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

Question 1 of 9

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Rapid advances in science during this period caused what?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Alterations in the understanding of the universe.

  • Alterations in the understanding of the natural world.

  • The development of new technologies.

  • The development of new ideologies based off of science (for example, Social Darwinism from unit 5).

  • The creation of a new science-based culture that caused a slow decline in religion.

  • The development of mounting resistance in the new secularization of modern life in conservatives.

  • Alterations in the major perceptions of humanity's role in the world.

Explanation

Question 2 of 9

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How did rapid advances in science majorly affect us in terms of the environment?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It enabled unprecedented population growth.

  • It altered how humans interacted with the environment.

  • It threatened ecological balances at local, regional, and global levels.

  • It enabled humans to completely maximize resources found in the environment.

  • It enabled humans the creation of a large movement to settle in originally impossible-to-settle environments, such as the ocean.

  • It has, through the mounting concerns for the environment, significantly slowed the growth of human expansion.

  • It has, through the mounting concerns for the environment, caused a major shift in humanity's energy sources.

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Question 3 of 9

1

What did researchers do during this time period?

Select one of the following:

  • They made rapid advances in science.

  • They continued the previous rate of discovery from the previous period.

  • Due to all the discoveries in human history made before their time, scientific developments slowed.

  • They switched to another main job while they researched on the side due to new developments in the economy.

Explanation

Question 4 of 9

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What new development helped researchers while making any advances in science?

Select one of the following:

  • They were assisted by the development of new technology.

  • They were assisted by the development of a scientific network and community that stretches the world.

  • They were assisted by a vast enlargement in the researcher workforce caused by a newfound interest in science.

  • They 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.

Explanation

Question 5 of 9

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How was the problem of geographic distance virtually eliminated?

Select one of the following:

  • Through new modes of communication and transportation.

  • Through the unprecedented population growth of humans, thereby decreasing the space between humans throughout the world and enabling a communication network.

  • It wasn't, as the development of new technologies have distanced humans far more than ever before, especially socially.

  • Through 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.

Explanation

Question 6 of 9

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Which of the following are scientific paradigms that transformed human understanding of the world?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The theory of relativity

  • Quantum mechanics

  • The Big Bang theory

  • Psychology

  • Theoretical mathematics

  • Computer science

  • Modern medicine

  • Archaeology

  • Eugenics

Explanation

Question 7 of 9

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What did the Green Revolution do?

Select one of the following:

  • It produced food for the Earth's growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture.

  • It spread awareness and advocated action for a global shift towards green energy in order to reverse the effects of climate change.

  • It 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.

  • It spread awareness and advocated action for people to conserve the Earth's ecological systems and environments to mitigate the harmful effects of climate change.

Explanation

Question 8 of 9

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Which of the following are medical innovations that increased the ability of humans to survive?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The polio vaccine

  • Antibiotics

  • The artificial heart

  • Therapy

  • Development of healthier diets

  • Development of exercise routines

  • Anti-pollution efforts to create cleaner air

Explanation

Question 9 of 9

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What new development raised productivity and increased the production of material goods?

Select one of the following:

  • Energy technologies including the use of oil and nuclear power.

  • An expansion of industrial processes.

  • The increasing size of the workforce due to unprecedented population growth.

  • The Second Industrial Revolution that leaped industrialization forward into a new phase.

Explanation

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