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Which corporate NGO controls more economic resources than all but 19 countries in the world?
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Wal-Mart
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What political factors explain why there are more and more NGOs?
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NGos tend to thrive in democratic environments. more states are falling apart or stuggling to provide services & some governments prefer to receive aid directly/indirectly from NGOs rather than other governments
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Which of the NGOs is most likely to complain about genetically modified foods?
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Greenpeace
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What is the mission of Greenpeace?
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to promote peace, global disarmament & nonviolence, prevent pollution and abuse of the Earth's oceans, lands, & freshwater; end all nuclear threats and protect biodiversity
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What is the mission of Amnesty International?
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to undertake reasearch and action focused on prevented & ending grave abuses of the rights to physical & mental integrity, freedom of conscience, and expression & freedom from discrimination
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Define the scope of Doctors Without Borders activity.
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deliever emergency aid to vistims of armed conflict, epidemics, & natural & manmade disasters, & to others who lack healthcare due to social/geographical isolation
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Define prisoners of conscience.
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People impresioned for peaceful expression of their beliefs, politics, race, religion, color, or national origin
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In which country did the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior take place?
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Auckland, New Zealand
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What effect did the French attack on the Rainbow Warrior have on the activities of Greenpeace?
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Greenpeace became a world known NGO
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What was the outcome for those French agents involved in the attack of the Rainbow Warrior?
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jailed in NZ, taken to France and in prison for a couple years then released
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Where did the Muslim Brotherhood originate?
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Egypt
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Which group introduced the tactic of suicide bombing in the Middle East?
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Hamas
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In order to lessen sanctions, Hamas formed a unity government with which political group?
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Fatah
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What is the name of the police force in Gaza?
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The Executive Force
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Describe the Caspian Sea.
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largest landlock body of water in the world-- contains oil & natural gas reserves
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Explain how a pro-West Ukraine would dramatically undermine Russia's power.
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its geographical because is in the heart of industrial Russia
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What is the heartland theory?
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Eurasia will have ultimate strategic advantage over sea power in competition for control of the world. (Sir Halford Mackinder)
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What is a protuded state? Examples?
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have a panhandle or an extended arm- Afganistan
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Define lebensraum.
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German for "living space"- A geopolitical concept touted by Hilter, it was one justification given to Nazi Territorial Expansion
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What is a perforated state? Examples?
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when one state completely surrounds another (ex: South Africa)
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What is an elongated state? Examples?
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thin & long (Chile & Vietnam)
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This desert is rapidly expandin on the southern edge into China, overtaking 1,390 sq. miles of grassland every year.
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Gobi Desert
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This waterway separates Europe and Africa
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Bosphorus connect Black Sea to Marmara - Mediterraian Sea
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Geography plays a major role in a country's territorial security. The classic example is?
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Switzerland/ The war in Iraq
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What is the Truman Doctrine?
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US go to defend any country against communism
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Define Balkanization.
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the break-up of a region or state into smaller & frequently hostile political units
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Who is Friedrich Ratzel?
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"father of political geography" (bc concepts & writing) believes state expland constantly in order to do good
theory state is like a biological organisim |
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Who is Johan Rudolf Kjellen?
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Swedish political scientist- "the state is a living organism"
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What is the largest tribe in Afghanistan?
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Pastun
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Since the US invasion of Afganistan, where have al Qaeda members found a safe haven?
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Iraq
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Why does Friedman say that the fence is the fence that Hamas built?
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bc Hamas started the suicide bombings
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Why is the town of Qalqilya most profoundly affected by the wall?
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the entire city is surrounded by the wall- gateway for suicide bombers
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Which ethnic group comprise the largest ethnic group in the world without a state of its own?
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Kurds
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How did WWI begin?
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With the assisination of Archduke Ferdinand
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Which treaty signed by Turkey and allied powers after WWI promised the Kurds an autonomous homeland?
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treaty of Sevres. replaced treaty of Lausanne
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Examples of religious nationalism may be seen in which countries?
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India, Iran, Isreal, Afganistan, Bangladesh, Lebanon, North Ireland, Sri Lanka, Sudan
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Discuss the centralizing forces of nationalism.
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promote democracy, stimulate idea political power resides with people, encourages self-determination, discourages imperialism, stimulates economic development
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Define tribe.
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a group of interrelated people which includes strangers who have been taken in
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Define ethnic group.
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characteristic of people sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like
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What is xenophobia?
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extreme nationalism that unleashes violent action (even genocide) toward other ethnic groups
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Define clan.
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SOCIAL group composed of several families with a common ancestor
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Which country is a classic case of a state breaking up under the pressure of nationalism?
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Yugoslavia
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Define national self-determination
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creating a movement to break away from its current state & form a new state
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Define devolution
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the process where regions in a state demand & gain political power and growing autonomy vis-a-vis the central government
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Define messianism.
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the propensity to think one nation's duty is to 'save' other nations
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In 1967, the ibo in Nigeria launched a bloody civil war of secession and declared their independence, naming their territory?
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Kurdistan
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What do the Turks and Kurds have in common?
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both and Suni Muslims
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Who are the PKK guerillas?
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hide in Mountains of Iraq (mostly Turkish Kurds) fighting Turkey
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The Kurds were divided amond which states created after the first world war?
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Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran
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What is Newroz?
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Kurdish New Year
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