Unit 9 APWH Flashcards
Nelson Mandela 8.7
LO 7: He was a prominent leader in calling for Reform in South Africa
Definition: He was the leader of the African National Congress, and was put into prison for going against the Apartheid. His goal was to end white domination and create a multiracial South Africa
Covid 19 Pandemic 9.2
LO 2: Virus that has high transmission rates
Definition: First discovered in 2019 in Wuhan China, an infectious disease that causes moderate respiratory
Martin Luther King Jr 8.7
LO 7: He called for the reform and segregation between White and Black people
Definition: He was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and used different ways to protest segregation in America. Some notable ways include him boycotting buses and leading the March on Washington
New Modes of Communication 9.1
LO 1: New Modes of Communication and allowed for long distance communication
Definition: During the 1990’s mobile technologies like telephones allowed for information to be at the fingertips of people across the globe. Social Medias such as Twitter, Facebook, allow for media to be accessible
Medical Innovations 9.1
LO 1: Medical Innovations allowed for life expectancy and quality of life to increase
Definition: Advances in medicine effected the survival and how long humans live. Research and advancements allowed for medical technological advancements. Such advancements include vaccines, Antibiotics, and birth control
Diseases of Poverty 9.2
LO 2: Diseases had significant effects on populations in poverty
Definition: Diseases occur because of conditions of poverty. Poor housing and working conditions, contaminated water, and no access to proper healthcare with populations with low incomes, and this leads to an increase to spread of disease. Some examples of this are Malaria, Tuberculosis, Chlorea.
Diseases of Longevity 9.2
LO 2: Disease that occurs
Definition: As people live longer, diseases develop later in life and diseases such as heart disease and effects lifestyle and genetics
Causes of Environmental Change 9.3
LO 3: Deforestation and desertification occur, air quality becomes worse
Definition: Growing populations led to a increase need of croplands. The increase use in land led led to deforestation, soil erosion, and worsened habitats for small animals. Another cause was Urbanization which led to a lot of waste and pollution. Industrialization led to resources that were made that caused pollution
Economic Liberalization 9.4
LO 4: Governments were using more free market
Definition: An economy that is starting to open up
Deng Xiaoping 9.4
LO 4: Leader during this time period
Definition: In 1981, he became the leader of China, and he took away the economic idea of having economic equality and he advocated for economic growth
Knowledge Economy 9.4
LO 4: A new type of economy during this time period
Definition: Makes, distributes, and uses knowledge and information provided. Designers, Teachers are part of this economy. Workers use the knowledge they have to make ways for people to use their technology, communication, and innovation
World Trade Organization 9.4
LO 4: New type of trade organization
Definition: Organization that governs 90% of global trade. They value trade over moral issues of trade
Multinational Corporations 9.4
LO 4: A new economic feature
Definition: Company that is legally apart of one country that makes and sells goods to other countries
ASEAN 9.4
LO 4: Economic Feature in Asian Nations
Definition: Organization of SouthEast Asian nations that worked as an economic unit to gain foreign investment
UN Declaration of Human RIghts 9.5
LO 5: New Policy made to challenge problems in the world
Definition: Ensured basic rights and freedoms for all human beings
