»NATIONALISM˃ Rampant, everywhere!

˃ Rationale for Independence

in colonies

˃Hitler – Lebensraum, Volk

˃ Israel – “Right to Exist,” Zionism

»REPUBLICS˃ MASSES RULE! Or, do they?

˃ Federal, Democratic, “People’s,”

“Representative,” Parliamentary…Elections

Political Parties – one, two, many!

» INDEPENDENCE ˃ Former Colonial Subjects

˃ Former Eastern Bloc Nations

˃ Oppressive “Dictators” / Elites

» Dictators, Legitimization˃ Eastern Bloc – Communism˃ Latin America – Populism, Fascism, Communism,

Militarism, Corruption… INSTABILITY˃ Western Europe – Fascism

(Italy, Germany, Spain)˃ Africa - ex-imperial colonies. Corruption, INSTABILITY.

» “No Easy Walk to Freedom”Decolonization, Political & Social Change

˃ Non – violent: India, Ghana, Czechoslovakia, Poland…˃ Violent: Algeria, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Hungary, Romania…

» NGO – Non Governmental Organizations˃ Red Cross ˃ Doctors Without Borders˃ Green Peace

» IGO - International Governmental Organizations˃ United Nations˃ World Court at the Hague˃ NATO, SEATO, OPEC

» World Economy – Global ˃ Great Depression – world wide˃ 2007-2012 Global Financial Crisis˃ Manufacturing moves “off shore”

» “The American Century” ˃ US as Commercial Giant – 20th C.˃ Marshall Plan – Rebuilds Europe, Japan

after WWII American markets!˃ Spread of US Culture, Fashion...

American CONSUMERISM˃ Are we ALL Middle Class?

BRIC Nations

» SECULARISM

» SOCIAL DARWINISM

» Civil Rights Movement

» Political Ideologies:˃ Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism

˃ Liberalism, Conservatism

» Fundamentalism˃ Islamic, Christian, Hindu…

» Defining “Crimes Against Humanity”

˃ Rape of Nanjing

˃ Holocaust

˃ Armenian Genocide

˃ Desaparecidos

˃ Rwanda

˃ …?

» Meet your competition

» Literature, Delivery… ˃ New: Science Fiction, Fantasy…

˃ Video Games…

» Science & Math studies

» Radio, TV, Movies, Magazines, Videos, Social Networking, Internet, Blogging… available to all

» Instant News, HUGE volume of news!

» University attendance – domestic & abroad UP!

» Women at universities, graduate/professional degrees…

» Disparity of education / availability

» Cubism

» Surrealism

» Abstract

» Pop

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» Total War, Nuclear War, Limited War, guerilla war…Drones!

» WMD- Biological Weapons» TERRORISM!» Foreign Aid» Israel – Palestine » Genocide» Global Trade» Trade Embargos» Hacking» Syncretism» Cultural Diffusion» Privacy?

» POWER˃ Petroleum, Gas, Electricity…coal??

˃ Transistors

˃ Nuclear Power

˃ Solar & “Alternative Power”

» Space Age˃ Satellites, Manned/Unmanned, Hubbel

˃ Undersea, Bullet Trains…

» Computer / Information Age˃ IBM, PC, APPLE

˃ Internet

˃ Cell Phones, WiFi…

» Manufacturing˃ Robots, 3-D printing

˃ Holograms, i-everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38

» Refugees - Escaping from warfare, bad situations˃ Vietnamese “Boat People,” waves of Cuban “refugees”

˃ Children of war and political asylum

˃ Escape Genocide – Rwanda, Syria…

» Transfers with multinational corporations

» Urbanization

» Diaspora˃ India / Pakistan

˃ Mexico, Latin America…

» Legal vs. “illegal”

immigration

» Apartheid

Norman Borlaug’s Impact:

1. India, Pakistan2. South America3. Southeast Asia

including China

What type of society might Be explained by each Population Chart?

Where might you expect each To be found in the 21st century?