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| 12739332509 | al-Qaeda | International organization of fundamentalist Islamic militants, headed by Osama bin Laden | 0 | |
| 12739332510 | antiglgobalization | Major international movement that protests the development of the global economy on the grounds that it makes the rich richer and keeps poor regions in poverty, while exploiting their labor and environments; the movement burst onto the world stage in 1999 with massive protests at a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. | 1 | |
| 12739332511 | Osama bin Laden | The leader of al-Qaeda, a wealthy Saudi Arabian who turned to militant fundamentalism. |  | 2 |
| 12739332512 | Bretton Woods system | Named for a conference held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944, this system provided the foundation for postwar economic globalization, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; based on the promotion of free trade, stable currencies, and high levels of capital investment. | 3 | |
| 12739332513 | environmentalism | 20th century movement to preserve the natural world in the face of spiraling human ability to alter the world environment. | 4 | |
| 12739332514 | fundamentalism | Occurring within all the major world religions, fundamentalism is a self-proclaimed return to the "fundamentals' of a religion and is marked by a militant piety and exclusivism. | 5 | |
| 12739332515 | globalization | Term commonly used to refer to the massive growth in international economic transactions from 1950 to the present. |  | 6 |
| 12739332516 | global warming | A worldwide scientific consensus that the increased burning of fossil fuels and the loss of trees have begun to warm the earth's atmosphere artificially and significantly causing climate change and leading to possibly catastrophic results if the problem is not addressed. |  | 7 |
| 12739332517 | Che Guevara | Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine-born revolutionary (1928-1967) who waged guerrilla war in an effort to remedy Latin America's and Africa's social and economic ills. |  | 8 |
| 12739332518 | Hindutva | Fundamentalist Hindu movement that became politically important in India in the 1980s by advocating a distinct Hindu identity and decrying government efforts to accommodate other faiths groups. | 9 | |
| 12739332519 | Islamic renewal | Large number of movements in Islamic lands that promote a return to strict adherence to the Quran and the sharia in opposition to key elements of Western culture. | 10 | |
| 12739332520 | Jihad | Term used by modern militant Islamic groups to denote not just the "struggle" or "striving" that the world originally meant but also the defense of authentic Islam against Western aggression | 11 | |
| 12739332521 | Kyoto protocol on global warming | International agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow global warming; as of November 2007, 174 countries had subscribed to the agreement , but the United States' refusal to ratify the protocol has caused international tensions. |  | 12 |
| 12739332522 | liberation theology | Christian movement that is particularly active in Latin America and that argues the need for Christians to engage in the pursuit of social justice and human rights. | 13 | |
| 12739332523 | neo-liberalism | An approach to the world economy, developed in the 1970s, that favored reduced tariffs, the free movement of capital, a mobile and temporary workforce, the privatization of industry, and the curtailing of government efforts to regulate the economy. |  | 14 |
| 12739332524 | North/South gap | Growing disparity between the Global North and the Global South that appears to be exacerbated by current world trade practices. |  | 15 |
| 12739332525 | Augusto Pinochet | Military dictator of Chile from 1974-1990 who was known for his widespread use of torture and for liquidating thousands of opponents of his regime. |  | 16 |
| 12739332526 | Prague spring | Sweeping series of reforms instituted by communist leader Alexander Dubcek in Czechoslovakia in 1968; the movement was subsequently crushed by a Soviet invasion. |  | 17 |
| 12739332527 | reglobalization | The quickening of global economic transactions after WWII, which resulted in total world output returning to the levels established before the Great Depression and moving beyond them. |  | 18 |
| 12739332528 | religious right | The fundamentalist phenomenon as it appeared in US politics in the 1970s | 19 | |
| 12739332529 | second-wave feminism | Women's rights movement that revived in the 1960s with a different agenda than earlier women's suffrage movements; second-wave feminists demanded equal rights for women in employment and education, women's right to control their own bodies, and the end of patriarchal domination. |  | 20 |
| 12739332530 | socially engaged Buddhism | A growing movement in Asia that addresses the needs of the poor through social reform, educational programs, and health services | 21 | |
| 12739332531 | transnational corporations | Huge global businesses that produce goods or deliver services simultaneously in many countries; often abbreviated as TNCs |  | 22 |
| 12739332532 | World Trade Organization | International body representing 49 nations that negotiates the rules for global commerce and is dedicated to the promotion of free trade. |  | 23 |
| 12739332533 | Brain Drain | large scale emigration in the contemporary era by talented people from the Global South to 1st World Countries | 24 | |
| 12739332534 | Lost Decade | Economic stagnation in Latin America brought on by domestic policies, the oil crises, and high debt, lasting from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. | 25 | |
| 12739332535 | Remittances | Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in case, forming an important part of the economy in many poor countries. | 26 | |
| 12739332536 | OPEC | An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced int eh world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. it's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. |  | 27 |
