HIST 122 Final: HIST122-Study-Notes_Exam_guide
25 Apr 2017
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What is world history: has a system of methodology. New methods: scale: thinking about long periods of time and great expanses of land and ocean. Interdependence: the ties that bind us to one another and to our environments. Migration of 17th century that caused three continents to tie together. Long term trends: the forces (events and processes) that set into motion big changes. Long events help us to understand why the world look like it does today. Many massive transformations happened in last 200 years. Example: industrialization: explaining inequality: how power differences emerged between regions and peoples. 2010 monsoon rains displaced 21 million people/ bc has intense wild fires/ east africa drought. Un climate scientist foresee: melting glaciers and snow from major mountains ranges will flood regions home to more than one billion people, by 2020, millions will face water shortages, 20-30% of plant and animal species risk extinction.
