Thursday, April 19, 2007

Clash of Civ

The differing culture groups
What 1st 2nd and 3rd world mean and what we use now
What the top three countries are by population
How many Asian cities in the top ten in 1900
How many western cities in the top ten (w Europe and America) now
Percentage of the global economy that Asia will have in 2030
The four areas that Asia will dominate in the future
The # reason for wars since 1990
Map of the Middle East
The differing aspects of culture
What a civilization is
What gets associated with the West because the west did it first
The most populous Muslim country
2nd most populous Muslim country
Main holy site of the Islamic religion
What are the five pillars of the Islamic religion
How did the Islamic religion unite the Middle East
Where did the religion spread to by the first two hundred years

Test Review Part B

1. in the demographic transition chart, the top line represents

a crude birth rate

b crude death rate

c the amount of growth

d the number of people

e the natural rate of increase


2. in the demographic transition chart, the lower line represents

a crude birth rate

b crude death rate

c the amount of growth

d the number of people

e the natural rate of inc rease


3. in the demographic transition chart, the space between the lines represents

a crude birth rate

b crude death rate

c the amount of growth

d the number of people

e the natural rate of increase


4. in the demographic transition chart, the part to the left

a represents an earlier part of history and goes along with popular culture

b represents a later part of history and goes along with popular culture

c represents an earlier part of history and goes along with folk culture

d represents a later part of history and goes along with popular culture


5. in the demographic transition chart, the part to the right

a represents an earlier part of history and goes along with popular culture

b represents a later part of history and goes along with popular culture

c represents an earlier part of history and goes along with folk culture

d represents a later part of history and goes along with popular culture


6. In the demographic transition chart, the highest growth rate occurs in stage

a 1

b 2

c 3

d 4

e 5


7. In which stage do the most developed societies exist

a 1

b 2

c 3

d 4

e 5


8. a pyramid with a wide base and a narrow top that does not go up too high goes along with a country

a that is developing and has population growth but lower life expectancies

b an advanced country with zero population growth and lower life expectancies

c an advanced country with high population growth and high life expectancies

d an advanced country with country with zero population growth and high life expectancies


9. a pyramid with a rectangular look that tapers at the top indicates

a that is developing and has population growth but lower life expectancies

b an advanced country with zero population growth and lower life expectancies

c an advanced country with high population growth and high life expectancies

d an advanced country with country with zero population growth and high life expectancies


10. On the population pyramid, the area to the right

a represents women

b represents men

c represents age

d represents nothing, it just mirrors the left


11. In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

A) homogeneous groups.

B) sense of family and community

C) groups living in isolated rural areas.

D) groups that have little interaction with other groups.

E) groups living in large cities


12. Popular culture is linked to the demographic transition chart in that it

A) tends to occur in MDC's

B) has family values that have changed to the point where alternate lifestyles and divorce are allowed

C) has values that shift over time

D) can be expected in countries like the U.S. where women are going to college in larger numbers than men

E) All of the above


13. Folk culture includes all of the following except

a homogeneous

b family

c less development

d individuality



14. Popular culture includes all of the following except

a heterogeneous

b more family values

c more development

d individuality


15. Hitler wanted Germany

a to adapt more popular values

b to keep its folk values

c to move on to stage 4 of the demographic transition

d to go back to stage 1 of the demographic transition with high birth and death rates


16. According to GGS, farming

a leads to a society with many different job

b leads to inventions

c leads to food surpluses and an increase in population

d leads to gunpowder and germs

e all of the above


17. According to GGS, the European beat the Aztecs because

a they had disease immunities

b the East-Wet axis forced them to have better military skills

c they had more inventions due to their better farming techniques and more developed societies

d because they had steel

e all of the above


18. According to GGS, having livestock

a means you have a better chance of dying of disease and is not good

b means you develop diseases first and get the immunities first making you more powerful

