Unit-1 Intro and World-View
This term describes the natural world and the ecosystems within it.
What is environment?
True or false: The demographic trap typically happens in stage 3 of the DMT?
False
What is the modern type of colonialism?
What is neocolonialism?
What are 2 of the 5 Global Commons?
The High-Seas, The Deep-Sea Bed, The Atmosphere, Antarctica and Outer Space
True or False:
The Industrial Revolution was a period where there was a shift from agricultural to machine-based manufacturing, significantly boosting economic growth.
True
This term describes the earth as a vessel with limited resources, requiring careful management to sustain life.
What is spaceship earth?
Which population theory believes that we will eventually run out of food.
What is Malthus?
What were the 2 major colonizers during the scramble of Africa?
What is Britain and France?
When did the world start to have a concern for the environment, and why?
The 1900s and because of Industrialization
This term refers to the global spread and integration of goods, services, information, and culture.
What is Globalization?
This worldview values all living beings equally and emphasizes the importance of ecological balance.
What is Biocentric?
Which of the four population theories are optimistic?
What is Cornecopian and Bogue?
What are some impacts and outcomes on Africa because of Colonialism?
Artificial Borders, Economic exploitation, Identity loss, Dependency of foreign powers, etc.
Give an example of a resolution to draw down our electricity emissions
Onshore wind turbines, Solar photovoltaics, Concentrated solar power, Insulation, Ocean power, LED lighting, Net Zero buildings, Nuclear power
What is considered the most important Invention/Revolution in human History
What is the agriculture Revolution?
This term refers to the total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given year.
What Is GDP?
Brain Drain is which of the following…
A)When educated people migrate to their home country from another.
B)When educated people migrate from their home country to another.
C)LEDCs gain educated people, MEDCs lose them.
D)MEDCs gain educated people, LEDCs lose them.
B and D
How might a country be a prisoner of their own geography?
Landlocked, Access of Natural Resources, Access to trade, Neighbouring countries, etc.
What is the tragedy of the commons?
People with access to a public resource act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource.
This demographic concept illustrates the age and gender distribution of a population, often used to predict future social and economic trends.
This term describes countries with lower levels of income, industrialization, and infrastructure compared to developed nations.
Which of these countries have pro-natal policies?
A)The Democratic Republic of the Congo
B)Russia
C)China
D)Niger
What is Russia & China?
What are the 5 stages of Rostow's Model?
Traditional Society, preconditions for take-off, Take-Off, Drive to maturity and mass consumption.
What percent of global greenhouse gases does electricity produce?
25%
What is the difference between a problem and an issue?
Issue: Issues are not easily solved and take time to do so, big problem/matter of concern/people will be affected differently based on the resolution, Ex. Animal abuse in Ontario/Gun Control in USA
Problem: Easily solved/ smaller than an issue, Ex. My dog is sick/Sophie didn't do her homework