ap world history chapter 33 key terms Flashcards

ap world history

371007330	Globalization	A set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heightening interdependence without regard to country borders.	0
371007331	World Trade Organization	an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade	1
371007332	Weapons of Mass Destruction	nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that can kill tens of thousands of people all at once	2
371007333	Terrorism	Political belief that extreme and seemingly random violence will destabilize a government and permit the terrorists to gain political advantage. Though an old technique, terrorism gained prominence in the late 20th Century (890)	3
371007334	Usama Bin Laden	Saudi-born Muslim extremist who founded the al-Qaeda organization that was responsible for several terrist attacks, including those on the world trade center and the pentagon in 2001	4
371007335	Universal declaration of Human Rights	A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights. (p. 892)	5
371007336	Nongovernmental Organizations	Nonprofit international organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing humanitarian relief. Two NGOs won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1990s: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and Doctors Without Borders (1999).	6
371007337	Cultural Imperialism	Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority. (p. 894)	7
371007338	Global Pop Culture	Popular cultural practices and institutions that have been adopted internationally, such as music, the INternet, television, food, and fashion.	8
371007339	global elite culture	-at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the attitudes and outlook of well-educated, prosperous, Western oriented people around the world, largely expressed in European languages, especially English., At the begining of the twenty-first century, the attitudes and outlook of well-educated, propserous, Western-oriented people around the world, largely expressed in European languages, especially English.	9