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The type of agriculture that produces crops just for the farmer’s family and immediate connections.
The type of agriculture that produces crops just for the farmer’s family and immediate connections.
subsistence agriculture
Thanks to the Third Agricultural (Green) Revolution we have the technology to grow enough food to feed the whole world; therefore, today’s famines are primarily due to______
Thanks to the Third Agricultural (Green) Revolution we have the technology to grow enough food to feed the whole world; therefore, today’s famines are primarily due to______
political reasons
List four examples of luxury crops.
List four examples of luxury crops.
tobacco, tea, cocoa, coffee, sugarcane
Explain the main outcome of the first, second, and third agricultural revolutions.
Explain the main outcome of the first, second, and third agricultural revolutions.
first revolution = plant and animal domestication, second revolution = foundation of agriculture in fossil fuels, third agricultural revolution = international effort to reduce world hunger through new types of rice, corn and wheat
Explain three ways that drug agriculture and plantations hurts local periphery country populations.
Explain three ways that drug agriculture and plantations hurts local periphery country populations.
Could have used land for other food crops, corrupt governments keep their people down, dangerous working conditions, profits only go to the wealthy and the MDCs, ethical issues around pollution/chemicals/labor, encourages addiction, people could waste their money on drugs over food
This term refers to the main commercial or business sector of a city.
This term refers to the main commercial or business sector of a city.
Central Business District
Denver is an example of which type of city development model? Justify your answer.
Denver is an example of which type of city development model? Justify your answer.
Mulitple Nuclei Model
List three of the six hearths of urbanization.
List three of the six hearths of urbanization.
Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Indus River Valley, Huang He Valley, Mesoamerica, Peru
The concentric zone model was built to reflect which mode of transportation?
The concentric zone model was built to reflect which mode of transportation?
Horse and buggy
Explain three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom.
Explain three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom.
High wages, flow of wealth, access to waterways and ports, access to natural resources, mercantilism and cottage industries
Snapchat is an example what type of cultural diffusion?
Snapchat is an example what type of cultural diffusion?
contagious
List two material and two nonmaterial cultural objects related to the DSA school culture.
List two material and two nonmaterial cultural objects related to the DSA school culture.
answers vary
The term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in 'survival of the fittest.'
The term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in 'survival of the fittest.'
Social Darwinism
Explain two different reasons why English has dominated pop culture.
Explain two different reasons why English has dominated pop culture.
English controls the internet, history of British colonialism, domination of English speaking countries in the global economy
WITHOUT using your notes: name the 11 world cultural regions.
WITHOUT using your notes: name the 11 world cultural regions.
Anglo-American, Indic, Islamic, Insular Ocean, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast-Asian, Sino-Japanese, Austral European, Slavic, European
In 1947 the president signs this bill to provide economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
In 1947 the president signs this bill to provide economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
Truman Doctrine
Name two states where large numbers of the Kurdish nation currently live.
Name two states where large numbers of the Kurdish nation currently live.
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria
Give one real world example of a geometric boundary and a physical-political boundary.
Give one real world example of a geometric boundary and a physical-political boundary.
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How did the end of WWII set the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
How did the end of WWII set the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
set the world into teams – NATO and Warsaw Pact Countries. The invention of the nuclear bomb during WWII raised the stakes of political engagements
What goes on top and on bottom of the dependency ratio? AND, what are two things the dependency ratio helps us to understand about a country?
What goes on top and on bottom of the dependency ratio? AND, what are two things the dependency ratio helps us to understand about a country?
(# of dependents)/(# workers)X100. It helps us to understand how much money has to go to raising kids and sustaining old/sick citizens. Also, we learn how much a country needs to worry about having enough jobs for kids in the future or money for retirement for a large population based on few workers.
_________ are living organisms that can transmit infectious diseases between humans or from animals to humans, especially blood-sucking insects.
_________ are living organisms that can transmit infectious diseases between humans or from animals to humans, especially blood-sucking insects.
vectors
List two activities that would be measured in the formal economy and two that would be measured in the informal economy.
List two activities that would be measured in the formal economy and two that would be measured in the informal economy.
answers vary
Explain two reasons why having more Sustainable Development Goals than Millennium Development Goals is a good thing.
Explain two reasons why having more Sustainable Development Goals than Millennium Development Goals is a good thing.
set high expectations, bring in issues in MDCs, not leaving anything behind
Explain two problems with structural adjustment loans.
Explain two problems with structural adjustment loans.
places core countries even more in control, hard for poorer countries to pay back, makes countries dependent on the IMF and World Bank
Explain why you might choose to compare who countries GNP over their GDP or GNI.
Explain why you might choose to compare who countries GNP over their GDP or GNI.
It shows the power of a country's economy both inside and outside of the country. Especially useful is a country doesn't have many debts and that does not need to be taken into account.
Without notes: list the 8 millennium development goals.
Without notes: list the 8 millennium development goals.
To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, To achieve universal primary education, To promote gender equality and empower women, To reduce child mortality, To improve maternal health, To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, To ensure environmental sustainability, To develop a global partnership for development.
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