rning Objective lain how the elopment oi new tnologies changed world from 1900 resent Historical Developments New modes of communicationAncluding radio communication cellular communication, and the internetas well as transportation, including air travel and shipping containers reduced the problem of geographic distance. Energyr technologies. including the use of petroleum and nuclear power' raised productivity and increased the production of material goods Choose one new mode of communication and explain how it reduced the problem of geographic distance. Mobile technologies such as the cellphone put the tools of long distance communication into the hands of individuals around the world' People far away could now communicate with each other within minutes