Chapter 24: Accelerating Global Interaction
Neo-Liberalism:
Definition: An opposition of the set of laws that the government imposed on the industries to spread out the economic growth. Neo-Liberalism people thought that the government was bringing the economic growth of famous industries lower than what can be achieved if they didn't follow the government.
Description: Picture of Neoliberalism.
Description: Picture of Neoliberalism.
Reglobalization:
Definition: The re globalization of the world was basically the world globalizing again. It's when different countries export products to another country. Like when one country has one thing but lacks of another then it export.
Description: Picture of the map of the world distributing their products around the world.
Description: Picture of the map of the world distributing their products around the world.
Transnational Corporations:
Definition: Transnational corporations are industries that made it along the world. Just like McDonald. He started with one McDonald business and now own million all around the world. So to sum it all up it's a business that is located and ran in over one country.
Description: Picture of brands in the countries of the world.
Description: Picture of brands in the countries of the world.
North/South Gap:
Definition: A division splitting up the Northern and the Southern part of the United Kingdom. The UK was divided in half because one side was rich and the other side lived in poverty kinda like the Byzantine empire and the other half of the Roman empire.
Description: Picture of the North and South of the United Kingdom.
Description: Picture of the North and South of the United Kingdom.
Antiglobalization:
Definition: There was a time where people didn't want the world to be globalized. They wanted to only trade among themselves instead of country to country. It was a committee formed to stop people in large cities to stop trading with other people. Thought it was a bad idea.
Description: A picture of anti-globalization.
Description: A picture of anti-globalization.
Prague Spring:
Definition: This occurred in Czechoslovakia in January 5, 1968. Acts and rebellions of liberalism and wanting to gain their rights. This only occurred for seven months and it ended. This period in time was known as the Prague spring.
Description: Picture of the Prague spring in black and white.
Description: Picture of the Prague spring in black and white.
Che Guevara:
Definition: Che Guevara took part in the Cuba revolution. He was an Argentine revolutionary that fought to keep the ways of max-ism and to stop decolonization. Wanted to get rid of the present form of government which was a democratic system but failed to complete it. He is remembered as the leader.
Description: Picture of Che Guevara in black and white.
Description: Picture of Che Guevara in black and white.
Second-Wave Feminism:
Definition: In the time of the 1960's, women created another women's liberation and were rebelling to earn the rights that they deserved. Women wanted rights of equality among men, a chance to be offered with education and to be allowed to have a job. A job that was not sexist.
Description: Picture of women protesting for rights and liberation.
Description: Picture of women protesting for rights and liberation.
Fundamentalism:
Definition: Fundamentalism is trying to keep the religious beliefs that you practice and have been teached. "God is the maker of the laws that we all need to follow."
Description: Picture of Fundamentalism. Couldn't find a better one.
Description: Picture of Fundamentalism. Couldn't find a better one.
Hindutva:
Definition: The Hindutva was a Hindu nationalism movement that emphasized on the beliefs that Indians were equal and were trying to spread around the teachings of Hindu religion. Pride for ones nation.
Description: Picture of the Hindu nationalism.
Description: Picture of the Hindu nationalism.
Islamic Renewal:
Definition: It was called the Islamic renewal because Islam started to follow the rules and teachings of the Quran and were renewing their older traditions that they had portrayed in the past.
Description: Picture of Islamic renewal symbol.
Description: Picture of Islamic renewal symbol.
Osama Bin Laden/Al-Queda:
Definition: Osama was a Indian terrorist who runs an organization of attacks. He is most known for the disasters that he caused in 2001 on the World Trading commerce center. Also the bombing against the U.S. in 1998. He was then killed on May 1, 2011.
Description: Picture of Osama Bin Laden
Description: Picture of Osama Bin Laden
Global Warming:
Definition: Heating of the planet that were caused by greenhouse gases that were omitted into the earth. This process is hurting the ozone layer and without it the planet wouldn't be safe for humans to live in. The melting of ice caps and frozen land is an example that global warming is happening.
Description: Picture of a boat traveling along the melted ice cap which isn't suppose to be melted.
Description: Picture of a boat traveling along the melted ice cap which isn't suppose to be melted.
Environmentalism:
Definition: Environmentalism was when the whole community joined in to make the environment that they live in a better place. Helping out people of the society that needed it and tried to better their situation.
Description: A good picture because it shows the planet earth going green.
Description: A good picture because it shows the planet earth going green.