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Integrated Humanities
Revision Notes
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Contents
Syllabus ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Trade, Aid and Exchange.......................................................................................................................... 6
Globalization ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Trade, aid & exchange ......................................................................................................................... 7
Industrialization and Technological Developments ................................................................................ 10
Economic agents, their interests and role in the economy ..................................................................... 12
Over consumption ............................................................................................................................. 18
Demographics and Human movements ................................................................................................. 19
Demographics and Human Movements - Glossary ............................................................................. 21
Measurements and Trends .................................................................................................................... 23
Infectious Diseases ............................................................................................................................ 23
Superpowers, empires, & supra-national alliances & organizations........................................................ 26
Balance of Power ............................................................................................................................... 27
Holy Roman Empire ........................................................................................................................... 28
World War I (1914-1918) ................................................................................................................... 28
World War II (1939-1945) .................................................................................................................. 30
Rights & Social Protests ......................................................................................................................... 34
What are Human Rights? ................................................................................................................... 36
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ................................................................................................... 38
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................................. 38
Women Suffrage Movement.............................................................................................................. 39
Arab Springs (Brief) ............................................................................................................................ 41
Maori Protest Movement .................................................................................................................. 42
Indian Caste System........................................................................................................................... 43
Small Examples of Protests ................................................................................................................ 44
Settlements and Urban Morphology ...................................................................................................... 47
Poverty .............................................................................................................................................. 54
TYPES OF WASTE ............................................................................................................................... 55
Warfare & Peacekeeping ....................................................................................................................... 56
Phases of a revolution........................................................................................................................ 56
Russian Revolution (1917).................................................................................................................. 58
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Urban Revolution............................................................................................................................... 59
Digital Revolution .............................................................................................................................. 59
Pink Tide ............................................................................................................................................ 60
What is war?...................................................................................................................................... 60
Arab springs....................................................................................................................................... 61
Cold War............................................................................................................................................ 64
Communism in China ......................................................................................................................... 65
Colonialism and Power in Congo ........................................................................................................ 66
Resource Management.......................................................................................................................... 68
Five Sectors of Economy .................................................................................................................... 68
Types of Industries............................................................................................................................. 69
How are Metals mined? (Example of Extraction of a Resource) .......................................................... 69
Sustainable energy ............................................................................................................................ 71
Ecological Relationships......................................................................................................................... 72
What’s a biome? ................................................................................................................................ 76
Biome vs. Ecosystem.......................................................................................................................... 77
Significant Individuals ............................................................................................................................ 78
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ...................................................................................................... 78
Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) ................................................................................................................. 80
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) ..................................................................................... 82
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) .................................................................................................. 86
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Syllabus
* Demographics and Human Movements
Ø Water demands
Ø Food security
* Settlements and Urban Morphology
Ø Defining poverty
Ø Causes and strategies for addressing poverty
Ø Waste management
* Superpowers, empires and supra-national alliances and
organizations
Ø League of Nations
Ø First World War Alliances
Ø Holy Roman Empire
* Significant individuals
* Warfare and peacekeeping
Ø War on terror
Ø Communist China
Ø Colonialism and Power in Congo
Ø Cold War
* Rights and Social Protest
Ø Arab Springs
Ø New Zealand Maori
Ø Women Suffrage
Ø Indian Caste system
Ø Pink tide
* Trade, aid and exchange
Ø Trade and Equity
Ø Peace and trade
Ø Benefits and problems of trade
Ø International Aid
* Economic agents, their interests and role in the economy:
consumers, producers, governments, banks
Ø Entrepreneurship, environments, culture
* Measurements and Trends
Ø Infectious Diseases
Ø Urbanization
* Ecological Relationships
Ø Saving Ecuador’s rainforests
Ø Biomes
Ø Climate change
* Industrialization and technological developments
Integrated Humanities
Revision Notes
, Page 2 of 90
Contents
Syllabus ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Trade, Aid and Exchange.......................................................................................................................... 6
Globalization ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Trade, aid & exchange ......................................................................................................................... 7
Industrialization and Technological Developments ................................................................................ 10
Economic agents, their interests and role in the economy ..................................................................... 12
Over consumption ............................................................................................................................. 18
Demographics and Human movements ................................................................................................. 19
Demographics and Human Movements - Glossary ............................................................................. 21
Measurements and Trends .................................................................................................................... 23
Infectious Diseases ............................................................................................................................ 23
Superpowers, empires, & supra-national alliances & organizations........................................................ 26
Balance of Power ............................................................................................................................... 27
Holy Roman Empire ........................................................................................................................... 28
World War I (1914-1918) ................................................................................................................... 28
World War II (1939-1945) .................................................................................................................. 30
Rights & Social Protests ......................................................................................................................... 34
What are Human Rights? ................................................................................................................... 36
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ................................................................................................... 38
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................................. 38
Women Suffrage Movement.............................................................................................................. 39
Arab Springs (Brief) ............................................................................................................................ 41
Maori Protest Movement .................................................................................................................. 42
Indian Caste System........................................................................................................................... 43
Small Examples of Protests ................................................................................................................ 44
Settlements and Urban Morphology ...................................................................................................... 47
Poverty .............................................................................................................................................. 54
TYPES OF WASTE ............................................................................................................................... 55
Warfare & Peacekeeping ....................................................................................................................... 56
Phases of a revolution........................................................................................................................ 56
Russian Revolution (1917).................................................................................................................. 58
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Urban Revolution............................................................................................................................... 59
Digital Revolution .............................................................................................................................. 59
Pink Tide ............................................................................................................................................ 60
What is war?...................................................................................................................................... 60
Arab springs....................................................................................................................................... 61
Cold War............................................................................................................................................ 64
Communism in China ......................................................................................................................... 65
Colonialism and Power in Congo ........................................................................................................ 66
Resource Management.......................................................................................................................... 68
Five Sectors of Economy .................................................................................................................... 68
Types of Industries............................................................................................................................. 69
How are Metals mined? (Example of Extraction of a Resource) .......................................................... 69
Sustainable energy ............................................................................................................................ 71
Ecological Relationships......................................................................................................................... 72
What’s a biome? ................................................................................................................................ 76
Biome vs. Ecosystem.......................................................................................................................... 77
Significant Individuals ............................................................................................................................ 78
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ...................................................................................................... 78
Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) ................................................................................................................. 80
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) ..................................................................................... 82
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) .................................................................................................. 86
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Syllabus
* Demographics and Human Movements
Ø Water demands
Ø Food security
* Settlements and Urban Morphology
Ø Defining poverty
Ø Causes and strategies for addressing poverty
Ø Waste management
* Superpowers, empires and supra-national alliances and
organizations
Ø League of Nations
Ø First World War Alliances
Ø Holy Roman Empire
* Significant individuals
* Warfare and peacekeeping
Ø War on terror
Ø Communist China
Ø Colonialism and Power in Congo
Ø Cold War
* Rights and Social Protest
Ø Arab Springs
Ø New Zealand Maori
Ø Women Suffrage
Ø Indian Caste system
Ø Pink tide
* Trade, aid and exchange
Ø Trade and Equity
Ø Peace and trade
Ø Benefits and problems of trade
Ø International Aid
* Economic agents, their interests and role in the economy:
consumers, producers, governments, banks
Ø Entrepreneurship, environments, culture
* Measurements and Trends
Ø Infectious Diseases
Ø Urbanization
* Ecological Relationships
Ø Saving Ecuador’s rainforests
Ø Biomes
Ø Climate change
* Industrialization and technological developments
