Chapter 35-36 AP World Flashcards

57639297	Kyoto Protocol	An attempt to make a global agreement on ways to reduce environmental damage.	0
57639298	What was the oil crisis of 1973? How did it impact the Middle East?	Bargaining of oil started and the U.S. refused to pay a fixed price. Oil was harder to get in gas stations and U.S. made sure prices didn't go up too high. Competition among Middle East and South America in oil exports.	1
57639299	Define Cartel	A fixed price on exports. [oil union] OPEC=(Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries)	2
57639300	What is the treaty of Maastricht of 1992?	Political union was created and a closer union arose among the people in Europe. Provided the Central banking system and the Euro currency.	3
57639301	Whats a major difference between the cultures of South America and the Caribbean?	Differences in language, Caribbean exported less than South America who had more natural resources. Caribbeans main exports were Rum, sugarcane etc.	4
57639302	Whats the purpose of the World Bank.	-Helped organize trade -offered loans/guidance to developing nations -promoted a global economy.	5
57639303	Describe the problems Japan has faced with industrialization.	They got rid of their military (abolished forever), officials, prisoners were released, overproduction, more exporting	6
57639304	What advances in the last 50 years led to a population growth?	Trading, factories, newer treatments/technology, automobiles, individual owned businesses, computer technology.	7
57639305	What regions does deforestation affect the most?	South/Central America, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe.	8
57639306	Describe the religious coup of Iran.	Ayatollah Khomeini- conservative, religious purification, guy who promised magical protection/paradise to those who died. Religious backlash, wanted to spread revolutions to surrounding areas of the Muslim Middle East.	9
57639307	What was the Suez Canal Crisis caused by?	Egypt wanting the Suez canal for themselves. U.S./Britain/French involved because French wanted to occupy it.	10
57639308	How has the collapse of the Soviet Union negatively impacted Sub Saharan Africa?	Led to a major slowdown in the demand for primary commodities and a sharp reduction in world commodity prices. Africa exported many goods to the Soviets.	11
57639309	How have the colonial boundaries of countries hurt African nations after WWII?	Nationalism!! People were against one another. More competition, exporting was difficult, currency exchange, prises rose/fell, cultural diffusion, many natural resources wiped out.	12
57639310	What was the Soviet-Chinese relationship like in the 1960's?	Both allies were communist. Had each others back and tried to influence North Korea.	13
57639311	What was Chinas "great leap forward"?	(1958) Industrialization not in factories, but at farms, used communes (extra resources) for building tractors, cement for irrigation, "backyard furnaces" They FAILED within months because Mao's plan brought a drought to China and the resorted to importing grain.	14
57639312	Describe the characteristics of a consumer society.	Economy runs on supply and demand. People obtain goods and services for consumption through exchange rather than self-production.	15