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21 Cards in this Set
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globalization
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the process of globalizing, transformation of some things or phenomena into global ones
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GATT, WTO, IMF
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund
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"Little Tigers"
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South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan - they are the imitators of Japanese success in economics
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OPEC
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - a cartel formed in 1960 that controls much of the world's oil production
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement - seeking ways to magnify global, economic and political power in the Americas
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NGOs
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Non-governmental organizations
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biodiversity
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the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth
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HIV/AIDS
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome - disease which spreads through sexual intercourse, shared blood products, and from mother to baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding and weakens the immune system leaving it open to other infections
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September 11, 2001
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date in which airliners were hijacked and hit buildings in New York City and Washington, D.C. The twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed while the Pentagon was substantially damaged causing thousands of deaths
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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UN declaration which singled out human rights violations such as involuntary servitude and arbitrary arrest as well as discrimination
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Human Rights Watch
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group that monitors human rights around the world
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free trade
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market model in which trade in goods and services between or within countries flow unhindered by government-imposed restrictions
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global corporation
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a legal entity (technically, a juristic person) which has a legal personality distinct from those of its members that stretches across the globe
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European Union
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a group of European nations joined together under the organization to promote unity in Europe and has agreed to dismantle all trade barriers between members and promote common currency
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ASEAN
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations - similar to NAFTA in its trade goals
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Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
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book which uncovered environmental issues resulting in a rise in environmental activism
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barrios
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Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood. The word has come into use in English mostly through the large Hispanic populations on both coasts of the United States.
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World Health Organization
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organization created as an offspring of the UN to promote worldwide health
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terrorism
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violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating fear
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Greenpeace
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a non-governmental environmental group
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Amnesty International
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a group similar to Human Rights Watch that monitors the state of human rights worldwide
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