AP World History Chapter 30 Vocab Flashcards
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| 9826870040 | Bollywood | Indian version of Hollywood | 0 | |
| 9826870041 | Global Warming | An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) | 1 | |
| 9826870042 | Asian Tigers | Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan - very successful and prosperous governments/economies | 2 | |
| 9826870043 | Protective Tariffs | taxes, dues, or fees placed on foreign goods. | 3 | |
| 9826870044 | Global Brands | Companies that people everywhere became familiar with | 4 | |
| 9826870045 | Americanization | Spreading American culture across the world | 5 | |
| 9826870046 | Ethnic Cleansing | the killing of entire ethnicities | 6 | |
| 9826870047 | Three Gorges Dam | Largest hydroelectric power station in China; caused lots of environmental problems | 7 | |
| 9826870048 | Green Revolution | program of improved irrigation methods and the introduction of high yield seeds and fertilizers and pesticides to improve agricultural production; was especially successful in Asia but also was used in Latin America | 8 | |
| 9826870049 | Margaret Thatcher | Prime minister of Britain; strong relationship with Reagan; supported NATO, allowed US to store missiles in England; one of the first Western leaders to act warmly toward reformer Gorbachev. Pledged to limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation. Formed Thatcherism | 9 | |
| 9826870050 | Nelson Mandela | Leader of ANC; when put in jail for life for trying to end apartheid, it brought attention to the world and led to many protests; became the 1st black leader of South Africa | 10 | |
| 9826870051 | Osama Bin Laden | (1957- 2011) Saudi Arabian multimillionaire and leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. He is responsible for numerous terrorist attacks on the United States including the destruction of the World Trade Center. Barack Obama called a Hit on him and the Navy Seals did him in in 2011. | 11 | |
| 9826870052 | International Red Cross | International humanitarian organization | 12 | |
| 9826870053 | Balkanization | the destruction of a state due to ethnic conflicts | 13 | |
| 9826870054 | Darfur | Western section of the country of Sudan which has suffered civil war since 2003 and has had over 500,000 people killed and 21/2 million people displaced from their homes | 14 | |
| 9826870055 | Apartheid | A policy of strict racial segregation imposed in South Africa to permit the continued dominance of whites politically and economically. | 15 |