How Did Change Accelerate?
How Did Change Accelerate?
Exchange multiplies, markets grow, and fossil fuels flow, revolutionizing government and industry.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 01:37 Why did closer connections between the four world zones encourage an acceleration of innovation 500 years ago?
- 04:39 Why did commerce and markets encourage an acceleration of innovation?
- 07:05 How did the discovery of new fossil fuels help to accelerate innovation?
- 09:24 Why did industrialization encourage innovation and what are some examples of this innovation?
- 09:50 How did the Industrial Revolution help change governments around the world?
- 11:36 How did industrialization help transform ideas of wealth and power in the world?
- 12:08 How is the industrialized world different from the non-industrialized world?