Communication/Political
Name two communication technologies you have today.
What is phone, Internet, social media? (many right answers)
Artists whose songs are a mixture of Korean and English, led to more popularity in South Korea
What is K-pop?
New methods of farming were introduced in many developing countries, most notable in India, what is the generic term that refers to this.
What is the green revolution?
An economic theory did Ronald Reagan develop that reduced taxes and promoted unrestricted free-market policies?
What is Reaganomics or supply side economics?
What does greenhouse gas and fossil fuel pollution's cause?
What shape is Climate change and global warming?
New mode of communication that largely changed the world in the 20th century by sending signals to towers.
What is cellular communication?
A blend of film styles in India. (they make more films than any other country)
What is Bollywood?
What were some of the main effects of Green revolution?
Increase in food production, world population growth
During the duration of Mao Zedong's rule, was private ownership abolished and farming was rural as well as communal?
True
Large-scale production of crops and livestock for sale, primarily to generate profit. Some effects include depleting soil quality by using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides for more produce.
What is commercial agriculture?
The invention that Guglielmo Marconi, developed around 1894-1895?? Hint-Helped with long distance communication at the time.
What is Radio?
Revolutions in the middle east starting in 2010. Called the Arab spring, name the technologies used in this movement.
Mobile phones, Internet, Social media like Twitter and Facebook.
Farming in dry areas removes plants and dries out the land
What is desertification?
Companies that own or control production of goods or services in at least one other country other than their home county? Extra: Give an example?(No points though)
What are Multinational Corporations?
Examples: Nestle
What was the main disease that spread at the end of WW1 that caused disastrous effects on the world.
What is the Influenza pandemic?
A Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
System of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination against the non-white majority in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. He was a key figure in the anti-apartheid movement. Name the event and the person
What is the Apartheid and Who is Nelson Mandela?
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?
Name 3 major vaccines of the 20th century
Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP), Measles, Rubella, Mumps, and Hepatitis B.
This organization was created at the end of WW2 and its focused on providing humanitarian assistance around the world to areas. It had more power than the League of Nations that was to prevent WW2.
What is United Nations?
New forms of Buddhism, Sufism, and others adapted mostly for the West.
What are New age religions?
What is the initial foundation that funded the green revolution?
What is the Rockefeller Foundation?
A term used to describe economic policies that promote the free market and limit government regulations by Margaret Thatcher?
What is Thatcherism?
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)
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?