AP World History / Globalization
Lesson
Migration, culture, and environmental limits
People and pollution also moved through the new networks.
Learning goals
- Explain why migration increased in a more connected economy.
- Connect industrial growth to environmental problems that cross borders.
Explanation
People moved for work, safety, education, and family. Remittances sent home, new neighborhoods in receiving cities, and debates over citizenship all belong to the same process. Cultural globalization is not only Hollywood; it is also food, worship, and language traveling with migrants.
The same energy systems that powered industrial growth produced climate change, pollution, and resource strain. Those problems do not stop at borders, so they created new international arguments about responsibility. A complete Unit 9 review pairs a human movement story with an environmental one.
Key terms
- remittance. Money sent by migrants to family or communities in another country.
- climate change. Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns driven largely by industrial greenhouse-gas emissions.
Common mistakes
- Discussing culture only as entertainment and skipping migration and religion.
- Leaving the environment out of a globalization essay.
Practice
Original Marlow Works items. Check the answer explanation after you try.
Which development best explains why Song China was able to support a large urban population?
Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.
Take your time—this is practice, not a test.
Answer explanation
Give one human and one environmental effect of late-twentieth-century connection.
Answer. Human: increased labor migration and remittances. Environmental: industrial emissions and cross-border pollution.
Globalization is not only trade volume; it moves people and waste as well as products.
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