Conflicts in the Middle East & North Africa Flashcards
Who started the Arab Spring?
Started by a Tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire in protest because he was mistreated by the police.
Arab spring
Series of revolutions that had occurred in the Middle East & North Africa in the past two years.
What role had social media play in the Arab Spring?
Social media helped to spread the protest quickly.
What role did the U.S. play in the Arab Spring?
U.S. gave political support to protesters and as an exception, helped the Libyan protesters by military force.
Commodities
An exchangeable unit of wealth; often a primary product or raw materials.
Exports
Products that a country sells to another country.
Imports
Products that a country buys from another country.
Trade surplus
When a country sells more than it buys.
Trade deficit
When a country buys more than it sells.
Birth rate
The number of births per 1000 people during a year in a country.
Death rate
The number of deaths per 1000 people during a year in a country.
Natural increase/decrease
Population growth per 1000 people in a country in a year.
Formula for natural increase/decrease
BR+DR=NI/D
GDP (Gross Domestic Products)
Total value of all goods and services in a country per year.
GDP per capita
The value of gross domestic products per person per year in a country.
Formula for GDP per capita
GDP/the number of people in a country
Life expectancy
How long a person is expected to live in a country.
Infant mortality
The number of infants that die per 1000 births per county before s/he reaches 1 year old.
What is GDP per capita use to measure?
The overall wealth and health of a country.
Does the U.S. have a trade surplus or deficit?
Deficit
What is the dominant religion in the Middle East/North Africa?
Islam
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s birth rate? Why?
High, because country needs more children to combat the death rate. More people to distribute wealth to.
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s death rate? Why?
High, because lack of good medical technologies.
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s natural increase/decrease? Why?
High, although birth rate and death rate are both high, birth rate is still slightly higher than the death rate.
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s infant mortality? Why?
High, poor medical technologies.
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s literacy rate? Why?
Low, majority are not wealthy enough to afford school.
How does low GDP per capita affect a country’s life expectancy? Why?
Low, poor medical technologies
Why is Palestine so important to the Israeli and Palestinians?
The holy place, Jerusalem.
Why does Jews claim Palestine?
Their ancestors ruled there thousands of years ago.
Why does Palestinians claim Palestine?
The land had belonged to them for a long time.
Why did the Jewish ancestors leave their homeland?
They were attacked by numerous empires.
Why did the Jews come back to their old homeland?
They were unwanted. The holocaust.
Oligarchy? Strengths?
A country ruled by a small political group own rules for their own benefit.
Small group have great power.
Absolute Monarchy? Strengths?
Ruled by a king or queen who are granted unlimited power.
A smart ruler can greatly improves the country.
Theocracy? Strengths?
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.
Dictatorship? Strengths?
A government where one person or group controls all political action.
Country has a unified propose.
Presidential Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?
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
Parliamentary Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?
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
What type of Democracy is the most common in the word?
Parliamentary Democracy
