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Exam 3 Review Flashcards

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Did the Trump Administration go about a Middle East Peace plan in a normal way?

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No, instead of normalizing relations between Palestine and Israel, he pursued normalizing relations between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.

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When did Israel become a state?
And, who was it’s first prime minister?

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May 14th, 1948
David Ben Gurion

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What was Duerr’s metaphor for the middle east?

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He said it is a chessboard–which is played out between Sunni and Shia muslims.

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What is the percentage of Sunni Muslims versus Shia?

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There is ~85% of the World’s Muslims that are Sunni, and the remaining ~15% are Shia

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When were the Abraham Accords signed into effect?

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They were signed into effect on September 15th, 2020-between Israel, the U.A.E, and Bahrain-this was brokered by the United States-President Trump.

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What other countries signed onto the Abraham Accords after the original signing?

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Sudan signed on, on October 23rd, 2020
Morocco signed on, on November 24, 2021

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What is the wall that separates the West Bank and Israel called? And, why is it an International Relations issue?

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The wall is called the Apartheid Wall.
It separates the West Bank where a majority of Palestinians live, with the rest of Israel. It has become an issue of sovereignty.
- 140,000 Palestinians cross the border daily to work

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What is the most contested piece of land in the world?

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The temple mount; where Jews pray at the wailing wall, and where Muslims go to the Al Aqsa Mosque-or Dome of the Rock.

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What is transnationalism?

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It is nationalism across boundaries–not post-nationalism, or globalism.
- it’s existing above rather than between governments
- linkages between Christians (or anyone else) across
borders

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What is the role of a Christian non-governmental organization (NGO)?

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to provide relief, aid for the gospel around the world, and to all people.
- example: Samaritans Purse

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Where are the instances of Transnationalism in scripture?

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  • Revelation 7:9
  • Philippians 3:20
  • Acts 8
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How are ways borders can change?

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  • secession (via state consent, or unilateral declaration if the victim of state atrocities)
  • dissolution
  • decolonization
  • irredentism
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What is secession?

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A piece will break off
- ex: South Sudan, Montenegro, East Timor, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, and India

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What is dissolution?

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The splitting up of an entity into smaller parts
ie: Yugoslavia broke into 6 pieces after the fall of the Soviet Union

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What did the painting by Gustaf Wappers represent?

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  • the Belgian revolution, which created a new country away from the Netherland Empire, Belgians came together in 1830
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What did the painting by Adolph Tideman represent?

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  • represented people going into Norway, it showed a majestic picture of Norway. Norway became a country in 1905
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What did the painting by Theodors Vryzakis represent?

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  • it was a painting of the 10 year war for Greece’s independence against the Ottoman Turks, Greece became a country in 1830’s
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Where is secession found in the Bible?

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  • 1 kings 12; Rehoboam burdens the population and the people rebel–the kingdom splits into 2 pieces; Israel and Judah.
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What has been noted as the leading cause of global protest movements throughout the world?

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  • the 2008-2013 Economic contraction has led to an uptick in protest movements–from which bigger parties such as the Democrats and Republicans have diminished-but rather smaller parties have become more popular–mostly in European countries.
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What has helped global protest movements in the 21st century?

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Social media, has led to more organization-speeding up the process of mass communication
- twitter has been most used platform–authoritarian governments shut off twitter and the internet to suppress ideas spreading

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What is a famous person who began what is now known as a global protest movement?

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Martin Luther in 1517 nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church in Germany–these papers talked about extrabiblical information that was discussed in the Catholic Church.
- from this the Protestant reformation began

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What are the 5 solas of the Reformation?

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  • scripture alone (Sola scripture)
  • Christ alone (Sola Christus)
  • Grace alone (Sola gratia)
  • Faith alone (Solfa fide)
  • Glory of God alone
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What is true about democracy in the world?

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The average global freedom score, and average global press freedom scores decreased since 2005

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What is also true about democracy in the world?

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People living in countries of higher freedom on rise since the end of Napoleonic wars in 1815.

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What are examples of some contemporary protests throughout the world right now?

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  • France pension protests
  • Umbrella protests in Hong Kong
  • Israel’s Judicial protests
  • Women protesting human rights in Iran
  • BLM in the U.S.
  • March for our lives-against gun violence
  • Arab spring
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What was the song that the woman danced to in the workout video, which the Myanmar government military coup took place?

