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This disease is commonly associated with poverty and is spread by mosquitos; each year 1-3 million people mostly in sub-Saharan Africa die of this disease and hundreds of millions are infected | Malaria | 80%
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Indian version of Hollywood (film industry), centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay); example of globalized culture where the West influenced South Asia which now influences the world | Bollywood | 70%
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Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope; in terms of AP World History - globalized culture and trade | Globalization | 70%
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Agricultural revolution starting in the late 1960s that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations by making food easier to grow | Green Revolution | 70%
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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation | United Nations | 60%
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A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels | Climate change | 50%
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The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves; a threat to ecological balance in areas that are developing rapidly | deforestation | 50%
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First elected president in 1980 and elected again in 1984. While president, he developed "Reagannomics" - tax cuts to the wealthy in the hope that would stimulate economic development which would create jobs and raise wages; his meetings with Gorbachev were the first steps to ending the Cold War | Ronald Reagan | 40%
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International soccer competition held by FIFA every 4 years between the 32 qualifying nations; the most watched event in the world, and an example of globalized culture | World Cup | 40%
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The British Exit from the European Union; a direct response to the forces of globalization and multiculturalism that was seen by some as a threat to national identity | Brexit | 30%
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An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food; a common illness in early industrial cities of the early to mid 19th century | Cholera | 30%
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Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect | greenhouse gases | 30%
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A minor party dedicated to the environment, social justice, nonviolence, and the foreign policy of nonintervention; has had particular influence by getting environmental policies adopted by the Democrat party in the United States | Green Party | 30%
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Leader of conservatives in Great Britain who came to power; pledged to limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation; formed Thatcherism, in which her economic policy was termed, and improved the British economic situation | Margaret Thatcher | 30%
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A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | World Bank | 30%
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an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning; associated with increased human longevity and economically developed countries | Alzheimer's disease | 20%
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A society no longer based primarily on the production of material goods but instead on the production of knowledge (examples: Finland, Japan, US) | Knowledge economy | 20%
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degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting | desertification | 10%
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Average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years which occur between the ages of 15 and 44; have been declining in developed countries due to introduction of vaccines, medicines, birth control, and changing social roles of women | fertility rates | 10%
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Economy in which a large portion of employees are engaged in work that is aimed at producing manufactured products (examples: Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mexico, Honduras) | Manufacturing economy | 10%
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Created in 1994, an agreement for free trade (no trade barriers) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico; facilitated the movement of manufacturing jobs away from the United States toward Mexico due to cheaper labor costs | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | 10%
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Founded in 1995, a global institution created to promote international trade and to settle international trade disputes | World Trade Organization (WTO) | 10%
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Changed from a epidemic and spread over an entire world, killing around 20 million worldwide during and after the end of World War I | 1918 Influenza Pandemic | 0%
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Founded in 1967, a trade organization for economic, political, social, and cultural cooperation among Southeast Asian nations (includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | 0%
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Communist Party leader who seen as responsible for Chinese economic reforms (more free market) after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976; refused to expand political freedoms along with economic freedoms | Deng Xiaoping | 0%
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An economic association established in 1957 by a number of Western European countries to promote free trade among its members; seen by some as a threat to national identity | European Union (EU) | 0%
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An international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species | Greenpeace | 0%
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Controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries | Kyoto Protocol (2005) | 0%
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A movement within the Catholic church to understand Christianity from the perspective of the poor and oppressed, with a focus on fighting injustice; grew most in Latin America; added components of socialism to the theology | Liberation Theology | 0%
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Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico | Maquiladora | 0%
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A large business organization operating in a number of different national economies; the term implies a more extensive form of transnational corporation. (examples: Nestle, Nissan, Mahindra, Starbucks, McDonald's, Apple) | multinational corporation | 0%
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A declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled; designed in part to protect the rights of children, women, and refugees | UN Declaration of Human Rights | 0%
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Series of laws that banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin; an example of increased access to education and political and professional roles | US Civil Rights Act of 1965 | 0%
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