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-rising importance of English as a secondary language is due to use of English in former British colonies and importance of US in business -Internet is a linkage of academic, government, and business computer networks -television spread to non-Western countries during the 1980s -the Western culture that was available to rest of the world was improved technology -the International Women’s Right’s Conference proved elusive -greenhouse effect- warming caused by Earth’s atmospheric gases -AIDs drew global attention because of the high morality rates due to poverty and expensive treatment -NGOs are nongovernmental organizations -Muslims hold unfavorable opinion about the United States because United States supports Israel and undemocratic governments in the Muslim world -some Jews believed God gave the Jews all the land included in ancient Jewish kingdoms -Christians thought the millenarianism (end of the world) was coming at the turn of the century -views of Thomas Friedman and “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” was globalization can bring peace, prosperity, and democracy -World Trade Organization was dominated by world’s seven richest nations and Russia -the 9/11 bombing included all specified embassies and ports -Usama bin Laden moved operations to Sudan and Afghanistan after being expelled -chemical and biological weapons are easily produced and hidden -leaders of Rwanda commited genocide (Tutsi and Hutus?) -Kofi Annan was the UN Secretary General of 1997 -small European population made deep social and economic impacts in Africa -Christianity attracted Africans with missionary schools -WWII influenced African independence movements because so many Africans had served in Allies armies -the educated Indian middle class communicated with English -Indian Civil Service was one of the most honest bureaucracies of all time -When Indian defied British and developed steel industry, it inspired national pride and desire for self-rule -Indian nationalists during WWII supported Britain enthusiastically because they expected the Indian would be granted independence after war -Gandhi’s unusual political ideas included nonviolence -Despite his wealthy background, Gandhi attracted poor followers -(1920s) British in India slowly gave Indians control over “national areas” -As India prepared for independence, the problem was the struggle between Hindus and Muslims -the 1947 independence of Pakistan and India was marred by violence between Hindu and Muslims -one percent of the Mexican population owned 85% of the land -General Porfirio Diaz’s motto was “Liberty, Order, Progress” -Constitutionalists didn’t have more soldiers than Zapata when they won control in Mexico -(1928) National Revolutionary Party in Mexico created a forum for labor, peasants, and business -both Argentina and Brazil had a small but outspoken middle class -radio communication in Latin America was controlled by a cartel of US, British, and French companies -Varga’s policy for Brazilian industrialization was the “import-substitution” institution -Brazilian consequence of industrialization was ecological changes -the phrase “iron curtain” was invented by Winston Churchill -NATO was composed of the US and Western European countries -World Bank was created to provide funds for reconstructing Europe -In the Soviet Union, there was a post-war economic recovery followed by growing inefficiency that created shortages of consumer goods and food