CONTEMPORARY WORLD PART1 Flashcards
What do you call the PRESENT WORLD
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
1800-1945
Modern World
1945 to present
CONTEMPORARY world
When is the FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
1800
Year of the END OF WORLD WAR 2
1945
Process of individuals, corporations, and nations around the world becoming more INTERCONNECTED AND DEPENDENT on one another
Globalization
Ancient trade route linking China with the West
Silk road
Silk road brought high-end roads goods from _______ to ________
China to Roam
What is the FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRADE and FIRST CASE OF GLOBALIZATION
Silk Road
Connected the East and West for over two thousand years, supplying civilizations with spices
Spice Routes
Who were the middle men during the spice routes
Islamic Traders
During spice route, what were the main commodities traded internationally?
Cloves, nutmeg, mace
When is the Age of discovery?
15th century
Discovery of the Americas by European explorers, who also connected East and West
Age of Discovery
During the Age of discovery the European discovered the
Americas
During the age of discovery, what is the most important exploration?
Magellan’s Circumnavigation
What is the COUNTRY OF SPICE ISLAND
INDONESIA
Known as the spice island
Moluccas
Known as the age of exploitation and Imperialism
Age of discovery
Allowed access to the spice islands and eliminated Arab and Italian middlemen
Age of discovery
1st industrial revolution ( the modern period)
First Wave of Globalization
Inventions like the ________ and the ________ propelled the first wave of globalization
Steam engine and industrial weaving machine
SECA means
1.Steam engine
2.Electricity
3.Computer
4.Artificial Intelligence
Theories of Globalization
Strong emphasis on how economic interconnectedness, open trade, and free markets all contribute to the promotion of globalization
Liberalism
Theories of Globalization
Globalization = efficiency, production, and prosperity
Aids in the spread of democratic values
Liberalism
Theories of Globalization
Countries pursue their interests on global scale and their desire for increased economic and military clout drives globalization
Political realism
Theories of Globalization
CAPITALIST ELITES are those that drive globalization. Workers are EXPLOITED and economic disparities increase. Global economy favors the wealthy at the expense of the underprivileged
Marxism
Theories of Globalization
Shared cultural practices, values, and beliefs are what cause globalization.
Globalization facilitates the spread of NEW IDEAS (idea of karma from Hinduism - China)
Constructivism
Theories of Globalization
Globalization cause culture to become more homogeneous and local traditions to disintegrate
Postmodernism
Theories of Globalization
Globalization both empower and disempower women. The benefits of globalization are not applied equally between men and women
Feminism
Theories of Globalization
Globalization is a process of SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE that has the potential to lead to MULTIPLE IDENTITIES and COMMUNITIES
TRANSFORMATIONALISM
Theories of Globalization
No one theory can adequately explain globalization
Eclecticism
Shared by all peoples of the world and is founded on Western values
Global
Nation’s full set of customs, attitudes, and behaviors
Local
Adaptation of foreign and global goods into the regional contexts in which they are utilized and promoted
Glocal
Process of Evolvement
Because cultures are fundamentally distinct from one another, confrontations between them can be DISASTROUS
CULTURAL DIFFERENTIALISM
Theory that says interactions between various civilizations will result in violent conflicts
Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations theory
Process of Evolvement
Local and international cultures are combined through the creative process of globalization
Cultural Hybridization
Process of Evolvement
Homogeneity brought about by globalization. Example: preference of hollywood over local movies
Cultural Convergence
Powerful countries forming alliances for military security and economic competition
Global Interstate System
Divides the world into core, periphery, and semi-periphery
Global Interstate System
They are the CREATORS/DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ex. UNITED STATES
CORE
They are the SUPPLIERS/DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Ex. PHILIPPINES
Periphery
They are CREATORS at the same time SUPPLIERS
Ex. CHINA
SEMI-PERIPHERY
Principles of Interstate System
Glorifies one’s nation above all others
Nationalism
Principles of Interstate System
Desire for increased cooperation
Internationalism
Principles of Interstate System
Cooperation can help address global challenges and conflict
Liberal Internationalism
Principles of Interstate System
Fair and equal society through social justice
Socialist internationalism
