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An object and reflection of society
Culture thought of as opposite of nature |
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| sum of inventions, institutions, and relationships created by humans |
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| Describe the nature-society relationship |
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| 2 way: nature shapes society and society shapes our UNDERSTANDING of nature |
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| What is cultural ecology? |
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| how humans adapt to their environment |
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| Cultural economy is a cultural phenomenon which is explained by.. |
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| people-environment relationship |
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| Political Ecology is what now? |
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How politics and economy screw up human-environment interactions
...Ex of NYC- as natural environment, clean water
understanding human-environment interactions with references to broader political and economic forces that drive change |
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| What was the Judeo-Christian view of the environment? |
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| Humans superior to nature, nature should be tamed! |
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Thoreau lived in wilderness
Transcendentalism= nature= God |
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| conserve resource to use later |
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| nature set aside and not touched |
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| Virgin Soil epidemic (when new disease kills everything)ecological impacts |
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| Ag land became scrub(scrub is a guy who thinks he fly) |
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| Intro to exotic plants and animals facilitates imperialism |
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| highest rate of Global extraction, then we go down |
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| 2 things you need to know to predict |
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all known oil reserves
how much oil will be discovered in the future |
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| 2 things you need to know to predict |
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all known oil reserves
how much oil will be discovered in the future |
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| • Which element could not be synthesized with the 19th century which delayed industrialization of war? |
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| Result of Mao’s great leap forward? |
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| Word best describes US economy after ww2? |
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| The author argues which continent will have power in 21st century? |
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| How many people died worldwide as a result of ww2? |
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| Which country did not participate in League of Nations? |
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| After SU fell, some proclaimed it to be the end of history, what does this mean? |
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| AN END TO GLOBAL CONFLICT BASED ON IDEOLOGY |
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| The assassination of who started ww1? |
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| After the six-days war, Israel gained possession of the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt |
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| What treaty established the modern nation-state system of international relations?` |
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| 3. What four countries are considered to be rising powers? |
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| 4. Zionism is a movement to create a Jewish political state |
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According to the “Heartland theory” of international relations, first developed by Halford
Mackinder, where is the “geographical pivot” from which world domination can be
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| 6. Which of the following is an example of a nation without a state? |
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| In general, geo-political and economic power is expected to shift |
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| What is a reason that some Israelis agree to live in the settlements? |
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| Who was prime minister during most of the Second Intafadh |
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The idea that if one country turns communist, others near it will soon become communist,
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| What country is considered to be Asia's "water tower"? |
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National and State Parks across the United States operate under a view of natural
resource use that is built on the idea of |
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| In relation to the territorial state, what does the phrase "subject formation refer to? |
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| creation of identities of rule such as 'citizens' |
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| Which of the following is NOT a quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem |
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| Through how many countries does the Nile river flow? |
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| Why do all of the bamboo trees spread their seed at the same time? |
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| What is Spain's longest river? |
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| According to Michel Foucault, what is "discourse"? |
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| institutionalized way of thinking |
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| Where are the hotspots Krithi Karanth talked about? |
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| What project is KK doing? 3 fold |
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look at wildlife conflicts
livestock predation
killing humans |
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| Democracy is being copied buttt the states are screwed up |
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| Why do bamboo trees spread their seeds? |
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| to rejuvinate the bamboo population before it dies |
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| What does political Geo look at? |
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| complex relationship between politics and geography |
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| redrawing boundary to advantage a particular party, candidate, or social group.. judges draw |
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| homogenous group of people governed by own people |
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Nation- a group of people with common identity
State- political organization, beliefs, courts, set of institutions |
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| Althusser idea... 3 things citizens accept |
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legitimacy of the state
society organizes production
Citizens accept role of being a citizen |
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| the ability to control a population |
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| Karl Schmidt idea of a sovereign? |
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| person who can break law to MAINTAIN it! |
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| Ideological State Apparatus |
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| ideas and practices that permeate society.. constitute individuals as social subjects- educationa;, religious, political, family |
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| Government+mentality... how to regulate population's behavior |
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| you are outside the laww girl! |
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| State's power to control territory |
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| Ratzel's idea of geopolitics |
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| more people= more territory |
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| How to prevent commie states? |
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| western european countries political and economic tie |
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| What happened at Temple Mount? |
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| What is the movement where the British decided that Jewish state is what is now Palestine? |
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| What is the line where dryness start? |
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| Aquafier that goes from TX to SD |
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| 4 disruptive technologies |
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| energy storage, biofuels, biogerontology, internet |
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| Human geo is _______________ |
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