Conflicts in the Middle East & North Africa

Question 0

Who started the Arab Spring?

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Arab spring

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What role had social media play in the Arab Spring?

Answer 2

Social media helped to spread the protest quickly.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Commodities

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Exports

Answer 5

Products that a country sells to another country.

Question 6

Imports

Answer 6

Products that a country buys from another country.

Question 7

Trade surplus

Answer 7

When a country sells more than it buys.

Question 8

Trade deficit

Answer 8

When a country buys more than it sells.

Question 9

Birth rate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Death rate

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Natural increase/decrease

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Formula for natural increase/decrease

Answer 12

BR+DR=NI/D

Question 13

GDP (Gross Domestic Products)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

GDP per capita

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Formula for GDP per capita

Answer 15

GDP/the number of people in a country

Question 16

Life expectancy

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Infant mortality

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is GDP per capita use to measure?

Answer 18

The overall wealth and health of a country.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Deficit

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Islam

Question 21

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

High, because lack of good medical technologies.

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

High, poor medical technologies.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Low, majority are not wealthy enough to afford school.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Low, poor medical technologies

Question 27

Why is Palestine so important to the Israeli and Palestinians?

Answer 27

The holy place, Jerusalem.

Question 28

Why does Jews claim Palestine?

Answer 28

Their ancestors ruled there thousands of years ago.

Question 29

Why does Palestinians claim Palestine?

Answer 29

The land had belonged to them for a long time.

Question 30

Why did the Jewish ancestors leave their homeland?

Answer 30

They were attacked by numerous empires.

Question 31

Why did the Jews come back to their old homeland?

Answer 31

They were unwanted. The holocaust.

Question 32

Oligarchy? Strengths?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Absolute Monarchy? Strengths?

Answer 33

Ruled by a king or queen who are granted unlimited power. | A smart ruler can greatly improves the country.

Question 34

Theocracy? Strengths?

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

Dictatorship? Strengths?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Presidential Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Parliamentary Democracy? Strengths? Weaknesses?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Parliamentary Democracy