Unit 9 Vocab Flashcards
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leader of the Civil Rights movement, led to the end of segregation and Jim Crow law.
Nelson Mandela
South Africa’s first black head, led to the end of apartheid.
New modes of communication
New forms of telephones, texting, cell phones, and calling.
Green Revolution
A great increase in the production of food grains.
Medical Innovations
Consists of vaccines, antibiotics, and treatments.
Covid-19 Pandemic
A worldwide pandemic caused by an illness from China.
Diseases of poverty
Tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS
Diseases of longevity
Hypertension, cancer, and Alzheimers disease
Causes of environmental change
Push for cleaner transportation, factories, and people.
Economic Liberalization
The promotion of free trade, and a great increase in imports.
Deng Xiaoping
Leader of China after Mao Zedong’s death in 1967. Led China to become the world’s greatest purchasing power of all time.
Knowledge Economy
An economy or system based on intellectual capital.
World Trade Organization
Organization in charge of the trade between nations across the globe.
Multinational Corporations
An international enterprise or corporation that has business within 2 or more countries.
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, gave benefits to countries within the group such as economic support and social progress.
UN Declaration of Human Rights
A document explaining all of the rights of one within the United Nations.
US Civil Rights Act 1965
A series of peaceful protests and gatherings in response to the increasing influence of segregation and Jim Crow law.
Green Belt Movement
An organization started to meet the environmental needs of women who reported that their food supplies were beginning to run out.
Bollywood
A Bombay cinema, similar to “Hollywood,” but just in India.
World Cup Soccer
Soccer matches between nations and countries.
United Nations
An organization founded in 1945 after WW2 by 51 countries to promote better health and living and social progress.
