1. how did materials and technologies transform industry and the global economy?
2. how did darwin’s theories on animal species impact discussions on class distinctions in humans?
3. how did migrations begin to affect people and societies?
4. how did africans and chinese oppose imperialism?
5. what societal issues began to cause problems around the world?

1. Before materials and technolgies developed along with advancement in science, Global economy was dominated by the Agricultural sector.

After materials and technologies started to be developed, the global economy started to slowly shifted into manufacture. These development enable people to create a more beneficial products with cheaper cost and very little time. This make the sales of manufactured goods far outgrew the sales of agricultural goods.

2. Darwin theories made many people wonder whether the social class in humans are created with the same 'survival of the fittest' principles like the animals.

Darwin stated that in the end, species that could adapt to the changes would survive and become the dominant species in that environment. Human society could also been on the same principle. For example, people who managed to adapt to the industrial revolution were the one that acquire the most wealth and rise their social rankings compared to the people who failed to do so.

3. Migrations influence the number of skilled workers and resources availability in that societies.

Not all territories in the country able to provide enough job opportunities and wealth for its people. When this occurs, many people were driven out from that territory and move to the new territories where resources and job opportunities are abundant. This would improve the number of skilled workers in the new territories and reduce the resource availability.

4. Chinese people oppose imperialism by completely excluding themselves from the influence of western nations. In the past, they completely banned all european products who wanted to come in and refuse foreign relations with European diplomats.

The African people on the other hand, did not refuse the western influence. They were colonized for a long period of time before they eventually created several revolution groups to drive imperialism away from their countries.

5. it would be poverty

Regardless of race , religion, or gender, typically people who're born rich would have far better life and had more success in their career compared to the people who're born poor.

Poverty exist in all countries around the world, even those who considered to be the most industrialized nations.

1960: wilma rudolph was the first woman to win three olympic gold medals in track and field at one olympic games. she was an american sprinter from tennessee, she was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world. she was among the most visible black women in america and abroad. she became a role model for black and female athletes. she was also known as a civil rights and women right's pioneer.

1973: billy jean king is an american former number one tennis player. she represented the united states in the federal cup and the wightman cup. for three years she was the usa's captain in the federation cup. she defends gender equality and has been a pioneer for equal and social justice. at the age of 29, she won "the battle of sexes" tennis match against the 55 year old bobby riggs. she was also the founder of women's tennis association and the women's sports foundation.  

1983: tamara mckinney becomes the first american female skier to win the alpine world cup overall championship top. she was the only american to hold that title for a quarter century until 2008.

1992: manon rhéaume, from canada,   becomes the only woman to start in a national hockey league game in an exhibition game for the tampa bay lightning . she played on the canada women's national ice hockey team winning gold medals in 1992 and 1994. and silver medals in 1998. manon marked the first time a woman appeared in a regular season professional game with her first appearance against the salt lake golden eagles.

2013: serena williams won 78 of 82 matches at the age of 31. she is an american professional tennis player. she reached the number 1 ranking for the first time on july, 8, 2002. at the age of 16, she played against karsten braasch the battle of sexes. she was the highest paid female athlete in 2016. she is a unicef ambassador .

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.