c is not an advantage or disadvantage

d means you will not farm


19. According to GGS, Eurasia

a had 13 of the 14 ancestors to all of the large animals

b had an advantage because it is the longest landmass going East to West

c had a greater variety of plants

d all of the above


20. A nation-state is

a a group of people who want a country

b an ethnic group that wants its own state

c the same thing. nation means state

d nothing- it is a made up word



21. Stop crying during the exam and just put down the letter A for this one (freebie)


22. The line that France put up between it and Germany

a Jouquin

b Maginot

c Jurgun

D JarJarBinks


23. (T/F) Women live longer than men


24. In more developed countries, you would expect their population pyramid to

a look like a rectangle with a small pyramid on top

b to have lower to no population growth

c to have a bulge at the top towards the right

d all of the above

e none of the above


25. In population pyramids, the left and right sides

a separate young from old

b separate newborns from others

c distinguish between men and women

d none of the above


26. Heterogeneous means

a many differing types

b one type

c a group of people with one trait

d none of the above


27. Who in the hell are you

a someone trying to pass this test

b someone crying alone in a corner

c in your mind you are Sroth, Lord of the Dragons and Future Ruler or all Things Dungeons and Dragons

d all of the above (must answer this to get it right)


28. An example of a country with zero to negative population growth is

a Japan

b Mexico

c India

d Indonesia


29. An example of a country with a high population growth is

a France

b England

c Australia

d India

e none of the above


30. Both stage one and stage four of the demographic transition chart

a have low growth rate

b have nothing in common

c have high birth and death rates

d have low birth and death rates

42(T/F) Latin America is a North-South Axis and this means that the people have had little chance of meeting other to get diseases, little chance of finding plants and animals for farming but have had lots of military contact and conflicts


43The only large animal indigenous to the Americas was

Horse

Llama

Goats

Bison


44According the demographic transition chart

Stage one is folk and stage four is popular and it goes from less to more developed

Stage one is less developed and has low birth rates

Stage four has high birth rates

Stage four and one have low growth rates

Both a and d


45The highest growth in the demo trans occurs in

1

2

3

4

none


46(T/F) Stage four has low growth because of women’s rights, higher education levels, and more use of birth control and more stress on the community


47. The lowest growth occurs at what stage of the demographic transition

1

2

3

4

None


56. MDC's and then LDC's and the Hunter-Gatherers had what percentage of people working on the food supply for their people

A 50, 2, 75

B 25, 80, 100

C 2, 50, 100

D 25, 60, 90

E none of the above


57. Pakistan was one of the countries to form after the break up of India after colonization, what was another

A Nepal

B Mongolia

C Bangladesh

D Thailand

E None of the above


58. Who was the leader of the Hindus in the film and then the first leader of India

A Nehru

B Jinnah

C Nefrsa

D Gandhi

E None of the above


59. What product did Gandhi make for himself in the film because he would not buy it from the British

A. Food

B. Salt

C. Clothing

D. Furniture

E Both B and C

60. What city did Gandhi go to in the end because he wanted to end the violence between Hindus and Muslims

A Delhi

B Bangalore

C Nepal

D Calcutta

E Bombay

60. What city did Gandhi go to in the end because he wanted to end the violence between Hindus and Muslims

A Delhi

B Bangalore

C Nepal

D Calcutta

E Bombay


67. Epidemics are usually found in what stage of the demographic transition

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E none


68. Countries that average around 3 children per family will likely be in what stage

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E none

71. African countries in general are at stage

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4


72. Asian countries in general are at stage

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4


73. Latin America countries in general are at stage

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4


74. European countries in general are at stage

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4


76. The country of Denmark would likely have a population pyramid of this shape

77. The country of Japan would likely have a pyramid of this shape

78. The country of Mexico would likely have a pyramid of this shape

79. The country of Brazil would likely have a pyramid of this shape

80. The country of Rwanda would likely have a pyramid of this shape

81. Countries is stage 2 have this pyramid

82. Countries in stage 3 have this pyramid

84. Countries in stage 4 have this pyramid


85. Secular culture is more likely to exist in countries with

A popular culture

B folk culture

C no culture

D all cultures

E none of the above


86. Locally made clothing and foods are more important to

A popular culture

B folk culture

C no culture

D all cultures

E none of the above

87. Lee Kwan Yew is an example of someone who believes in

A popular culture

B folk culture

C no culture

D all cultures

E none of the above


88. Heterogeneous mixes of people goes along with

A popular culture

B folk culture

C no culture

D all cultures

E none of the above

98. Malthus was

A a philosopher who believed population growth would be faster than the growth in food supply

