These two groups fought against each other during the Rwandan civil war.
What are the Hutus and the Tutsis
100
Name the three world religions that emerged from this region.
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
100
The approximate percentage of South Asia's population that is considered rural
70%
100
Provide an example from Southeast Asia of an elongated state
What is Vietnam
100
List the two countries that comprise the Austral realm
Australia and New Zealand
200
Name one early African state
Any of the following: Ghana, Zimbabwe, Xhosa, Ethiopia, Nubia, Kush, Kongo, Ngola, South Sotho, Zulu, Luba, Lunda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mali, Nok, Songhai, Wolof, Dahomey, Ashanti, Benin, Oyo, Buganda, Mwenemutapa
200
The Arab Spring began in this country
Tunisia
200
The social stratification of Indian society is rooted in this socio-economic-religious framework
What is the caste system
200
This city-state in Southeast Asia transitioned from a third world country to one of the world's wealthiest in less than a generation.
What is Singapore
200
This is the capitol of Australia
Canberra
300
The way people own occupy and use land is called
What is land tenure
300
About 85 percent of Muslims belong to this sect
Sunni
300
List the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism
Privatization of state-run companies, liberalization of trade policies, all-around reduction of government regulation on the free-market economy.
300
Geographic areas in China dedicated to generating economic growth are called
Special Economic Zones
300
Which country temporarily withdrew from UNCLOS as a result of the independence of East Timor?
Australia
400
This 19th century European conference arbitrarily determined the political boundaries found in sub-Saharan Africa today.
What is the 1885 Berlin Conference
400
Name 3 impacts of oil on this region
Urban transformation, variable income, infrastructure, industrialization, regional disparities, foreign investment, foreign involvement, intra-realm migration, migration from other realms, diffusion of revivalism.
400
Briefly define development
Process of societal movement toward well-being—individually and socially. An increase in the substantive (real) freedoms that allow households the capability to act to achieve desired functionings.
400
Within China, the steadily increasing migration of Han Chinese into the country's periphery.
Hanification
400
The UNCLOS allows states to claim all resources within a(n) _______ that extends up to 200 miles from their coasts.
Exclusive Economic Zone
500
Explain the vicious cycle consisting of poverty, conflict and disease.
Poverty is a chief cause of conflict. Conflict destroys social systems causing poverty. Conflict spreads disease through blood and casualties. Disease inhibits the ability of individuals to work or drains their resources for healing, contributing to poverty.
500
Explain the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how it relates to place.
Prior to WWII, the region we now know as Israel and Palestine was a British mandate (colony), and was inhabited by Palestinians. The British created Israel by carving a Jewish homeland out of Palestine in 1948--the British gave very little heed to the Palestinians already living in the region. A conflict emerged and still continues over who has legitimate claim over the same land.
500
Briefly explain the concept of demographic burden and discuss how this concept is playing out in India.
Demographic Burden - the proportion of the population that is either too old or too young to be productive and that must be cared for by the productive population.
India's population right now is very young, but by 2038 it will have a very large productive population giving rise to further potential for economic growth. At the same time, India's males vastly outnumber its females, causing concern regarding the inability of males to find female mates in the future-term (and thus a reduction in reproduction).
500
Explain export-oriented economic growth
The adoption of policies and practices that support free trade, attraction of foreign direct investment and the creation of export processing zones for the manufacturing of high-value-added goods. In essence, a country develops a comparative advantage in manufacturing a particular suite of exportable goods.
500
Explain the tensions between environmentalism and economic development
Environmentalism pursues preservation and conservation through regulation, while economic development is chiefly concerned with efficiency, growth and profit.