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Which of the following is not a reason that gender inequality is a challenge to development?
A)it excludes women from the formal economy, wasting a major economic asset.
B)it is associated with lower literacy rates and higher infant mortality rates.
C) it leads to smaller family sizes
D) it severely limits the economic and social mobility of women.
C) it leads to smaller family sizes
Name the state shape that is most efficient for communication and transportation .
compact
Balkanization refers to
A) religions splintering into opposing groups.
B) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
C) ethnic cleansing.
D) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
E) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
E) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
Racism is belief in ______.
A) superiority of some groups because of racial identity.
B) the biological classification of people.
C) inferiority of other groups because of racial identity.
D) all of the above
E) B and C
D) all of the above
The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called ____ .
A) white flight.
B) war.
C) racism.
D) migrational push factors.
E) ethnic cleansing.
E) ethnic cleansing.
What is a force or attitude that tends to divide a state?
Centrifugal force
Where the Asian American ethnicity clusters in the U.S.
What is the West coast?
The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of
A) centripetal force.
B) ethnic identity.
C) self-determination.
D) sovereignty.
E) nation-state.
C) self-determination.
self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor
race
The Armenian Genocide occurred in the year
A) 1948
B) 1905
C) 1915
D) 1994
E) 1995
C) 1915
A territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a ____.
A) colony.
B) nation.
C) patron-state.
D) nation-state.
E) state.
A) colony.
Which of these is an example of a perforated state: A) Ukraine B) Sahrawi Republic C) Borneo D) Slovenia E) none of these
E) none of these
Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
A) multiculturalism.
B) nation-state.
C) nation.
D) state.
E) nationalism.
E) nationalism.
The major players (perpetrators and victims) in the Guatemalan Genocide were:
A) The United States, The United Nations, Communists, and the Guatemalan United Front
B) The United States, the Guatemalan United Front, and NATO
C) The Guatemalan Army, Mexican natives, and the Catholic Church
D) The United States, The Guatemalan government and army, and the Mayans
D) The United States, The Guatemalan government and army, and the Mayans
In the United States, which is shared by all Americans? _____
A) nationality
B) language
C) gender
D) race
E) ethnicity
A) nationality
The governmental system of apartheid existed in which nation?
South Africa
The deliberate and systematic killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
genocide
What is the largest of the big four ethnicities in the United States? (Latino, African American, Asian American, and Native American)
Latino
Peace negotiations were held in Dayton, OH in 1995 to resolve the aftermath of this genocide:
A) Bosnia
B) Rwanda
C) Guatemala
D) The Holocaust
E) South Africa
A) Bosnia
African Americans migrated out of the American South as a consequence of
A) increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor.
B) the removal of travel visa requirements for people of color.
C) increasing opportunities to work in northern coal mines and the California gold rush.
D) the development of better highways, allowing for rapid and efficient travel.
A) increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor.
An area organized into an independent political unit is a
a state
This is an oldie! This guy theorized about population and how we will run out of resources to take care of the population.
Who is Thomas Malthus?
13% of the US population
What is African American?
Identify an example of a genocide BESIDES Armenia, Bosnia, or Guatemala?
Holocaust, Rwanda, Mali, Cambodia, Darfur, Myanmar