Technological Advances After 1900
Developed in 1928 to treat bacterial infections
What is antibiotics?
An environmental concern - the destruction of forests, often for agricultural reasons
What is deforestation?
This type of modern economy is based on information and common in places such as the USA, Finland, and Japan
What is a knowledge economy?
Korean pop music that has attained global popularity
What is K-Pop?
This country has continued to have a poor human rights record, with events such as the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 serving as evidence
What is China?
Massive advancement in humans ability to communicate and obtain knowledge, first introduced to the public in the 1990s
What is the Internet?
In the modern world, diseases such as cholera and malaria are most often associated with this
What is poverty?
Deng Xiaoping is known for implementing more free market-oriented economic policies in China using the guiding principle of "socialism with _____________"
What is Chinese characteristics?
Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are examples of this example of shared global culture
What is social media?
In the 1900s, women have continued to see more equality, such as receiving this name for voting rights in most countries
What is suffrage rights?
Revolutionary name for advances in agriculture in the mid-1900s, such as crossbreeding wheat varieties
What was the Green Revolution?
In the modern world, diseases such as heart disease and Alzheimer's disease are most often associated with this
What is longevity (a.k.a. people living longer than ever before)?
This type of modern economy is based on the means of production, such as factory work, and is common in places such as the Mexico and Vietnam
What is a manufacturing economy?
This international athletic competition brings together the top athletes from countries worldwide to compete every 4 years
What is the Olympics?
This international organization, formed after WWII, advocates for peace in international relations and promotes basic human rights through its "Universal Declaration"
What is the United Nations?
Type of energy - solar, wind, and water
What are renewables?
The Spanish Flu (1918-1919) would be an example of this type of disease outbreak
What is an epidemic?
Name for a company that does business in at least 2 countries outside of its home country
What is a multinational corporation?
Apple, Coca-Cola, and Toyota would be modern examples of global ________
What are brands?
This number has skyrocketed since 1950 by approximately 6 billion
What is world population?
"Father of the Green Revolution"
Who was Norman Borlaug?
A global agreement signed by 196 nations in Paris in 2015 tries to address this environmental challenge
What is climate change?
This term describes a global trend in economics, beginning in the 1980s, is often associated with people like US President Ronald Reagan
What is economic liberalization?
Term used to describe the adoption of American culture in places worldwide
What is Americanization?
This global organization regulates, facilitates, and enforces rules on international trade
What is the World Trade Oragnization?