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Though this term is commonly used to refer to the massive growth in international economic transactions from around 1950 to the present, it also refers to broader global exchanges including that of technology, people and ideas.
What is globalization?
100
Strayer identifies the American Barbie doll, manufactured in 3 Asian countries with molds from the United States, cotton from China, plastic and hair from Taiwan, and distribution centers in Hong Kong, to sell more than a billion dolls to 150 countries as an example of this kind of important player in the global economy.
What is a transnational corporation?
100
This Argentine-born revolutionary waged guerrilla war in an effort to remedy Latin America’s and Africa’s social and economic problems, most notably in Cuba, and was assassinated by the Bolivian Army, which was advised by the CIA.
Who is Che Guevara?
100
This Saudi Arabian was the founder of al Qaeda, the militant organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and many other mass casualty attacks.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
100
This international movement burst onto the world stage in 1999 with massive protests at a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, protesting that the global economy makes rich richer and keeps poor people in poverty.
What is antiglobalization?
200
The historical Cold War divisions between the "east" and the "west" have been replaced by this disparity between this geopolitical division between (mostly) former colonies and former colonizers.
What is the north/south gap?
200
Translated as "the base" or "the foundation," this radical organization of fundamentalist Islamic militants has its origins in the Soviet Afghanistan War (1979-1989) and was organized by Osama bin Laden
What is Al Qaeda?
200
This western women’s rights movement revived in the 1960s with a different agenda than earlier women’s suffrage movements, demanding equal rights for women in employment and education, women’s right to control their own bodies, and the end of patriarchal domination.
What is second-wave feminism?
200
Originating among American Christians in the early 20th century, and occurring within all the major world religions, this trend is a self-proclaimed return to the foundational beliefs of a religion and is marked by a militant piety and exclusivism.
What is fundamentalism?
200
Strayer uses this term to refer to the acceleration of global economic transactions after World War II, which resulted in total world output returning to the levels established before the Great Depression and moving far beyond them.
What is reglobalization?
300
This approach to the world economy, developed in the 1970s, favors the expansion of free market principles such as private enterprise, the free flow of capital, a mobile and temporary workforce, and less government involvement in economic activity.
What is neoliberalism?
300
This international body representing some 150 countries negotiates their rules for global commerce, promotes free trade, and has beecome a major target of globalization critics.
What is the World Trade Organization?
300
This Chilean military dictator widely known for his use of torture and the "disappearance" of his opponents, was a target of pro-democracy activists who successfully unseated him from the Presidency in 1990.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
300
This term is used by modern militant Islamic groups to denote not just the “struggle” or “striving” that the word originally meant, but also the defense of authentic Islam against Western aggression.
What is jihad?
300
Worldwide scientific consensus is that the burning of fossil fuels and the loss of trees have caused this phenomenon affecting the earth’s atmosphere artificially and significantly, and possibly leading to catastrophic results.
What is global warming?
400
Scholars studying "American Empire" focus on this tool of US global influence, which offers cultural attractiveness and political & cultural freedoms as alternatives to the coercive power of armies and economic aid.
What is "soft power"?
400
This annual gathering of globally-thinking activists coordinates strategy, exchanges ideas, and shares experiences, under the slogan “Another world is possible" in efforts to challenge neoliberal ideas of globalization.
What is the World Social Forum?
400
This Christian movement that originated in Latin America advocates the need for Christians to engage in the pursuit of social justice and human rights.
What is liberation theology?
400
In the United States, the merging of fundamentalist Christian beliefs with political activism took shape in the form of this significant force in American political life of the late 20th century.
What is the religious right?
400
This fundamentalist movement became politically important in India in the 1980s, advocating a distinct Hindu identity and decrying government efforts to accommodate other faith groups.
What is Hindutva?
500
This process facilitating the movement of money across the global economy involves private companies establishing operations or otherwise gaining control of business operations outside of their home countries.
What is foreign direct investment?
500
Named for a conference held in 1944, this international system provided the foundation for postwar economic globalization based on the promotion of free trade, stable currencies, and high levels of capital investment.
What is the Bretton Woods System?
500
This sweeping series of reforms was instituted by communist leader Alexander Dubcek in Czechoslovakia in 1968, who aimed to "create socialism with a human face" by ending censorship and allowing other political freedoms, and was crushed by a Soviet invasion.
What is the Prague Spring?
500
In this religious trend against rising secularism, Muslim leaders and believers promoted a return to adherence to religious principles, embedding social services, professional societies, and elements of modernity within a distinctly Islamic culture.
What is Islamic renewal?
500
This growing movement in Asia addresses the needs of the poor through social reform, educational programs, and health services, and peacemaking action during times of conflict and war.
What is socially engaged Buddhism?