What is the Iraqi terrorist group taking over Iraq and other countries?
Isis
100
What is the Big Mac Index?
People use the price of Big Macs to compare currencies in different countries.
100
Why are prices in oil increasing?
threats to stability in a region
100
What is sustainability?
The ability for a country and the world to maintain ecological functions to keep the future existence well supported while making sure there is diversity and productivity maintained.
100
What is the definition of population?
The collection of a given geographic area or space
200
what are the main issues causing poverty in Africa?
Lack of resources, not spreading wealth, corruption of government, health issues Etc..
200
What is the definition of Globalization?
Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.
200
What is crude oil?
naturally occurring hydrocarbon
200
What is the spaceship earth theory?
They see earth as a fragile, donate, self-constrained sphere with limited resources and rapidly growing population.
200
What is the rule of 70?
A way to estimate how long is will take a counties population to double.
300
What is Ebola and who was affected most?
Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). The virus first started in Africa but slowly spread everywhere including North America.
300
What is the Golden Arches theory of Conflict Prevention?
The theory that no two nations that have MacDonald’s restaurants will every fight in a war.
300
What is the world’s largest oil company?
Exxon Mobil
300
What is the cornucopian thesis?
An expansionist model that is an alternative to the limit to growth thesis. It is the belief that scientific and technological advances will create new resources to replace depleted resources.
300
What is demography?
The study of human population, stats, and trends. Includes aspects of human behavior.
400
What do YOU think is the biggest world issue in our world today and why?
(every person on the team must answer in their own words. as long as each person has a good answer that is supported will get the points.)
Answers may vary.
400
What are 4 of the 8 types of globalization?
Financial, economic, technological, political, cultural, ecological, sociological, and geographical
400
Where does Canada’s oil come from?
Canada imports 60% of oil- North Sea, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia.
400
What is the Gaia hypothesis?
They see earth as a dynamic, self-regulating organism, active in its own growth. They believe human survival on earth is threatened.
400
What is birth rate and death rate?
Birth rate: the number of live births per 1,000 population
Death rate: the number of deaths Per 1,000 populations
500
What are the issues surrounding over population and what are some possible solutions?
Our world is becoming way to overpopulated and it is causing issues like poverty and social conflict.
Solutions: Birth rate control Etc.
500
Explain and give an example of one type of globalization.
Up to own discretion
500
What major issues arise because of the demand of oil in our world?
economic greed, poverty, debt, simply not enough oil to produce, Etc.
500
Daily Double!!!!!!!!
What is expansionist world view vs. ecological world view?
Expansionist: the idea of encouraging mechanization, factories, railways and steam ships.
Ecological: placed emphasis on the emotional and spiritual relationships that bind humans and the environment together.