-leader of China during 1950-1970's
-he implimented "The Great Leap Forward"
-communes were created in hopes of creating a true Marxist state
-he sent people with Western ideas or educations to "re-education camps"
-propaganda targeting the youth for a new leading revolutionary force
What is Mao Zedong and what is he most popularly known for?
100
-some are more economically powerful than some actual countries
-highly mobile
-challenge sovereign states and their power
-involved in outsourcing
-FDI
What is a Multi-National company?
100
-tarrifs were dropped
-goods could flow more freely
-making money off of other countries instead of competing for the income
-you now don't have to pay to trade globally
What is the idea of free trade?
100
-rebellions throughout Middle East against totalitarian/dictatorship style governments
-started in Tunisia
-boy trying to set up street stand and beat by police, set himself on fire as response
What is the Arab Spring? How did it start?
100
-conservative
-the idea to have less government interference and have more of a free market
-encourages no tariffs
-opposite of the New Deal
What is neoliberalism?
200
-British Economist
-capitalism works almost all the time
-if no one is spending the government has to step in and be the leading spending force to circulate the economy
-by spending a lot this will create jobs and people will spend the money they earn
What is Keynes?
200
-commitment to stability and growth
-economic modernization
-communism with a market twist
-open China up to foreign influences, business, trade
-fastest growing economy in the world since 1980's
What is the result of Deng Xiopeng's Revolution?
200
-General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs
What is GATT?
200
-dynamic between spread of western culture vs traditional culture preservation
-never ending as long as one side stands
What is jihad vs McWorld?
200
-liberal style governments
-people eager to come out of oppression under strict government
-fall of dictators encourages others to protest
What is the main style of government that countries adopt in the 20th/21st centuries?
300
-member of "Religious Right"
-responsible for the 1996 Atlanta bombing
-believed that race mixing, Jews, abortion and homosexuality were against the will of God/Satanic
-Christian Fundamentalism
What is Eric Rudolph?
300
foreign companies can come in, set up, and do business in these (ex: Nike)
What is a SEZ (special economic zone)?
300
-migration movements from less developed countries to more developed ones
-usually in hopes of a better life with better job and academic opportunities
-usually the citizens of former colonies move into these big developed countries because of somewhat identifiable culture
What is Global Migration?
300
-mass revolts to overthrow dictator Shah Muhammed
-anti Western movement
-did not want Iran to be subject to western culture
-masses were poor except for the few elite who were overly wealthy
What is the Irani Revolution of 1970?
300
Provides an international forum where you can voice your opinion in front of difference countries that may not usually politically agree with each other.
What is the United Nations?
400
-he believed in a "race to the bottom," meaning companies will keep competing for lower prices and lower salaries for their workers until they are at the bottom of any competiton, reaching the lowest possible prices
-predicted the idea of minimum wage
What is Ralph Nader's view on current economics?
400
-set up an export-driven economy
-received help from United States
-didn't spend money on military, instead invested in country's developments
-people developed loyalty and worked as one big group
-mass produce cheap goods with low wages
-targeted people who couldn't afford big name brands
What is the way Japan rebuilt its economy?
400
-communism was the most prominent supporter of women's rights
-daycare was rooted in the communist movement, mobilizing women to work by someone else taking care of their kids
-collective families with no parental responsibility directly on one parent
What is the effect of communism on the feminist movement?
400
-Muslim fundamentalist extremists
-believed they would go to heaven if they fought to stop spread of western culture
-not attacks on Christianity but on western society as a whole
What caused the 9/11 attacks?
400
Encourage people to move out cities and back into rural cities, fixes problem by raising agricultural products, and recruits people for work (that being the most important task of the time)
What is redistribution through Roosevelt's ideas?
500
-She was the author of The Feminine Mystique
major role in the women's liberation movement
-believed women weren't made to stay in the household and be subjected to a life of only cleaning, cooking, and caring for her children
-believed that everyone needs to work together to stop rape culture and stop letting men get away with their actions
What is Betty Fredan?
500
-Great Leap Forward plan
-Cultural Revolution
-gets rid of Western influences in China
-set super high quotas that nobody could achieve
-used the Red Guard
What is "Maonomics"?
500
US invasion, people become culturally accepted through US cultures (KFC Date in China), widespread diffusion of music and film, American companies are spreading so rapidly blurring cultural and national identities
What is "McDonaldization?"
500
An almost attack on the US by getting rid of Barbie and putting their own dolls into their own culture. By not buying into the idea of Barbie they werent conforming to Western ideals.
What is the Barbie crisis?
500
-social security, welfare for the elderly
-regulations on banking
-public work so people can have jobs (era of national parks)