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Ampun Bang Jago

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What did Samuel Huntington write about in his book-The Third Wave?

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He revealed research from 1974-1988 showed a democratization in the late 20th century of European countries

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How did the Arab spring begin?

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It was started by the self immolation of a fruit farmer in Tunisia
- protests began in Sidi Boezid

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What is true about protests in the world?

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More protests occurred in every region of the world during the decade 2009-2019–due to the great recession in 2008/09

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What is true about peoples perception of government?

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From 2002-2019, there has been a lower view of government

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What can result from global protests?

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  • sometimes major (positive) change happens
  • sometimes, the struggle can last for decades (1830, 1848)
    - protests against conservative monarchies led to the
    creation of democracies, 1848 is known as a “protest year”
  • sometimes nothing really changes
  • sometimes protests get crushed
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What does Seva Gunitsky say about protests?

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  • there are often regional contagions for protests
    - they come in stages
    - protests in one region of the world can lead to changes in
    another
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What is meant by the term “color revolutions”?

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Revolutions that took place in post-soviet countries that created democratic countries

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What is meant by the term “The Baltic Way”?

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  • A set of protests in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania where 2 million people formed a 650km long human chain which stretched across those 3 countries protesting the Soviet Union
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Where is the first instance of a passport mentioned-(in scripture)?

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Nehemiah 2:7-9

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When were passports created in order that legal migration and travel could take place?

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In 1920 in the Paris conference on passports and customs formalities and through tickets–set up by the League of Nations

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What is meant by the term “Northern Triangle”?

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Central American countries; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

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What is true about immigration and the Northern Triangle?

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The U.S. has given millions in aid to stop those undocumented immigrants caravans from coming into the U.S.

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What are the seven components of the idea “JUST WAR”?

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  • Romans 13 & 1 Peter 2
  • Just cause (defensive)
  • Just intention
  • Last resort
  • Formal declaration
  • Limited objectives
  • proportional means
  • non combatant immunity
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What are the number of drone strikes that presidents have used since 2000?

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  • Bush: 57
  • Obama: 563 (8 years)
  • Trump: 340 (4 years)
  • Biden: 4 (so far)
41
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Why are drone strikes used as a military tactic?

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  • Because they are operated remotely by an operator–no risk of human life being lost in case its shot down. And they can provide surveillance in the area.
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What is a most recent drone strike that took out a leading terrorist individual?

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  • Qasein Soleimani was taken out by a U.S. drone strike in 2020
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What is the jurisdictional body that oversees international law as it pertains to drone strikes and targeted killings?

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  • The International Criminal Court (ICC)
44
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What does eschatology mean?

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  • the study of End times
45
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Who are 2 Christian authors who have written books about end times?

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  • David Jeremiah
  • Joel Rosenberg
46
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What is true about peoples perception of Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980’s?

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They believed he was the anti-Christ, they used Revelation 14:9 to justify their reasoning-the mark on his head.

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What are the 4 views of Revelation/the End times?

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  • Preterist
  • Spiritualist
  • Historicist
  • Futurist
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What does the preterist position hold?

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These people believe we are in the millennium right now, ~5% of Christians

49
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What does the historicist position hold?

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These people overlap historical events with events of Revelation

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What does the Spiritualist position hold?

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These people believe scripture is allegorical, Jesus won’t come back-we shouldn’t take scripture literally, and they view that the end times only happens in Europe.

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What does the futurist position hold?

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This is the most held position amongst believers, they believe that the end times events will all happen in the future.

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What is true about Ezekiel 36 & 37?

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Many scholars (futurist) believe that Israel becoming a nation in 1948 fulfilled Ezekiel 36 & 37

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What is true about Ezekiel 38 & 39?

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Many believe that the Gog and Magog mentioned that attack Israel–will be a coalition led by Israel.

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What are the regions and countries mentioned in Ezekiel 38 & 39?

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  • Iran-Persia (Turkey)
  • Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia ( Put)
  • Sudan and Ethiopia (Cush)
  • Central Asia
  • Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
  • Gulf States
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What are some problems that arise from the Ezekiel 38 coalition?

