CONTEMPORARY WORLD Flashcards
UNITED NATIONS
DATE
October 24, 1945
Mr. United Nations
Carlos P. Romulo
UNITED NATION
P5
FRUCU
FRANCE
RUSSIA
USA
CHINA
UK
UNITED NATION
Philippine
Charter Member
US VS. USSR
Cold War
India vs. Pakistan
Hindu vs. Muslim
World War I
countries
Germany
Hungary
Austria
WORLD BANK
old name
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
WORLD BANK
aim
to eradicate poverty
offer short term loan
International Monetary Fund
prevent trade war
World Trade Organization
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
ASEAN
members
PISTM- My LaVi Ca Bru
Philippines
Indonesia
Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
Myanmar
Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia
Brunei
To cure wounded soldiers
Geneva Convention
Kyoto Protocol
global warming
PETA
meaning
Philippine Educational Theatre Association
use of mother tongue in plays
PETA
PETA
founder
Cecile Alvarez
Arena Theater
Montano
Experimental Theatre
Tinio
Sala Theatre
Rogers
ASEAN
founded
Bangkok Declaration of 1967
ASEAN
ratified to 10
ASEAN Charter of 2007
ASEAN
+3
China
Japan
South Korea
world’s most advanced economies
leading industrialized
G7
G7
members
JUICE GF
Japan
USA
Italy
Canada
England
Germany
France
G8
members
G7 + Russia
emerging market economies
BRICS
BRICS
members
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
Human Evolution
old to new
HENS
Habilis
Erectus
Neanderthal
Sapiens
civilization first born
Middle East/ Mesopotamia
Twin River
Tigris and Euphrates River
system of writing of Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
aka Sumerian Script
Cuneiform
present name of Mesopotamia
Iraq
old name of Iran
Persia
system of writing of China
Calligraphy
Yellow River
Huangho-Yantze River
do social preservation
China
Egypt river
Nile River
Egypt system of writing
Hieroglyphics
Fertile crescent
Tigris-Euphrates River
Indian Epic
Ramayana
Indian Fables
Panchatantra
Indian Sacred Hymn
Regveda
Indian Sacred Text
Upanishad
Longest epic
Mahabaarata
oldest religon
Hinduism
oldest monoeistic
Judaism
First sultanate
Abu Bakr
introduced Islam in Philippines
Mukdum
Contemporary World
year started
1946- Present
road connect east to west
Silk Road
Silk Road
Xian to Uzbekistan
Islamic trade in Middle Age
Spices
First industrial revolution
Steam
Great Britain
Second industrial revolution
Electricity
Third Industrial Revolution
Computers
Fourth Industrial Revolution
AI
Internet of Things
THEORY
Capitalist world economy
World Systems Theory
Capital intensive
Core
USA
Protecting barrier
Semi-Periphery
CHINA
Labor intensive / Third World
Periphery
PHILIPPINES
dominated by private ownership
Capitalist
THEORY
societies becoming similar government and policies
World Polity Theory
THEORY
response to modernization theory
World Polity Theory
emphasize culture not economy
World Polity Theory
World Polity Theory
Flow
Traditional - Industrial - High Tech
THEORY
culture is less homogeneous
(oppose to polity theory imply)
World Culture Theory
THEORY
“globalization is a process of relativization”
World Culture Theory
world order depend on surrounding
Relativization
Single arena
comparing others
yardstick
Emulation
globalization interpreted differently depending to point of groups
Glocalization
same practices
homogenization
diverse culture
heterogenization
making things alike
Homogenization
adoption of global to local culuture
Heterogenization
culture entails continual change
Inherent Dynamics of Globalization
“globalization triggers resistance or reaction”
Movements of De/Re-Globalization
change can originate anywhere
Multiple sources
liberating individuals entrepreneurial freedom
Neoliberalism
free markets
free trades
Neoliberalism
Self regulating market
Neoliberalism
Little to no government control
Free market
price is determine by competition
free market
government promote local market
Protectionism
transfer of public property to private sector
Privatization
first chinese leader step in US
Xi Daoping
UNITED NATION
The Watchdog of UN
