Study Session

Unit 9: Globalization (1900-Present)

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Key themes

Flashcard topics

Sample questions

45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

5 min: Warm-up — Pick 2 key themes and outline a thesis.
10 min: Flashcards — Define 6 terms and connect them to context.
20 min: SAQ draft — Answer one prompt using ACE: Answer, Cite evidence, Explain.
10 min: Review — Underline evidence and add 1 missing detail.

Flashcard set

Start with these eight terms.

GlobalizationIMF / World BankWorld Trade OrganizationNAFTAEuropean UnionGreen RevolutionClimate changeInternet

Practice prompt

Use this as your main timed prompt.

SAQ

(a) Identify ONE digital technology that spread widely in the period after 1990. (b) Describe ONE way digital technology reshaped social or political movements in the period after 1990. (c) Explain ONE challenge globalization has created for the environment or for public health in the period after 1990.

SAQ Builder checklist

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Answer in 3-4 sentences
Underline the evidence you used
Circle the comparison or causation statement

Wrap-up checklist

Finish with these so what you practiced sticks.

Log 2 concepts you still need to review
Add 3 flashcards to tomorrow's deck
Write a 1-sentence thesis in your own words

More prompts

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Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE digital technology that spread widely in the period after 1990.
(b) Describe ONE way digital technology reshaped social or political movements in the period after 1990.
(c) Explain ONE challenge globalization has created for the environment or for public health in the period after 1990.

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Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE industry that relocated production across borders in the period after 1970.
(b) Describe ONE way globalization changed labor markets in the period after 1970.
(c) Explain ONE way workers or governments responded to those changes in the period after 1970.

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Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE environmental problem intensified by globalization in the period after 1945.
(b) Describe ONE environmental consequence of expanded global production in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE international response to global environmental problems in the period after 1945.

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Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE international financial institution founded in the period after 1944.
(b) Describe ONE way institutions such as the IMF or the World Bank influenced national economic policy in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE criticism of the role these institutions have played in developing economies in the period after 1945.

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Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE form of global popular culture that spread widely in the period after 1945.
(b) Describe ONE way cultural diffusion shaped youth culture in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE way local societies adapted or resisted global cultural influences in the period after 1945.

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45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

5 min: Warm-up — Pick 2 key themes and outline a thesis.

10 min: Flashcards — Define 6 terms and connect them to context.

20 min: SAQ draft — Answer one prompt using ACE: Answer, Cite evidence, Explain.

10 min: Review — Underline evidence and add 1 missing detail.

Practice prompt

Use this as your main timed prompt.

SAQ

More prompts

Use these to extend the session or build a full practice set.

Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE digital technology that spread widely in the period after 1990.
(b) Describe ONE way digital technology reshaped social or political movements in the period after 1990.
(c) Explain ONE challenge globalization has created for the environment or for public health in the period after 1990.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE industry that relocated production across borders in the period after 1970.
(b) Describe ONE way globalization changed labor markets in the period after 1970.
(c) Explain ONE way workers or governments responded to those changes in the period after 1970.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE environmental problem intensified by globalization in the period after 1945.
(b) Describe ONE environmental consequence of expanded global production in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE international response to global environmental problems in the period after 1945.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE international financial institution founded in the period after 1944.
(b) Describe ONE way institutions such as the IMF or the World Bank influenced national economic policy in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE criticism of the role these institutions have played in developing economies in the period after 1945.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Short answer

Three parts, one point each. No thesis needed.

(a) Identify ONE form of global popular culture that spread widely in the period after 1945.
(b) Describe ONE way cultural diffusion shaped youth culture in the period after 1945.
(c) Explain ONE way local societies adapted or resisted global cultural influences in the period after 1945.

Write your answer and get it scored →

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