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Alibaba and eBay

examples of E-commerce

Ronald Reagan's Economic Policies

deregulation of the economy, returning to lazzeis faire capitalism

Margaret Thatcher's Economic Policies

privatizing government industries

Deng Xiaoping

adopted elements of capitalism into china

Economic Policies of Augusto Pinochet

lowered trade barriers and deregulated the chilean economy

Air travel

allowed for goods and people to travel faster

Cellular Communication

allows anyone with a cell signal to communicate

Internet

glonal network that connects computers around the world

World Trade Organization (WTO)

international group that governs world trade, encourages world trade to follow certain norms

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

established tariff free trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

promotes free trade zone in south east asia

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

an international organization that acts as a lender of last resort, providing loans to troubled nations, and nations have to pay into it

World Bank

international investment bank run by the worlds richest countries to invest in the poorest countries

World Fair Trade Organization

free trade is not fair trade, advocates for policies to protect growing industries in developing countries

Anti-IMF Activism

against the IMF because the countries that 'make the calls' are the big western powers and this gives the old colonial powers power over the economy of developing countries

Anti-World Bank Activism

protests the unfairness of the World Bank's loans, which grant inordinate amounts of power to wealthier countries to control the movement of funds to the Third World

Multinational Corporations

companies that operate in multiple countrys; Toyota,Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Nissan, Mahindra and Mahindra

Knowledge Economies

an economy in which growth is dependent on the quantity, quality, and accessibility of the information available, rather than the means of production.

examples) Japan, US, Finland

Secondary Sector Dominant Countries

countries holding the manufacturing facilities

vaccines

caused people to be more resistant to viruses

antibiotics

substances that kill bacteria and treat bacterial infections

Tuberculosis (TB)

disease that causes severe respiratory issues, not cured today but it has treatable symptoms

cholera

stomach disease that is no longer deadly

malaria

A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood; curable but treatment is not accessable

green revolution

new farming methods; fertilizers and GMOs

birth control

allows people to choose how many children to have

heart disease

chronic disease that is hard to cure, #1 killer in america, seen more because of aging population

alzhiemers

elderly disease that causes memory loss and brain degradation, more seen because of aging population

HIV/AIDS

autoimmune disease with treatable symptoms, but treatment is not accessible

spanish flu

from WWI and spread around in the trenches, pandemic

corona virus

recent pandemic the world was not prepared for

energy crisis

OPEC changed the prices of oil. an oil price shock and a stock market crash

petroleum

finite resource that powers machines

nuclear power

using nuclear fission to make energy

greenhouse gasses

gasses that trap the sun's heat in the atmosphere and make the planet heat up

climate change

warming of the earth's climate

desertification

the process of arid land becoming desert

deforestation

cutting down forests and replacing them with farms

fresh water consumption

not enough water in an area for people living there

air quality

pollution in the air

greenpeace

environmental organization advocating for the environment

green belt movement

started by professor Wangari Maathai; combination of feminism and environmentalism

ecotourism

turn national sites into tourist attractions; economic incentive for preserving nature

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948

document made by the UN as a declaration of human rights; not enforced

Women's Suffrage

women's right to vote

U.S. Women's Suffrage

1920

Brazilian Women's Suffrage

1932

Japanese Women's Suffrage

1945

Indian Women's Suffrage

1947

Moroccan Women's Suffrage

1963

Female Literacy Rate

% of women who can read and write

Global Feminism

feminism that encorperates non- western ideas or combines western and non-western ideals

Negritude movement

celebration of blackness; movement in sub saharan africa to combat scientific racism

Popular-Support Governments

goverments making policies based on public opinion

Liberation Theology

movement in the south american catholic church that the church should inspire social change

Bollywood

film industry in india; example of global cultural influence

Reggae Music

combination of caribbean, westernand african traditions; example of global culture syncretism

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

britsh news channel that broadcasts globally

World Cup soccer

international football tournament

Olympic Games

worldwide athletic competiton

Facebook

social networking site to connect people; used to spread ideas

Twitter

social media, used by politicians, censorship controversy

Weibo

social media in china, regulated by the government

Decolonization

breaking up of maritime/ colonial empires into independent countries

Reasons for Decolonization

• powers were economically weak after WWII

• instability from the cold war

• self determination

Negotiated Independence

when a colony gets independence through diplomacy

Muslim League

group that acted in the interest of muslims in south asia during the decolonization of india

Negotiated Independence of India

Britian promised independence for india after the war, the British arranged for a Partition of India and Pakistan

Partition of India and Pakistan

GB dividing south asia into hindu india and muslim pakistan

Land Reform in Kerala

local government confiscate land from the rich to give to the poor; indian socialist policy

Economic Policy of Indira Gandhi

indian capitalist policy; proved india was staying neutral in the cold war

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

first female prime minister in the world, kept sri lanka non aligned

Cambodia

created by the breakup of french indochina; neutral in the cold war

Sukarno

Indonesian socialist leader with connections to the soviet union

Negotiated Independence for the Gold Coast

british negotiating with local leaders to give the gold coast independence but still have economic ties to the british empire

Kwame Nkrumah

leader who the british negociated with in the independence for the gold coast; dictator; made ghana self sufficient

Algerian War

france refused to give up territories in algeria; led to negotiated independence of west africa

Negotiated Independence for West Africa

france giving up their colonies in west africa without war; result of the algerian war

Mengistu Haile Mariam

Ethiopian leader who overthrew the ethiopan royalty and aligned ethiopia with the soviet union in the cold war

Julius Nyerere

dictator in tanzania

Biafra Secessionist Movement

the movement for Igbo people in south nigeria to have an independant nation-state; igbo lost

Québécois

party claiming quebecian independence from canada; got local autonomy

Israel

a nation state with the purpose of being a majority jewish state; established by the british partitioning palestine

Gamal Abdel Nasser

lead egypt to be socialist and align with the soviet union; gave the state control over the suez canal

Suez Crisis

GB and france almost went to war with egypt over the egyptian government controlling the suez canal

Camp David Accords

normalized relations between israel and its neighbors, sponsored by jimmy carter

White Revolution

pahlavi shah confinscating land from notable irianians, caused Shi'ites to rebel and take control of the state making iran a islamic theocracy

Immigrantion patterns

people from former colonies moving to the former metropole; south asians to great britian, algerians to france, filipinos to america

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

middle east union that controlled the price of oil to effect the united states economy

Nonviolence

the use of peaceful means to bring about political or social change

Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi

leader of the independence movement in south asia

Caste Reservation in India

system in india designed to help people who were disadvantaged by the caste system

Martin Luther King Jr.

leader of the civil rights movement in the united states

Civil Rights Act

legally ended segregation

Voting Rights Act

outlawed disenfranchisement of african americans

Apartheid

racial segregation in south africa