apwh unit 9

globalization

the phenomenon by which trade and tech have created a politically, economically, and socially interconnected world

communication technologies

1) radio (FDR used to talk to Americans during gd + www2)

2) television

3) cellular tech

4) internet

transportation technology

1) automobiles

2) air travel

3) shipping containers

energy technologies

1) petroleum (cars, planes, electricity. replaced coal)

2) nuclear power (cleaner alternative to fossil fuels)

medical technological advances

1) antibiotics (penicillin)

2) vaccines (polio, measles)

3) birth control

agricultural technologies

1) commercial farming (maximize profits of selling crops)

2) green revolution (genetic modification in mexico, India, indonesia. harmful bc of double-cropping leading to erosion)

epidemics/pandemics

1) Spanish flu

2) HIV/aids

3) covid-19

diseases associated with aging

1) alzheimer’s (dementia)

2) heart disease

land problems

1) deforestation (clearing trees)

2) more farmland (large commercial farms)

3) desertification (fertile land to infertile land)

air & water problems

1) decline in air quality

2) competition over fresh water supply

the Great smog

poisonous smog covered London for 5 days killing and sickening thousands

climate change

the warming of the planet due to the release of greenhouse gases

neoliberalism

economic emphasis on free market policies that include the lowering of trade barriers (tarrifs, etc)

economic liberalization causes

1) Ronald Reagan

2) Margaret thatcher (UK prime minister)

3) Augusto Pinochet (Chilean president)

chicago boys

graduated from UChicago, set out to solve Chilean economic problems

knowledge workers

mainc capital for work were not bodies, minds instead (Japan + finland had knowledge economies)

world trade organization

promotes trade by helping with negotiation of trade deals, helps /w trade disputes, and helps developing countries

regional trade agreements

1) European union

2) association of southeast Asian nations

multinational corporation

incorporated in one country but manufactures and sells goods in other countries (nestle, Mahindra & mahindra)

human rights movements

1) universal declaration of human rights

2) united nations first world conference on women

3) negritude movement (blk equality movement amongst Caribbean and African artists)

4) liberation theology (reinvisioning of catholic church in Latin America)

UNICEF

protected rights of children, fed hungry kids!

political/educational reforms

1) women’s suffrage

2) civil rights act

3) caste reservation system (spots in educational places reserved 4 lower caste)

reactions to globalization

1) environmentalism (greenpeace)

2) world fair trade organization (reformed unfair labor stuff)

globalization of music

1) reggae

2) k-pop

globalization of entertainment

1) hollywood (avengers: endgame having captain America!!!! low-key cultural imperialism)

2) bollywood

globalization of sports

1) Olympics

2) world cup

both nationalistic in nature

consumer culture

lifestyle devoted to spending money on mass produced material goods (advertising industry)

global brands

1) mcdonolds

2) kfc

3) coca cola

4) Toyota (Japanese)

online retailers

1) Alibaba

2) ebay

resistance to economic globalization

1) world bank - provides loans to developing countries

2) international monetary fund - facilitates money cooperation among member states of the world

brettonwod conference

aimed to make a stable, economically flourishing post-war world

battle for seattle

wto met in Seattle but anti-globalization people protested

social media outlets

1) facebook

2) twitter

china got rid of these tho ..

2009 uighur riots

chinese blamed on ideas from social media causing

chinese facebook

weibo

general assembly

includes representatives from all member nations, body of the UN & humanitarian

security council

responsible for keeping peace in a globalized world

parts of the UN

general assembly and security council

successful UN peacekeeping effort

ceasefire in liberia

failed UN peacekeeping effort

rwandan genocide