Enduring Issues Flashcards
A STATE OF OPPOSITION BETWEEN IDEAS, INTERESTS, NATIONS, AND/OR CULTURES
CONFLICT
THE WAY IN WHICH HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ONE ANOTHER
HUMAN & ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS
THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR DUE TO THE EXCHANGE AND BLENDING OF CULTURES
IMPACT OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION
THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO MEET NEEDS & WANTS, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON SOCIETIES
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
THE ACT OR PROCESS OF BUYING, SELLING, OR EXCHANGING GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AND ITS SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON SOCIETIES
IMPACT OF TRADE
THE ACT OF DENYING PEOPLE THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE WORLD IS BECOMING MORE INTERCONNECTED AS A RESULT OF INCREASED TRADE & CULTURAL EXCHANGE
IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION
THE DOMINATION BY ONE COUNTRY OF THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND/OR CULTURAL LIFE OF ANOTHER COUNTRY OR REGION
IMPACT OF IMPERIALISM/COLONIZATION/EMPIRE BUILDING
A STRONG FEELING OF LOYALTY FOR ONE’S NATION & THE DESIRE TO FORM A SEPARATE & INDEPENDENT NATION OF THEIR OWN
IMPACT OF NATIONALISM
POWER IS THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE OR CONTROL THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE; WHICH IS A PART OF EVERY HUMAN INTERACTION
POWER
Cooperation is the process of working together to achieve the same goal. You can see the effects of cooperation when someone helps you lift a table, when you play on a team, or when nations come together to solve a mutual problem.
COOPERATION
An innovation is a change, a new method, or new idea. Innovations have positive and negative impacts.
INNOVATION
Our ideas and beliefs shape the way we look at the world. Ideas and beliefs can come from one’s conclusions from observation, religion, parents, books, or friends.
IDEAS & BELIEFS
When one group has more power than another
INEQUALITY
Scarcity is the state of not having enough of something. Everything we use in our daily life comes from the Earth and there is a limited supply of resources on this planet. Some places have access to more water than others, some have access to oil. Since resources are scarce, we trade for them.
SCARCITY
Interconnectedness is the state of having connections or relationships with other people. For example, the more people you know from a neighborhood, the more interconnected you are to it. Increased interconnectedness can be caused by more communication and trade. Interconnectedness can have both positive and negative effects.
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
International security, also called global security, is a terms which refers to the measures taken by states and international organizations, such as the United Nations, European Union, and others, to ensure mutual survival and safety
SECURITY
Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth. Overpopulation is caused by number of factors. Reduced mortality rate, better medical facilities, depletion of precious resources are few of the causes which results in overpopulation. It is possible for a sparsely populated area to become densely populated if it is not able to sustain life.
OVERPOPULATION
Cultures and countries experience and view modernization differently. For some, it is a change from a traditional rural, agrarian condition to a secular, urban, industrial condition. Some see modernization as a potential threat and others as an opportunity to be met. Tensions between agents of modernization and traditional cultures have resulted in ongoing debates within affected societies regarding social norms, gender roles, and the role of authorities and institutions.
TENSIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND MODERNIZATION
Industrialization is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. Characteristics of industrialization include economic growth, more efficient division of labor, and the use of technological innovation to solve problems as opposed to dependency on conditions outside human control.
IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
Urbanization is the process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population comes to live in the city.
IMPACT OF URBANIZATION
“Decolonization” is most commonly used to refer to the transition from a world of colonial empires to a world of nation-states in the years following World War II. In the 1950s and 1960s, colonies in Asia and Africa began breaking away from French, British, Portuguese, and other empires that had long exploited lands, resources, and peoples across the world for imperial gain.
IMPACT OF DECOLONIZATION
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily at a new location.
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
