AP World History Mark Flashcards

6704086962	Globalization	Increasing interconnectedness of economies. Inexpensive technologies, that allowed developing countries to compete with developed nations.	0
6704090146	Japan's Economy	Similar to eighteenth century mercanilist polocies. Encouraed exports and discouraged imports. Workers were underpaid	1
6704090147	Asian Tigers	four small states in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan had high exports, intense education, and low wage workforce.	2
6704092030	China's Economy	Growth began after Deng Xiaoping became countries leader, allowed private ownership of some businesses.	3
6704092031	Brazil	Agriculture and steel industries brought wealth to this nation. However the poor continued to live in dire conditions living in slums.	4
6704094471	India	Opened it's market allowing in more imports. Developed software information, and created a technology powerhouse.	5
6704094472	Russia	oil based market brought wealth to this country after the Cold War.	6
6704097243	WTO	World Trade Organization. made laws that governed more than 90% of all international trade	7
6704101270	Resistance to globalization	Free trade was not always fair trade. Devolving nations could not grow. corporations would ignore the rights of their workers.	8
6704103544	technology	The fourth estate; accessible to anyone anywhere.	9
6704103545	Arab Spring	December 2010 marked the beginning of the series of popular uprisings. Protest against the government.	10
6704106446	Global pop culture	multinational corporations advertised across the world, people across the world became familiar with global brands.	11
6704110763	Global Sports	Modern olympic games is an example of this. Soccer now became one of the most popular sports in the world.	12