Unit 9 Globalization (1900-present) Flashcards
New modes of transportation:
automobile, airplane
Name new modes of tech:
Radio, Internet, cellular, telephone, television
Shipping containers
carried on truck or ship. widespread movement of people/goods.
Spanish flu outbreak
During 1918 (influenza pandemic)
Multinational companies include _____.
Nestle (Switzerland) and Mahindra (India)
Civil Rights Act allowed everyone to _____.
vote
UN
1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries.
Green Revolution
After WW2 - a period of agricultural innovation to get high yield crops, boost food supply, especially for nations with food shortages
What is a GMO? Chemical Fertilizer? Pesticides.
Genetically Modified Organism, help plants to grow without environmental disruptions
New energy types are ____ and ____.
petroleum, nuclear
Green Revolution =
More food = more people
Less spread of diseases due to ______.
vaccinations
Environmental issues include _______, ______, ______.
deforestation, global warming, access to water
What is Globalization?
The world is becoming more smaller. It is more connected.
Post cold war we have an increase on _______.
free market economies (capitalism)
What is free market economies?
We can buy goods from anywhere, order online
Who opens China to the world economy after Mao Zedong?
Deng Xiaoping
United States and Reagan
promotes US as a free market economy
Knowledge economies are ______________. Examples are ________.
The country develops its economy based on intellectual capital. Finland, Japan, US
An agreement that promotes trade between Canada, U.S, and Mexico.
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Multinational corporations: ______
Nestle, Coca-cola
Manufacturing economies include: _______ and ______.
Vietnam, Mexico
“Rights based Discourse”
People are asking for reforms (BLM, Feminism, UDHR)
What is the UDHR?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What rights are in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Right to life, liberty, free speech and privacy. It also includes economic, social and cultural rights, like the right to social security, health and education.
Access to education, politics, and work
people can vote, end of apartheid, Civil Rights Act 1965
Culture Globalization examples:
Bollywood, Kpop, Social Media, Sports Olympics
When was the UN created? and why?
1945, composed of 193 member states, to collaborate, made to sustain world peace between countries and resolve issues.
