Chapter 35 in the 2nd edition of Traditions and Encounters: A Brief Global History
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| 376291052 | Age of Access | Refers to modern age due to the rise of communication technology that is available | 0 | |
| 376291053 | AIDS | a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles | 1 | |
| 376291054 | Al-Qaeda | a network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 | 2 | |
| 376291055 | ASEAN | The Association for the Southeast Asian Nations formed in 1967 to promote the prosperity and political stability of its member nations. Currently Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam are members. Other countries in the region participate as "observer" members. | 3 | |
| 376291056 | Biodiversity | Relates to the maintenance of multiple species of plants and animals on earth; the most serious threat to this is destruction of natural habitats in the wake of urbanization, extension of agricultural activity, and exploitation of mineral and timber resources. | 4 | |
| 376291057 | Bush Doctrine of Deterrence | • His preventive strike against Iraq o Increased presence of foreign military personnel in Iraq Intensified Islamic fervor | 5 | |
| 376291058 | European Union | Began as European Economic Community (or Common Market), an alliance of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, to create a single economic entity across national boundaries and reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members in 1958; later joined by Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Finland, and other nations for further European economic integration. | 6 | |
| 376291059 | Feminist Movement | The struggle of women starting in the 2nd half of the 1900's for equality. Key concerns included equal pay for equal work and the passage of an Equal Rights Amendment. | 7 | |
| 376291060 | Free Trade | international trade free of government interference | 8 | |
| 376291061 | GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas | 9 | |
| 376291062 | Globalization | The expansion of economics, political and cultural processes to the point that they beome global in scale and impact. | 10 | |
| 376291063 | Global Warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) | 11 | |
| 376291064 | HAART | a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors (taken for aids);, highly active antiretroviral therapy | 12 | |
| 376291065 | IMF | International Monetary Fund//a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies | 13 | |
| 376291066 | Little Tigers | earliest and most successful imitators of the Japanese model for economic development; they were Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan; turned disadvantages into advantages through a program of export-driven industrialization; corporations from these 4 states undercut original Japanese products w/ lower-costing versions; the original 4 were later joined by Indonesia, Thailand, & Malaysia | 14 | |
| 376291067 | McDonaldization | the homogenizing spread of consumerism around the globe | 15 | |
| 376291068 | NAFTA | A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries.(North American Free Trade Agreement) | 16 | |
| 376291069 | Northern Alliance | a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban | 17 | |
| 376291070 | OPEC | an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum. It wanted to raise the price of oil, and did. | 18 | |
| 376291071 | Operation Iraqi Freedom | Began in march 2003 to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and overthrow Saddam Hussein. After the overthrow, longstanding religious-ethnic disputes came out. Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurds all fought. Political stalemate. | 19 | |
| 376291072 | Osama Bin Laden | Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks. | 20 | |
| 376291073 | Saddam Hussein | President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Waged war on Iran in 1980-1988. In 1990 he ordered an invasion of Kuwait but was defeated by United States and its allies in the Gulf War (1991). Defeated by US led invasion in 2003. | 21 | |
| 376291074 | Taliban | fundamentalist Muslim group, gained power, restored order, but imposed an extreme form of Islam on Afghanistan, supported al-Qaeda | 22 | |
| 376291075 | Terrorism | the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature | 23 | |
| 376291076 | United Nations | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security | 24 | |
| 376291077 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | A document published by the United Nations in 1948 stating that all people had certain basic rights including life, liberty, equality, justice and self determination. Source Document: Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 25 | |
| 376291078 | WTO | an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade (World Trade Organization) | 26 |
