please answer these questions with the powerpoint document that has been attached. It is important to answer these questions in complete sentences.
1. Would the wars of 1900-1950 make it easier or more difficult for you to attain the goals of your perspective? Why do you think so? Which perspectives are helped most by these wars? Which are hurt most?
World GDP Discussion Questions:
2. In 1870, which regional group had the largest share of world GDP? How much greater was its share than that of other regions? How did the distribution of GDP change by 1913? Did the basic distribution change or did the trends from 1870 continue? How did the distribution change by 1950? Do you think it was fundamentally different than that in 1870, basically similar, or somewhere in between?
3. Why? Why do you think some regions in those years had so much greater a share of GDP than others? What do you know in history that might make the wealthier regions wealthy and the poorer poor?
4. From your perspective (Imperial Powers, New Empire Builders, Colonized Peoples, or Socialists), is the distribution of GDP in this period a helpful development or a harmful one? Did the changes over the period help or harm your interests? Why?
Regional Share of Exports Discussion Questions
5. Which region or regions played the most dominant role(s) in international trade in 1870? Which played lesser roles? From your understanding of history, what would have led to this balance? How had those roles changed by 1913? By 1950? Why do you think this might have happened?
6. Which regions of the world found their share of participation changing the most over the course of this period? Which changed the least? From what you know, what do you think might have changed certain regions’ roles more, or less, and in a positive or negative direction?
7. From your perspective (Imperial Powers, New Empire Builders, Colonized Peoples, or Socialists), was the distribution of regional share of exports a basically positive or negative thing in this period? Why? Did it change for the better or worse over the course of the period? Why?
World Energy Consumption Discussion Questions
8. How much did actual world energy consumption grow between 1900 and 1950? What percentage increase was that growth? How much did per capita growth increase? What percentage increase was that growth?
9. Based on your perspective (Imperial Powers, New Empire Builders, Colonized Peoples, or Socialists), what share of this energy consumption do you think you would likely have, a large one or a small one? Given your perspective, why do you think this would be the case?
10. From your perspective (Imperial Powers, New Empire Builders, Colonized Peoples, or Socialists) is this growth in energy consumption a positive or a negative development in human history? If you think it is positive, why do you think so? If you think it is negative, is there any change you could make that would turn it into more positive? What?
Data: Percent of Population Living in Cities as Percentage of Total
Population Discussion Questions
11. Which regions were the most urban in 1890? Which were the least urban? Based on your knowledge of the nineteenth century, why do you think this would be so?
12. Which regions were the most urban in 1950? Which were the least? Were the more urban regions the same as in 1890 or had they changed? Based on what you know, why do you think the situation changed or stayed the same?
13. From your perspective (Imperial Powers, New Empire Builders, Colonized Peoples, or Socialists), is this regional distribution of urban population a basically positive or negative thing? Did it become more or less positive as time passed? Why do you think so?
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