Technology & Innovation
As of 2019, what energy source is the largest producer of power worldwide? (Think broad)
Fossil Fuels
Who withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017?
Donald Trump
What is the culture of leisure and consumption called? (Hint: Came about in the 1920s)
Consumerism
What social caste saw dramatic growth globally in the centuries following the Industrial Revolution?
The Middle Class
What is the process of creating a global network of trade called? (Hint: ________ globalization)
Economic Globalization
Which 20th century innovation in transportation achieved the greatest social and cultural impact?
The Automobile
What 149 nation organization set up the rules for global commerce and free trade?
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
What is the group of jobs involved in the service of other individuals referred to as?
The Service Sector
What was the 1960s-1980s bloc of feminism that aimed to extend women's rights called?
Second-Wave Feminism
What 1944 agreement created a stabilized trilateral (three-way) trade bloc in Northern America?
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
What is it called when a community is added to an electrical network? (Hint: ______ification)
Electrification
What is a global business called that produces goods/services for multiple countries?
Transnational Corporation (TNCs)
What is the economy surrounding Black Markets and unreported income referred to as?
The Informal/Shadow Economy
What was China's 1980-2014 population control policy called? (Hint: The ___ _____ ______ Policy)
The One Child Family Policy
What were newly industrialized East Asian countries called? (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong)
Asian Tigers
What late 19th century invention was used to more efficiently harness useful energy from fossil fuels? (Hint: The ________ __________ engine)
The Internal Combustion Engine
What system was established in 1944 that laid the foundation for postwar globalization? (Hint: The _______ _____ system)
The Bretton Woods System
What was the mid-20th century agricultural transformation that yielded products such as insecticides and chemical fertilizers called?
The Green Revolution
What was the division of government responsible for 1920s women's affairs in the USSR called?
The Women's Department
What was the large influx of communications technology in the past century called?
The Modern Communication Revolution
Where were the first complex circuit components (e.g. vacuum tubes, transistors, IC chips, microprocessors, and fiber optic cables) initially invented?
The United States
What economic ideology favored reduced tariffs, free movement of capital, reduction of government handle on economic affairs, and viewed the world as a single market? (Hint: __________ism)
Neoliberalism
The dramatic decline in farmers in the late 20th century was described as "the death of the _________"
The Death of the Peasantry
What Moroccan law code legally defined women as minors pre-2004?
The Family Law Code
What are the zones created by countries to attract manufacturers in which companies can operate with expedited building permits and tax exemptions called? (Hint: ______-__________ zones)
Export-Processing Zones (EPZs)