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Conflicts in the Middle East & North Africa Flashcards

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Who started the Arab Spring?

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Started by a Tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire in protest because he was mistreated by the police.

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Arab spring

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Series of revolutions that had occurred in the Middle East & North Africa in the past two years.

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What role had social media play in the Arab Spring?

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Social media helped to spread the protest quickly.

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What role did the U.S. play in the Arab Spring?

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U.S. gave political support to protesters and as an exception, helped the Libyan protesters by military force.

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Commodities

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An exchangeable unit of wealth; often a primary product or raw materials.

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Exports

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Products that a country sells to another country.

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Imports

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Products that a country buys from another country.

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Trade surplus

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When a country sells more than it buys.

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Trade deficit

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When a country buys more than it sells.

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Birth rate

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The number of births per 1000 people during a year in a country.

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Death rate

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The number of deaths per 1000 people during a year in a country.

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Natural increase/decrease

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Population growth per 1000 people in a country in a year.

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Formula for natural increase/decrease

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BR+DR=NI/D

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GDP (Gross Domestic Products)

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Total value of all goods and services in a country per year.

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GDP per capita

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The value of gross domestic products per person per year in a country.

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Formula for GDP per capita

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GDP/the number of people in a country

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Life expectancy

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How long a person is expected to live in a country.

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Infant mortality

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The number of infants that die per 1000 births per county before s/he reaches 1 year old.

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What is GDP per capita use to measure?

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The overall wealth and health of a country.

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Does the U.S. have a trade surplus or deficit?

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Deficit

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What is the dominant religion in the Middle East/North Africa?

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Islam

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s birth rate? Why?

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High, because country needs more children to combat the death rate. More people to distribute wealth to.

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s death rate? Why?

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High, because lack of good medical technologies.

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s natural increase/decrease? Why?

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High, although birth rate and death rate are both high, birth rate is still slightly higher than the death rate.

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s infant mortality? Why?

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High, poor medical technologies.

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s literacy rate? Why?

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Low, majority are not wealthy enough to afford school.

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How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s life expectancy? Why?

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Low, poor medical technologies

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Why is Palestine so important to the Israeli and Palestinians?

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The holy place, Jerusalem.

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Why does Jews claim Palestine?

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Their ancestors ruled there thousands of years ago.

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Why does Palestinians claim Palestine?

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The land had belonged to them for a long time.

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Why did the Jewish ancestors leave their homeland?

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They were attacked by numerous empires.

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Why did the Jews come back to their old homeland?

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They were unwanted. The holocaust.

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Oligarchy? Strengths?

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A country ruled by a small political group own rules for their own benefit.
Small group have great power.

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Absolute Monarchy? Strengths?

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Ruled by a king or queen who are granted unlimited power.

A smart ruler can greatly improves the country.

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Theocracy? Strengths?

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A government where the leaders make laws based on the dominant religion.
Strong relationship between the religion and politics gives the people a strong belief system.

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Dictatorship? Strengths?

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A government where one person or group controls all political action.
Country has a unified propose.

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Presidential Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?

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A government where the people vote for the members of the legislative and executive branch.
People get the most say; good decisions.
Often slips into dictatorships

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Parliamentary Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?

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A government where the people vote or the members if the legislative branch and the legislative branch vote for the executive branch.
Flexibility; speedy response
Poor decisions

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What type of Democracy is the most common in the word?

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Parliamentary Democracy

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