AP WORLD Quiz #24 (17-35)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

settles international trade disputes (1995)

European Union

Regional Trade Agreement

NAFTA (USMCA)

Canada, Mexico, US – free trade zone (1994) (new version known as of 2020)

ASEAN

SE Asian nations – like NAFTA (1967)

MERCOSAUR

Latin America – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia – 1991

Ronald Reagan

The United States beginning with

Margaret Thatcher

Britain under

Deng Xiaoping

China under

Pinochet

Chile under

Free market established after US supported coup against leftist leader – supported by the military (1974 – 1990)

International Monetary Fund

1945 – Bretton Woods Conference (29 member nations) – 188 nations working together to improve the world economy

World Bank

Coordinates financial goals internationally

World Trade Organization

Established by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade – settles international trade disputes (1995)

Royal Dutch Shell

Shell gas (Netherlands, London, UK) 1907

Coca Cola

(1892) Multinational Corporation

Sony

(1946) Multinational Corporation

Greenpeace

(1972) Movements throughout the world protested the inequality of environmental and economic consequences of global integration

Green Belt

Kenya (1977)

Earth Day

(1970) Created by a senator

Movements throughout the world protested the inequality of environmental and economic consequences of global integration

White Australia Policy

The notion of human rights gained traction throughout the world

the end of….

The UN Declaration of Human Rights

(1948) – specifies the responsibility of nations to prevent crimes against humanity

Xenophobia

Exclusionary reactions to New cultural identities

Hare Krishna

Worship of Radha-Krishna

Falun Gong

founded by Li Hangzhi – meditation and discipline

Liberation theology

‘50s and ‘60s – interpretation of Jesus in relation to unjust political, economic, and social realities – accusations of Marxist concepts – Vatican declared it a sin

Wangari Manthai

encouraged women to work together to grow seedlings and plant trees; store rainwater

Gaylord Nelson

Founded by a Senator as an environmental teach-in

Negritude

French literary movement argued that precolonial Africa was superior to post colonial Africa

Radha-Krishna

form of altered Hinduism

Li Hangzhi

meditation and discipline

World Cup Soccer/The Olympics/Cricket

Sports were more widely practiced and reflected national and social aspirations.

Reggae/Bollywood

Changes in communication and transportation technology enabled the widespread diffusion of music and film

Alibaba/eBay

Online commerce has been enabled

Toyota, Coca-Cola

Global brands:

Anti-IMF activism

anti-World Bank activism (Responses to economic globalization)

Weibo

Advent of locally developed social media (in China)

The League of Nations/The United Nations/The International Tribunal Court

New international organizations (1945 – “Crimes Against Humanity” – established after Nuremberg )

UNICEF

NGO - 1946

The Red Cross

NGO 1881

Amnesty International

NGO – political human rights abuses – 1961

Doctors Without Borders

NGO – 1971

World Health Organization

NGO - 1948