Population
In your own words, define colonization.
Colonization is when a country takes control over another territory. They have power over the area.
Define urbanization in your own words.
more and more people move from rural (country) areas to cities, causing cities to grow larger and more crowded
Do the following describe a limited or unlimited government?
Limited Government
What is civil disobedience?
A form of PEACEFUL protest. (Malala, Gandhi, Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.)
Define Cultural Diffusion in your own words.
The spread of culture to different areas.
Example: Spanish moving from Spain to Mexico.
What is the word for a group of people who are native to an area?
Indigenous (the original people in an area)
Example: Native Americans
How did jobs change during the Industrial Revolution?
Switch from hand made products to machine made. More jobs in factories working in large cities.
Match the following to the correct country during the Cold War:
- Democracy
- Totalitarian
- Communist
- Capitalist
Soviet Union: Communist & Totalitarian
USA: Capitalist & Democracy
What does the E in ESPN stand for?
What does the P in ESPN stand for?
E - Economic (Anything to do with money)
P - Political (Anything to do with the government)
Define Cultural Assimilation in your own words.
it means people start to blend into a new culture and may stop practicing some of their original traditions over time
Immigrants move because of push and pull factors. Provide an example of a push factor and a pull factor.
Push - negative reasons you want to LEAVE an area
Pull - positive reasons you want to move to an area
Define GDP, Literacy Rate, and Life Expectancy
GDP - $ a country makes
Literacy Rate - amount of people that can read & write
Life Expectancy - average age people live to in a country
What is the main difference between a limited & unlimited government?
Explain what happened during Apartheid.
People in South Africa were segregated based on race (white & black). Land was divided unevenly and people were treated unfairly.
What is the main difference between a refugee and an immigrant.
Refugees are typically forced out of their country or have to leave for safety.
What was a NEGATIVE effect of the colonization of Africa?
- Apartheid (segregation)
- Tribal conflict because colonial map ignored old borders
- Resources taken from the area
- Mining for coal
- Doctors Office
- Manufacturing laptops
Which level of economics would each of the following go in?
- Mining for coal (Primary)
- Manufacturing laptops (Secondary)
- Doctors Office (Tertiary)
Limited or Unlimited and WHY?
The leader has ruled for 20 years with no checks on power. The government owns all media. Elections are held, but only one name is on the ballot.
Unlimited
No checks, fake elections, media control
What happened after the Soviet Union lost the Cold War?
- the Soviet Union was split into 15 different (new) countries
- more countries became capitalist and democratic
- the Berlin Wall was torn down and families were reunited
Areas like Chinatown and Little Italy are a small area within a larger community where people keep and practice their own unique culture, language, traditions, and customs. This is a ______ _______.
Cultural Pocket
What are some things that create a HIGH population density?
- Job Opportunities
- Access to resources (food, water)
- Access to transportation (train, plane, highways)
- Access to schools, healthcare, housing
How does trade help economics?
Trade helps the economy because it allows people, businesses, and countries to buy and sell goods and services.
A national organization is a group that works across a country or multiple countries to achieve a shared goal, such as safety, support, or cooperation between governments. (Like an alliance)
NATO
What happened during the Berlin Conferance?
European countries decided who would colonize what parts of Africa. No Africans were invited to the meeting. A new map of Africa was created with new borders.
Some countries in Africa primarily speak English because they were colonized by ________.
the British