1. What were President Obama's accomplishments/issues as President?(10 points) got us out of Iraq, Impoved America’s overall image, Passed health-care, Bin-Laden, prevented depression;/; Social Security, taxes, gun control, trade, global warming
2. Describe the main political and economic systems in the world.(10 points)
Absolute Monarchy - King/Queen don’t have to follow set of rules
Constitutional Monarchy - King/Queen/Prime Minister follow regulations set up by some form of a constitution
Dictatorship - Ruled by someone who has a lot of power and took role by force
Representative Democracy - men/women represent country and make laws for them
Practice of Communism - small group of people who want total control
Communist Theory - lower class act on upper class with no government - proposed by Karl Marx
Direct Democracy - power of government is in the hands of the citizens
Anarchy - absence of government
Capitalism - based on individual thoughts/beliefs
Socialism - big government that makes and distributes everything equally
3. What are the major divisions between Democrats and Republicans in the US?(10 points)
Democrats - liberal
Republicans - laid-back
4. What happened on 9-11-2001 and what impact did it have on the US?(10 points)
terrorist group led by Osama bin Laden attacked New York and DC with commercial airliners flying 2 into WTC, 1 into pentagon, 1 believed was headed for white house but passengers tried to overtake and put into the ground in Pennsylvania; we felt aghast that this kind of diabolical scheme could take place.
5. Why did the US go to war in Iraq and what impact did that war have on the US?(10 points)
Saddam Hussein made the US believe he had weapons of mass destruction so the US sent inspectors, Saddam would let them in and then shove them back out, then when offered consequences he would them back in. led to war and the loss of lives of the unnecessary
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, Lords Resistance Army(Joseph Kony) in Uganda/Central African Republic, Syria(Two of the following-20 points)
Rwanda - Hutus killed presidents then blamed Tutsis, then the Tutsis fought against Hutus forcing then into DR Congo
Darfur - Sudanese liberation Movement vs. Sudanese government and Janjaweed; Janjaweed guerilla attacks against the African Black people of Darfur, they forced malnutrition upon the people b/c the government was racist; ended with Doha agreement
South Sudan vs. Sudan - Sudanese Government vs Sudan people’s liberation army; a peace treaty was decided and lasted 6 years then huge oil disputes broke out and in the end Sudan was split into South Sudan and Sudan so that the oil fields and jobs were equal
Somalia - rebels vs. Major General Muhammed Siad Barre and socialists government; Al Shaabad
Uganda - Joseph Kony; Kony would mutilate children if they did not listen to them; he has 33 war crime accusation
Syria - Ba’ath/Hafez al-Assad/Bashar al-Assad vs. people of the country; Syrian Civil War; 15 schoolchildren were arrested for being against government; Arab Spring like a revolutionary war
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)
NORTH KOREA - somewhat like the Cuban Missile Crisis; Kim Jong-Un is threatening world with nuclear missiles; the UN has provided tougher sanctions
GLOBAL WARNING - theory of pollution of the earth’s ozone layer being depleted
•End poverty and hunger
living on less than a 1.25 a day = extreme poverty; goal met in 2010 but there will still be 1 billion people on EP in 2015
everyone has equal opportunities for jobs and money; mainly women and children; getting better
they eat less than 3 meals a day; 850 million are starving;
•Universal education
sub-saharan Africa; making sure that there are equal opportunities for education
primary education; people tend to quit there so that they can get a job and support family; 10 million
have not and will not make goal by 2015
•Gender equality
women aren’t being treated same as men or vice versa; property; beleived not to go away; majority men; 99% of time abortions are girls
some believe gender equality is unfair
in Merica highest equality
•Child health
reduce child mortality; 1/5 die by age of 5
chances drop if not born into poverty
•Maternal health
injury to mother before during or after childbirth; mainly b/c of poverty; mortality is 15 x higher in sub-saharan than in us; no doctors on premises
trying to educate doctors for the area
•Combat HIV/AIDS
reverse the spread -
provide universal treatment -
stop malaria -
•Environmental sustainability
yield deforestation - replace loss of trees; mainly in Africa/Brazil
stop ozone depleting chemicals (cur. 98% complete)
reduce biodiversity loss
safe drinking water; if not clean they could be infected with dangerous pathogens such as MALARIA
reduce # of slum-dwellers by 100,000,000 (still more than 25,000,000 slum-dwellers)
•Global partnership
help lesser-developed countries get better economies; providing medicines and aid; promised money was not met and there is a $167,000,000 gap
- countries working together
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