- Describe the main political and economic systems in the world.
-Communism- one dictator changes everything so that everyone in the entire country is equal, government takes the peoples rights. equal in income because government takes the money China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam communist countries throughout Eastern Europe. Soviet Union was first country to take on Communism
-Anarchy- it’s a place that has no governmental rule, and people depend on each other. Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Israel, Yemen are part of the Anarchy system
-Dictatorship- leadership by one person with total power. Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe are all part of the dictatorship also
-Capitalism- An economic system in which business belongs to mostly private owners not to the government. United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Australia, United Arab Emirates are all countries that practice Capitalism
-Socialism- Economic system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poor citizens. North Korea, Cua, Venezuela, Syria, Belarus, Laos, Zambia are all part of Socialism
-Absolute monarchy- when one person has compete power
-Constitutional monarchy- a king/queens power is limited by the constitution
-Democracy- government where the poeple vote on decisions or representatives. Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, Canada, United States
-Direct democracy- people vote on things directly instead of voting for representatives
-Representative democracy- voters pick a representative instead of them voting directly
2. What are the major divisions between Democrats and Republicans in the US?
-Abortion is a big topic that a lot of people listen in on.
Romney is pro-life/ he doesn’t think it should be legal at all except for the cases of rape, incest, and the health of the mother.
Obama is pro-choice/ he wants to help women want to keep their baby/they should have the right to choose/ ROVEWAY made it legal in our country
-Immigration is also one of the most talked about topics.
Romney is anti- immigration/ he wants to have stricter enforcement on the border.
Obama wants to keep families together and doesn’t believe that we should blame the children for being here illegally; its not there fault
-REPUBLICAN KEY TERMS: trickledown theory= rich people spend more money/create more jobs which will have more people getting money and spending it- rugged indivualism= every man for themselves
-DEMOCRATIC KEY TERMS: Roe V. Wade case= made abortion legal in the U.S.- affirmative action= business’s required to hire a certain amount of ethnic people
3. What were the results of the 2012 Presidential election? What caused President Obama to win?
-Obama won the election
-he won because he had most of all the ethnicity groups vote for him/ the democrats think another republican will cause the same mess Bush did
4. What are the major social issues facing the world due to overpopulation, poverty and inequality?
-women are having more children which leads to more people in the world
- women don’t get an education so they don’t get jobs/ most of the men have higher up jobs than women
5. What major issues have specific areas in Africa had in the last thirty years(that we discussed in class)?
-south sudan and sudan have been at war for several years/ they had 2 civil wars and main conflict was over oil/ some religion/ peace agreement of 2005 made them an independent country/ 2011 they became an independent state
-Somalia had a civil war in 1991 because the dictator fleeing the country and government losing control/ Al Shabab is a terrorist group linked to Al Qaida / A new president was elected in September, his name is Hussan Sheikh Mahamud
-Uganda was ruled by Great Britain from 1885-1962/ it got independence in 1962/ it’s been at war for over 20 years/ its president is Museumi/ Indi Amid killed 800,000 people in 1971
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