AP®︎ World History: Topic 9.1 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 9.1 of AP World History – Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900.
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Topic 9.1
Question 1 Easy
Vaccines and antibiotics contributed most directly to which global trend after 1900?
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Topic 9.1: Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900
Thematic Focus: Technology and InnovationTEC
Human adaptation and innovation have resulted in increased efficiency, comfort, and security, and technological advances have shaped human development and interactions with both intended and unintended consequences.
Learning Objective: Unit 9: Learning Objective A
Explain how the development of new technologies changed the world from 1900 to present.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.I.A
New modes of communication—including radio communication, cellular communication, and the internet—as well as transportation, including air travel and shipping containers, reduced the problem of geographic distance.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.I.D
Energy technologies, including the use of petroleum and nuclear power, raised productivity and increased the production of material goods.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.III.B
More effective forms of birth control gave women greater control over fertility, transformed reproductive practices, and contributed to declining rates of fertility in much of the world.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.I.B
The Green Revolution and commercial agriculture increased productivity and sustained the earth’s growing population as it spread chemically and genetically modified forms of agriculture.
Historical Developments: KC-6.1.I.C
Medical innovations, including vaccines and antibiotics, increased the ability of humans to survive and live longer lives.
