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Module 6: Globalization and contemporary issues

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What are the major challenges facing the interconnected world of today?

Explain contemporary global challenges: environmental change and human impact, terrorism and conflict, population pressures and migration, and the role of international cooperation (Framework Key Idea 10.10).
A Framework-level answer on contemporary global challenges for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: environmental change and human impact, terrorism and conflict, population growth and migration, and international cooperation, with worked exam questions.
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What is globalization, and how has it tied the world's economies together?

Explain globalization and economic interdependence: how trade, multinational corporations, and international organizations have created an interconnected world economy with both benefits and costs (Framework Key Idea 10.10).
A Framework-level answer on globalization for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: what globalization is, the role of trade, multinational corporations, and international organizations, and the benefits and costs of an interconnected world economy, with worked exam questions.
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How has the struggle for human rights shaped the contemporary world?

Explain human rights as a contemporary global issue: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the role of the United Nations and movements, and ongoing struggles against discrimination and abuse (Framework Key Idea 10.10).
A Framework-level answer on human rights as a global issue for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations, civil-rights and anti-apartheid movements, and ongoing struggles, with worked exam questions.
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How have developing and newly industrializing nations sought to modernize and find their own path in the global order?

Explain modernization and the role of developing nations: the non-aligned movement, the rise of newly industrializing economies, and the tension between tradition and modernization (Framework Key Idea 10.10).
A Framework-level answer on modernization and developing nations for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: the non-aligned movement, the rise of newly industrializing economies, and the tension between tradition and modernization, with worked exam questions.
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How have modern technologies transformed communication, medicine, and daily life across the world?

Explain how modern technological and scientific change has transformed the world: advances in communication and computing, the Green Revolution and medicine, and their global benefits and challenges (Framework Key Idea 10.10).
A Framework-level answer on technology and the modern world for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: the communication and computing revolution, the Green Revolution and medical advances, and the global benefits and challenges of rapid technological change, with worked exam questions.
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How do I write the Part III Enduring Issues Essay and earn the top score?

Apply the method for the Part III Enduring Issues Essay: identify and define an enduring issue from the documents, then argue its significance and how it has endured, using document evidence and outside knowledge (Social Studies Practices A, B, C).
An exam-skills answer for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents Part III: how to identify and define an enduring issue from the five documents, argue its significance and endurance using evidence and outside knowledge, and earn the top score on the rubric, with worked examples.
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