CONTEMPORARY WORLD Flashcards
(175 cards)
1
Q
UNITED NATIONS
DATE
A
October 24, 1945
2
Q
Mr. United Nations
A
Carlos P. Romulo
3
Q
UNITED NATION
P5
A
FRUCU
FRANCE
RUSSIA
USA
CHINA
UK
4
Q
UNITED NATION
Philippine
A
Charter Member
5
Q
US VS. USSR
A
Cold War
6
Q
India vs. Pakistan
A
Hindu vs. Muslim
7
Q
World War I
countries
A
Germany
Hungary
Austria
8
Q
WORLD BANK
old name
A
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
9
Q
WORLD BANK
aim
A
to eradicate poverty
10
Q
offer short term loan
A
International Monetary Fund
11
Q
prevent trade war
A
World Trade Organization
12
Q
UNESCO
A
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
13
Q
UNICEF
A
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
14
Q
ASEAN
members
A
PISTM- My LaVi Ca Bru
Philippines
Indonesia
Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
Myanmar
Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia
Brunei
15
Q
To cure wounded soldiers
A
Geneva Convention
16
Q
Kyoto Protocol
A
global warming
17
Q
PETA
meaning
A
Philippine Educational Theatre Association
18
Q
use of mother tongue in plays
A
PETA
19
Q
PETA
founder
A
Cecile Alvarez
20
Q
Arena Theater
A
Montano
21
Q
Experimental Theatre
A
Tinio
22
Q
Sala Theatre
A
Rogers
23
Q
ASEAN
founded
A
Bangkok Declaration of 1967
24
Q
ASEAN
ratified to 10
A
ASEAN Charter of 2007
25
ASEAN
+3
China
Japan
South Korea
26
world's most advanced economies
leading industrialized
G7
27
G7
members
JUICE GF
Japan
USA
Italy
Canada
England
Germany
France
28
G8
members
G7 + Russia
29
emerging market economies
BRICS
30
BRICS
members
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
31
Human Evolution
old to new
HENS
Habilis
Erectus
Neanderthal
Sapiens
32
civilization first born
Middle East/ Mesopotamia
33
Twin River
Tigris and Euphrates River
34
system of writing of Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
35
aka Sumerian Script
Cuneiform
36
present name of Mesopotamia
Iraq
37
old name of Iran
Persia
38
system of writing of China
Calligraphy
39
Yellow River
Huangho-Yantze River
40
do social preservation
China
41
Egypt river
Nile River
42
Egypt system of writing
Hieroglyphics
43
Fertile crescent
Tigris-Euphrates River
44
Indian Epic
Ramayana
45
Indian Fables
Panchatantra
46
Indian Sacred Hymn
Regveda
47
Indian Sacred Text
Upanishad
48
Longest epic
Mahabaarata
49
oldest religon
Hinduism
50
oldest monoeistic
Judaism
51
First sultanate
Abu Bakr
52
introduced Islam in Philippines
Mukdum
53
Contemporary World
year started
1946- Present
54
road connect east to west
Silk Road
55
Silk Road
Xian to Uzbekistan
56
Islamic trade in Middle Age
Spices
57
First industrial revolution
Steam
Great Britain
58
Second industrial revolution
Electricity
59
Third Industrial Revolution
Computers
60
Fourth Industrial Revolution
AI
Internet of Things
61
THEORY
Capitalist world economy
World Systems Theory
62
Capital intensive
Core
USA
63
Protecting barrier
Semi-Periphery
CHINA
64
Labor intensive / Third World
Periphery
PHILIPPINES
65
dominated by private ownership
Capitalist
66
THEORY
societies becoming similar government and policies
World Polity Theory
67
THEORY
response to modernization theory
World Polity Theory
68
emphasize culture not economy
World Polity Theory
69
World Polity Theory
Flow
Traditional - Industrial - High Tech
70
THEORY
culture is less homogeneous
(oppose to polity theory imply)
World Culture Theory
71
THEORY
"globalization is a process of relativization"
World Culture Theory
72
world order depend on surrounding
Relativization
73
Single arena
comparing others
yardstick
Emulation
74
globalization interpreted differently depending to point of groups
Glocalization
75
same practices
homogenization
76
diverse culture
heterogenization
77
making things alike
Homogenization
78
adoption of global to local culuture
Heterogenization
79
culture entails continual change
Inherent Dynamics of Globalization
80
"globalization triggers resistance or reaction"
Movements of De/Re-Globalization
81
change can originate anywhere
Multiple sources
82
liberating individuals entrepreneurial freedom
Neoliberalism
83
free markets
free trades
Neoliberalism
84
Self regulating market
Neoliberalism
85
Little to no government control
Free market
86
price is determine by competition
free market
87
government promote local market
Protectionism
88
transfer of public property to private sector
Privatization
89
