Protest and Pushback
In 1999, protests in this U.S. city disrupted a WTO meeting and are seen as the start of the anti-globalization movement.
What is Seattle?
This organization took over GATT’s functions in 1995 and manages global trade rules.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
This country resists both economic and cultural globalization by isolating itself from the world.
What is North Korea?
The 2013 collapse of this factory in Bangladesh became a symbol of poor working conditions.
What is the Rana Plaza factory?
$100: Local businesses resisting globalization often emphasize products that are _______.
What is locally made or locally grown?
Nickname given to protesters who cared about protecting endangered species during WTO protests.
What are the "Sea Turtle" protesters?
Protesters in West Berlin in 1988 rallied against this international financial institution.
What is the World Bank?
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was called this.
What is Brexit?
Over 1,000 workers, mostly women, died making clothes for these markets.
What are Western companies?
One environmental upside of globalization is the development of industries like this in Costa Rica.
What is ecotourism?
One of the first major social movements coordinated through this technology.
What is the internet?
Critics claim this institution, along with the IMF, favors richer nations over poorer ones.
What is the World Bank?
One main argument for Brexit was that the EU interfered with Britain’s _______.
What is sovereignty?
In the early 21st century, chocolate companies missed deadlines to eliminate child labor in this region.
What is West Africa?
Anti-globalists fight for this type of trade that ensures fair wages and conditions.
What is fair trade?
This Chinese platform was created to replace banned social media like Twitter and Facebook.
What is Weibo?
About 20,000 people protested against the IMF and the World Bank in this city in 1988.
What is West Berlin?
Saudi Arabia and China want goods to flow freely but tightly control this.
What are people and ideas (cultural exchange)?
Critics blamed globalization for worsening this global crisis, citing increased greenhouse gases from shipping.
What is climate change?
This Nobel Prize-winning Bangladeshi proposed an international minimum wage after the Rana Plaza disaster.
Who is Muhammad Yunus?
This activist criticized social media for being used both for liberation and oppression in Saudi Arabia.
Who is Manal al-Sharif?
One major reform anti-globalists seek is this financial solution for struggling nations.
What is debt relief or debt restructuring?
In 2019, this British Prime Minister resigned after failing to deliver an acceptable Brexit deal.
Who is Theresa May?
Brazil contributed to environmental damage by clearing land in the rainforest for this industry.
What is cattle farming?
In addition to fair trade, anti-globalists advocate for sustainable development and _______.
What are human rights?