Global Technology
This is threatening our climate in the Amazon rainforest.
What is Deforestation?
This leader of China opened up the country to Capitalism in 1981.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
Created by the UN after WWII to promote human rights.
What is The Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Artists whose songs are a mixture of Korean and English, led to more popularity for South Korean goods
What is K-Pop
After NAFTA (The North American Free Frade Agreement) these factories popped up all over the Mexican border.
What are Maquiladoras?
Name a vaccine which nearly eradicated a particular illness?
polio,small pox
What is the name of the organization within the United Nations which helps children?
UNICEF
Revolutions in the middle east starting in 2010. Made possible by social media such as Twitter.
What is Arab Spring?
Mercosur formed a trade bloc in this geographic region.
What is Latin America/South America?
A court set up by The UN in The Hague, Netherlands to prosecute war criminals.
What is The International Court of Justice?
A blend of film styles in India. (they make more films than any other country)
What is Bollywood?
This organization helps manage trade globally.
What is the WTO (World Trade Organization)?
The outbreak of this disease in 1981 weakens the immune system and is contracted through the exchange of bodily fluids,
Who invented the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk (injectable vaccine)
Albert Sabin (oral vaccine)
The following are different types of non renewable energy...
Coal, Natural Gas, Oil
These corporations are legally incorporated in one country but sells (or makes) its product in others
What are Multinational Corporations?
A type of theology that became popular in the 80s which concentrated on the dignity of the poor
Liberation Theology
Name a type of social media which is global?
Facebook, X, Instagram
Dictator from Chile who was propped up by the US in 1974. Known for his violent tactics.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
This disease broke out in the region of the Congo. It is spread by the fruit bat, humans and other primates. The disease causes extensive bleeding, organ failure, and for most, death.
Ebola
The man who revolutionized Plant Breeding and kicked off The Green Revolution.
Who is Norman Borlaug?
Nations who focus their economies on information, creation, and spread of knowledge to increase economic success.
What are Knowledge Economies?
Event in 1980's China that ended in both bloodshed and the end of China's fight for Democracy.
What is The Tiananmen Square Massacre?
Name a global sporting event
Olympics, World Cup
A climate agreement that was made in 2015 that encouraged 195 countries to lower their emissions. (The US left in 2017 under Pres. Trump, rejoined in 2021 under Pres. Biden)
The Paris Climate Agreement
An airborne infection that before 1946 was deadly due to there not being a cure. After 1946, antibiotics and later a vaccine have slowed the deadliness of this disease.
Tuberculosis
Wind, Solar
List one of the Four Asian Tigers to emerge in the 1980's as manufacturing powerhouses.
What are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan?
Name 2 important figures in the fight against apartheid in South Africa
Mandela, Lithuli, Biko, Tutu
Name five Global Brands
What are (see teacher for approval of answer)
Name two epidemics of the 20th Century.
What are Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola
This is a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas. A vaccine is under development and is still in trials.
Malaria