B a philosopher whose ideas apply well to Rwanda and the crisis there

C was from 1800s England

D believed that people who have children at a dangerously increasing rate if allowed

E all of the above

102. Popular culture is linked to the demographic transition chart in that it

A) tends to occur in MDC's

B) has family values that have changed to the point where alternate lifestyles and divorce are allowed

C) has values that shift over time

D) can be expected in countries like the U.S. where women are going to college in larger numbers than men

E) All of the above

104. Per capita means?

A. for each person

B. the number of countries below the poverty level

C. the distribution of wealth within a country

D. the spatial distribution of global wealth

E. the level of industry within a country









Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Map Quiz Areas

Americas
Europe
Middle East

New Countries
Vietnam
China
Japan
North and South Korea
Cambodia
Singapore
Taiwan

Monday, March 26, 2007

Gandhi Film Qs and Text Qs for homework

Day One
1. What does Gandhi look like and what is his job at the begininning of the film?
2. What are the laws that Gandhi objects to?
3. Where is Gandhi and what does this area have in common with India
4. How does Gandhi view religion / in particular what did he beleive Christ realized?
5. Why do Gandhi's methods work?
6. How do the Indians differ in status (jobs, areas they can use, other)

Day Two
1. What is Gandhi's philosophical point of view (notice the waiter scene and the scene where he is at home talking to the young politicians dressed like westerners).
2. Noticing that second scene, how does he describe his system of fighting?
3. Throughout this section notice who the political players are and what historical issues are happening?
4. How is the core-periphery model at work here and how does it affect the lives of the people there?
5. Why do you think his non-violent methods keep working? (cite specific examples from individual scenes)

Day Three
1. What role did the press play in helping Gandhi? -cite specifics
2. How did you react to the march on the salt works mines and how does this play into Gandhi's beliefs about non-violence?
3. Why did Gandhi's methods work with England and do you think he could have done the same thing against Hitler? Why or why not?
4. Why did Hindus and Muslims start to fight after the British left? - Cite specifics
5. List the political events and figures.

HMWK
Text Define and 2,3 and page 304
#4 page 308 and id Tamerlane and Akbar
Identify and Qs 1,2,3 and 6 on page 579 (580 in many texts - it is the section three review)

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Link for powerpoints

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/sanders/GRG305/textbook_center.htm

Check out this link for finding notes for plantation systems and the core-periphery pattern. You need to search for the correct powerpoint. You need to use the agricultural powerpoint. You can use the htm version so you can view it with your web browser. And you need to use the industry powerpoint (first one) for the core-periphery

Hmwk - Take home test

1. Colonies of Europe
Independence - French Revolution
Divided people up by color
Slavery
GGS - all had the same disadvantages
All became periphery countries to the European core
Set up monoeconomies
# of revolts and dictators before democracy established itself
Corruption inherited from colonial times
2. Go to links page and find travel sites and also try cia factbook or nationmaster.com
3. Core-periphery - notes
4. Plantation system - notes

