Ch. 36 AP World History (Globalization and Resistance) Flashcards

The Newest Stage of World History: 1914-Present

Ch. 36 Globalization and Resistance

194084519	Multinational Corporations	Powerful companies, mainly from the West or Pacific Rim, with production as well as distributin operations in man different countris. Multinationals surged in the decades after World War II	0
194084520	Pokemon	What is one of the most popular japanese shows on tv? Proof of cultural globalizations	1
194084521	Globalization	The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.	2
194084522	Y2K	A computer glitch that only showed the year by the last two digits. It was feared that when the year changed from 1999 to 2000, computers would think it was really 1900 as it only read the last two digits.	3
194084523	Cell Phones	Transmit and receive signals using high frequency microwaves. Signals are sent as microwaves to towers that then send the signal to a HUB. The HUB then transmits the signal to the receiving cell phone.	4
194084524	Tim Berners	Devloped the world wide web	5
194084525	Human Trafficking	A modern form of slavery in which people are sold, coerced or forced under threat of violence to work agains their will for little or no pay. Has increased with the advent of globalization.	6
194084526	World Trade Organizations	An international agency which encourages trade b/w member nations administers global trade agreements and resolves disputes when they arise.	7
194084527	INGOs	Nonprofit, open membership organization that is not connected to any government and active in at least 3 states	8
194084528	North American Free Trade Agreement	Agreement entered into by Canada, Mexico, and the United States in December 1992 and which took effect on January 1, 1994 to eliminate the barriers to trade in, and facilitate the cross-border movement of goods and services between the countries.	9
194084529	World Bank	A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.	10
194084530	IMF	International Monetary Fund//a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.	11
194084531	The Lexus and the Olive Tree	1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree	12
194084532	Fundamentalism	Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).	13
194084533	CFC	(Abbr.) Chemical compounds originally developed for use in refrigeration systems, now used widely in industry. When released into the air, they break down and release chlorine, which causes damage to the Earth's ozone layer and is responsible for creating the ozone hole.Cholorofluorocarbons	14
194084534	Global Warming	An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)	15
194084535	Dubai	The rapidly expanding commercial and business capital of the middle east; in the united arab emirates	16
194084536	G-20	Group of 20 leading economies; new great powers, International forum for constructive discussion between industrial and emerging market economies	17
194084537	Population Bomb	Required only three things: a rapid rate of change, a limit of some sort, and delays in perceiving the limit.Predicted that in the 1970s & 1980s hundreds of millions would starve to death; later proven false. Paul Ehrlich	18
194084538	Paul Ehrlich	An ecologist who warned that the greatest threat to the planet is overpopulation and that resources on earth would quickly become depleted as population grew, FAILED.	19