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  • Libya is currently going through a tumultuous time
  • Ethiopia is still “relatively” Christian
  • Turkey is a member of NATO
56
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Are we living in the “end times”?

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  • Larger coalitions are more difficult to bring together
  • The prophecies of Jesus regarding the end times (Matt. 24) haven’t happened
  • What does Russia currently have in common with all these countries?
  • The situation is not yet right for these things to happen, but it could change quickly
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What are instances of war and peace being mentioned in scripture?

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  • Matthew 5:9
  • Isaiah 2:4
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What is an area of water/land that has been of interest to many countries?

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  • The artic, for its oil, natural gas deposits, and minerals, and fisheries
59
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What are the 5 countries that hold claims to the Artic?

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  • Denmark
  • Canada
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Norway
60
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What is known as China’s claims in the south China sea?

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The area claimed by China is known as the “nine dashed line”

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What is the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute between Japan and China?

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  • Islands (Senkaku in Japanese, and Diaoyu in Chinese) that are disputed between China and Japan in the south China Sea.
    • Japan’s air defense inspection zone is around the main island and southern islands
    • But in recent years, China has overlapped their Air Defense identification zone with Japan’s ADI
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What are the advantages of the possession of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands?

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  • oil, gas, mineral deposits, and fisheries
  • near shipping lanes
  • military dominance
  • route for Chinese submarines
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What are the reasons for Japan’s claims to the Senkaku islands?

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  • discovered “Terra Nullius” in 1884 (no man’s land)
  • in 1893 the Chinese claimed that 3 plants can’t be picked
  • the land was annexed after the Sino-Japanese war (1895)
  • Occupied by U.S. from 1949-1972; returned by Okinawa Reversion agreement
  • Purchased by the Japanese Government from a private citizen in 2012
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What is the Kuril Islands dispute?

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  • it’s a dispute over the possession of a set of islands, between Russia and Japan
  • 4 islands were taken by Russia after WW2
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What are the boundaries set up by the UN’s Convention of the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS)?

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  • territorial sea: 12 nautical miles
  • contiguous zone: 12 nautical miles
  • exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles
  • international waters: outside territorial waters
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What is true about Chile and Peru’s border dispute?

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  • Both countries claim that their borders that stretch into the waters are different–leading to a big dispute
67
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What is true about Kenya and Somalia’s border dispute?

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  • due to a big border dispute between the 2 countries, the ICJ had to intervene and decide on an in between solution.
68
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What is true about pandemics?

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  • they tend to happen every 50 years
  • they bypass borders-creating a global crisis
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What is meant by the term “wet market”?

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  • a market that contains animals, mammals, that are in cafes next to each other-that usually don’t reside next to each other in nature-diseases can sprout up quickly.
  • these are seen in developing countries
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What is true about zoonotic diseases?

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  • most zoonotic diseases come from bats, rodents, mice
  • the Bubonic plague that spread from Florence and into the rest of Europe in the 1300’s came from rats that travelled on ships
  • deforestation has accelerated the spread of zoonotic diseases
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How can zoonotic diseases travel?

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  • they can pass through air, water, or food
  • some spread by animal bites, or by humans touching infected animals, or transmitted by insects
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What is true about the world’s population?

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  • population growth is likely to slow, UN projects 9.2 and 10.5 billion people by 2050
  • World’s population surpassed 8 billion in 2022
  • U.S.’s population would be decreasing-if not for immigration
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What is true about pandemic preparedness?

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  • Under George Bush’s administration, the government began to stockpile Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in 2005
  • Legislators look down the road by spending more, or increasing taxes to help prepare for events such as pandemics
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What passage in the Bible reveals that there is a “time for everything”?

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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What is true about the 21st century in terms of viruses and diseases?

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  • SARS (2002-2004)
  • Avian Bird flu (2005)
  • H1N1 (Swine flu) (2009-2010)
  • Mers (2012-2015) - Middle East Respiratory syndrom (camel)
  • Ebola (2014-2016) - breakout in Africa
  • H7N9 (2017)
  • COVID-19 (2019-present) - pandemic
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What is true about pandemic and history?

