APW - Period 4: Cram Sheet Definitions Quizs

Surrogate/Proxy Wars

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Nicaraguan Civil War

• Soviet-Afghan War

International Organizations (NGOs)

• Greenpeace

• World Health Organization

• United Nations

• International Monetary Fund

Depression

• The US stock market crash and bank failures of 1929 led to a global economic depression between World Wars, resulting in mass unemployment and the rise of Fascism in Germany and Italy.

• The US stock market crash of 1929 had no significant impact on the global economy.

• The global economic depression was primarily caused by the rise of technology and innovation in the 1920s.

• The economic depression was a result of increased trade and production between World Wars.

Canals (again!)

• Both the Suez and Panama Canals began in the late 1800s and are still major trade routes today.

• The Suez Canal was taken over by Egypt from British control in 1956, leading to an international crisis.

• The Panama Canal was completed in the early 1900s and is primarily used for military purposes.

• The Suez Canal is located in the United States and was built in the 20th century.

Consumerism

• It promotes sustainable living and environmental awareness.

• It leads to a culture of buying stuff driven by multinational corporations and media.

• It encourages local craftsmanship and small businesses.

• It focuses on reducing consumption and waste.

Contraception

• birth control technology provides women more choice/control as 2nd wave of feminism pushes for gender equality in jobs, politics, and education

• contraception methods are primarily used to increase population growth

• the use of contraception is a recent development in human history

• contraception is only relevant in developing countries

cOmmunism

• A political ideology that promotes private ownership of land and factories.

• A system that empowers the working and peasant class with land and factory ownership through state control.

• A movement that only occurred in Russia and China.

• A form of government that encourages social hierarchy and class divisions.

Liberty for All

• Late 20th/early 21st century movements call for social justice.

• Advocacy for unrestricted capitalism in developing nations.

• Promotion of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.

• Support for traditional monarchies in North Africa.

M.A.I.N causes of WWI

• Militarism

• Colonialism

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

Israel

• Set up as a new independent Jewish state by U.N. in 1946 - leads to immediate conflict with native Palestinians (Muslims).

• Established as a territory for Jewish refugees after World War II in 1945.

• Recognized as a state by the Arab League in 1948.

• Formed as a result of the Balfour Declaration in 1917.