Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Who controlled Palestine at the end of the Ottoman Empire after WWI?
Great Britain
What is the name of the ruling party in Gaza, considered a terrorist organization?
Double points:
What is Intifada?
Hamas
Intifada is an Arabic word meaning to shake off and refers to intense protests by Palestinians against Israel, including violent terrorism.
Established in 1944, what functions as the world's central bank and offers countries short-term loans?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
What is it called when importing products that are made more cheaply abroad than at home? What is an example?
The comparative advantage.
Switzerland imports oil from Saudi Arabia.
What is the difference between red and white lobster?
Red is seafood and white is cocaine.
What is the second most damaging cause of water pollution?
The dyeing process in manufacturing of clothes
According to the Geneva Convention and UN resolutions, Israeli settlements in the West Bank are legal.
True or False
False
Which terrorist group seeks to create an Islamic state in Nigeria?
Boko Haram
This system based on liberal economic principles relied heavily on the U.S. to shoulder the burden to manage postwar construction in Europe after WWII.
Bretton Woods
Which organization quadrupled the price of oil in the 1970s?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Less imported food into the U.S. is properly inspected because the number of inspectors cannot keep up with the volume of imports.
True or False?
True
In the video Sweatshop the Norwegians discover that food is cheap in Cambodia so the factory workers can at least eat well after finishing up a shift.
True or False
Double points
How much did the protestors ask for as a living monthly wage?
False
Cambodian factory workers do not earn a living wage.
$160/mo
What was the plan for Middle East peace by establishing a two-state solution proposed in the Bush administration in 2002?
Road Map for Peace
What are WMDs and what are the three types?
Double points:
What 1925 decision banned the use of these?
Weapons of Mass Destruction:
Nuclear
Biological
Chemical
The Geneva Protocol
What institution was designed to provide loans for longer-term projects after WWII?
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly known a the World Bank.
What do we call what the British Empire did by amassing wealth, imposing tariffs, and exploiting the natural resources of their colonies?
Mercantilism
Starbucks cannot claim the coffee they import from Columbia is fair trade because_______.
a. farmers use illegal pesticides
b. no third-party is required to rate the program
c. farmers use para-military groups for protection
b. no third-party is required to rate the program
If fast fashion industries like Zara and Shein were to copy exact designs from the established fashion industry, instead of imitating them, which property rights would they be violating?
Intellectual property rights
What led to Israeli control over Gaza, the Sinai Desert and the Golan Heights?
the 6-day War
What is dominant power called?
hegemony
What agreement, based on the principles of reciprocity and nondiscrimination, encouraged opening markets by reducing tariffs?
Double points:
In 1995, what organization replaced this agreement to preserve open markets and settle financial disputes?
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
The World Trade Organization (WTO).
What is the group of less developed countries (LDC) who joined forces to establish a group to air concerns and engage industrial countries to restructure and reform the global economy called?
Group of 77 (G 77)
also referred to as the Global South
The cocoa plantation owners from the Ivory Coast use thousands of indentured workers to harvest the cocoa. What does that mean for the workers?
They are not paid nor allowed to leave.
They have to work off the price the farmer paid their family and the cost of their food and housing before they can leave.
What happens to much of the donated clothing in the world? Does it really lead to sustainability?
No, it becomes garbage, further polluting the environment, adding more microplastics to the oceans.
What are three key factors in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
sovereignty and security, water access, access to holy sites
What are state sponsors of terrorism? Name three.
States that are restricted from foreign aid from the U.S. because of their support of terrorist groups.
North Korea, Iran, Sudan
What are government policies, like tariffs, that restrict imports in order to shield local businesses from global competition called?
Protectionism
When the IMF and World Bank impose Structural Adjustment Programs like devaluation of currency and reductions of public spending in order to lend money to countries, it is called __________.
Conditionality
In the video Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison, what did we learn about pesticide usage?
The chemicals used, such as DBCP, are banned in the U.S., and cause sterility and death.
At the beginning of the video Sweatshop, the young Norwegian influencers realize that the working conditions are not good but don't really empathize with the Cambodian workers because they think they just accept the conditions as what they have always known.
True or False
True