World Today Test

Question 1

7 descriptors of culture

Answer 1

FC LARGE-family patterns, customs and traditions, language, arts and literature, religion, forms of government, economic systems

Question 2

Defined political stabiltiy

Answer 2

A government structure that stays in place even when tests- 3 things: pass power peacefully, open and free elections, and little to no corruption.

Question 3

describe Moores cycle of devlopment

Answer 3

Population increases-necessary reactions- need for technological changes.
with population increase there is a need for change- then technology changes so we can now populated the earth again, which means back to necessary reaction, then need in technology change- (food-house)

Question 4

describe the first agricultural revolution

Answer 4

12,000 years ago: humans domesticated plants and animals- no longer hunter/gathers-
this meant people could stay in one place and did not have to be nomads to hunt/gather for food

Question 5

describe the first industrial revolution

Answer 5

18th-19th century
agricultural, manufacturing, mining, transportation – new technologies
led to income and population growth

Question 6

describe the second agricultural revolution

Answer 6

British agricultural revolution 17-19 century
Farmers specialized in certain crops
enclosed fields, four field crop rotation, selective breeding

Question 7

technology

Answer 7

without it you would limit production

Question 8

what 3 revolutions helped shape the world today

Answer 8

1. first agricultural revolution
2. second agricultural revolution
3. industrial revolution

Question 9

what are 5 goals of modernization

Answer 9

PEET- created Political stability, establish economic diversity, provide education and services, and technology

Question 10

What are 5 themes of geography?

Answer 10

PRIML- Place, region, interaction, movement, location

Question 11

what is economic diversity?

Answer 11

for developing nations, this means producing various kinds of crops and goods so the country is not dependent on a single export (apples)

Question 12

what is Mao Zedongs third world theory?

Answer 12

1st world- superpower, 2nd world-superpowers allies, 3rd world (independent) the nations of the nonaligned movement
- he says the 3rd world is good because they are not dependent on anybody. but we think 1st world is the best because it is the wealthiest-

Question 13

Why provide education and services?

Answer 13

Increase LITERACY and train citizens with marketable skills. Provide medical care, housing, water, electricity and sewage,