Ap World Unit 15

Question 1

Green revolution

Answer 1

Innovations in agriculture that enable to global food production to keep up with growing population rates 

Question 2

Global urbanization

Answer 2

Explosive growth of cities after 1900, reduce need for rural labor and opportunities in manufacturing and the government 

Question 3

Mega cities

Answer 3

Very large urban cities with populations over 10 million 

Question 4

Labor migration

Answer 4

Movement of people, often illegal, to another country to escape poverty or violence 

Question 5

Influenza pandemic

Answer 5

Worst pandemic in human history, three waves of influenza swept across globe, 100 million people died

Question 6

HIV/AIDS

Answer 6

Disease that spreads through sexual con act, contained blood products, sharing needles, causing tens of millions of deaths 

Question 7

Religious fundamentalism

Answer 7

Return to the fundamentalist age of religion, marked by a sense of threat from the modern secular world 

Question 8

Hindutva

Answer 8

Hindu national movement, advocated, a distinct Hindu identity, and criticize government efforts to accommodate other faith communities 

Question 9

Islamic radicalism

Answer 9

Movements that promoted strict adherence to the Quran, often in opposition to western culture 

Question 10

Anthropocene era

Answer 10

impact of human activity on the atmosphere geosphere biosphere, “age of man” 

Question 11

Climate change

Answer 11

Warming of the planet, largely caused to high concentration of greenhouse gases 

Question 12

Second wave environmentalism 

Answer 12

Environmental movement in Europe and North America, involvement, focused on pollution, resource, depletion, and protection of wildlife habitats

Question 13

Paris climate agreement

Answer 13

International agreement negotiated in 2015, many companies reduced greenhouse, gas emissions to avoid increasing global temperatures