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World History pg 45
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was a new fear of Western nation? | Losing their dominant power in the world. |
| One major fear left over from the Cold War: | The spread of nuclear weapons. |
| Term for the spread of nuclear weapons. | Nuclear proliferation |
| What countries are known to have nuclear weapons? | Russia, the US, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. |
| Name China's attributes: | Has largest population, labor force, and consumer markets. |
| What the Chinese gov. Tends to deny its citizens: | Freedom of the press and religion |
| China sells billions of dollars in goods to the US annually, | Accumulating billions of dollars in debt to China. |
| China is proof that... | A nation does not have to have a democratic gov to have a successful capitalist economy. |
| Term for the world being drawn together by international trade, communications, mass media | Globalism |
| Define outsourcing | when companies try to save money and increase profits by giving work to lower paid workers. |
| Pros of globalism | Countries communicate and are less likely to go to war |
| Cons of globalism | Countries could lose their own identity, the rich nations may be controlling the global economy, consuming resources, polluting and leaving little behind for poorer countries. |
| How many people die each year because of poverty | 8 million |
| The un established a goal of eliminating poverty by what year? | 2025 |
| Richer nations have pledged to give how much | .07 to .08 of their annual income |
| World poorest nations are found where | Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| How many models of gov have been tried in third world countries | Three |
| How did Japan become a superpower | Started with unskilled workers, moved up to heavy manufacturing, then high tech industries. |
| Japan is a model for what countries | Taiwan, South Korea, and China |
| Latin America followed the classic colonial pattern which did what to the people? | Benefited white elites and poor indigenous folk received little |
| What is the cause for Latin America's slow economy and government | Lack of a sizable middle class |
| What did Guatemala do in the 1950s? | Took unused US land and gave it to the peasants |
| How did the US respond | Arranged to overthrow the government and killed 200,000 civilians. |
| Worlds poorest continent | Africa |
| What slowed Africa's economy. | foreign investors are cautious of unstable governments. |
| Reason for Africa's bad economy | In the late 1800s Europe carved it into small countries. When they gained independence they had no experience of self government and most failed. |
| Name two cases of ethnic violence | Rwanda in 1970s and in west Sudan |
| Effects of AiDS | High medical costs, loss of productive workers |
| Serbia was accused of what in 1999 | Ethnic cleansing |
| In the Serbian province of Kosovo they forced.... | Muslims out of Serbia killing many in the process |
| What stopped this | NATO approved of air strikes against Serbia by the US |
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