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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
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
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