APWH - Unit 9 Vocab

Question 1

Martin Luther King Jr. 8.7

Answer 1

the most prominent of African American civil rights leaders leaders in the US in 1950s-1960s; Baptist minister

Question 2

Nelson Mandela 8.7

Answer 2

socialist lawyer (1918 - 2013); known for leading nonviolent protests

Question 3

New modes of communication 9.1

Answer 3

radio (news, music, cultural events); television ads; cellphones and social networks by the 1990s

Question 4

Green Revolution 9.1

Answer 4

mid 1900s; long-term response to hunger; crossbreeding, genetic engineering, etc, to provide more varieties of food/crops

Question 5

Medical Innovations (include vaccines and antibiotics) 9.1

Answer 5

1928 (Alexander Fleming); penicillin (fungus that killed bacteria); was used to help soldiers during WWII; reliable birth control to decrease fertility rate; vaccines (since 1796, began wide distribution in the 1900s (helped with polio and measles)

Question 6

Covid-19 Pandemic 9.2

Answer 6

?? can’t find it

Question 7

Diseases of poverty 9.2

Answer 7

malaria, tuberculosis, cholera

Question 8

Diseases of longevity 9.2

Answer 8

heart disease, Alzheimer’s

Question 9

Causes of environmental change 9.3

Answer 9

population growth, urbanization, globalization and industrialization

Question 10

Economic Liberalization 9.4

Answer 10

opening up of a country’s economy; relaxed restrictions of trade in the 1900s

Question 11

Deng Xiaoping 9.4

Answer 11

became the Chinese leader in 1981; Communist Party backed away from its commitment to economic equality, and focused on economic growth because of him

Question 12

Knowledge Economy 9.4

Answer 12

late 1900s; creates, distributes and uses knowledge and information; designers, engineers, teachers

Question 13

World Trade Organization (include anti-WTO protests) 9.4, 9.7

Answer 13

took over GATT’s operations in 1995; governed over 90% of all international trade; became controversial because of its power; protests in Seattle in 1999; took place in dozens of other countries as well

Question 14

Multinational Corporations 9.4

Answer 14

legally incorporated in one country but makes or sells goods or services in one or more other countries; ex: joint-stock companies of the Commercial Revolution (British East India Company, Dutch East India Compant)

Question 15

ASEAN 9.4

Answer 15

Association of Southeast Asian Nations; contributed to the growth of the global economy after WWII; Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand)

Question 16

UN Declaration of Human Rights 9.5

Answer 16

UN has promoted basic human rights; UN created UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) in 1946; created a foundational document (UN Declaration of Human Rights) in December 1948

Question 17

US Civil Rights Act 1965 9.5

Answer 17

1965; outlawed discrimination (race, color, religion, sex, national origin) (mainly by African Americans??)

Question 18

Green Belt Movement 9.5

Answer 18

1977; founded by Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai to combat environmental degradation; helped women work together to plant trees, improve the soil, and collect rainwater (helped to empower women as well)

Question 19

Bollywood 9.6

Answer 19

name given to the film industry in Bombay (Mumbai); blend of film styles

Question 20

World Cup Soccer 9.6

Answer 20

rivaled in the Olympics as a global event; soccer competition

Question 21

United Nations 9.8

Answer 21

October 24, 1945; general assembly, security council, secretariat, international court of justice, economic and social council, trusteeship council