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Test Questions

1These are the jobs of the manufacturing area

a Primary

b Secondary

c Tertiary

d Quaternary

e None

2These are the jobs that involve mining and farming

a Primary

b Secondary

c Tertiary

d Quaternary

f None

3What are the three core areas

a Africa Latin America and Asia

b Japan China and the Koreas

c America Japan and Europe

d Africa Asia and the Americas

e None

4In the old core-periphery model

a The core extracted raw materials

b The core mainly engaged in quaternary industries

c The core countries colonized periphery countries

d The core manufactured and the peripheries extracted raw materials

e Both C and D

5Shifting cultivation involves

a Rotating fields

b Slash and burn farming

c Is done on poor soil

d All of the above

e none

6Areas of shifting cultivation run into problems when

a The fields are not rotated

b The population goes up

c When the shifting is not cultivated

d Both a and b

e none

7(T/F) GGS explains that Latin American countries had a higher percentage of farmers which meant less time was spent inventing, developing their military and creating a socially stratified society

8Plantation farms

a Involve large farms with lots of labor

b Divide the society into two classes

c Create a well-developed economy

d Both a and b

e none

9Latin America countries (internally) were divided along

a Linguistic lines

b Ethnic/Skin Tone lines

c Religious lines

d Political Lines

e None

10Plantations are an example of a industry

a Primary

b Secondary

c Tertiary

d Quaternary

e none

11Plantations count on workers that are

a Low skilled
b Have little education

c Have little political power

d All of the above

e none

12Core countries have been losing jobs in this field to the periphery

a Primary

b Secondary

c Tertiary

d Quaternary

e none

13(T/F) Latin America is a North-South Axis and this means that the people have had little chance of meeting other to get diseases, little chance of finding plants and animals for farming but have had lots of military contact and conflicts

14(T/F) The Aztecs defeated the Incas in open battle in the year 1400 before Cortez came which weakened both empires

15The only large animal indigenous to the Americas was

a Horse

b Llama

c Goats

d Bison

e none

161In order to become a warrior, an Aztec had to

a Capture 4 people in battle

b Kill 4 people in battle

c Kill or capture 4 people

d None of the above

e all

17In the Aztec empire the social layers were ranked

a Warriors emperor workers priests slaves serfs

b Emperor warriors priests slaves and then serfs

c Emperor priests warriors workers slaves and then serfs

d Emperor warriors workers priests serfs and then slaves

e none

18Workers in the Aztec empire

a Had to pay taxes

b Had the same rights has warriors

c Were bound to the land

d Could pay their way into a higher class

e none

19Serfs

a Had to pay taxes

b Had the same rights has warriors

c Were bound to the land

d Could pay their way into a higher class

e none

20Slaves

a Had to pay taxes

b Had the same rights has warriors

c Were bound to the land

d Could pay their way into a higher class

e none

21According the demographic transition chart

a Stage one is folk and stage four is popular and it goes from less to more developed

b Stage one is less developed and has low birth rates

c Stage four has high birth rates

d Stage four and one have low growth rates

e Both a and d

22The highest growth in the demo trans occurs in

a 1

b 2

c 3

d 4

e none

23Involves intense labor on a farm

a Plantation

b Peninsular

c Creole

d Mestizo

e none

24Another way of saying you were born in Spain

a Plantation

b Peninsular

c Creole

d Mestizo

e none

25Leader

a Viceroy

b Plantation

c Peninsular

d Creole

e Mestizo

26. The lowest growth occurs at what stage of the demographic transition

a 1

b 2

c 3

d 4

e None

27 The Aztec used

a Direct Rule

b Indirect Rule

28. The Incas did the following to the people they conquered

a Moved them

b Made them change their language

c Made them change their religion

d All of the above

e none

29 (T/F) The Ivory Coast is a Monoeconomy

30. Monoeconomies are more likely to

a Be LDCs

b Have little social stratification or social mobility

c Are more likely to have bad governments

d All of the above

e None of the above

31. Boom and bust relates to

a Monoeconomies

b Developed countries

c Rise and fall of governments

d All of the above

e None of the above

32. (T/F) Former colonies are likely to be monoeconomies

33. According to the core-periphery model, colonized countries

a Were dependent on core countries for manufactured goods

b Did not become dependent at all

c Ended up ahead of the core countries

d Ended up as monoeconomies in most cases

e Both a and d

34. (T/F) The social classes in Latin America went from lighter skin to darker skin based off of the Europeans’ system of discrimination

