Global Post test

Globalization

Tendency of investment funds/businesses  to move beyond domestic and national markets to ones found around the globe. 


1. companies expanding across the world -> Mcdonalds


2. music -> jazz, kpop

Microfinance

 Financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services.


1. Grameen Bank


2. Keeva

Ethnocentrism

Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.


1. Racism(learning about another culture and degrading it's values)


2. France-> laws banning religious attire

Secular

\
Separate from religion or not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion; worldly.


1. public school


2. the Soviet Union

Sacred

Worthy of religious worship ; very holy; relating to religion. 


1. Hinduism
2. Mecca, holy books

Fundamentalism

Strict literal interpretation of scriptures or ideologies.


1. ISIS
2. The taliban

Warlord

Locally powerful militants/rulers who rule by force in the absence of a strong central government. 


1. Somalia 


2. Uganda 

Nationalism

Strong identification with one’s ethnic, cultural or religious background


1. Nazis


2. KKK

Totalitarianism

Form of government in which the state holds total  authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life.


1. Stalin


2. North Korea

Cult of Personality

When an political leader uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.


1. Stalin


2. Hitler

Coup d’Etat

The sudden and illegal overthrow of a government, usually from within, to replace the existing leadership. 


1. Haitian revolution


2. Myanmar

Refugee

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.


1. Syria
2. Afghanistan

Colonialism

The establishment and expansion of settlements in one territory by people from another territory. It implies an unequal relationship between the colonial power and the indigenous people.


1. Africa


2. India and Britain 

Sanctions

Actions taken by countries against others for political reasons, to force compliance/agreement.


1.  US sanctioning Russia
2. Iran

Theocracy

A form of government based on religion.


1. Vatican City


2. Iran

Soverignty

Ability for a people or government to control their own nation or territory


1. American Revolution


2. Mexican Revolution

Nation

A country that has one dominant culture, ethnic group that unifies them as a distinct group of people


1. Palestinians  


1. The Curds in Asia

State

An independent political entity with clear geographic boundaries.

Blasphemy

Insulting or degrading to a religion or religious beliefs


1. burning a holy book
2. insulting a religion or god

Nationalize

To transfer (a major branch of industry or commerce) from private to state ownership or control.


1. The Soviet Union 

Sectarian

is a member of a group with a particular set of interests, usually members of a religious subgroup.


1. The secs in Buddhism  
2. protestant groups in Christianity

Diaspora

A scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic location.


1. The trans-atlantic slave trade


2. The jewish diaspora

Revolution

a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization


1. The Mexican Revolution
2. The Cuban revolution

Mandate

the authority to carry out a policy or course of action


1. palestine

Hegemony

leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.


1. The United States
2. China on asian power