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Midterm Flashcards

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According to the World Happiness Report, the happiest peoples in the world are also the most religious.

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F (not so religious)

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The world’s happiest places have little or no tolerance to LGBT rights

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F (tolerate)

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Wherever society is tolerant of other people’s beliefs, women are mostly educated

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Respect for law and order is a distinguishing feature of dictatorial governments

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F (democratic)

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Countries which are traditionally non-religious are most likely corrupt

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F (not corrupt)

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Transportation is very important in the sense that people who travel are more tolerant of others’ beliefs

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In countries where voter turn-out is low, democracy is also weak

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F

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The presence of red tape is proof that corruption is present in a country’s system

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T

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Liberal societies are more protective of the environment

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T

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One of the principal features of a free society is a free media which is not threatened powerful people

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T

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In countries where abortion and euthanasia are legal, crime rates are also high

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F (low)

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Homelessness is a problem in the world’s happiest countries

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F

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People in liberal societies have active participation in community engagement such as volunteer work in hospitals and shelters

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T

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Education is a top priority in liberal and industrialized societies

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T

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Killings such as the ones happening in the Philippines are necessary to instill discipline in the population and hasten progress.

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F

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Societies with strong and dictatorial leaders equate to a disciplined people

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F

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Undermining the judiciary and Congress is a necessary way of promiting unity in any given country.

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F

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In any society, non-religious people are prone to commit crimes

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F

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Revolts and coup d’etat are distinctions of liberal-democratoc societies

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F

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Studies have proven that literacy is a requisite to a healthy economy

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T

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The Global North includes these regions.

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Europe and north America

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The higher a country rates on this, the higher its economic growth is

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Literacy rate

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This Albanian-majority former Serbian Province seceded to become the newest European state.

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Kosovo

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A state with a corrupt political system is most likely to experience this.

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Economic stagnation

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South-west Africa, a former South African territory became an independent state known as this

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Namibia

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26
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The Global South includes these places

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North Korea and China

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The world’s most populous states can be found in this region

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Tropical region

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28
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The richest states in the world can be found in these regions

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Temperate region

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Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, only this country is part of the Global South

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China

30
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The Second World refers to these countries

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Industrialized communist states

31
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The First World includes these places.

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Us and Canada

32
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Only this Middle Eastern state is part of the Global North

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Israel

33
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The region south of the United States is known as this

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Latin America

34
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The most corrupt countries in the world are mostly found in these continents

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Africa and Asia

35
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Majority of the world’s happiest countries are in this region.

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Western Europe

36
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The Happiest Countries’ Index is based on this

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Quality of life

37
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This state with an observer status in the UN is one of the most influential being the seat of the world’s largest religion

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Vatican city

38
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Once ruled by the Dalai Lama, this former state lost its independence after it was invaded and annexed by China

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Tibet

39
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Mainland China came under communist rule in 1949 after the communist forces led by this man won in a civil war

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Mao Zedong

40
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According to studies, the degree of conservatism in a given country is strongly-tied tothis

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Religiosity of the people

41
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According to studies, this has a positive effect on the literacy rate of a state; which means, the higher a state rates on this, the more literate its people are

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Liberalism

42
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Aside from English, this is the language with the most number of speakers in Canada

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French

43
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Among the ten most-corrupt countries in the world, only this cannot be found in Asia or Africa

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Venezuela

44
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These states have low population growth rates

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Industrialized state

45
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This is used to announce the election of a new pope by the College of Cardinals.

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White smoke

46
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This city completely surrounds the territory of Vatican City

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Rome

47
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Ukraine, Belarus and 13 other states were established when this state collapsed in 1991.

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Soviet Union

48
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East and West Germany became united following the collapse of this structure which symbolized the “imprisonment” of people under Communism

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Iron curtain

49
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This largest state in the world is also the ninth most populous

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Russia

50
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One of the ten largest states in the world, this English-speaking state is also a continent.

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Australia

51
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This state is the world’s most populous with a population exceeding over 1.4 billion people.

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India

52
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This country, having formally declared independence in July 2011 is the world’s newest state

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South sudan

53
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This state is the world’s biggest economic power and is said to have the strongest armed forces.

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USA

54
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This East Asian country, the world’s third biggest economy has one of the oldest populations in the world.

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Japan

55
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This state is dubbed as the world’s largest democracy with 1.4 billion people and voters exceeding 700 million

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India

56
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This country used to be a UN member until it was kicked out of the organization in 1971 upon the admission of the People’s Republic of China

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Taiwan

57
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The government of this flattest country in the world held a cabinet meeting under the sea to dramatize the effects of global warming to its people

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Maldives

58
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With 85% of its 263 million people being Sunni Muslims, this state earned the distinction of being the world’s biggest Muslim nation

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Indonesia

59
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This world’s smallest state with an area of .2 sq. m.is the seat of the Holy See, the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome

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Vatican city

60
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This most-populous state in the world is home around 2000 ethnic groups who speak more than 1500 languages

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India

61
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Once known as Pleasant Island, life in this 3 smallest state in the world is everything but pleasant after its government lost most of its revenue derived from phosphate mining to bad investment and mismanagement

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Nauru

62
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This second most populous state in the world is the second biggest economic power after the
USA.

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China

63
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This largest and most populous state in South America which is also the world’s most populous Catholic country speaks Portuguese being a former colony of Portugal

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Brazil

64
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This .7 square miles micro-state along the French Riviera is the second smallest state in the world.

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Monaco

65
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This second largest state in the world shares the longest unguarded border in the world with the US

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Canada

66
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This state’s capital city was named after the Virgin Mary whom its discoverer credited for bringing good winds which brought him safe and fast to South America.

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Argentina

67
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Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Montenegro were once part of this state before it disintegrated in the 1990s

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Yugoslavia

68
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This small state in northern Italy is said to be Europe’s oldest state having been founded in the 4 century

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San Marino

69
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This is the only Third World country among the 12 Happiest nations in the world

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Costa Rica

70
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This European country split into two republics in the 1990s after what was dubbed as “the Velvet Revolution.”

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Czechoslovakia

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