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The founder of Missionaries of a charity which cared for the poor in India.
Who was Mother Teresa?
100
This is where Argentina lost the war with Britain.
What is Falkland Island?
100
The process by which national economies, politics, and societies became integrated with those of other nations.
What is globalization?
200
He developed the vaccine against polio.
Who was Dr. Jonas Salk?
200
This showed that Chinese leaders favored order over political freedom.
What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
200
The primary cause of famine in the 70's and 80's was the disruption of food due to war.
What is Sudan and Ethiopia?
200
The study of genes.
What is genetics?
300
The archbishop who demanded reform in El Salvador.
Who was Oscar Romero?
300
Latin America wanted to Catholic Church to push for reforms to end poverty.
What is the liberation theology movement?
300
This is where a direct result of rapid desertification where the consequence was the loss of farmland.
What is Africa?
300
The sending of work to the developing world to save money.
What is outsourcing?
400
U.S. forces invaded Panama and arrested its president.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
400
The most important change to the world economy which made the pacific rim grew dramatically.
What is the trade volume?
400
Because farmers wanted many children to help out on the farm it their population control efforts.
What is China?
400
Pollution caused by toxic chemicals in the air falling back to Earth.
What is acid rain?
500
One consequence of this was that crops prices dropped forcing small farmers out of business.
What was the Green Revolution?
500
The archbishop demanded reform here.
What is El Salvador?
500
Weapons that can release disease-carrying organisms such as smallpox.
What are chemical weapons?