Vocabulary
Maps & the Like
Current Events
Population Pyramids & Such
Muy Importante Concepts to Know
100
An independent country whose population mostly shares and identity & ethnicity. Examples are Lesotho, Egypt, Lebanon.
What is a Nation-State?
100
What three countries are experiencing conflict in the Middle East and name the current conflict?
Afganistan, Pakistan, Iran, Algeria, Libya, Iraq, Isreal, Palestine, etc.
100
This country recently threatened the United States with nuclear weapons.
What is North Korea?
100
The reason this a pyramid typical of a DEVELOPING nation? http://www.scalloway.org.uk/images/poppy1.jpg
What is a large number of population under 20 years of age, low life expectancy?
100
North American Free Trade Agreement- allows trade among member nations free of restrictions and tariffs.
What does is NAFTA and what does it stand for?
200
The United Nations & European Union are examples of this.
What are Supranational Organizations?
200
Use the cartogram to determine the country/continent with the highest numbers of endangered species. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cartograms/
What is North America/United States?
200
A couple winds up missing while on vacation in this European country
What is Peru?
200
This population pyramid represents... http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/images/pop_006.gif
What is any DEVELOPED country.
200
This social media site allowed communication among demonstrators and helped to encourage what movement.
What is the role of Facebook in the Arab Spring uprising?
300
Gross national product divided by annual population.
What is GDP Per Capita?
300
What does this cartogram show? http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cartograms/
What is the population of the world's countries?
300
The name of the Muslim girl punk band in Kashmir.
What is Pragaash?
300
The message of this image says what about American values and our relationship with other countries/conflict? http://sg.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NA-BH463_numbgu_NS_20100813185901.gif
We are a Christian nation overall. Our ethnocentric perspective lends to democratic & Christian decisions when dealing with other nations.
300
These reasons are why civilians of Middle Eastern countries believed they needed change. Name at least two.
"Numerous factors have led to the protests, including issues such as dictatorship or absolute monarchy, human rights violations, political corruption,economic decline, unemployment, extreme poverty, and a number of demographic structural factors,such as a large percentage of educated but dissatisfied youth within the population."
400
A tax imposed on imported good and services.
What is a tariff?
400
The animal Winn Dixie caught at church.
What is a Mouse.
400
This local stabbing incident occurred on which public transporting system.
What is RTD?
400
What is this cartoon's message about supranational organizations? http://cdn1.benzinga.com/files/A%20A%20A%20A%20A%20Free-trade%20cartoon.jpg
That corporations take advantage of the WTO & NAFTA in order to make profit and exploit workers.
400
Spatial inequality can affect impoverished residents in these ways.
What is higher crime rates, more violence, higher welfare, lack of medical care/facilities, lower test scores and graduation rates (in schools), etc.
500
Being frightened of a certain race versus believing certain things to be true about a race of people.
What is Xenophobia versus Stereotype?
500
They both have big eyes and fair hair.
What is one way Opal is like her mother?
500
The people in this country wish to oust their president, Bashar al-Assad, and participated in the Arab Spring uprising.
What is Syria?
500
What does this public poll graph say about how Muslims feel? http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/images/aug08/WPO_MuslimGlobTrade_graph1.jpg
Most embrace globalization.
500
Explain one example of globalization you've learned in this class and tell us one positive & negative effect on it. You may not use McDonald's or any other restaurant example.
Multiple answers.
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