Exam 22: Social Change and the Environment

Based on the classic Marxist view, what is the new arrangement of power that develops when the previous position is altered due to its inherent contradictions?

Today's global divisions actually began to erupt in the early 1800s with the advancements made by the industrial revolution.

Explain the relationship between the clearing of the rain forests and the loss of knowledge.

The American who is responsible for the mass production of the Model T was _________.

The shift from traditional societies into industrial societies is called ________.

What is geopolitics and what role do the nations belonging to this group play in it?

The global division of nations, with more advanced technological nations exploiting weaker ones for their resources, began around the ________.

Why are the Most Industrialized Nations changing their attitudes and behavior towards Africa?

Historically, four social revolutions have occurred as a result of new technologies. List the technologies which led to these social changes and their consequences.

What is the primary benefit of technology for the Most Industrialized Nations?

An invention is defined as a new way of seeing some aspect of the world that has always existed.

Changes in social organizations, ideologies, conspicuous consumption, and social relationships is attributed to_________.

Alienation refers to societies that have not embraced modernization and are a threat to capitalism.

The Japanese adopted baseball as a national sport after they saw American GIs playing it following World War II. This adoption of baseball by the Japanese is an example of ________.

In the model of historical change proposed by Karl Marx, the final stage in the process would be called ________.

In the 1920s, who was the German high school teacher who wrote The Decline of the West and proposed that Western civilization had passed its peak and was in decline?

What can Africa provide the Group of 8 that has resulted in improved international attitudes and behavior towards this continent?

Tools as simple as a comb and as complicated as the space shuttle require skills to use them. These skills are referred to as ________.

What are the four stages in Karl Marx's model of historical change?

According to Marx, human history shows that struggle develops between the thesis and its antithesis, leading to a synthesis. Marx called this historical change a(n) ________.