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Post-Cold War global issues were once predicted as being based on this factor according to historian Samuel Huntington.
The Gapminder Studies show us that industrialization led to an increased lifespan even in emerging countries from this point forward.
What is after 1950 / World War II?
For our textbook authors Findley and Rothney, globalization is best described as this.
What is a local practice becomes a universal practice?
This language was constructed to be learnable by all and be a neutral mode of communication for the world.
What is Esperanto?
Our textbook authors mention two linguistic and cultural minorities in Europe.
Who are the Basque and the Welsh?
The U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from this European country since their location was too vital to American military goals at the time.
What were the Danish West Indies?
The original function of the earliest "computers" ever developed was this.
What is processing data?
The Gapminder Studies remind us that this time span represents the greatest change for the largest amount of people worldwide.
What are the last 200 years?
These members of society serving as soldiers were especially affected by the battles they saw.
Who were artists?
This society is best known for its misunderstood stance on modern life and technology.
Who are the Amish?
Textbook authors Findlay and Rothney use this world event as an example of globalization.
What are the Olympic Games?
East Germany under Soviet rule was only able to obtain a type of "car" for those willing to wait for it.
What was the Trabant (Trabi)?
The effect that the Internet has had on languages other than English?
What is flourish?
The majority of nuclear protesters of the 1970s almost anywhere in the world can be described in this manner.
What is multi-generational?
This German sociologist spoke often about how there was an unprecendented break with the mysticism of the pre-industrialized world that was lost forever.
Who was Max Weber?
This dramatic moment in Cold War decades was a nuclear weapns "close call" between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as well as one of its proxy lands.
One pitfall of AI as a document-generating tool is this unintended, but realistic result of large-language models.
What is bias in the generated text?
1990s saw the end of this racially-charged societal structure in South Africa.
What is Apartheid?
This Danish drawing became the most-recognized logo of anti-nuclear protests globally regardless of the language printed below it.
What is the sun saying "Atomic Power? No thanks!"
This culture achieved semi-autonomy from Denmark as world powers considered its unique location for their own interests.
Who are the Greenlanders?
Psychologist Erich Fromm pointed out that Fascism, Nazism, and Communism all stemmed from a dissatisfaction of the masses with this economic system.
What is capitalism?
One of the earliest champions of artificial intelligence also argued for cultivating the creativity of young people.
Who was Herb Simon?
Our textbook authors mention Samuel Huntington's highly controversial theory that post-Cold War, global disagreements would unfold this way.
What is culture and not politics?
What is the Grüne Partei (Green Party)?
These societies live across Scandinavian borders and maintain their language, customs, and reindeer herding.
Who are the Sami?