Political SystemsThe main political and economical systems in the world are anarchy, communism theory, practice of communism, socialism, capitalism, direct democracy, representative democracy and absolute and constitutional monarchy.-Anarchy has choas in a state, there are no authorities or government.-Direct Democracy is when people have their own power.-Representative Democracy is when the people elect representatives to make for them. The people vote.-Absolute Monarchy is when one person in absolute power and the people have no say.-Constitutional Monarchy is when people have some say in the decisions that the king and queen make, but its limited by the constition.-Communism Theory is a peaceful society where everyone is eqaul. The poor people will rise up and everyone will be fair with money.-Practice of Communism is when the government controls everything - so whatever you make, they can take from you and share it equally with everyone. They calein it will help a higher social order. It is really strict.-Socialism is when the government owns and controls businesses.-Capitalism is when businesses are privately owned and operated by civilians.Political Party ViewsThe main difference between the two political parties is Republicans have more traditional views and emphasize the mimportance of religion. Republicans also believe in Trickle Down Theory and laissez-faire which allows people to do what they want.-abortion: Democrats believe that abortion should be legal. They think that women should have the rights to their own bodies. Prochoice. Republicans think they shouldn't have to make the baby suffer for the parent's mistake.-flag burning: Some of the Democrats think that it should be banned becasue of the powerful symbol. While others think that it affects freedom of expression or free speech. Republicans think it is disrespectful and are very much against it. (-powerful symbol)-gun control: Democrats think that we need more gun regulations and restrictions. This means that only certain people can have certain types of guns and must have reasons. Republicans think it is okay because of the second amendment about to bear and keep arms.-environmental laws: Democrats are usually more enviromentally considerate compared to the Republicans. For example the Democrats don't think that we should drill for oil in Alaksa. They are concerned that it will have negative impact on the environment. Republicans think the is inderstuctable and it can't get any worse.-immigration: The Democrats think that we cannot continue to allow people enter the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. They believe that we should secure our borders. Republicans are against it. They think we need more regulations. Agree with democrats.-minimum wage: Democrats support what the minimum wage is or having the minimum wage be higher. Republicans think it will cause more unemployment if it is raised.-health care: Democrats believe that everyone should be able to have affordable healthcare. Republicans don't think it is fair to make people pay more.-taxes: They believe that the wealthy should have to pay higher taxes and the middle class should pay the same as always. Republicans think everyone should pay the same amount.-US role in the world--Iraq: Democrats believe that the war in Iraq should come to a responsible end which means that the sooner we leave Iraq the more quickly Iraq will become stable. Republicans think we need to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan until the war is won.-Affirmative action law - Democrats supports it. It says that race or whatever else doesn't matter. People shouldn't discrimate based on those things.Republicans are against it, people shouldn't be told who and what they can't hire.-Death penalty - democrats are no longer supporting the death penalty. They switched to against it in 2005. They don't think any crime is bad enough for death. Republicans are for it, they think they should be put to death.-Gay Marriage - Democrats are for gay marriage. They think that if you love someone, they should have the right to marry them. Republicans don't think people of the same sex should marry.-Military spending - Democrats are against military spending. They think that we are spending too much money on our military services and think we should cut back and spend money on 'green stuff'. Obama wishes to cut it by 25%. Republicans think we should keep spending money until war is won.-US Role in the World - Afghanistan - They believe we should be focusing more on Afghanistan instead of Iraq. They think we should send more troops to Afghanistan. They also believe that if we win the war in Afghanistan, the war will come to a complete end. Republicans think we should stay in until we win.-US Role in the United Nations - Democrats believe that we should have the United Nations to help solve the world's problems Republicans agree to solve the world's problems.