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Unit 1
Wild Card
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Unit 2
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A measure of an individual's or group's position in a community. It is determined by occupations, income, education and place of residence.
What is socio-economic status
100
_____________ development refers to protecting the environment and meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is Sustainable Development.
100
____________Reflect the beliefs you hold about the events in the world around you. They develop as you consider the facts.
What is opinions
100
This world view is consistent with the the Industrial Revolution.
What is Expansionist World View
100
_________________ is Mr. Commisso's Idol
Who is Dr. Joiner
200
The gap between people who have access to digital and information technology and those who don’t have access is called the
What is Digital Divide
200
Someone in this category believes the economy works best if the government does not interfere with the business or trade, but exerts a significant measure of social control
What is Right- Wing Authoritarian
200
Rachel Carson influenced the development of the modern environmental movement and battled against the use of what pesticide.
What is DDT
200
This theory is based on the belief that scientific and technological advances will develop new resources to take the place of depleted resources.
What is Cornucopian thesis
200
Thomas L. Friedman in his __________________ Theory of Conflict Prevention has proposed the theory that no two nations that have McDonald's restaurants will ever fight a war
What is Golden Arches
300
Someone in this category believes the economy works best if the government exerts considerable control over business and trade, while also exerting a significant measure of social control.
What is Left Wing Authoritarian
300
Someone in this category feels the government has an important role to play in the economy, but feels government should allow people to make their own social decisions.
What is Left-Wing Libertarian
300
The use of violence and intimidation to achieve political or ideological goals
What is Terrorism
300
James Lovelock invented what theory?
What is the Gaia Hypothesis
300
______________ believes that all parts of the natural world are interrelated;thus, humans must work within the limitations of the planet’s ecosystem because damage to one part will have a ripple effect, ultimately damaging humanity.
What is the ecological world view
400
A __________ substitutes an inoffensive expression for one that may be offensive or unpleasant to the listener, such as using “downsizing” for “firing employees.”
What is a Euphemism
400
Someone in this category wants to minimize the role of government in all aspects of life.
What is Right-Wing Libertarian
400
The process by which the world's stock markets are constantly affecting one another like a wave that ripples from east to west around the globe each business.
What is Financial Globalization
400
A___________resource is non-renewable, at least in practical terms.
What is a stock resource
500
Someone in this category believes social and economic controls should be applied if they are for the public good, or dismantled if they do not benefit society
What is a centrist
500
____________ refers to organizations that are generally small, not affiliated with views to those found in the mainstream.
What is Alternative Media
500
________________ is based on computer models predicting what might happen if current growth trends continue.
What is Limits-to-growth thesis.
500
Solar radiation is a good example of a _________ resource
What is a flow resource
500
This statement means that something in the total stock becomes a resource only when humans need it and can make use of it.
What is "Resources are not: they become"