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Who was slave leader in Haiti? |
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| Who is papa doc? and what does he do? |
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president of haiti
changes consitution that makes him pres. 4 life |
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| kidnapping intensified under which haitian leader? |
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| What are 3 of haiti's environmental problems? |
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deforestation
soil erosion
no enough safe water |
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AIDS statistics
5.6% of what country has AIDS? |
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21.5% of what country has AIDS |
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1.7% of what country's population has AIDS |
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.6 of what country's population has AIDS |
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| In Haiti how many people are living below the poverty line? And how much of labor force doesn't have jobs? |
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80% and 54% live in abject poverty
and 2.3 |
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| Who gets the majority of the US' foreign aide? |
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| Who is considered to be in the first world? |
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| Europe, Germany, Austrailia, US |
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| Who is considered the be of the 2nd world? |
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| Who is considered to be in the third world? |
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Which of the following is not a 1st world country?
austrailia
russia
europe
china
us
germany |
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| What developing countries are stable? |
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| Kuwait, Brazil, Iran, Mexico |
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| What are the 3 main characteristics of LDCs |
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economic underdevelopment
social underdevelopment
political underdevelopment
SEP (social, economic, political) |
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| How are the characteristics (SEP) of LDC's measured? on a mass level |
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GDP
income distribution
infrastructure
electricity
standards of living |
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| how are characteristics of LDCs measured on an individual level? |
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unemployment
education
health/living conditions |
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| What influences economic underdevelopment? |
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level of industrialization
land ownership
govt. policies |
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| what are the key indicators for social underdevelopment? |
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life expectancy
infant mortality
adult literacy
social development
(are girls allowed to go to school/arranged marriages) |
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Political Development
3 important characteristics of govt |
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responsive
representative
non repressive |
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what role does revolutions play |
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| where have political developments been successful |
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| What does the modernization theory state? |
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all industrialized countries were once LDC and current LDCs should follow our lead
they need our modern cultural values and economic institutions to do well |
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| how can a country transition from traditional to modern |
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sharing modern ideas- tv, visiting the country
expansion of media access-gives glimpse into another lifestyle
culture- circumcision of women now have safer procedures medical wise
education |
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What is wrong with the modernization theory? |
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It's too optimistic
social and economic development have brought political instablity |
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| what is the conflict theory? |
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| have to make choices between development but stability is the most important |
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| what is the reconciliation approach? |
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| under the right circumstances imcompatible goals can be achieved |
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| What does the dependency theory |
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developing countries are dependant upon the developed world to develop
through:
foreign investments
aide
and loans |
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| what role religion play in developing world? |
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influences the government
war
spilt people up or bring them together |
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Supposedly as countries modernize the role religion plays in politics is suppose to what? |
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| What seems to be driving politcal action? and where is this the most notable |
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religious fundamentalism
middle east |
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The US constitution provides sepearation from church and state. Do most LDCs have this? |
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| Name the four great religions |
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Catholicism
Hinduism
Buddism
Islam |
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| What countries practice Catholicism |
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Latin America
Phillipines
Parts of Africa- Uganda
PAL
Phillipine,Africa, Latin America |
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| What countries practice Hinduism |
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India
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Parts of Nepal
SIIN |
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north africa
middle east
name |
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| what does catholicism represent and how many followers does it have? |
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whole body of christians
1.1 billion |
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According to hinduism who created the world |
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brahman, one eternal soul |
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| according to hinduism what is sacred and what is kharma used for |
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cows and rats
for reincarnation |
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| how old is buddhism and how many followers does it have |
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2500 yrs old
376 million followers |
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which religion believes that change is always possible |
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| what are the four noble truths |
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dukkha
trsna
nirvana
noble eightfold path |
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its possible to find an end to suffering |
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| is the way to find a solution to suffering and bring it to an end |
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define dukkha (what religion does this belong to) |
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| all existence is unsatisfactory and filled with suffering |
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| root of suffering can be defined as a craving/clinging to the wrong things, searching to find stability in a shifing world is the wrong way |