35. At the top of the social ladder in colonial Latin America was

a Plantation

b Peninsular

c Creole

d Mestizo

e Mulattos

36How did the Aztecs die

a exposed to diseases they had never had before

b died of smallpox

c had weaker immune systems and died when Europeans gave them their diseases

d did not get diseases because they had a large north-south axis

e all of the above

37The Aztec fighting style is best described as

a Highly skilled with their obsidian weapons

b Effective use of their men in battle

c Mainly determined by religious and not military factors

d Mainly determined by political factors

e All of the above

38Tenochtitlan held

a 1 million people

b 10,000 people

c 200,000 people

d 50,000 people

e none of the above

39Tenochtitlan's symbol

a was an eagle holding a snake on a tree

b was an eagle perched on a large man eating a mouse in the full moon under a tree and the man was c

standing on one leg

c was an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth

d was a snake in a circle

e none of he above

40The Incans most likely did not develop as far as the Europeans because

a they had a lower percentage of their people farming

b they had an easy time developing farming

c they had the llama to help them do physical labor

d they had contact with outside groups which caused them problems

e none of the above

41The Incan farming system

a involved dredging up land from the bottom of a lake and using it for soil

b involved rotating their crops every other year

c involved making hillsides into a step system of farmable layers

d involved slashing and burning

e included wheat and corn and potatoes

42The Incans ate

a llamas

b pigs

c goats

d chickens

e guinea pigs

43Unlike the Incans, Europeans

a studied past military battles

b fought many outside groups previous to meeting the Incas

c had not gotten sick beforehand

d knew how to ambush an enemy

e all of the above

44. a pyramid with a wide base and a narrow top that does not go up too high goes along with a country

a that is developing and has population growth but lower life expectancies

b an advanced country with zero population growth and lower life expectancies

c an advanced country with high population growth and high life expectancies

d an advanced country with country with zero population growth and high life expectancies

45. a pyramid with a rectangular look that tapers at the top indicates

a that is developing and has population growth but lower life expectancies

b an advanced country with zero population growth and lower life expectancies

c an advanced country with high population growth and high life expectancies

d an advanced country with country with zero population growth and high life expectancies

46. On the population pyramid, the area to the right

a represents women

b represents men

c represents age

d represents nothing, it just mirrors the left

47. In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

A) homogeneous groups.

B) sense of family and community

C) groups living in isolated rural areas.

D) groups that have little interaction with other groups.

E) groups living in large cities

48. Folk culture includes all of the following except

a homogeneous

b family

c less development

d individuality

49. According to GGS, farming

a leads to a society with many differnt job

b leads to inventions

c leads to food surpluses and an increase in population

d leads to gunpowder and germs

e all of the above

50. According to GGS, the European beat the Aztecs because

a they had disease immunities

b the East-Wet axis forced them to have better military skills

c they had more inventions due to their better farming techniques and more developed societies

d because they had steel

e all of the above

51. According to GGS, having livestock

a means you have a better chance of dying of disease and is not good

b means you develop diseases first and get the immunities first making you more powerful

c is not an advantage or disadvantage

d means you will not farm

e none of the above

52. According to GGS, Eurasia

a had 13 of the 14 ancestors to all of the large animals

b had an advantage because it is the longest landmass going East to West

c had a greater variety of plants

d all of the above

e none of the above

53The Mayan society collapsed when

a their population went down

b rhey started harvesting wheat

c they let the field go fallow and that made them useless

d they got sick from European diseases

e all of the above


54Slash and burn farming does not go well with stage 2 countries because

a population decline in stage two leads to a shortage of workers

b the increase in people means that fields do not get left fallow for long

c it cannot supply enough food without destroying the land for future use (not sustainable)

d stage two countries are LDCs and vulnerable to problems Malthus predicted

e all of the above except letter a