AP World History Mark Flashcards
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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 |