwide, more than 250 wars and revolutions have caused the death of more than 23 million people. Some of these conflicts have developed the conventional way, but in the last 10 years, even they way conflicts begin has changed.

It's more important than ever for all of us to fully understand the social, political, and economic conditions of the countries around the world. The global economy and interactions impact us daily, and we need to understand how and why.

Resources Textbook Chapter 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, [|History Guide,] [|qwiki,] [|CNN,][| Fox News,] [|Philly]

Vocabulary modernization, superpower, ideology, nonaligned, interdependence,summit, terrorism, multinational, corporation, privatization, environmentalist, acid rain, global, warming, shantytown, fundamentalist, liberation, theology,feminist movement, e-commerce, genetic engineering, detente, welfare state, recession, service industry, euro, chancellor, coalition,deficit, surplus,civil rights movement, segregation, separatism, dissident, glasnost, perestroika, default, ethnic cleansing,war crime, zaibatsu, gross domestic product, trade deficit,collectivization, commune, joint venture,special enterprise zone, domino theory, cease fire, embargo, partition, federal system, harijan, deforestation, debt service, cyclone, recognize, kibbutz, desalinization, hejab, delta,ayatollah, theocracy, client state, intifada, militia,no-fly zone, one-party system, mixed economy, desertification, import, substitution, agribusiness, liberation theology, literacy rate, embargo, ejido, maquiladora, contra, favela, plebiscite, squatter (77)

Identification
GATT, International Monetary Fund, NPT, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, OPEC, Chernobyl, Sputnik, Green Revolution, Berlin Wall, NTBT, NATO, Common Market, EU, Thatcher, Blair, IRA, deGaulle, Mitterand, Adenauer, Kohl, neo-Nazi, Kennedy, Nixon, social security, medicare, Reagan, Brown vs Board of Ed, King Jr, Quebec, Khrushchev, Afghan War, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Chechnya, Putin, satellites, Nagy, Dubcek, Tito, Walesa, PJPII, Havel, Milosevic

Main Ideas
 * __Overview:__**

1. How did the end of colonialization and the Cold War shape the world? 2. How did new nations try to form stable governments? 3. What enduring issues face the world today?

4. In what ways are the global North and South economically interdependent? 5. Why have developing countries had trouble reaching their goals? 6. How is economic development linked to the environment?

7. How are new ways of life replacing old ways? 8. How has modernization affected the lives of women? 9. What are the benefits and limits of modern science and technology? 10. What forces have shaped a new global culture?

__**Europe and North America**__ 1. What issues troubled Europe after the Cold War? 2. How have recent economic and political trends affected the West? 3. How has Europe moved toward greater unity? 4. How have social trends changed the West?

5. How did Britain's policies change after WWII? 6. How did French power and prosperity revive? 7. How did Germany reunify? 8. What problems have other democratic nations faced?

9. What actions has the US taken as a global superpower? 10. What developments have shaped the economy, government, and society of the US? 11. What issues has Canada faced in recent years?

12. What ideas guided Soviet political, economic and social policy? 13. Why did the Soviet Union collapse? 14. What problems have Russia and the other republics faced since the fall of the Soviet Union?

15. How did Eastern European nations oppose Soviet domination and strive for democracy? 16. What were the effects of the fall of communism? 17. What were the causes and effects of civil war in Yugoslavia?

East Asia and Southeast Asia

South Asia and the Middle East

Africa

Latin America

__**Primary Sources**__

UN Charter: page 507 Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man Refugee Camp Pictures: page 511 Women's Work: page 518 "No Time": page 523 Political Cartoon: page 523 Some Gains: page 531 Long Lines: page 542 Vaclav Havel Lech Walesa Liberal Leaders: page 553

The Space Center: page 520 Berlin Wall: page 535
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