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No Country for Old Economies
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mad Max: Environmental Fury
It's a Mad Mad Mad World
Final Destination
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This invention revolutionized communication and global connectivity in the late 20th century.
What is the internet?
100
This system refers to the increasing economic interconnectedness of the world.
What is globalization?
100
This term describes rapid increase in the world population during the 20th century
What is population explosion?
100
This process involves the spread of ideas, food and culture across the world
What is cultural diffusion?
100
This term refers to gases like CO2 that trap heat in the earth's atmosphere
What are greenhouse gases?
100
This trend describes people moving from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
200
This term describes the shift from manufacturing to service-based economies in developed nations.
What is post-industrial economy?
200
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan—are highly developed economies that achieved rapid, sustained industrialization and high growth rates between the early 1960s and 1990s
What were The "Four Asian Tigers"
200
A city with a population over 10 million people.
What are Megacities?
200
This global language has become dominant in business, science, and communication.
What is English?
200
The era after the industrial revolution which has caused many environmental changes such as mass extinction, contamination of ground water, radioactive sites on the earth's surface and pollution.
What was the Anthropocene Era?
200
This policy was used by the United States to try to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What is containment?
300
New medical technologies such as ______,_______,______ and _______, led to lower death rates and lowered the infant mortality rate
What are antibiotics, disinfectants, vaccines and x rays.
300
Is a 1994 treaty between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs on goods traded between them. It aimed to boost economic growth by encouraging regional trade. While it lowered consumer prices and increased trade volume, critics, particularly in the U.S., argue it caused manufacturing job losses to Mexico.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
300
is a virus that attacks the immune system, specifically CD4 cells
What is HIV
300
This concept describes the dominance of Western (especially American) culture globally.
What is cultural imperialism?
300
is a legally binding international treaty adopted in 2015 by 195 parties, aimed at limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees C, preferably 1.5∘C above pre-industrial levels. It requires countries to submit and update climate action plans (NDCs) every five years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate impacts
What is The Paris Climate Agreement?
300
This international organization was created after WWII to stabilize global currencies and economies.
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
300
This late 20th-century process links economies, cultures, and populations through trade, technology, and communication.
YOU MAY WAGER AS MANY POINTS AS YOU HAVE
What is globalization?
400
This agricultural innovation dramatically increased food production in developing countries.
What is the Green Revolution?
400
The type of migration that is motivated mainly by job opportunities and better wages-
What is economic migration?
400
This term refers to the study of population trends and changes.
What is demography?
400
This was expressed via violent attacks, largley against civilian targets by radical groups such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban and Boko Haram
What is Islamic Radicalism?
400
The most common environmental consequences of increased industrialization and population growth-
What are pollution, urbanization, and deforestation?
400
Multiethnic country that existed in the Balkans and Central Europe until 1992.
What was Yugoslavia?
500
This 20th-century conflict accelerated technological innovation such as radar, jets, and nuclear weapons.
What is World War II?
500
1944–1971) was a landmark international monetary agreement among 44 allied nations designed to ensure exchange rate stability and foster post-WWII economic growth. It operated with the U.S. dollar fixed to gold at 
/ounce, with other currencies pegged to the dollar. The system created the IMF and World Bank to manage stability
What was the Bretton Woods system?
500
This trend describes people moving from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
500
often translated as "Hinduness," is a political and cultural ideology that defines Indian national identity in terms of Hindu culture, values, and traditions. It is a form of Hindu nationalism that seeks to establish the hegemony of Hinduism in India, often aiming to define India as a Hindu nation-state (Hindu Rashtra) rather than a secular one
What is Hindutva?
500
primarily 20th century–present) refers to the era when global consumption of coal, oil, and natural gas skyrocketed, becoming the dominant energy source. This period drove rapid industrialization, electricity, transportation (internal combustion engine), and significant environmental impacts like greenhouse gas emissions
What is the Age of Fossil Fuels?
500
This term describes money that migrants send back to their home countries.
What are remittances?
600
are designated, often fenced-in, industrial areas designed to attract foreign investment by offering special incentives, duty-free importing of raw materials, and streamlined regulations
What are Export Processing Zones (EPZs)?
600
comprises economic activities, enterprises, and jobs not regulated, taxed, or protected by the state, employing over 60% of the global workforce—roughly 2 billion people—and contributing significantly to GDP. It includes street vendors, waste pickers, home-based workers, and freelancers, often operating in low-productivity, precarious conditions due to lack of opportunities in the formal sector.
What is an Informal Economy?
600
This phenomenon occurs when birth rates fall below replacement levels, leading to aging populations.
What is population decline (or aging population crisis)?
600
50-100 million people were killed by a 3 wave pandemic caused by soldiers returning from WW1
What was the Influenza Pandemic?
600
was a massive, grassroots-driven movement in North America and Europe triggered by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962). It shifted focus from early conservationism toward combating industrial pollution, toxic pesticides, nuclear hazards, and protecting ecosystems, leading to landmark environmental legislation and organizations like Greenpeace
What was Second-wave environmentalism (c. 1960s–1970s)
600
a diverse, decolonial, and intersectional movement rooted in the experiences of women and marginalized communities in Africa, Latin America, and Asia
What is Feminism in the Global South?