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| Why will there continue to be conflict between people more than states? |
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| the opportunity cost is less between people |
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| what is social construction? |
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| how a group sees themselves as different from others |
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| who has more than 200 different ethnic groups? |
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| how do colonizers worsen ethnic tension between groups? give an example |
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by favoring one group over another
ex: hutus and tutsis
hutus looked african
tutsis looked more white |
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| In reference to "Ghosts of Rwanda" who's plane was shot down that triggered the genocide? |
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In reference to "Ghosts of Rwanda" how many Tutsis were killed in the first who weeks? |
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| What are the four types of cultural division? |
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Nationality
Tribe
Race
Religion
Ethnicity*
RR E N T |
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which type of ethnic cultural division means defined as state and called countries outide the US? |
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| what type of ethnic cultural division means that a group feels it has common traditions, beliefs, values that unite it and distinguishes it from others? |
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what type of ethnic cultural division is a group that shares identity and language and believes themselves to hold a common ancestry? |
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| which type of ethnic cultural division is based on large group differentiation generally on some physical distinction? |
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| What are 3 wrong assumptions about religious views and conflict? |
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ethnic identities are ancient and unchanging
these identities motivate people to kill and persecute others
ethnic diversity always leads to violence |
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| What is an example of why ethnic identities are NOT ancient and unchanging? |
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| people migrate and get married and accept new culture |
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| what is an example of why identities DONT motivate people to kill others |
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education may the cause of controversy
boundaries of countries may be redrawn
BIGGER power can dictate who is who (Rwanda) |
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| what are the levels of ethnic conflict? |
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relative harmony
uneasy balance
enforced hierarchy
systematic violence |
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| what is relative harmony? |
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social hierarchy
political and economic status |
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| what is uneasy balance in respect to levels of ethnic conflicts |
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political and economic status is uneven |
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| what is enforced hierarchy in respect to levels of ethnic conflict? |
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| both forms of power in the ruling ethnic group |
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what is systematic violence |
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| concentrated effort to remove other group |
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| What are causes of ethnic conflict? |
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ancient hatred
security dilemma
secession
colonial legacy
symbolic politics
domestic politics
irredentism |
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| In respect to causes of ethnic conflict what is ethnic hatred? |
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| my mama had you so i do too |
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if you win it i lose it
if your going to kill me ill kill you first |
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what is domestic politics? |
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elite manipulation
hutu rebels using radio broadcats |
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| goal is regaining of territory to another state |
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| leaving or becoming separate from the state |
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| choosing one group over another/ making one "more special" |
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what is symbolic politics? |
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| myths of oppression and revenge create division between groups |
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| what are solutions to ethnic conflict? |
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power sharing
federalism
and
consociationalism
secession
outside intervention
settlement through exhaustion |
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| What are some current problems for women |
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forced prostitution
missing women in juarez mexico
foot binding
unfair application of the law
AIDS infection
wife killings in india
female infanticide |
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| what does the modernization theory say about women in the west? |
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| status of women is improved through industrialization, urbanization, and spread of western ideals |
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| what did colonialism do to women's rights? |
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reduce and limit
west africa had female chiefs until britain took over |
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what does the dependency theory say about women development? |
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women often have not benefited from the technological advancement of society
women had land now they dont |
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were womens rights granted earlier or later in industrialized countries |
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| what does the modernization theory say about women in politics |
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the higher the socio economic status the higher the quicker the country is to grant political rights to women
not true with latin america |
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| what are three types of womens political orgs? |
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feminist movement
poor working for women in slums
human rights movement |
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| what is quota representation? |
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descriptive rep.
personal rep should look like you
if have the pop. is women that have of govt. should be women |
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| what is the origin of confict in darfur |
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drought
limited resources
civil war
marginalization (making them less important)
tension between nomadic arabs and african farmers |
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when did genocide in darfur start |
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| who is the cruelest dictator in africa |
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| what is the us' policy on darfur |
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how many people have been killed/ displaced in darfur |
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400000
2.5 million
10000 die each month |
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| who was the important person in the microcredit video |
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| where is the first place microcredit worked |
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