Unit 1: One World, Many Issues
What map shows the specific types of economic activity or natural resources present in an area through the use of different symbols or colors.
Resource/economic map
Who believed that over time, populations will naturally balance themselves out?
Bogue
When households receive 50% less than average household incomes is called ___________ poverty.
relative
The term that this definition refers to: “Resources that are shared by a community or society—such as oceans, forests, public spaces, or clean air—that no one privately owns, but everyone depends on."
"the commons"
What is the saying that people use to communicate that Israel should not have a right to exist as a Jewish state?
"Free Palestine"
The term that this definition refers to: the trend toward greater interconnectedness of the world’s financial, economic, technological, political, cultural, sociological, and ecological, and geographical systems.
globalization
The reasons why people move are called ________ and _________ factors.
push and pull
What is the country that the documentary Stealing Africa focuses on?
Zambia
What does GPGP stand for?
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Who is the key biblical figure that Jews trace their lineage to?
Abraham
List all four ways to properly group nations. All four are needed for points.
Old Core, New Core, Near-core Periphery, Far Periphery
What does IDP stand for?
internally displaced persons
What do many people blame poverty in Africa on? Think: one key/overarching term we hear a lot in history.
colonialism
What is the name for the three islands where garbage accumulates in the Pacific Ocean?
Midway Atoll
Severe Jewish persecution can be referred to as?
Antisemitism
What are the four questions we ask to determine if something is a world issue? All four are needed for points.
does it have more than one solution?
is it long-standing?
does it involve many parts of the world?
is it complex?
The term that this definition refers to: emigration of trained and skilled individuals ("human capital") to other countries or nations.
Brain Drain
List the five Ps of poverty. All five are needed for points.
Place, past, people, peace, politics
What is one of the two groups that uses violent, illegal means to fight logging?
What was the name of idea that advocated for a Jewish homeland?
Zionism
The term that this definition refers to: the people who are directly connected to or impacted by the issue.
stakeholder
The term that this definition refers to: the number of people that the world’s resources can support using the technology that exists at the time.
carrying capacity
What does HYVs stand for?
High-yield varieties
What are the three types of waste that pollute surface waters? All three are needed for points.
sewage waste, chemical waste, and agricultural waste
What was the name of the document (created in 1947) that split Palestine into two separate states?
The Partition Plan