first chinese leader step in US
Xi Daoping
90
UNITED NATION
The Watchdog of UN
The secretariat
91
UNITED NATION
disputed territories
Trusteeship Council
92
between 2 countries
Internalization
93
experts go abroad
Brain Drain
94
negative traits
Push factor
95
positive trait
Pull factors
96
Sustainable Development Goals
completed
2030
97
Sustainable Development Goals
numbers
17
98
Allied vs. Axis
World War II
99
UNITED NATIONS
Highest decision making body
Security Council
100
military agreement between
North America and Europe
NATO
101
He called for democracy and self-determination
Woodrow Wilson
102
UNITED NATIONS
current general SECRETARY
Antonio Guterres
103
offer solutions after World War 2
Breton Wood Conference
104
Treaty ended World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
105
UNITED NATION
help newly independent countries
Trusteeship Council
106
"End of History"
Author
Francis Fukuyama
107
Treaty ended World War 2
Treaty of Potsdam
108
Treaty that LED to World War 2
Treaty of Versailles
109
Perspective that globalization have positive impact in global economy
Hyper-Globalist
110
NOT objective of ASEAN
protect against military agression
111
Global North
Rich
112
Global South
Poor
113
Axis Power
Japan, Italy, German
HITLER
114
Conflict of modern world according to SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
Culture
-Samuel Huntington
115
leader of USSR during disintegration
Gorvachev
116
leader of USSR during World War 2
Stalin
117
founder of USSR
Vladimir Lenin
118
resulted from Cold War
Korean War
119
Father of Communism
Karl Marx
120
QUAD members
US
Australia
Japan
India
121
believe that globalization only has negative impact
Skeptics
122
settle territorial dispute
International Court of Justice
123
Gorvachev policy that disintegrate USSR
Perestroika
124
basis of division of Korea
38th parallel
125
USA become the sole power
UNIPOLAR
126
WTO headquarters
Geneva
127
Father of Independence of India
Mohandas Gandhi
128
UN headquarters
New York
129
World Bank Headquarters
Washington
130
regulate petroleum trading
OPEC
131
Philippine use to claim exclusive economic zone
UNCLOS
132
withdraw membership from European Union
British
133
Rio de Janeiro Conference
motto
The Future we want
134
NATO headquarters
Brussels
135
Brandt line
Rich North
Poor South
136
incubent European Commission President
Ursula
137
OPEC headquarters
Vienna, Austria
138
term of Non-Permanent Members
2 years
139
number of judges in International Court of Justice
15
140
"The Clash of Civilizations"
Samuel Huntington
141
Military Traditions
Mesopotamia
142
Military Trainings
Greek
143
Utilitarianism
Pragmatic
USE
Romans
144
Human capabilities
Athens
145
first system of writing in the orient
Phoenicians
146
first civil service test
China
147
SOUTH CHINA SEA
TVMC BI
Taiwan
Vietnam
Malaysia
China
Brunei
INDONESIA (new)
148
Largest in Central Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Kazakhstan - Central
149
Largest in South Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
India -South
150
Largest in West Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Arabia- West
151
Largest in East Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
China
152
Largest in North Asia
KC ISAW ChERN
Russia- North
153
Smallest country in Asia
Maldives
154
Smallest country in the World
Vatican
155
Philippine coastline is...
twice as the United States
156
Extreme Points in the Philippines
157
longest coastline
canada
158
second largest coastline
Indonesia
159
IMF
International Monetary Fund
160
reduction of state intervention
Neoliberalism
161
study the negative effects of capitalism
Marxism
162
begins after WW II
Contemporary period
163
proponent of world Systems theory
Immanuel Wallerstein
164
"civil society" according to Marx and Hegel
Market Economy
165
"securing life necessities is part of food security"
Second view on food shortage
166
affects all dimension of food security
Climate change
167
local culture influenced by more powerful culture
homogenization
168
luxury product on first trading in Europe and Asia
Spices
169
Green activism is also known as....
environmental politics
170
USA and USSR concept
Bipolar
171
first inland trading
Xian, China
172
American Civil War
President
Lincoln
173
He superheaded changes in China
Deng Xiaoping
174
part of world bank except
IMF
175
guardians of good conduct in balance of payment
IMF
