Unit 9 Section a Stop Brain Drain Background Information 1. Coca-Cola Founded in 1886, the Coca-Cola Company is the worlds leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, used to produce nearly 400 beverage brands. The headquarters are in Atlanta, with local operations is over 200 countries around the world History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The worlds first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighted only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space ag and the U.S. ------U S.S.R space race 3. The green Revolution The world's worst recorded food disaster happened in 1943 in British---ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine, an estimated four million people died of hunger that year alone in eastern India( that included today's Bangladesh). One of the reasons of for the lacks of food was found that the Indian leaders hoarded food in order to sell at higher prices However, the term"Green Revolution"is applied to the period from 1967 to 1978. Between 1947 and 1967, efforts at achieving food self-sufficiency were not entirely successful. Efforts until 1967 largely concentrated on expanding the farming areas. But starvation deaths were still being reported in the newspapers. In a perfect case of Malthusian economics, population was growing at a much faster rate than food production. This called for drastic action to increase yield. The action came in the form of the Green Revolution The term"Green Revolution"is a general one that is applied to successful agricultural experiments in many Third World countries. It is NOT specific to India. But it was most successful in India. There were three basic elements in the method of the Green Revolution: 1)Continued expansion of farming areas; 2 Double-cropping existing farmland; 3)Using seeds with improved genetics 4. Mohandas Karamchand gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement, was one of the greatest national leaders of the 20th century. His methods and philosophy of nonviolent confrontation, or civil disobedience, not only led his own country to independence but influenced political activists of many persuasions throughout the world 5.Jawaharal Nehru Jawaharal Nehru (1889-1964 )was the first prime minister of independent India. Nehru studied at Cambridge and was admitted to the english bar and then returned to India very westernized. After World War Il he participated in the discussions between the United Kingdom and India's leaders that eventually created the separate states of India and Pakistan. When independence came in 1947, Nehru became Prime Minister ofUnit 9 Section A Stop Brain Drain I. Background Information 1. Coca-Cola Founded in 1886, the Coca-Cola Company is the world’s leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, used to produce nearly 400 beverage brands. The headquarters are in Atlanta, with local operations is over 200 countries around the world. 2. Sputnik History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighted only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S. ------ U.S.S.R space race. 3. The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster happened in 1943 in British---ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine, an estimated four million people died of hunger that year alone in eastern India ( that included today’s Bangladesh). One of the reasons of for the lacks of food was found that the Indian leaders hoarded food in order to sell at higher prices. However, the term “ Green Revolution” is applied to the period from 1967 to 1978. Between 1947 and 1967, efforts at achieving food self-sufficiency were not entirely successful. Efforts until 1967 largely concentrated on expanding the farming areas. But starvation deaths were still being reported in the newspapers. In a perfect case of Malthusian economics, population was growing at a much faster rate than food production. This called for drastic action to increase yield. The action came in the form of the Green Revolution. The term “ Green Revolution” is a general one that is applied to successful agricultural experiments in many Third World countries. It is NOT specific to India. But it was most successful in India. There were three basic elements in the method of the Green Revolution: 1) Continued expansion of farming areas; 2) Double-cropping existing farmland; 3) Using seeds with improved genetics. 4. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement, was one of the greatest national leaders of the 20 th century. His methods and philosophy of nonviolent confrontation, or civil disobedience, not only led his own country to independence but influenced political activists of many persuasions throughout the world. 5.Jawaharal Nehru Jawaharal Nehru (1889-1964)was the first prime minister of independent India. Nehru studied at Cambridge and was admitted to the English bar and then returned to India very westernized. After World War Ⅱ he participated in the discussions between the United Kingdom and India’s leaders that eventually created the separate states of India and Pakistan. When independence came in 1947, Nehru became Prime Minister of