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  • there’s been 14 pandemics since 1500
    - 1889
    - 1918
    - 1957
    - 1968
    - 1977
    - 2009
  • 6.9 million deaths from COVID (reported)
  • 16.6-28.3 million global deaths due to COVID19 (economist)
  • 429 deaths from Swine flu
  • Asian Flu 1957: 1 million deaths
  • Hong Kong Flu 1968: 3 million
  • Spanish Flu 1918: 50 million (approximately)
  • H1N1 pandemic-2009 ~151-575k people died worldwide (due to geographic spread)
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What is true about governments and their reporting of pandemic cases?

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  • Democratic countries are far more likely to report deaths than dictatorships
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What is true about the H1N1 virus?

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  • it was first noted in Mexico–so the term Mexican flu was used at first, then Swine flu
  • this naming problem shows a political problem: like racial & people have thoughts about these people and country–as a result they don’t want to go there
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What is true about SARS virus?

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  • stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • viral respiratory disease
  • the 2 biggest cities of outbreaks were: Beijing, and Toronto
  • happened in 2003
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What is true about the Spanish flu?

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  • it spread during the years: 1918-1919
  • Is an H1N1 influenza virus
  • Post WWI exacerbated by the conflict (spread quicker)
  • approximately 1/3 of all people in the world contracted spanish flu
  • estimates vary, but ~10-20% of those infected died
  • 50-100 million (3-6% of the worlds population) died
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What is true about the Trump administration and gas emissions?

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  • Trump rolled back the Obama administrations emission and fuel standards to lower levels
  • This was more of a business approach because the Obama regulations restricted automakers
  • this roll back of standards lowered standards from 5% increase of MPG increases (annually) to 1.5%
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What is true about gas prices?

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  • prices fluctuate based on oil reserves and supply and demand
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What are some questions posed because of Trumps rollbacks?

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  • will his rollbacks increase greenhouse gas emissions?
    • transportation is 29% of current greenhouse gas emissions
    • China is the leading country in terms of carbon emissions
      • double the amount of the U.S.’
    • India is 1/4 of China’s C02 emissions-but more populous
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What are some historical dates and figures for MPG over the years?

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  • 1908: the Ford Model T (15 million sold): 21 mpg
  • 1950: 13 mpg–bigger vehicles
  • 1975: 12 mpg–smaller Japanese cars come in–boost mpg in following years
  • 1985: 27 mpg (19 mpg for larger vehicles)
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What is true about automakers?

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  • most are based in Germany, Japan, and South Korea
86
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What is considered the “first minivan”?

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  • 1983 Plymouth Voyager
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What are the goals for President’s Obama, Trump and the European Union in terms of MPG goals?

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  • Obama: 54 mpg
  • Trump-40 mpg
  • EU-57 mpg
  • EU 2030-92 mpg
    • considerable gov’t regulation
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What is CAFE, and what does it do?

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  • Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
  • these standards are set by government leaders in order that automakers and manufacturers meet mpg goals-to reduce emissions
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What is true about the Biden administration Department of Transportation (DOT) and their new CAFE standards?

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  • the new standards will:
    • reduce our petroleum consumption
    • increase the availability of alternative fuel vehicles
    • promote the advancement of innovative technologies
    • lower greenhouse gas emissions both helping to mitigate climate change and improve air quality
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When did CAFE standards first get implemented?

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  • 1975
91
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What is the average cost of an automobile in the United States in 2023?

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  • $47,000
92
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What is India’s electric vehicle alternative to gas powered supercars?

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  • the Tata Tomo (Racemo) EV option
93
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What is China’s EV alternative?

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  • the SAIC EV costs only $4,500
94
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What is true about Americans and their food diets?

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  • protein is extremely important
95
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What is true about the future of meat?

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  • more consumption is very likely
  • a move to plant based “meats”
  • industrial farms (1950’s)
  • consolidation of supply-around small number of suppliers
  • China’s meat consumption per person has increased since Mao’s “leap forward”
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What is true about the rise and proliferation of fast food restaurants in the U.S.?

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  • Meat consumption increase due to:
    • McDonald’s (1950’s)
    • Wendy’s
    • Burger King
    • In-N-Out burger
  • market share of meat companies
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Who are the big 4 meat processors, and what meat protein do they produce?

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  • Cargill: beef
  • Tyson foods: chicken producer
  • JBS SA: world’s biggest meat packer
    -Marfrig Global foods: National Beef packing Co

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