Danielle Novak
Dr. David Ruffley
History 112
December 13, 2014
Final Exam
What was the “Green Revolution”? What positive and negative consequences did it have? (150 words)
The Green Revolution was a development and research project that improved technology in agriculture starting from the 1940’s. This had the largest impact on the food production in developing countries. The improvement increased yield in crops. In turn, this would have also increased farming income. It also implemented two to three different crop patterns and the use of the scientific method in order to identify issues and create solutions. It also created an increase in jobs. The revolution helped developing nations, like India, to keep up with the food needs of a growing, impoverished population. Negative consequences are the long-term effects of only using two to three crops depleted the land and eventually lowered yield. The heavy use of fertilizer has lowered the carbon content of soil and biodiversity. Also, the heavy production of crops does not allow for the land to rest, which increases weeds and impacts soil quality.
Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis represent the “climax” of the Cold War? How was the Cold War different after the Crisis was over? (150 words)
In 1962, the Soviet Union sent nuclear warheads to Cuba. The United States had their bases in Italy and Turkey armed with nuclear warheads, though this was not public knowledge. The closest the world has come to nuclear war was at this point
The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the closest that humankind had ever become to experiencing a thermonuclear war. In October 1962, the world watched perilously, as U.S. president John F. Kennedy warned his people of the amalgamation of Soviet arms in Cuba. John F. Kennedy refused to accept “offensive” Soviet artillery in such close proximity to the U.S., but Soviet chairman Nikita Khrushchev had already planned a stealthily
The Green Revolution a period of time that genetically modified crops were engineered, pesticides and fertilizer were created starting in the 1940s ending in the 1960s. This period caused a lot of debate on the Green Revolution some stating it positively affected the world and some stating that it negatively affected the world. The positives of the Green Revolution include increasing yields, increasing profit for farmers, lowering prices for foods which then allows the poor afford the food, and crops can be genetically modified to contain specific vitamin. The Green revolution is negative because it caused an increase in global pollution, chemical pollution, and health risks due to the exposure to the chemical produced during the Green Revolution.
The closest the world has come to nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. This was the tense cold war opposition between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the United States
The revolution is surrounded by many inventions including fertilizers and pesticides. It is through these innovations that developed countries were able to feed their people (Standage, 199). As Standage refers to it, feeding the world. Standage's descriptions of this revolution clearly indicate that developed countries achieved what they have by feeding their people first. As such, food can be used for the betterment of the nation. Through the book, the writer focuses on the impacts of agriculture on various aspects of a human's life. The main audience seems to be the people (leaders) who have the role in making and implementing food
The Green Revolution had a positive, negative, or possibly both consequences on the way human beings have evolutionized through out the years. Each of these documents specifically proves that whether good or bad the different societies have been able to incorporate a little from what the Green Revolution has left them into their daily lives. The Green Revolution on one-side has ignited the revolution for new ideas and traditions. On the other side the Green Revolution has become a form of destructing the true and only roots for most farmers.
Since the beginning of the Human Race, gathering a sufficient amount of food has always proved to be a challenge. The Green Revolution attempted to solve this problem by creating and applying new techniques and technologies. The Green Revolution was created out of necessity and caused social changes, discontent with some of the effects, and the overall quality of living to be improved but the improvement of living quality had the greatest effect because this led to higher overall populations which in turn created the need to feed an even greater population.
The Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was a turning point in the Cold War
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Many people have heard of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and may have learned about it during school, but they do not know the nitty gritty details of the whole fiasco. The CMC was the first threat of a nuclear world war. The real “crisis” was between the United States and the Soviet Union and not Cuba. Cuba played a relatively small role in the grand scheme of it all and was basically the field on which the two powerhouses played on. The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most tense 13 days that the world has ever known and had the possibility of completely disintegrating the world we know today. In this paper we will learn exactly what happened.
The green revolution led to increases in crop production and human population. However, it also created a number of environmental concerns including the overuse of fertilizers and irrigation. *
The US demanded that the Soviets begin nuclear disarmament in Cuba to which they initially refused. The US then did a military “quarantine” of Cuba to prevent the Soviets from delivering any more missiles to Cuba. The Soviets considered this an act of war and a nuclear war almost ensued until both sides finally came to terms. The Soviets agreed to remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba while the United States agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Turkey. This was undoubtedly the closest time during the Cold War when the US and the Soviet Union almost came into direct military conflict through nuclear war.
“The Agricultural Revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity…” Robyn Davidson once said. The people of Earth are still affected by the worst mistake in human history, so obviously it changed the fate of the human race forever. The Agricultural Revolution is an event that happened nearly ten-thousand years ago. This event brought us horrible diseases, inequality with gender hierarchies, and the horrors of slavery.
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. The crisis was a major confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The confrontation was caused by the Soviets putting missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the United States of America. The world was in the hands of President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khruchchev. These two men would have to reach a compromise or else the results would be fatal.
In order to understand the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis in American history one must first understand the Cold War drama, Castro’s rise to power, and the American operations that set up the crisis. “The term Cold War refers
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a frightening moment for the entire world. It started October 14th, 1962 after the Soviet Union planted nuclear missiles inn Cuba. The U.S. found out that these missiles were being planted without their knowledge, but the Soviet Union continued the construction of these nuclear missile sites, even after President Kennedy, the president of the U.S., sent out a warning against these weapons in Cuba. Even after this warning, Kennedy once again found out that the construction was still happening. Following the discovery of the ongoing construction, Kennedy wanted to meet with people at the White House to solve the problem that they were encountering. There were multiple sides during their talk about the missiles. Some of the people at the meeting wanted to take a more aggressive approach and destroy these missiles and then follow up with an attack. Kennedy eventually decided to quarantine Cuba. After Kennedy quarantined Cuba, there were many messages sent between the White House and the Kremlin to try and solve the problem. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for thirteen extremely tense days. At the end of these thirteen days, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with an agreement between the United States and Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis greatly impacted history. It strengthened the bond between the United States and Soviet Union, showed people how to come to a
== === The green revolution is generally used to explain the application of modern, western-type farming techniques to less economically developed countries. To implement The Green Revolution change needs to occur in three main areas, Biochemical, MechanicalandSocial. Each of these three changes need three innovations and each causes three main consequences.