Zahin, Nailah- APWH Unit 9 Flashcards

Martin Luther King Jr

MLK was a civil rights leader that protested against the discrimination of blacks through nonviolent civil disobedience

9) MLK protested discrimination through nonviolent acts and civil disobedience

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a member of the African National Congress that went to jail in order to promote social change during the apartheid

9) Nelson Mandela opposed the apartheid through a civil rights movement to push away white colonial power over Africa

New modes of Communication

New modes of communication include radio communication and the internet that also involved air communication

1) New communication led to a unity in the sense that it presented real time connectivity through the internet and news.

Green Revolution

The Green Revolution is a period of technological innovations that impact the production of agriculture, including chemicals, pesticides, and tractors.

1) The Green Revolution changed the way that agricultural production occurs by affecting the rate and efficiency of producing and harvesting crops

Medical Innovations

Medical innovations occurred as a result of the shift to a knowledge economy that presented with the development of penicillin that led to antibiotics and vaccines

1) Medical innovations led to increased life expectancy and more diseases as an effect of old age

Covid 19 Pandemic

Covid-19 Pandemic is the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease

2) Covid 19 caused people to establish a way of life that limits physical interaction due to mass deaths and population fluctuation from the infection

Diseases of Poverty

Infectious diseases linked to poverty, including malaria, are impacted by the lack of a sustainable life and access to sufficient medical aid

2) Diseases linked to poverty have most affected decreasing populations in african and asian nations

Diseases of Longetivity

Diseases of longevity are associated with older age and the increased life expectancy rate due to medical innovations

2) Diseases due to age affected populations as it changed the demographic of life expectancy

Causes of environmental change

Causes of environmental change include the increased production of agriculture and the Green Revolution

3) The effects of this include pollution and movements to reverse negative effects of climate change

Economic Liberalization

Economic Liberalization is the state’s disinvolvement in national affairs and promoting economic prosperity through free trade

4) This shows continuity and change as previously nations held influence in the capitalist economy compared to the free market policies.

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping took power after Mao Zedong and reformed communism in China by opening the nation to international affairs

4) Deng Xiaoping changed China’s economic policies and reintroduced the nation into global trade affairs, growing the impact of China once again

Knowledge Economy

Knowledge Economy promotes the use of intellectual individuals in creating jobs

4) This shows changes as nations had been previously committed to manufacturing and mercantilism rather than education

World Trade Organization

The WTO regulates and facilitates international trade among 164 states. Anti-WTO organizations emerged to protest worker rights and social issues

4) The WTO presents unity among the international economic system and encouraged peaceful and smooth trade to reform former issues with trade

7) Anti-WTO organizations emerged as a result of globalization to protest an economy that would be sustainable including human and environmental rights that were affected as a result

Multinational corporations

Multinational corporations are businesses that are involved in multiple nations

4) This presents continuities as previous colonial nations held economic influence in foreign nations, and it presents change as it now cooperates with the state’s policies

ASEAN

The Association of South East Nations integrates a united system of government and social rights

4) Continuities include the seclusion of China from the maritime economy and changes include the inclusion of ASEAN countries in the global economy depending on them.

UN Declaration of Human Rights

The UN adopted a declaration that protects the fundamental human rights

5) Apartheid and social injustice in American and Africa had been abolished due to the nations’ involvement in the UN

US Civil Rights Act of 1965

US Civil Rights Act of 1965 prohibited discrimination based on race or gender

5) Racism had been rampant and the civil rights act challenged the acts of discrimination in the US, giving rights back to align those with the constitution

Green Belt Movement

The Green Belt Movement is an organization in Africa that works to reverse the effects of deforestation by planting trees

5) The Green Belt Movement challenges the patriarchy by putting women in an exerted role in improving the environment

Bollywood

Bollywood is the hindi cinema and motion picture world based in the British Raj bombay, now Mumbai.

6) Bollywood became integrated in cultural groups in diasporas due to globalization and unity of a similar culture

World Cup Soccer

The World Cup is an international association that levels nations’ soccer teams. Is one of the most viewed events.

6) The World Cup became integrated in the global culture as nations across the world participate in this popular event

United Nations

The UN is committed to promoting peace and prevent conflict through improving human rights

8) Globalization has led to the creation of the UN to promote national security and prevent conflict by providing limitations to each nations’ powers.