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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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AP 24.1265 Government and Free Market Policies – Britain and Margaret Thatcher
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AP 24.1264 Government and Free Market Policies – The U.S. and Ronald Reagan
Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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AP 24.1258 Fighting Poverty and Diseases – India (Pollution makes everyone “a smoker”)
In India, nearly 1.8 million people die every year as a result of dirty air. In Delhi, with 19 million people, 1,000 more cars hit the road every day, contributing to smog that’s dangerous in many ways. But the real cost of the pollution is its toll on human health. Elizabeth Palmer reports from New Delhi as part of our Earth Matters coverage.
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AP 24.1256 Fighting Poverty and Diseases – India (Challenges of Sanitation)
Manual scavenging — the removal of human waste from sites with no flush system
Life expectancy is low, with many developing asthma, skin infections and tuberculosis
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AP 24.1255 Diseases (Associated with Longevity) – Alzheimer’s Disease
Illustrative Example (p. 161) – Diseases Associated with Increased Longevity
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AP 24.1254 Diseases (Associated with Longevity) – Heart Disease
Illustrative Example (p. 161) – Diseases Associated with Increased Longevity
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AP 24.1245 The Best and Worst Countries to be a Woman
The best and worst countries to be a woman
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