Midterm Definitions

Question 0

Major types of government: define

Answer 0

Monarchy- king and queen
Dictatorship- have centralized power around an individual or military group.
Democracy- citizens hold the power.
Single-party state- only the ruling party governs.
Oligarchy- a small group within a large group who have more power, wealth, or talent than others.
Theocracy- gov. Headed by religious leaders.

Question 1

3 types of economies: define

Answer 1

Market- limited gov. involvement
Command- gov. Controls the production & makes all the decisions
Mixed- half and half/ gov. Provides Medicare and healthcare

Question 2

5 levels of economic systems:define

Answer 2

Primary- raw materials
Secondary- processing and manufacturing
Tertiary- business and professional services
Quaternary- info and intellectual services(education, research)
Quinary- high level decision making

Question 3

The total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

Answer 3

Gross domestic product(GDP)

Question 4

A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations.

Answer 4

Globalization

Question 5

A period of growth within an industrialized economy or nation in which the relative importance of manufacturing reduces and that of services, info, and research grows.

Answer 5

Post-industrial economy

Question 6

A self-sufficiency farming in which farmers focuses on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.

Answer 6

Subsistence agriculture

Question 7

A series of uprisings in Arab countries in which protesters challenged the existing authoritarian regimes.

Answer 7

Arab springs

Question 8

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Answer 8

Refugee

Question 9

A group which is not the majority population in any nation state.

Answer 9

Stateless nations

Question 10

A policy/system of segregation on grounds of race.

Answer 10

Apartheid

Question 11

An organization of nations that export large amounts of petroleum. Formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.

Answer 11

OPEC

Question 12

North American free trade agreement

Answer 12

NAFTA

Question 13

European Union

Answer 13

EU

Question 14

The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result.

Answer 14

Urbanization

Question 15

Those that cause people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region.

Answer 15

Push factor

Question 16

To draw or attract people to another location.

Answer 16

Pull factors

Question 17

List and explain the population factors that make a country

Answer 17

Developed- have access to high tech
Developing- learning to use high tech
Underdeveloped- have no access to high tech

Question 18

The total of knowledge, values, attitudes, and norms shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group.

Answer 18

Culture

Question 19

What are beliefs?

Answer 19

Religion, dress, food, the arts.

Question 20

What is language?

Answer 20

Used to communicate ideas and feelings.(aloha)

Question 21

What is the arts?

Answer 21

Represent an outlet of human expression, usually influenced by culture, and driven by human creative impulse.

Question 22

What are relationships?

Answer 22

Family, friends, marriage.

Question 23

What is an institution?

Answer 23

Any structure of social order governing the behavior of a set of individuals in a society.(education)

Question 24

What is monotheism?

Answer 24

The doctrine of belief that there is only one God.

Question 25

What is polytheism?

Answer 25

The belief in or worship more than one God.

Question 26

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.

Answer 26

Cultural diffusion