Technological Advances
Environmental Challenges
Globalized Economics
Institutions and Resistance
Culture
100
As a result of the invention of the _______________ developed in the early 1950s by scientist Gregory Pincus, fertility rates declined in much of the world. The average woman began having fewer babies than her mother or grandmother had. Sexual practices and gender roles had been partially reshaped.
birth control pill
100
Experts advised governments to reduce their countries' _________________ -the amount of carbon dioxide that each person produces. Ignoring this advice could contribute contribute to catastrophes caused by global warming: more powerful hurricanes, more severe droughts, and rising sea levels that could flood islands and coastal areas.
carbon footprint
100
Which world leader in the 1980s said the following? "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."
Ronald Reagan
100
Created in 1944 after WWII and the Great Depression, the ____________________ is an organization of 190+ countries that works to keep the global economy stable and healthy. Its main goals are to promote international trade, support stable currencies and exchange rates, prevent financial crises, and help countries in economic trouble. To do this, it lends money to countries facing financial problems, gives advice on economic policies, offers training to help countries manage their economies better, monitors the global economy to spot problems early.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
100
A style of music that fused a variety of traditions and became a global hit was the Korean music nicknamed __________. Its artists, who sang in a mixture of Korean and English, became global stars in the early 21st century. Their popularity has also boosted the popularity of other South Korean exports. In fact they are considered so valuable that the government has invested in concerts and tours. Internet-based streaming video sites such as YouTube and Vimeo helped popularize their music with a global audience.
K-pop
200
Identify three diseases that have become rare or virtually eradicated by the 1980s thanks to vaccines.
Polio and measles became rare, and smallpox was eradicated by the 1980s.
200
________________ is the process by which fertile land becomes dry and barren. It usually happens in arid or semi-arid areas and is often caused by a combination of natural factors (like drought) and human activities, such as overgrazing by livestock, deforestation, overcultivation (excessive farming), unsustainable water use, or climate change.
Desertification
200
India and other countries that had been nonaligned during the Cold War relaxed restrictions on trade in the 1990s. This opening up of a country's economy is called ______________________.
economic liberalization or "Neo-Liberal Economics"
200
In 2016, 52 percent of British voters agreed to leave the European Union, an international political and economic organization of 28 countries. This British exit was nicknamed ___________. Britain was a founding member of the EU in 1993, but conservative British politicians argued that the EU interfered with Britain's right to govern itself.
Brexit
200
A style of Japanese hand-drawn animation known as _____________ became hugely influential. It was introduced to American culture in the 1980s through the movie Akira, and television shows in the late 1990s, such as Pokemon and Dragon Ball.
anime
300
In 1982 ________________ led a team that designed an artificial heart, used as a temporary device while the patient waited for a compatible human heart.
Robert Jarvik
300
________________ let sunlight in but prevent some of the heat that the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere.
Greenhouse Gases
300
In 1994, the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed ____________________. This agreement encouraged U.S. and Canadian industries to build maquiladoras (factories) in Mexico that used low-wage Mexican labor to produce tariff-free goods for foreign export.
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
300
Identify the name of the event this photo is depicting, the city in which it occurred and the year.
1989 Tiananmen Square Protests in Beijing
300
Indian musicals made in _______________, the popular name given to the film industry in Bombay (Mumbai), enjoy popularity worldwide. India makes more films than any other country.
Bollywood
400
Social media played a role in a movement known as the ________________ a series of antigovernment protests that spread from country to country in North Africa and the Middle East in the 2010s as people shared their protest experiences on social media.
the "Arab Spring"
400
Give two examples of (a) fossil fuels and two examples of (b) renewable energies. (Label your answers a. and b.)
Concerned about unsustainable demands for energy through fossil fuels (coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas), companies and nations began to invest in renewable energy, energy derived from resources that are continuously replenished, such as wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal power.
400
In the late 1900s, the rise of a highly educated workforce alongside a revolution in information and communications technology led some countries, like the United States and Finland to undertake a new kind of economy known as the __________________ which creates, distributes, and uses information.
"knowledge economy"
400
Created in 1995 to help countries trade with each other more fairly, smoothly, and freely the (a) ____________________ makes rules for more than 90 percent of international trade. In 1999, more than 40,000 people protested in what was known as the (b) "______________." Labor unions, family farmers, student groups, and environmentalists shut down the meeting.
a) World Trade Organization (WTO); b) "Battle of Seattle"
400
In the 1970s, former Beatles band member George Harrison released a song containing the words of a Hindu mantra, or sacred utterance. This launched the popularity of the _____________ movement, which was based on traditional Hindu scriptures. It quickly gained popularity in the United States and Europe.
Hari Krishna
500
Shortly after Chinese authorities banned platforms like Twitter and Facebook, the Chinese company Sina launched _________, a microblogging site that functions under government regulation. While it allows limited expression, this platform is heavily monitored and can block or censor sensitive content.
500
Some scientists, industrialists and diplomats have supported the _______________________ to protect wilderness areas from urban growth. They planted more than 51 million trees in Kenya which helped to create employment by preserving ecosystems and improving soil quality.
Green Belt Movement
500
Identify two of Deng Xiaoping's economic policies when he became leader of China in 1981.
• Replaced communes with peasant-leased plots of land where the peasants could grow their own crops and sell part of them in markets. This reform led to agricultural surpluses instead of the famines of the past.
• Allowed factories to produce more products for consumers.
• Encouraged foreign companies to set up factories in special economic zones. Foreign firms were attracted to China because of low wages and lax environmental laws.
• Reopened the Shanghai stock market and allowed private ownership of some businesses.
500
In 2011________________ , gained international attention after posting a Youtube video of herself driving—a bold act in a country where it was illegal for women to do so at the time. Her actions led to her arrest and detention, sparking global support for her cause. Despite facing harassment and losing her job, she continued to advocate for women's rights. In 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted the driving ban, a milestone many attribute in part to her efforts.
Manal al-Sharif
500
This Pakistani activist became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate for speaking out against the Taliban’s ban on education for girls in her region. In 2012, at the age of 15, she survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman while riding the bus home from school.
Malala Yousafzai