- 1. What were President Obama's accomplishments/issues as President?(10 points)
Ordered the killing of Osama bin laden, that can either be an accomplishment or an issue, it depends on where you look at in from. But to the united states it is an accomplishment that he caught the man who was the cause of the 9/11
- 2. Obama ended Don’t ask don’t tell, so that people can be rightfully gay in the military.
- 3.
He ended the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. - 4.
Obama care, is an issue because it is rising our taxes, but is also good because everyone has to have health insurance.
- National debt, 4 trilllion dallors.
2. Describe the main political and economic systems in the world.(10 points)
Direct democracy- no country in the world, people have the complete control, And would be vary dangerous in the united states, because there are too many people. Countries strive to have more of the peoples opinions.
Representetive democracy- most countries have, including the us, the people vote, and have a say in what does on
Comunisum theory the poor and middle class will rise up and take over the rich and the government, to get rid of classes in society Carl marks Everything was free, and people would get lazy when you can get stuff for free and, the country would be caouis
Comunisum practice. Government controls everything. 5 countries left. China the largest. Castro
Dicratorship, one person has complete control of the country,
Constitutional manarchy that king or queen and their power is limited, gret britan
Absolute monarchy, king or queen has complete power.
Socialism, government controls most of the buisnesses, socialism is a softer communism some businesses not all.
Capitalism, people own and run business.
Mixed economy, all countries, are mixed economy, some busieness aare controlled by government, and some by people.
3. What are the major divisions between Democrats and Republicans in the US?(10 points)
Democrats want the government in the higher power, and Republicans want people to solve their problems. Democrats are more towards gays and abortions.
4. What happened on 9-11-2001 and what impact did it have on the US?(10 points)
2 planes were hijacked, and crashed in to the twin towers one hit the pentagon and 1 crashed in a field. And Bush ordered all planes down, and and was flown to Omaha, and he wanted to be back to the white house.
5. Why did the US go to war in Iraq and what impact did that war have on the US?(10 points) We went to war in Iraq because we believe Sudan Hussain had weapons of mass destruction, he let us in the didn’t then did, and then he didn’t let in the weapons inspectors, then the us, that he if he didn’t let us in he would face consequences, and in march 2003. The war had ups and downs, to give a time table, and he said they wouldn’t leave till the job is done, and 2006-2007 he sent more troops, with the surge to stop the violence and it worked at the end of his term he started to take troops out and Obama brought then out, December of 2011.
6. Describe the problems the following African countries(and Middle East) have had or are currently having as discussed in class: Rwanda, Darfur in Sudan, South Sudan vs Sudan, Somalia
- Darfur-- The Janjaweed and Sudanese government attacked the black African people and put them in a refugee camp and when they tried to get away the killed men tortured kids and raped women. They wanted the land because it was good pasture land.
- Syria- There was a civil war between the people and the government and the Janjaweed because the people were being treated unfairly and didn’t like it. The government attacked the people that were speaking out against them. The wanted there good pasture land.
- Rwanda-The Hutus and the Tutsis are two different types of African people and they didn’t get along very well due to the European countries that were there and favored the Tutsis. The Hutus had the government and killed there president and blamed it on the Tutsis and so they started a war which the Tutsis won and took over the country.
- Kony- Joseph Kony lives by Uganda and he captures and tortures people and claims he is building a religious army called the Lords Resistance Army. He considers himself a prophet of God.
- South Sudan vs Sudan- The people of South Sudan wanted to keep there oil land and they couldn’t get along with the north so they fought over the land in two different civil wars and after the second on the south because a new country.
- Somalia- There were many different ethnic groups put into a small country but they couldn’t get along and they started fighting like terrorist and then they killed a lot of people including US people that we send over In what is known as Black Hawk.
7. What are some of the major problems the world is facing, what are the causes of these problems and what is being done to help solve these problems?(Two of the following-20 points) helping developing countries with economy, technology, ads, and medicince and in education, get that all up to date.
•End poverty and hunger
to halve by 2015 the number of people suffering from hunger as well as the number of people living on less than a dollar a day, and to allow everybody, particularly women and young people, to have decent work.
•Universal education
The students aren’t able to teach the kids, because they cant speech the language,
get all children to go through primary education and continuing on. Equal girls and boys going. Have not met the goal.
•Gender equality
Get boys and girls, more equal. Target, by 2005 more girls second and primary classes, and 2015 equal in all grades.
•Child health
Reduce child mortality death.
•Maternal health
educe by three-quarters the maternal mortality ratio, and achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015
•Combat HIV/AIDS to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major diseases, as well as to provide universal access to HIV/AIDS treatments.
- •Environmental sustainability
Deforestation, is a big part if this. The climate will change. Oxogyn and co2, safe drinking water, and
to promote sustainable development through country policies and programmes, and reverse the losses to the environment; - to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water;
- to achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million people living in slums ( a person who lives in a bad condition, and poorly.)
•Global partnership
The plan is to launch a global partnership between rich and poor countries in the fields of aid, trade and debt relief.
To get them medicine.
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