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AP 24.1307 World 101 – Europe Explained
Posted Apr 23, 2020
Learn how Europe, a region with a long history of conflict, reinvented itself after World War II, creating lasting peace through economic and political integration, culminating in the establishment of the European Union. Today, European institutions are being tested, as Europe navigates a series of challenges: mass migration, globalization, rising inequality, financial turmoil, terrorism, and a resurgent Russia. The world will watch how Europe responds. Learn more about Europe at: https://world101.cfr.org/rotw/europe
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AP 24.1302 World 101 – Middle East & North Africa Explained
Posted Feb 27, 2020
The Middle East & North Africa is a diverse region that was once home to great civilizations. Today, however, this region is weighed down by several challenges, including repressive governments, struggling economies, and geopolitical rivalries that inflame local conflicts. But, in many ways, the problems that affect this region reverberate far beyond its borders. In an increasingly interconnected world, challenges related to energy supplies, refugees, nuclear weapons, and terrorism have global implications. These issues have driven countries to intervene in the Middle East’s affairs repeatedly, with enormous consequences for the hundreds of millions of people in the region and billions around the world. Learn more about the Middle East & North Africa at: https://world101.cfr.org/rotw/middle-…
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AP 24.1298 World 101 – South & Central Asia Explained
Posted Nov 4, 2019
With over a billion people, India is the region’s largest country and the world’s biggest democracy. But India’s troubled relationship with its neighbor Pakistan looms over the region. As the countries of South Asia set off on the path of economic growth, the relationship between these two nuclear-armed countries affects virtually every aspect of the region’s future including trade, terrorism, and foreign policy. Learn more at: https://world101.cfr.org/rotw/south-asia
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AP 24.1292 World 101 – East Asia & the Pacific Explained
Posted Nov 4, 2019
Fifty years ago, life expectancy, education, and GDP in East Asia and the Pacific were well below the global average. Today, the region is home to some of the world’s largest financial centers, most innovative tech hubs, and fastest high-speed trains. For decades, Japan and the Four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan) led the region economically, but today no country can compare to China, whose rise has turned it into the world’s second-largest economy. This economic success has also come with greater geopolitical ambitions as China works to expand its influence around the world and as far afield as the Arctic Circle. With China rising and other Asian economies continuing to grow, this region commands our attention—because what happens here will affect the rest of the world. Learn more at: https://world101.cfr.org/rotw/east-asia
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AP 24.1285 Target Vocabulary for 9.6 and 9.7
9.6
1. CONSUMERISM 2. SOCIAL MEDIA 3. BRANDING 4. BBC 5. WORLD CUP
6. OLYMPIC GAMES 7. REGGAE MUSIC 8. BOLLYWOOD 9. LAGAAN 10. ALIBABA9.7
NONE!
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AP 24.1282 Caste Reservation in India
Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment and politics. Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Indian government to set reserved quotas or seats, which lower the qualifications needed in exams, job openings etc. for “socially and economically backward citizens.”
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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AP 24.1281 The End of Apartheid
Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s.
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AP 24.1280 The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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AP 24.1279 Female Literacy
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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AP 24.1278 World Suffrage and Timeline
Women and the Right to Vote
Key facts about women’s suffrage around the world, a century after U.S. ratified 19th Amendment
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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AP 24.1277 Liberation Theology Latin America
Liberation theology, religious movement arising in late 20th-century Roman Catholicism and centered in Latin America. It sought to apply religious faith by aiding the poor and oppressed through involvement in political and civic affairs.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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AP 24.1276 The Negritude Movement
Négritude was an anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s who sought to reclaim the value of blackness and African culture.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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AP 24.1275 Global Feminism
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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AP 24.1274 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
Document – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations.
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AP 24.1271 What is ASEAN?
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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AP 24.1270 What is MERCOSUR?
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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AP 24.1269 What is NAFTA?
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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AP 24.1268 What is WTO?
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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AP 24.1267 Government and Free Market Policies – Chile and Augusto Pinochet
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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AP 24.1266 Government and Free Market Policies – China and Deng Xiaoping
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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