Week 1 + 2

Question 1

What is an ideology of being ‘left’ ?

Answer 1

Communism
(property is owned by the government, classless)

Question 2

What is an ideology of being ‘Right’ ?

Answer 2

Capitalism
(private owners, motive to make profit)

Question 3

What are some examples of people on the left?

Answer 3

• Stalin
• Gandhi
• MLK

Question 4

What are some examples of people on the right?

Answer 4

• Hitler
• Donald Trump
• Milton Friedman

Question 5

What does left and right typically mean?

Answer 5

Left:
liberalism, equality, governmental control

Right:
conservative, believe in hierarchy, less governmental control

Question 6

What does the Hobo-Dyer Projection look like?

Answer 6

The map is flipped over, with north america and europe being at the bottom. Countries are actually their proportionate size

Question 7

What does the Mercator Projection look like?

Answer 7

The map we are taught is normal. Countries like Russia are much bigger than they really are.

Question 8

What does the Peters Projection look like?

Question 9

Why do so few care about social justice?

Answer 9

“There is no alternative”
- margaret thatcher

“If you’re not a socialist when you’re 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative when you’re 40, you have no head”
- winston churchill

Question 10

What did Columbus say about indigenous people in the Bahamas?

Answer 10

He thinks of how he can make them his slaves instead of acknowledging their strength

In two years, half of the 250k “indians” on haiti were dead