AP World History Ch. 24 Vocab Flashcards
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| 13743297765 | Al-Qaeda | An Islamic-extremist terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks. | 0 | |
| 13743297766 | Antiglobalization | A movement which aims to criticize and counteract globalization. | 1 | |
| 13743299587 | Osama Bin Laden | Founder of Al-Qaeda in 1988. | 2 | |
| 13743299588 | Bretton Woods System | A set of agreements that negotiated rules for commercial and financial dealings among major capitalist countries, and created institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. | 3 | |
| 13743301835 | Environmentalism | 4 | ||
| 13743301836 | Fundamentalism | 5 | ||
| 13743303134 | Globalization | Process of increasing political, economic, and cultural relationships throughout the world. | 6 | |
| 13743303135 | Global Warming | Gradual increase of global temperatures as a result from industrialization and globalization. | 7 | |
| 13743303136 | Che Guevara | Argentinian born revolutionary that embraced the Cuban revolution and tried to liberate parts of Africa and Latin America through guerrilla warfare. | 8 | |
| 13743305758 | Hindutva | 9 | ||
| 13743305759 | Islamic Renewal | 10 | ||
| 13743306984 | Jihad | 11 | ||
| 13743309079 | Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming | An international treaty intended to bring countries together to reduce global warming and cope with the existing effects of it. | 12 | |
| 13743310684 | Liberation Theology | The idea which drove communism, nationalism, and other major ideologies through the promise of freedom from previously oppressive authorities. | 13 | |
| 13743310685 | Neo-Liberalism | An approach to the world economy that favors reduction of tariffs, free global movement of capital, mobile workforce, privatization of many state run enterprises, government efforts to regulate economy, and tax/spending cuts. | 14 | |
| 13743312344 | North/South Gap | Gap in wealth, healthcare, educational and employment opportunities, Internet access, etc. which favored the Global North. | 15 | |
| 13743314434 | Augusto Pinochet | Dictator of Chile from 1973-1990 who repressed women in his regime. | 16 | |
| 13743314435 | Prague Spring | An explosion in free expression, emerging political clubs and parties, and rehabilitation of repressed victims enacted by New Communist Party in Czechoslovakia. | 17 | |
| 13743317126 | Reglobalization | Dramatic quickening of global economic transactions after WWII. Expressed in accelerating circulation of goods, capital, and people. | 18 | |
| 13743317127 | Religious Right | 19 | ||
| 13743321225 | Second Wave Feminism | Surge in feminist movements from the 1960s-80s in the Western World. | 20 | |
| 13743321226 | Socially Engaged Buddhism | 21 | ||
| 13743323653 | Transnational Corporations | Corporations that produce goods or deliver services simultaneously in many countries. | 22 | |
| 13743325489 | World Trade Organization | International body representing 149 nations that negotiates rules for global commerce and promoting free trade. | 23 |
