1. Describe the main Political and Economic systems in the world?
Capitalism- Capitalism is an economic system that is based on private ownership. It's the means of production of good or services for profit. By investments that are determined by private decisions, and prices, produciton and the distribution of goods. We are a country that uses capitalism.
Socialism- Socialism is an economic system that is based on social ownership. It's a system where a social organization production and distribution in the community. It's a stage of society of traditional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distibution of good and pay according to work done. Some countries like China, Afghanistan, Vietnam and more use socialism.
Communism- Communism is a revolutionary socialist movement. It's the idea of a free society with no divisions or alienation, where people are free from oppression and scarcity. It would have no governments, countries or class division. It would be a world of equality. China is a county that is communist.
Monarchy- Monarchy is a form of government led by one individual, the monarch. There are two kinds of monarchy, Absolute Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy. In Absolute monarchy, the monarch rules with absolute power over the state and government like the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. In Constitutional Monarchy, the monarch is subject to a constitution. The monarch serves as a ceremonial figurehead symbol of national unity and state continuity.
Democracy- Democracy is a form of government in which all citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect theire lives. Democratic governments contrast to forms of government where power is held either by one individual or where power is held by a small group of indivuduals.
Dictatorship and anarchy- Dictatorship is a form of autocratic gov't in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. Adolf Hitler is a great example of dictatorship. Anarchy is a system wiht multiple definitions. In the United States, it is used to refer to a society without a publicly enforced government or violently enforced publicly authority. Outside of the US, it implies a system on governance, mostly theoretical.
2. What are the major divisions of between Democrats and Republicans in the US
Democrats believe in a more federal government. They often implement tax plans to try to help the less privilaged. They think the government must look for the greater good above the individual person in term of welfare. They want to do what means necessary to make populace more "equal". They tend to support stuff like ProChoice and gay marriage. Republicans on the other hand, believe in a more limited government. They believe the answers don't lay with the government, but the people and want less government interference. Many republicans are religious so they hold to the morals characterizing the Founding Fathers. They dissaprove abortion and gay marriage, unlike the Democrats.
3. What were the results of the 2012 presidental election? What caused Obama to win?
President Obama won the 2012 presidental election with a big total of 332 electoral votes while Mitt Romney had 206 electoral votes. Obama won because there are more democratic people in the big cities and California is a democratic state so republicans wouldn't even try to get it. Obama got most of the battleground states, which Ronmey really needed to win the election.
4. What are the major social issues facing the world due to overpopulation, poverty and inequality?
Much of the land today is being made for houses and homes. That is causing lots of the animal population to decrease dramaticly. Moving into their neighborhood might cause them to come into the town and get them killed. Deforestation is one of the biggest. Hundreds of trees are being cut down for paper, wood and space for houses. The natural habitat is shrinking and it needs to stop. Poverty is a major issue, but it is slowly decreasing. Many people are living in a poor state in poverty. They are going through garbage and the dumps to make money, survive and give what their families need. We need to do what is right and donate what we have, to give to them like clothes, money, toys and others. Right now there is the rich class, middle class, and the poor class. This is inequality and it's unfair that the rich pay less taxes than the middle and poor. Men and women are in a bit of inequality right now. Women are wanting to be equal with the men here and now.
5. What major issues have specific areas in Africa has in the lat thirty years(that we discussed in class)?
Libya had a civil war between the citizens of Libya and the former dictator leader Muammar Gaddafi he was killed last year which ended the civil war. Uganda is and still is having troubles with Joseph Kony, a man who leads the "Lord's Resistance Army". He has commited crimes of kidnapping young children and using them as soldiers, murdering, plundering and lots more. Syria is still having a civil war and uprising against the civilians and Al-Assad, Syria's president and he still is. South Africa had troubles with apartheid, a racial segregation system. South Sudan/Sudan had two civil wars the first one was against North and South Sudan and the other was over oil and over 2 and a half million people died. Rwanda had a large genocide with 800,000 people dead when the Hutu killed the Tutsis after they blamed them for killing their president and killed them in 100 days. Darfur-Sudan had a racial problem with black africans and 500,000 people were killed in many ways. DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) had troubles when they were under control in the first world war.
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