Chapter 3 Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
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influences a country’s culture

A

History

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2
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Hong Xiuguan- Christ’s Brother
20-40 million deaths
Helps explain China’s isolation during the 20th century

A

Taiping Rebellion

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3
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Historical events are always viewed from

A

one’s biases and SRC

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4
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History is ______

A

Subjective

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5
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Must understand a nation’s _____ perception of its history

A

subjective

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6
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justified US expansion from Atlantic to Pacific

A

Manifest Destiny

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7
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Policy to keep Europe out of the Americas and vice versa

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Monroe Doctrine

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8
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US would “police” Latin America

A

Roosevelt Corollary

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9
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Justifiable part of our foreign policy

A

US perception

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10
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Unwelcome intrusions that are in the self-interest of US

A

Latin American Perception

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11
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the study of the earth’s surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and resources

A

Geography

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12
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an element of the uncontrollable environment

A

geography

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13
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affects a society’s culture and economy

A

geography

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14
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limits a nation’s ability to supply its people’s needs

A

physical makeup

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15
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can affect product functionality

A

altitude, humidity, and temperature extremes

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16
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can limit trade, though they had served as protection

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geographic features

17
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suffer disproportionately from natural and man-made disasters

A

poorer countries

18
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can overcome natural barriers and disasters

A

Prosperous countries

19
Q

is now an essential part of business

A

environmental protection

20
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world’s biggest polluter

21
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one of the highest pollution rates per capita

A

United States

22
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disposal of hazardous waste

A

critical issue (Basal Convention)

23
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a company’s strategy balance its economic goals with: environmental goals and social goals

A

sustainable development

24
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the foundations of modern technology

A

minerals and the ability to generate energy

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Animals, wood, fossil fuel, nuclear power, ocean tides, geothermal power, and sun
Energy sources
26
countries that were self-sufficient now
import
27
world's second largest oil importer
China
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renewable resources for energy has grown _______ in the past 3 years
tenfold
29
determine today's demand for goods
global population trends
30
trend in urban migration is
increasing
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worlds largest city
Tokyo
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access to jobs, education, health care
benefits of urban migration
33
slums, sanitation, water supply
problems of urban migration
34
birthrate needed to maintain population
2.1 children/woman
35
mass immigration is not popular, but will help alleviate
1. ) explosive population in less-developed countries | 2. ) worker shortage in industrialized regions
36
immigration needs of Europe
1.4 billion
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immigration needs of Japan and US
600 million