9.2: The Contemporary World

Follow along in the student packet: “Content students MUST KNOW to be successful on the GHSGT” (p. 161-162)

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Genocide & Ethnic Conflicts

India, Kenya, South Africa

Nationalism: India, Kenya, South Africa

Worst Terrorist Attacks Worldwide: 100+ Fatalities, 1900-2008

Countries hit by an Islamist-inspired terrorist attack since 9/11

United Nations

Member Nations

General Assembly

Executive Council

U.N. Peacekeeping Interventions, 1945-2009

What is a good example of globalization? • She was an English princess with an

Egyptian boyfriend. They crashed in a French tunnel, riding in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Frenchman who was drunk on Scotch whisky, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi on Japanese motorcycles, treated by American doctors using Brazilian medicines.

Princess Diana’s death.

Example of Globalization (continued)• This is sent to you by an American, using

Bill Gates’ technology, and you’re probably reading this on your computer that uses Taiwanese chips and a Korean monitor, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian lorry-drivers, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexicans.

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One goal of the World Trade Organization is to encourage free trade among nations by eliminating tariffs and quotas on imported goods.

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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly identified African Americans as full citizens in an attempt to counteract the Black Codes established in the American South during Reconstruction.

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The 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the rights of free speech, petition, assembly, press, and religion.

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