AP World History Ch. 24 Vocab Flashcards

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