Organizations
This movement advocates for equal opportunities and rights for women.
What is the feminist movement?
This facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas and culture between East and West.
What is the Silk Road?
This invention facilitated communication in the late 20th century.
What is the internet?
This is the increase in Earth's average surface temperature.
What is global warming?
This is the use of violence against civilians for a political purpose.
What is terrorism?
This organization reduces trade barriers between nations.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
This is the spread of cultural traits from one society to another society.
What is cultural diffusion?
This technology developed in the mid-20th century enabled communication and transformed industries such as science and engineering.
What are computers?
This is the reduction of forests due to urbanization and agriculture.
What is deforestation?
This conflict involved the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
This organization was founded after World War II to promote international cooperation.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This is the blending of different cultures.
What is cultural syncretism?
This innovation increased agricultural productivity.
What is the Green Revolution?
This is a renewable energy source that harnesses the power of the sun.
What is solar energy?
This conflict fought between 1950 and 1953 involved a United Nations force led by the United States against communist North Korea that was supported by China and the Soviet Union.
What is the Korean War?
This organization provides financial assistance to countries that need it.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
This is the dominance of one culture over another.
What is cultural imperialism?
This made information accessible to a global audience.
What is the World Wide Web?
This is the variety of life in the world or a particular habitat or ecosystem.
This was a proxy war fought between 1955 and 1975 with communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam supported by the United States and its allies.
What is the Vietnam War?
This is an example of a regional trade agreement between multiple countries.
What is the European Union (EU)?
This period saw the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World following Columbus's voyages.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This form of energy production harnesses the power of the atom and is a debatable topic for safety concerns.
What is nuclear power?
This book was published in 1962 by Rachel Carson that raised awareness about harmful effects of pesticides on the environment.
What is "Silent Spring"?
This military alliance that was formed in 1949 aimed to secure peace and committed its member states to mutal defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?