| 12739332537 | Chiapas Rebellion | Rural inhabitants of Mexico, upset about the poor quality of land for farming, lack of other jobs, illiteracy rates, and the overall poverty, rebelled in Chiapas. They asked for jobs, land, education, and health facilities, things that most of Mexico's indigenous and the poverty stricken rural farmers are in need of. (1994) | 28 | |
| 12739332538 | Interdependence | A relationship between countries in which they rely on one another for resources, goods, or services; makes war between those countries much less likely | 29 | |
| 12739332539 | American Empire | A metaphor for the United States' world wide military domination and its global, political, economic, and cultural influence in the world today. | 30 | |
| 12739332540 | The Taliban | Extreme Muslim religious group (and former government) that controlled Afghanistan and funded Al-Qaeda | 31 | |
| 12739332541 | Iraq War | A war that began in 2004 when the US militarily invaded Iraq based upon the assumption that Saddam Hussein had acquired "weapons of mas destruction." | 32 | |
| 12739332542 | International Criminal Court | A court established by the United nations for indicting and administering justice to people who commit war crimes. |  | 33 |
| 12739332543 | Counterculture | A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture (i.e. Hippies during the Vietnam era. |  | 34 |
| 12739332544 | Alexander Dubcek | communist leader in Czechoslovakia. He launched a "democratic socialist revolution". Supported Prague Spring & promised citizens "socialism with a human face." (1968) |  | 35 |
| 12739332545 | Arab Spring | A revolutionary wave of protests and demonstrations overtaking dictators in the Middle East (2011) |  | 36 |
| 12739332546 | Cultural Revolution | (1966-1976) Political policy started in China by Mao Zedong to eliminate his rivals and train a new generation in the revolutionary spirit that created communist china. The Cultural Revolution resulted in beatings, terror, mass jailings, and the deaths of thousands. | 37 | |
| 12739332547 | NOW | National Organization of Women, 1966, Betty Friedan first president, want the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination. | 38 | |
| 12739332548 | Simone de Beauvoir | (1908-1986) Existentialist philosopher and feminist who wrote on the psychology and social position of women; wrote "The Second Sex" in 1949. |  | 39 |
| 12739332549 | Betty Friedan | 1920-2006 American feminist, activist and write. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique." |  | 40 |
| 12739332550 | Family Law Code | A set of laws governing marriage, divorce, inheritance of family property, and other related matters in Morocco that was targeted by feminists. | 41 | |
| 12739332551 | Sweat Shops | Factories in which many people in developing countries in the contemporary era worked long hours, received low wages, encountered unfair treatment and poor sanitation. (Indonesia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, etc.) |  | 42 |
| 12739332552 | Beijing Conference | The 2nd conference of the Division for the Advancement of Women of the United Nations held in 1995; examined a variety of women's issues and perspectives; recognized the advances that had been made in the status of women and called for efforts to remove remaining obstacles to equality (including those caused by poverty). | 43 | |
| 12739332553 | Phyllis Schlafly | A prominent American opponent of the Equal Rights amendment and important adviser in the Ronald Reagan administration. She argued against feminism. |  | 44 |
| 12739332554 | Benazir Bhutto | (1953-2007) became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. Heir to the political legacy of her father, she was the first woman in modern times to head the government of an Islamic state. |  | 45 |
| 12739332555 | religious pluralism | A modern movement toward accepting the idea that all religions as having an equal right to co-exist. | 46 | |
| 12739332556 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian statesman. he succeeded Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India and became India's first prime minister (1947-1964) |  | 47 |
| 12739332557 | Bharatiya Janata Party | India saw a major political shift in 1998 when this party ended 40 years of the Congress Party rule; their success came through blatant appeals to Hindu nationalism, the condoning of violence against India's Muslim people, and opposition to the social and economic status of the Untouchables. | 48 | |
| 12739332558 | Six Day War | (1967) Short conflict between Egypt and her allies against Israel. Won by Israel. Israel took over the Golan Heights, the West Bank of the Jordan River, and the Sinai Peninsula. |  | 49 |
| 12739332559 | Mawlana Mawdudi | (1903-1979) He was the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamic Revivalist Party. Played a key role in establishing the Islamic State in Pakistan. Political Islamic thinker who contemplated the role of women in Islam, the possibilities for democracy in an Islamic state, the importance of jihad, and the moral and religious responsibility of the individual. Gained notoriety in South and South East Asia. |  | 50 |
| 12739332560 | Algerian Islamic Salvation Front | A political entity in Algeria that was created in 1989 and outlawed in 1992 which was "poised" to win elections in 1992, when a frightened military government intervened to cancel the elections, an action that plunged the country into a decade of bitter civil war. | 51 | |
| 12739332561 | Hamas | A militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon | 52 | |
| 12739332562 | Hezbollah | A radical Shi'ite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel. | 53 | |
| 12739332563 | Fatwa | In Islam, a legal opinion issued by an authority according to a particular school of law. | 54 | |
| 12739332564 | John Paul II | (1920-2005) In 1978, he became the first non-Italian Pope in 400 years. He helped end Communism in Eastern Europe. |  | 55 |
| 12739332565 | Silent Spring | A book written to voice the concerns of environmentalists written by Rachel Carson in 1962; Launched the environmentalist movement by point out the effects of civilization development. |  | 56 |
| 12739332566 | Vandana Shiva | An Indian environmentalist who argued that "the threat to atmospheric commons has been building over centuries..." |  | 57 |
