Capitalism an economic system where businesses control trade and production of goods through the free market.
Socialism is an economic system where a social organization controls production and distribution in a community.
Constitutional Monarchy is a political system where a king or queen holds the highest authority but is restricted to obey the constitution.
Absolute Monarchy is a political system where a king or queen controls everything and can do anything no matter what.
Direct Democracy is where the people vote directly for laws instead of leaders.
Representative Democracy is where citizens vote for leaders who make and change laws.
Communism is a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Anarchy is a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority.
Dictatorship is a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
Democrats are pro choice on abortion. Where as Republicans believe its killing someone because of there religion. Republicans believe in the right to bar arms because of the Constitution and Democrats think its unsafe to have people running around with guns. Democrats think its a person choice it they want to get married and there gay. Republicans are against it because of there religion.
President Barack Obama won the Presidential election of 2012. He and Vice President Joe Biden will continue to be in office for another 4 years. African Americans and Hispanics, voted for him. Minorities and lower class citizens typically live in big cities, so the electoral points for states with large cities will typically go to a democrat. The main locations that Obama won were the Northeast, the Great Lake states, and the West Coast. The states in those regions have many big cities, which is why Obama won them.
Poverty is a big issue in the world. Most people in third world countries are in poverty. If someone who is in poverty gets sick, they could die because they can’t get medical attention. Overpopulation is another big issue. Overpopulated, cities are getting larger. With more people in the world, poorer people will be pushed to slums. Inequality is an important issue. Women are second class citizens in many countries. Women also don’t get a good education in most countries. Even in the U.S., men typically get better, high-paying jobs than women.
Uganda
GB ruled it 1885-1962
Uganda ind.1962
Beenat war for 20 years
1971 Idi Amon killed 800,000
President - Museveni
Lords Resistance Army
- Joseph Kony
- 10 commandments
1) kill
2) kidnap
3) mutilate
4) child sex slaves
5) child soldiers
Syria
Turkey controlled 1516-1918
France from 1918-1946
Ind. in 1946
1946-1971 gov very unstable
since 1963 Syria has been under emergency low
1971- Al-Assad became leader
Bashar Al-Assad -2000
Arab spring- 2011- present
- Civil war
December 17,2012
-Up called for " Historic Settlement"
- National Unity Gov
The genocide of Rwanda started on April 6,1994. For the next 100 days 800,000 Tutsi's were killed by the Hutu militia. 10,000 people could be killed a day. The Tutsi's were killed with clubs and machetes. In 1990 a rebel army invaded Rwanda. This forced Hutu President Juvenal Habyalimana into signing an accord which mandated that the Hutu's and Tutsis would share power. United Nations peacekeeping sent over 2,500 multinational soldiers to Rwanda to preserve the fragile cease-fire between the Hutu government and the Tutsi rebels. Peace was threatened by Hutu extremists. They were violently opposed to sharing any power with the Tutsis. Rwandan President Habyalimana and Burundi's new President, Cyprien Ntaryamira, held several peace meetings with Tutsi rebels. On there way back there jet was shot down from a ground missile. This is why Hutu extremists began targeting prominent opposition figures who were on their death-lists, including moderate Hutu politicians and Tutsi leaders.
The killings happened in the country side. Tutis's were killed by Hutu militia with machetes, clubs, guns and grenades. Everyone had to carry Identity cards. It had there ethnic background and a practice left over from colonial days. These cards were a matter of life and death. Small U.N. peacekeeping force was overwhelmed as terrified Tutsi families and moderate politicians sought protection. Among Peacekeepers were ten soldiers from Belgium who were captured by the Hutus, tortured and murdered. Thus resulting in the United States, France, Belgium, and Italy all began evacuating their own personnel from Rwanda. No effort was made to have the Tutsi evacuated. U.N headquarters in New York, the killings were initially categorized as a breakdown in the cease-fire between the Tutsi and Hutu. Throughout the massacre, both the U.N. and the U.S. carefully refrained from labeling the killings as genocide, which would have necessitated some kind of emergency intervention. In the U.N headquarters in New York, the killings were initially categorized as a breakdown in the cease-fire between the Tutsi and Hutu. Throughout the massacre, both the U.N. and the U.S. carefully refrained from labeling the killings as genocide, which would have necessitated some kind of emergency intervention. The U.N. Security Council responded to the worsening crisis by voting unanimously to abandon Rwanda. The remainder of U.N. peacekeeping troops were pulled out, leaving behind a only tiny force of about 200 soldiers for the entire country.The U.N. Security Council responded to the worsening crisis by voting unanimously to abandon Rwanda. The remainder of U.N. peacekeeping troops were pulled out, leaving behind a only tiny force of about 200 soldiers for the entire country.
In local villages militiamen forced Hutus to kill their Tutsi neighbors or face a death sentence for there family and themselves. They also forced Tutsis to kill members of their own families.By mid May, an estimated 500,000 Tutsis had been killed. Bodies were now commonly seen floating down the Kigara River into Lake Victoria.Confronted with international TV news reports depicting genocide, the U.N. Security Council voted to send up to 5,000 soldiers to Rwanda. However, the Security Council failed to establish any timetable and thus never sent the troops in time to stop the massacre.The killings only ended after armed Tutsi rebels, invading from neighboring countries, managed to defeat the Hutus and halt the genocide in July 1994. By then, over one-tenth of the population, an estimated 800,000 persons, had been killed.
I think this is very sad. It is very heart breaking to know that people had to kill there loved ones to stay alive. And then one-tenth of the population was killed off! 7 million people lived in Rwanda before this genocide happened. I think the U.N. should have done something to help the Tutsis. I hope something like this never happens again.
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