The secretariat
UNITED NATION
disputed territories
Trusteeship Council
between 2 countries
Internalization
experts go abroad
Brain Drain
negative traits
Push factor
positive trait
Pull factors
Sustainable Development Goals
completed
2030
Sustainable Development Goals
numbers
17
Allied vs. Axis
World War II
UNITED NATIONS
Highest decision making body
Security Council
military agreement between
North America and Europe
NATO
He called for democracy and self-determination
Woodrow Wilson
UNITED NATIONS
current general SECRETARY
Antonio Guterres
offer solutions after World War 2
Breton Wood Conference
Treaty ended World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
UNITED NATION
help newly independent countries
Trusteeship Council
“End of History”
Author
Francis Fukuyama
Treaty ended World War 2
Treaty of Potsdam
Treaty that LED to World War 2
Treaty of Versailles
Perspective that globalization have positive impact in global economy
Hyper-Globalist
NOT objective of ASEAN
protect against military agression
Global North
Rich
Global South
Poor
Axis Power
Japan, Italy, German
HITLER
Conflict of modern world according to SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
Culture
-Samuel Huntington
leader of USSR during disintegration
Gorvachev
leader of USSR during World War 2
Stalin
founder of USSR
Vladimir Lenin
resulted from Cold War
Korean War
Father of Communism
Karl Marx
QUAD members
US
Australia
Japan
India
believe that globalization only has negative impact
Skeptics
settle territorial dispute
International Court of Justice
Gorvachev policy that disintegrate USSR
Perestroika
basis of division of Korea
38th parallel
USA become the sole power
UNIPOLAR
WTO headquarters
Geneva
Father of Independence of India
Mohandas Gandhi
UN headquarters
New York
World Bank Headquarters
Washington
regulate petroleum trading
OPEC
Philippine use to claim exclusive economic zone
UNCLOS
withdraw membership from European Union
British
Rio de Janeiro Conference
motto
The Future we want
NATO headquarters
Brussels
Brandt line
Rich North
Poor South
incubent European Commission President
Ursula
OPEC headquarters
Vienna, Austria
term of Non-Permanent Members
2 years
number of judges in International Court of Justice
15
“The Clash of Civilizations”
Samuel Huntington
Military Traditions
Mesopotamia
Military Trainings
Greek
Utilitarianism
Pragmatic
USE
Romans
Human capabilities
Athens
first system of writing in the orient
Phoenicians
first civil service test
China
SOUTH CHINA SEA
TVMC BI
Taiwan
Vietnam
Malaysia
China
Brunei
INDONESIA (new)
Largest in Central Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Kazakhstan - Central
Largest in South Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
India -South
Largest in West Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Arabia- West
Largest in East Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
China
Largest in North Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Russia- North
Smallest country in Asia
Maldives
Smallest country in the World
Vatican
Philippine coastline is…
twice as the United States
Extreme Points in the Philippines
longest coastline
canada
second largest coastline
Indonesia
IMF
International Monetary Fund
reduction of state intervention
Neoliberalism
study the negative effects of capitalism
Marxism
begins after WW II
Contemporary period
proponent of world Systems theory
Immanuel Wallerstein
“civil society” according to Marx and Hegel
Market Economy
“securing life necessities is part of food security”
Second view on food shortage
affects all dimension of food security
Climate change
local culture influenced by more powerful culture
homogenization
luxury product on first trading in Europe and Asia
Spices
Green activism is also known as….
environmental politics
USA and USSR concept
Bipolar
first inland trading
Xian, China
American Civil War
President
Lincoln
He superheaded changes in China
Deng Xiaoping
part of world bank except
IMF
guardians of good conduct in balance of payment
IMF
