KC 6.3 Globalization

Mao's Great Leap Forward in China was most similar to -

• Mussolini's corporatist policies

• Stalin's Five Year Plans

• FDR's New Deal

• Reaganomics in the 1980's

Following World War I and the onset of the Great Depression, governments scaled back economic interventions & let private businesses handle things.

• True

• False

Julies Nyere in Tanzania, Nasser in Egypt, and Nehru in India all

• promoted an agricultural economy

• promoted free market capitalism

• took a strong role in guiding economic development

• participated in G20 trade talks

By the late 20th century, Reagan, Thatcher, Gorbachev, and Deng Xiaoping ALL --

• won Olympic gold medals

• opposed socialism

• tried to raise tariffs

• promoted economic liberalization

Along with Korea and Vietnam, a region that saw tremendous economic development in the late 20th century thanks to free-market policies -

• Eastern Europe

• Middle East

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Pacific Rim nations

The IMF, World Bank, and WTO all promote -

• communism

• nationalism

• protectionism

• free trade

NAFTA, ASEAN, Mercosur, and EEC are all

• regional alliances

• global trade agreements

• regional trade agreements

• global alliances

They protest the inequality of environmental and economic consequences of globalization

• International Criminal Court/ Amnesty International

• Negritude movement/ Liberation theology

• Greenpeace/ Green Belt Movement in Kenya

• Olympics/ World Cup soccer

Reggae and Bollywood are both examples of how in the second half of the 20th century,

• racism and discrimination continue to oppress

• cultures have become more distinctive

• many countries sought a return to tradition

• popular & consumer culture became more global

The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights especially sought to protect the rights of

• rich white men

• the victorious powers in WWII

• people in communist countries

• women, children, and refugees