chapter 3,4 quiz Flashcards
Opium Wars
foreign access to Chinese trade and treaty of Nanjing didn’t settle issue. The second war fought by the British and French lead to more freedoms for foreign traders.
Taiping Rebellion
single most horrific civil war in world history 20 million -40 million Chinese lives lost.
Confucian Philosophy
Basic virtue of loyalty to family and friends above all loyalty to lords. As well to country.
Manifest Destiny
The notion that Americans were a chosen people ordained by God to create a model society; it was accepted as the basis for U.S policy during much of the 19th and 20th centuries as the nation expanded its territory.
Roosevelt Corollary
an extension of U.S. policy applied to the Monroe Doctrine by President Roosevelt, stating that the United States not only would prohibit non-American intervention in Latin American affairs but also would police Latin America and guarantee that all Latin American nations would meet their international Obligations.
Expropriation
the seizure of an investment by a government in which some reimbursement is made to the invest owner; often the seized investment becomes nationalized.
Greenhouse-gas emissions
These are gasses resulting primarily from the use of fossil fuels that tend to trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere and are causal factors in global climate. The main problem compounds are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.
sustainable development
an approach toward economic growth that has been described as a cooperative with wise resources management, equitable, distribution of benefits and reduction of negative effects on people and the environment from the process of economic growth.
Agents of change
with constant innovation in products, services, and ideas, markets become culturally aware.
social Institutions
Family, religions, school, media, government and corporations. All affect the way in which people relate to one another, organize their activities, teach acceptable behavior, and govern themselves.
Geert Hofstede studied what 4 primary dimensions
individualism/ collective index, power distance index, uncertainty avoidance index, and masculinity/ felinity index.
Cultural values
the system of beliefs and customs held by a population in a given culture
planned change
deliberately get out to change those aspects of the culture offering resistance to predetermined marketing goals.
aesthetics
art, folklore, music, drama, dance, dress and cosmetics,
