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16 Cards in this Set
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Social
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Women and children receive better treatment, slavery has been abolished. Societies, like China under Mao Zedong, will not be able to isolate themselves from world currents. Problems of urbanization are common in all societies and thus raise global questions. The issue of land control has become less significant as a basis for social position in urbanized societies placing emphasis on wealth and knowledge.
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Cultural
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Older traditions and trends are coming to an end due to the new historical period. A path to worldwide homogeneity has been caused by the adoption of Western cultural values, consumer goods, and the English language. Separate civilizations keep their own basic forms, but the friction between modernity and tradition is constant. Perhaps the trend will result in greater
international understanding. Another issue is the effect of industrialization on the arts. A focus on science and technology may push local arts and rich popular traditions away. The impact on major cultures remains uncertain. |
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Religious
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Religious intolerance has appeared in once more-tolerant societies. Religious revivalism might reverse the trend of growing secularization
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Interaction
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China experimented with interactions with the capitalist world, but continued to suppress democracy.
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Political
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19th-century patterns, such as Western colonialism, will continue to recede. Although we know that the relative importance of the West has declined, we do not know if this will continue. East Europe states escaped from Soviet control and the Soviet Union collapsed. The future of Russia - authoritarian or democratic - is unclear. Western democratic regimes seem firmly rooted, and more recent democracies such as Japan and India appear solid. Democratic impulses are spreading widely elsewhere and already have ended many authoritarian governments. Perhaps liberal democracy will be the new general form of government, but there are challenges to it in Latin America, while authoritarian regimes, as in China and the Middle East, continue.
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Technological
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Many individuals believe that steady progress has occurred in world history because of advancing technology and progressive enlightenment. Technology increases war-time losses.
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Economic
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Industry supplies all classes of weapons. Contemporary economic divisions are more complex than the old dichotomy between industrial and developing nations. Some nations struggle for agricultural subsistence while others are in rapid economic transition. Sharp disparities of development occur within nations. Economic imbalances help to explain the unresolved problem of the international drug trade. The movement of peoples seeking better economic and social conditions has mixed peoples in unprecedented ways and created much tension. One trend appears clear: population growth will be important, but will continue to slow.
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Demographic
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People live much longer due to advancements in technology and knowledge. There will be problems associated with the increasing aging of populations. During the 1960s and 1970s there were predications of a "population bomb" that would outstrip the world's available resources and cause disaster. Concern had lessened by the 1990s as growth rates have slowed. Some experts argued that growth often spurs human innovation. A variant on the population bomb approach was an argument that earthly frontiers for expansion had been exhausted. The resulting frictions, they thought, were destined to cause trouble.
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Social
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Women and children receive better treatment, slavery has been abolished. Societies, like China under Mao Zedong, will not be able to isolate themselves from world currents. Problems of urbanization are common in all societies and thus raise global questions. The issue of land control has become less significant as a basis for social position in urbanized societies placing emphasis on wealth and knowledge.
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Cultural
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Older traditions and trends are coming to an end due to the new historical period. A path to worldwide homogeneity has been caused by the adoption of Western cultural values, consumer goods, and the English language. Separate civilizations keep their own basic forms, but the friction between modernity and tradition is constant. Perhaps the trend will result in greater
international understanding. Another issue is the effect of industrialization on the arts. A focus on science and technology may push local arts and rich popular traditions away. The impact on major cultures remains uncertain. |
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Religious
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Religious intolerance has appeared in once more-tolerant societies. Religious revivalism might reverse the trend of growing secularization
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Interaction
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China experimented with interactions with the capitalist world, but continued to suppress democracy.
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Political
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19th-century patterns, such as Western colonialism, will continue to recede. Although we know that the relative importance of the West has declined, we do not know if this will continue. East Europe states escaped from Soviet control and the Soviet Union collapsed. The future of Russia - authoritarian or democratic - is unclear. Western democratic regimes seem firmly rooted, and more recent democracies such as Japan and India appear solid. Democratic impulses are spreading widely elsewhere and already have ended many authoritarian governments. Perhaps liberal democracy will be the new general form of government, but there are challenges to it in Latin America, while authoritarian regimes, as in China and the Middle East, continue.
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Technological
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Many individuals believe that steady progress has occurred in world history because of advancing technology and progressive enlightenment. Technology increases war-time losses.
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Economic
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Industry supplies all classes of weapons. Contemporary economic divisions are more complex than the old dichotomy between industrial and developing nations. Some nations struggle for agricultural subsistence while others are in rapid economic transition. Sharp disparities of development occur within nations. Economic imbalances help to explain the unresolved problem of the international drug trade. The movement of peoples seeking better economic and social conditions has mixed peoples in unprecedented ways and created much tension. One trend appears clear: population growth will be important, but will continue to slow.
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Demographic
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People live much longer due to advancements in technology and knowledge. There will be problems associated with the increasing aging of populations. During the 1960s and 1970s there were predications of a "population bomb" that would outstrip the world's available resources and cause disaster. Concern had lessened by the 1990s as growth rates have slowed. Some experts argued that growth often spurs human innovation. A variant on the population bomb approach was an argument that earthly frontiers for expansion had been exhausted. The resulting frictions, they thought, were destined to cause trouble.
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