Vocab
used by anthropologist Yehudi Cohen to describe a society's system of economic production. Cohen argued that the most important reason for similarities between two (or more) unrelated societies is their possession
Allocational disputes
Adaptive strategy
When were most of Africa's political boundaries drawn? Who drew them?
European colonial powers in late 1900s
When was the war in Afghanistan?
1979-1989
an economic theory of a situation within a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.
Tragedy of the Commons
9/11 is an example of what?
Terrorism
Practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials to distribution
Vertical integration
What is a description of an open border policy
There is no longer any border control
What was the purpose of OPEC
Oil pricing cartel
an area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values
Shatterbelt
Italy fought against Austria to annex Italian speaking regions controlled by Austria. What is this an example of?
Irredentism
a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single central agency
Unitary government
Does the European Union have a constitution?
No
What year did WW2 start
1939
the distance between two groups of society; this can be two racial groups, or social settings.
Social Distance
Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Morocco, Bhutan, and Emirates within the United Arab Emirates are examples of what type of monarchy?
Absolute
a general direction in which something is developing or changing
trend
Fill in the blank:
There will always need to be a ____ of __________ where political power is centered.
Seat of government
what is a zone separating two states which neither state has political control?
Frontier
right to vote
Suffrage
What was the purpose of NATO
Military
A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located.
Transnational Corporation
Supreme aristocrat, kings, prince, or dukes are both head of state and head of __________?
Government
What is a census?
A count of people every 10 years
Area of land controlled by a nation.
Territory
How are monarchies and dictatorship different?
One is inherited and the other is taken by force