Name:Cas

ely
nD.Canaman

Teac
her
:Ms
.Ir
eneGonzal
es

Sub
jec
t:Cont
emp
orar
yWor
ld

Fi
nalExam

DEADLI
NE:Jan.
10,
20215p
m

SENDv
iames
senger

1.Whati
sCont
emp
orar
yWor
ld?

contemp or arywor l
d ist hecircums tancesandi deasoft he
presentage;" i
nmod ernt i
mesl iket hese"mod ernt imes ,mod ern
worldp res entt i
mes .times-amor eorlessd efiniteper iodoft i
me
noworp r eviousl
yp r
es ent;"itwasas i
gnoft het i
mes ".The
contemp or arywor l
dals oisanev er-changingmi xofs ocialand
poli
ticalc hanges .Whi l
er eli
gious ,poli
tical
,andet hnicc onf l
ic
ts
continue,wear ec urrent l
ylivi
ngi noneoft hemos tp eac efuler
as
i
nt hehi st oryoft hep lanet.Chal lengesoft he21s tcent ury
i
nc l
ud eemer gingt echnologies,heal thcare,ov erpopulat ion,
cl
imat ec hange,p overty,ill
iterac y,di
sease,andmi grat ion
2.Whyd oweneedt os t ud yCont emp or ar yWor l
d?-Fort hef ew
mont hsofhav i
ngCont emp orar yWor lds ubj ecttomyc our se
Educ ation,Igoti ntr oduc et ot hec omp lexi tyofours oc i
etyand
howc urr entp rob
lemst hats uf fer,They out hoft odaymus tb e
wel li
nf or medwi t
hc urr enthap peningsoft hemod ernwor ldin
ordert ogi vet heml ev er ageov ert rad i
tionali ssues.The
knowl ed geac quir
edb ys tudentl ikemewi llb eusedf orr eall i
fe
situat i
onb ecaus ec ont emp or
ar ywor ldt ac klesconcep tt hatar e
timely,r elev antandwel lsuitedf ort hef il
ip i
nosisvitalt ol earn
thec onc ep tsneed edi ni nvolvingi ns ocialis suesandc r eating
solutionst hem.

3.Whyi st hewor ldc ont emp orar y?-Thec ontemp or arywor ld

sensiblybeginswi th t hes ethings’ beginnings ,
 whic hhav e
continuedt oourp res entd aywi thus .Theyhav eremai ned
contemp oraryallt hr ougheac hp ass i
ngwor ldandagegoneb y.
Theyar ec ontemp or ar ynow.“ Cont emp orary”j ustmeansexi sting
atonet i
me.Wel l,t hewhol ewor l
dhasal way sd onet hat .And
reallytheonl yti
meandmomentev erhasal way sb eennow.Thr ee
hund red,fourhund redy earsf romnow,i fhumani tyi ss til
lwit
hus
(andwhomi ght“ us”b e,i fi
ti sn’t?I ntriguingques tion?),the
l
ivingwi l
lb einthec ont emp orarywor ld.Howmanyoft hesethings
willstil
lbewi th 
them?I twi llprobab lyrec ognizablyb e
not  
our contempor ar ywor l
dt heyi nhab it.Nors houldi tb e,si
nce
we’rel i
abletohav ep as sedonb ythen.Theywi llnotb e 
our
contemp oraries.
4.Exp lainy ourp ointofv i
ewt oav er yc ont rov er s ial c as eof
fli
ghtat tend antwhop as sedawayl as tJan.1,2021. -Outofmy
cur iosit y,Is t alkChr i
s tineTi kt okac countandt hisi swhatIs aw.
Icant rul ys ayc hrist i
neandherf riend sar er eal lyc los e,Ic an't
seeorf eelanyt hreators omet hing,i t'sj us tlikeat yp icalb es t
friendb ondors quadgoal s,t hat '
swhyIc an' ti magi net hatPNP
saidChr ist i
nec asewas" Slay edRap eVi c tim" ,Mos tes pec ially Rom
Gallidowher eoneoft heal l
eged lys us pec tor" per sonofi nt eres t"
int hec as ewi llr apec hr istine.Res p ons iblef reed om,Whet her
ther ewasr ap et hathap penedornot ,at elli
ngl es s onmus tb e
hear d
,s een,andl ear ned .Weal lhav ef r eed om,b utwemus tb e
car eful inexer cisingourf reed omi nasmuc haswear eend owed
withi nt elligenc et od i
s cer nwhati st oc omef orev er yac tiont hat
wec hoos e.Bas ically,t hiswast hef irstl es sonev ert aughti nour
histor y,t hatt ookp lac ei nt heGar denofEd en.Top art yandt o
celeb rat ei snotb ad ,andany b od yhast her ightt oi t.But" how"t o
par tyi st heques t
ion.I ft her ei snomor ec ont rolorl i
mi tt oy our
freed om,i ti snol ongerf reed omb utl i
c ens e.Buti fy ouonl yus e
yourf r eed omt oc hoos eonl ywhati sr ight ,i ti sc al ledr esp ons ibl
e
freed om.Ap p ar ent ly,p ar tyingal onewi t h11op pos it es ex,i s
cros singt hel inet hats epar at esf r eed omf roml ic ens e,an
ocas siont hati nv i
t ess omet hi ngs inistert ohap p en.Per hap s,it
pay st oheedwhatt heel ectr iciansus et os ay ," alway sc ons ideran
openwi r el i
v e,weargl ov esal lt het ime. "
5.Cit ethei mpor tanc eofc ontemp orarywor l
d- ai
mof
the Cont emp orar yWor l
d 
programi st ohelpadultl
earnersbecome
inter estedin cont emp oraryworld probl
emsandi ssuesthatall
societ i
esf ace,d evelopc ompetenc i
esandc onstructknowled
ge.
conc erns ..
..Theyb ecomeawar eoft he role 
theymustplayin
societ yandoft heirr esponsib
ili
tiesasc i
t i
zens.

6.Whati scontemporar
yhistory?-Contemporaryhi
storyI t
referstothehi s
toryofeventsusuall
ywithi
nt hel
if
et i
meoft he
his
t or
ian,ordescri
besthehistori
calper
iodfromapproximatel
y
1945t othepresent.