Ap World Unit 15 Flashcards
Green revolution
Innovations in agriculture that enable to global food production to keep up with growing population rates 
Global urbanization
Explosive growth of cities after 1900, reduce need for rural labor and opportunities in manufacturing and the government 
Mega cities
Very large urban cities with populations over 10 million 
Labor migration
Movement of people, often illegal, to another country to escape poverty or violence 
Influenza pandemic
Worst pandemic in human history, three waves of influenza swept across globe, 100 million people died
HIV/AIDS
Disease that spreads through sexual con act, contained blood products, sharing needles, causing tens of millions of deaths 
Religious fundamentalism
Return to the fundamentalist age of religion, marked by a sense of threat from the modern secular world 
Hindutva
Hindu national movement, advocated, a distinct Hindu identity, and criticize government efforts to accommodate other faith communities 
Islamic radicalism
Movements that promoted strict adherence to the Quran, often in opposition to western culture 
Anthropocene era
impact of human activity on the atmosphere geosphere biosphere, “age of man” 
Climate change
Warming of the planet, largely caused to high concentration of greenhouse gases 
Second wave environmentalism 
Environmental movement in Europe and North America, involvement, focused on pollution, resource, depletion, and protection of wildlife habitats
Paris climate agreement
International agreement negotiated in 2015, many companies reduced greenhouse, gas emissions to avoid increasing global temperatures