World Regions Review Sheet for Midterm Exams | GEOG 1014, Study notes of Political Geography

Download World Regions Review Sheet for Midterm Exams | GEOG 1014 and more Study notes Political Geography in PDF only on Docsity! World Regions Review (Midterm Exam) Chapters in the book up to Western Europe Know World Leaders 1. There are more Jews everywhere else in the world than in Israel 2. Zionism movement to get all Jews back to Israel = drama 3. Symbol of Chi is the Ying Yang. One side cannot exist without the other 4. Wu-wei means non-action 5. Boyer believes you can see confusion and doeist philosophy in Chinese government today 6. Shinto shrine looks like a pie symbol 7. The East Orthodox church is not under one head it is organized by state 8. The printing press helped protestant religion come about 9. ISCAM is the newest major world religion 10. Religion is the set of beliefs that effects your behavior 11. What religions have fundamentalism: puritans, Islam, Judaism, ALL religions. 12. Where is the east west religious divide = the India Pakistani border 13. The united states is the number one exporter of rice 14. The old t. relates Jews to Christians 15. Pakistan is the third largest recipient of US aid 16. Leaders are dropping like flies. a. Zadari (Pakistan) replaced the old one b. Aso (Japan) replaces Fukuda c. Olmert (Israel) quit and was replaced by Tzipi Livni d. Mbeki (South Africa) quit and is replaced by Zuma, who hates Mugari (Zimbabwe) e. Harper (Canada) and Brown (UK) wants early elections f. Kim Jong (North Korea) is ill 17. To join any international club you have to pay some dues (give up a little sovereignty) 18. Trade Blocks: economics is shifting from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean. LEARN CHINESE 19. Could the US ever join OPEC- NO. We don’t control anything. 20. Cartel vs. Monopoly. Many businesses getting together. Vs. There is just one business. 21. What is the US currently doing that it typically abhors (hates)- Nationalizing, taking over private companies 22. The only real thing that is globalized is economics 23. Russia and Venezuela are working together, Russia’s navy is in Venezuela 24. The US is losing its influence in South America. Bolivia and Venezuela are leaning towards Russia 25. Worst job on the planet is being the president of Pakistan 26. Weather around the world is related: Hurricane, Typhoon, and Monsoon 27. The EU gets over 1/3 natural gas from Russia 28. Putin is the Prime minister of Russia “the Chuck Norris of Russia” 29. Kevin Rudd is a prime minister from Australia, which has a lot of Uranium and other natural resources 30. What country is in stage 1- None. 31. In Mature industrial most people live in a city or an urban area. Most people work in factories instead of agriculture 32. Most crucial thing between urbanization and mature industrial is women education and birth control 33. Less than 2% of Americans are in agriculture 34. Certain countries do not allow immigration Like Russia, Japan and Italy 35. Main cause of refugees is WAR although large political intrigue is also a reason 36. U.S. and Japanese fertility rates are similar. Japanese population is decreasing, does not allow immigration it’s a pure society. But they need more people so government started campaigning saying people are okay and to promote immigration 37. Middle east as a population is the fastest growing 38. What two groups are having more than 1 kind in China? Agriculture and the rich. 39. Population momentum- India will be the most populated country 40. NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Sheffer (know picture of him). He is the man that you do not want to piss off 41. As the head of NATO it can take things in a direction. Went to Georgia and said Russia sucks 42. Who is in charge of the war of terror in Afghanistan? NATO, not the US 43. Why would places like Estonia, Latvia, and former USSR counties want into NATO- because Russia was weak and wanted to get away from Russia before it goes strong again 44. How do you get screwed without getting invaded? Ask the Ukrainians’ 45. A council resolution must have nine votes from permanent Security Council and no Vetos. 46. All five Permanente members must approve the new head of the UN, the head is usually from a small country