1. Describe the situation/conflict between the US and North Korea.
US has a peace treaty saying we won”t use nuclear weapons to kill people but north korea went out of that and they have been testing it.
2. What are the main economic and political systems that are practiced in the world and how do they differ?
Capitalism: Capitalism: People own and control businesses (Germany, USA, Japan, United Kingdom) money drives it. Biggest criticism is that a small percent of people control the wealth of the nation
Socialism: Socialism: Industries are owned and controlled by the government (Republic of India, Tanzania, Portuguese) Asia and Africa
Anarchy: Anarchy: No government they lose it for a while because of wars or such (Somalia, France, Jamaica, Russia, Spain)
Dictatorship: One person or small group takes full control of the people's lives; no rights (Germany, North Korea, and Libya)
Practice of Communism: Practice of Communism: One person or group of people control everything in the country (China, Cuba, NK Vietnam, Laos) REMEMBER ALL 5!
Theory of Communism: Theory of Communism: The government had control of everything coming into the country so that no one could exceed other people, creating equality (China, Cuba, NK, Laos, Vietnam) Steps The revolution by the people to overthrow the gov. The dictator of group of leaders to gain control over the proletariat. Final step is to take over the country. However, it never works. Karl Marx's idea.
Direct Representative: Representative Democracies: Representatives are elected by the people that make laws for the people (Canada, United Kingdom, India, Australia, and USA)
Direct Democracy: Direct Democracy: The people vote and majority rules no government (Every state has a little bit of this) (Switzerland, US, Ancient Greece)
Absolute Monarchy: Absolute Monarchy: One person has complete power over everything (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Swaziland) Asia and Middle East
Constitutional Monarchy: Constitutional Monarchy: Ruled by a king or queen whose powers are limited by a constitution (United Kingdom and Canada and Australia)
3. What is income inequality, why is it an issue and what can be done to help improve it?
its how much you make and Gross domestic product. Gross domestic product is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in 1 year. The issue is that some people are making minimum wage and they are still in the poverty category. A solution to this could be if companies raised the minimum wage more people would get taken out of poverty range. Most of the money is going to the top 1%.
4. What are the major differences between democrats and republicans in the United States?
Democrat | Republican |
believe higher paid people should have to pay more taxes | believe everyone should pay the same amount of taxes |
believe government is responsible for everyone | believe each person is responsibly for their place in society |
believe the economy is to complicated to navigate alone | believe free enterprise has brought economic growth and innovations |
believe we should cut down our military and spend less on them | believe that we need to have best military and don't cut spending on them |
believe taking tests burdens teachers and wastes classroom time | think testing students is the best way to see students needs and their progress |
believe anyone should live here. everyone deserves the good aid and care | think we need better security to watch the border for our safety |
believe in abortion and gay marriage don’t believe in abortion and gay marriage
5. Describe US diplomacy/foreign policy over the years.
. Imperialism- strong countries taking over small, unstructured countries for power.
A lot of the time, we got involved in foreign policy, and end up winning because we are the biggest superpower in the world. We started getting really involved with this stuff after WWII because after WWI we just wanted to be neutral and not be apart of the rest of the world. but then we got bombed at pearl harbor, and everything changed.
Puerto Rico Got control in 1898 Still a US territory.
Alaska When we got control 1867 we bought I from Russia they were afraid Great Britain would take it over. Still have control became state in 1959.
Hawaii 1959 became state queen was scared and just gave it to us, she didn't want war. wanted it for sugar cane.
US got control of Virgin Islands in 1917 we paid 25 million in gold to improve military we still own it as today.
American Samoa Got control in 1899-1904 fighting Germany for the islands. We control it as today.
6. Describe the importance of the US Constitution and the Amendments.
Amendments are important because they are what gave us our freedom. Some of the really important ones are: freedom of speech, no slavery, women’s right to vote
7. Describe the impact Climate Change may have on the world.
They are suspecting hotter temperatures in the next century. They said how hot it gets depends on how we take care of our world. It depends on what we emit globally. It will affect us cause the oceans water is rising which is taking up more land which is pushing people to move more towards the middle of the continents making it even more crowded than it already is.
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