New Technologies
Globalization and Interdependence
Domestic and International Issues
Influential Americans
Influential Americans Cont.
100

This industry benefited in large part due to advances in jet engines made during WWII.

Airline Industry 

100

Individual nations dependent upon other nations to help them provide for their citizens

Interdependence 

100

What issues do we have with foreign policy because of globalization

Homeland security act, stricter security at airport

100

This person was an African American physician known for his research on blood plasma

Charles Drew 

100

This person is an author, poet, playwright, director, and civil rights activist who was once asked read one of their poems at President Clinton’s inauguration 

Maya Angelou 

200

This was created because people moved away from big cities and needed to move people and goods longer distances.

Interstate Highway system 

200

The linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication

Globalization 

200

What issues do we have with immigration because of globalization

More people are trying to emigrate to the U.S. than are allowed by law

200

This man was an American physicist who became the father of the atomic bomb 

J. Robert Oppenheimer 

200

This person is the founder of Microsoft Corporation

Bill Gates 

300

What allows computers at different locations to communicate and transmit data?

Internet 

300

The exchange of goods and capital moving between or within countries of the world

International Trade 

300

What issues do we have with Global environment due to Globalization

Water pollution, water shortages, deforestation, overfishing, droughts, floods

300

This person was an architect known for his ultramodern designs

Frank Lloyd Wright 

300

This person is responsible for making McDonalds one of the largest most popular fast food restaurants in the world. 

Ray Kroc 

400

Five years after WWII approximately 3 million Americans had one of these in their home

Tv

400

How have Americans benefited from Globalization

Travel, telecommunications, and the internet 

400

What issues do we have with world health due to Globalization

Diseases can spread on airplanes creating global pandemics

400

This person is an American dancer and choreographer best known for their work in modern dance

Martha Graham 

400

This person's son invented Lincoln Logs 

Frank Floyd Wright 

500

During WWII, the military needed tracking and aiming devices for anti-aircraft guns as well as a means of breaking Japanese and German codes quickly. These breakthrough technologies resulted in the development of what?

Modern computer

500

What is it called when American companies build factories in other countries because it is cheaper

outsourcing jobs 

500

What issues do we have with Energy due to globalization

Dependence on foreign oil 

500

This person was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and most recognized for his research of African American history and literature

Henry Louis Gates 

500

This person saved millions of lives because of his discovery 

Charles Drew