1. Describe the main political and economic systems in the world.
The main economic systems in the world are Socialism and Capitalism. Socialism is a softer form of communism, the government owns and runs all of the businesses; China is becoming more socialist. Capitalism is where the people own and run all the businesses. It is based on, if you work hard you will get paid for it, if you don’t work hard you will get very little. Some of the political systems of the world are Communism, Communism Theory, Anarchy, Dictatorship, Absolute Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Direct Democracy, Represenitve Democracy, and Mixed Economy. Communism is a government, political, and social system. In this system the government controls everything. China, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, and Cuba are the only five countries in the world who still practice this system. The Communism Theory is where the poor and middle class citizens will arise and over throw the wealthy, then creating an equal society. This has never happened in the history in the world. Anarchy is a place that has no governmental order or rules. The people of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Israel, and Yemen have to rely on each other because there is no government. Another form is Dictatorship, where one person in the government has complete control of everything. Hitler was a dictator. Absolute Monarchy is the oldest form of government, it is where a King or Queen has complete control; Saudi Arabia has an Absolute Monarchy. A Constitutional Monarchy is where a King or Queen has control but has to strictly fallow the constitution; Great Britain has this. Representative Democracy is where the people vote for people to represent them. It is important for these people to vote, the United States has this. Another form of Democracy is Direct Democracy, this is where the people vote on everything and have complete control. No countries have this. The last form of political system is a Mixed Economy, this is where a country has more than one form of government, and several countries across the world have this.
2. What are the major divisions between Democrats and Republicans in the US? (20 points)
Gay Marriage
Republicans- They are set in their old ways and feel that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Democrats- Believe that gay marriage is the future for America and it should be legal in all states.
Abortion
Republicans- Think you are taking away the baby’s life, and feel it should not be legal.
Democrats- Think if you are taking away women’s rights if you repeal the amendment.
Environment
Republicans- Think there should be a few more regulations but not many.
Democrats- Feel there should be many more regulations and rules, but have not done anything.
3. What were the results of the 2012 Presidential election? What caused President Obama to win? (20 Points)
In the 2012 election Barak Obama was reelected for a 2nd term. He won over governor Mitt Romney because he won women’s votes, all ethnicity groups, and large cities. Many people believe that he didn’t get a long enough chance to do what he wanted to get done, so they voted for him to give him another chance. Also some people don’t want to vote for another republican because of what happened when Bush president four years ago.
4. What are the major social issues facing the world due to overpopulation, poverty and inequality?
Major problems have been in the world, and they will always be there, though we can all work together to try to help solve these problems. To me the biggest problem is women equality. In these 3rd world countries the women don’t see these problems because they don’t know what the rest of the world looks like. As children many children in these countries don’t even have access to a school, if there is a school women usually aren’t allowed to attend, then the women do not get a good education and can’t get a job. They will then stay at home and have children. Because of many dieses and no treatments available the mom’s don’t know how many of her children are going to live, so she will continue to have children until she is unable to. These children will then fallow in their mother’s footsteps and do the same. If countries had the money to provide schooling for every man and woman then many of these problems will be close to gone.
5. What major issues have specific areas in Africa had in the last thirty years(that we discussed in class)?
Africa has had many problems. What started it all was, Africa was controlled by other countries and when they gained independence they didn’t put any thought into borders, which cause ethnic social groups to be split apart and put groups that don’t like each other together. This caused many civil wars, fleeing, and government systems to fail. Many countries in Africa also have very little money and give their people little human rights.
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#5.
Darfur: In Sudan JEM (Justice Equality Movement) and SLM are rebel groups fighting against the Sudanese government for better treatment. They think the government is favoring the Arabs in the country over the black Africans. This attack began in 2003. The group of the Janjaweed goes to the villages of the Africans to destroy and steal from them. The government will never admit to hiring the Janjaweed. America is not allowed to interfere because the government has not asked us to help, and we do not want to the ones to invade. That could cause the situation to worsen. Some of the fight is also about the farmable land that is very to find in that region. Their are many issues arising in this country and they need to get it figured out.