ch. 33 APWH voc
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Terms
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- weapons of mass destruction
- nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that can kill tens of thousands of people all at once
- globalization
- a set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heightening interdependence without regard to country borders
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade
- global culture
- The diffusion of a single culture throughout the world.
- millenarianism
- belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
- terrorism
- the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
- pop culture
- the aspects of current culture that make up its arts and entertainment (such as fads, fashions, art, media, music, movies, sports, advertising, etc.)
- ethnic cleansing
- the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- a document created by the general assembly of the UN and Eleanor Roosevelt and states that all rights should be given to everyone
- nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
- Nonprofit international organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing humanitarian relief. Two NGOs won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1990s: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and Doctors Without Borders (1999).
- Usama bin Laden
- Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)
- cultural imperialism
- spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others or imposition on other cultures which it modifies, replaces, or destroys.