-prayer in school - Democrats don't think that prayer should allowed into the school doors. Republicans think it should be allowed.Causes and Effects of Global WarmingThe causes of global warming are from factories and people, carbon-dioxide from trees, the burning of coal, transportation of vehicles, water vapor, gases, and fossil fuels.The effects of glabal warming are bugs with diseases in their blood that go more north and spread it, the probablity of droughts occuring goes up, trees die because bugs migrate to warmer places and eat trees.Causes and Effects of Over PopulationThe causes of over population are decline in death rate because there is more medicen and better medical equipment to keep people alive, increased birth rate because of medication taht hlep with better fertility and conception, migration is heppening because a lot of people move to one place and that place runs low on natural resources, lack of education because because young people don't realize how bad over population actually is.The effects of over population are natural resources are used faster than they can be replaced, destroys biological diversity, lowers earth's water level and pollutes.Impact of GlobalizationPeople in today's world can communicate with anyone in thw world through technology. Technology is taking over and moving at a fast rate. This generation of young poeple need to be caught up with technology because we will be competing for jobs with kids from other countries who will offer to work for cheaper. It is easy accesss to basically anything and everything in the world.AfghanistanAfgahnistan - started from 9/11. (Twin Towers and Pentagon) Al-Qeada, a world-wide terrorist organization), was behind the attack. Bin Laden is in charge of it based out of Afghanistan. The government was a Tali-Ban. They were very much against women. We invaded Afghanistan about a month after 9/11. There is not a lot of massive fighting now. We are still looking for Bin Laden, but Taliban is out of the picture now. The government is set up differently with the help of the US. We will be sending more troops there.IraqA lot of people thought we went to Iraq in 2003 because of 9/11 also, but we didn't. We invaded because Suddam Hussein, president of Iraq, had weapons of mass destruction (nuclear). We have been at war in the 1990's when we helped Kuwait from Iraqi control. We put certain restrictions on Iraq after that. They could not have troops in the northern part of southern part of the country. None in the north - to protect Kurds (ethnic group). Hussein tried to kill them with gas warfare in the late 1980s. None in the south - to continue to protect Kuwait. It was called the No Fly Zone, they couldnt have any troops there. The UN, peace organization, would fly jets and fighter planes to make sure Iraq didn't cross the lines. There were weapon inspections also. This was to make sure they didn't have or weren't making any nuclear weapons. We got tired with Iraq, so the UN had the US invade Iraq. We had a lot of gains and took control of cities. We caught Hussein and was put to death by his own people. We never found weapons, so a lot of people think we need to get out of there. It is somewhat safer there, but not a ton. The different religous groups are so diverse, that it is hard to keep peace in between them. Troops are supposed to be coming out early this year and we hope to have troops out of the cities in the summer. By Jan 2012, all troops are supposed to be out of Iraq unless Iraqi government wants us to stay.IranIran's nuclear program and role in Iraq- The government of Iran was making and giving nuclear weapons to Iraq to kill American troops. Iran is angry we are protcting Israel. Iran told us and signed a treaty we would stop, but we recently found weapons in Iraq that were obviously made my Iran. Now, Iran is building a 'secret' uranium facility. It is for producing more major weapons, but they claim it is for nuclear energy. Their nuclear program started in the 1950's. The United States and Europe helped them get it started. They wanted to create it, to help save oil.US Relations with Iran- There was a hostage crisis and they took 70 US citizens and kept them hostage for 474 days. Carter was the president and insisted on getting them back, this was the biggest crisis during his time. The US and Iran were once allies.SomaliaThere is a lot of killing going on in Somalia. They have no authority over there. It is extremely hard for a father to support his family. They fish for a living. It is the number one failed state, which is when a country feels deserted. This usually occurs after a fatal event like a civil war, natural disaster, or brutal takeover. They aren't the happiest people so they try and do anything to feel important again. The five clans there decided they wanted to be united. You won't find motels or restuarants in Somalia. They get absolutely no help from the president. It is an extremely violent place.RwandaA 100 day massacre in Rwanda, all because a president's jet was shot down. Hutus began killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus because Tutsis were in power. The Hutu's president was assassinated and Rwanda's militia has about 30,000 members. Everyone was given identity cards to tell their ethnicity. It's so racist. The Hutus were trying to wipe out the Tutsis children so that there wouldn't be anymore generations of them to come. Around 500,000 - 1 million people died. That is 20% of their population. The military set up road blocks so taht no one could leave. They killed people using machettes. A lot of people fled to Chad for refugee camps.DarfurThe conflict in Darfur began because they feel like Sudan is neglecting their region. Darfur gets scared when the Sudan confict ends. They are afraid that they will lose access to resources that they need. Darfur said that Sudan like Arabs more than non-Arabs. Sudan ordered Janjaweed and Sudanese militay to attack Africans. They tortured them by rape, cutting off limbs, ethnic cleansing, bombing civialian targets, murdering, starving, maiming and smashing faces. President Bashir gave the land to Janjaweek because he didn't want non-Arabs to have the land. Over 400,000 people were killed and 2.5 million people displaced. A lot of people fled to Chad for refugee camps.
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