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Arab Spring
Protests across the arab world organized through social media and cellular technology
Green revolution
Scientists developed strains of wheat and other grans which grew quicker and were more resistant to disease and insects
Commercial farmer
as more technology was used for farming, new tech was too expensive for smaller farmers to use, so small farms were consolidated into corporations
antibiotics
new drug which helped kill bacteria and prevent wounds from getting infected
penicillin
the first antibiotic
vaccines
help protect people from diseases like smallpox and polio
birth control
allowed women to participate more in the workforec.
Deforestation
due to increased agricultural demand, the amount of land available for forests has decreased
Desertification
once fertile land becoming desert-like due to deforestation and droughts
Great Smog
1952, a severe air pollution event in london where a heavy cloud of lethal smoke covered the city for five days, killing at least 4000 people
Kyoto protocol
1997 An international agreement to reduce carbon emissions
Paris agreement
2016 An international agreement to reduce carbon emissions
Ronald Reagan
US president during the 70s
Margaret Thatcher
PM of UK during the 70s
Deng Xiaoping
Leader of the CCP during the 80s, opened china’s economic policies somewhat, allowing for some private ownership
Augusto Pinochet
Dictator in Chile who opened chile’s economy to the free market
Chicago boys
A group of economists who helped to solve economic problems in Chile
Knowledge economy
AN economy which depends on the quality and quantitiy of information available, which can then be monetized as a commodity (teachers, engineers, etc.)
Transnational Free Trade agreements
agreements between nations to get rid of limits to trade
North American free trade agreement (NAFTA)
a deal between the US, Canada and Mexico which says that there will be no tariffs on Mexican goods coming into the US and Canada
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
a trade agreement between many different SE Asian nations
World Trade organization
An organization which aims to promote global trade by reducing tariffs and quotas
multinational corporations
corporations which employ knowledge workers int heir own countries, manufacture in other countries, and sell to people all over the world
Universal declaration of Human rights
document written by teh UN which sought to protect the human rights of citizens of the global community
UNICEF
a branch of the UN which aims to help protect the rights fo children
Negritude movement
a movement to celebrate blackness in french west africa
Liberation theology
a strain of chrisitanity popular in latin ameria which beleives that jesus is on teh side of the poor and opressed
apartheid
a strict policy of segregation in SOuth Africa
Caste Reservation system
a system in india which reserves a portion of jobs and opportunities for people coming from the oppressed dalit caste and other low castes
Uighur Reeducation camps
Chinese camps which “reeducate” the uighur muslim minority in chinas north west
Tiananmen Square protests
Pro-democracy protests in china which were brutally suppressed when the chinese military attacked unarmed protestors
Greenpeace
An organization which advocates for poorer nations which face the environmental downsides of globalization
Green Belt
A movement founded by Wangari Maathai in Kenya which advocates for environemental improvement in Kenya
Americanization
the global spread of american culture and values due to the prominence of american products and movies
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