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54 Cards in this Set
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What are the goals of liberal economics?
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Economic growth
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What is the key concept of liberal economics?
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Comparative advantage
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What are the main strategies of liberal economics?
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Industrialization, private funding, free trade
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What is the best technology according to liberal economics?
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Capital intensive
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According to liberal economics, what are the major problems with the existing system?
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Mistaken policies, overpopulation
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What does liberal economics see the current international economic system as?
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Potentially benefiting all countries
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What are the goals of dependency?
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Self determination and economic growth
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What is the key concept of dependency?
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Dependency
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What are the main strategies of dependency?
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Industrialization, some public funding, stabilization of primary commodity prices and aid
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What is the best technology according to dependency?
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Capital intensive
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According to dependency, what are the major problems of the existing systems?
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Maldistribution of wealth and power domestically and internationally
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What does dependency see the current international economic system as?
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Favoring the already industrialized economies
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What are the goals of participatory development?
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Quality of life improvements
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What is the key concept of participatory development?
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Sustainable development
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What are the strategies of participatory development?
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Labor intensive rural development, locally controlled; self-sufficiency; equilibrium with natural environment
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What is the best technology according to participatory development?
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Appropriate
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What are the major problems with the existing system according to participatory development?
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Blind use of industrial technology, maldistribution of wealth and power domestically and internationally
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How does participatory development see the current international economic system?
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Favoring the already industrialized countries
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Which is not a potential solution that has been, or is currently being put into action in Vietnam to solve the problem of contaminated drinking water?
a. Decreasing the sizes of Coffee Plantations to ensure ground water resources are available for drinking b. A wide spread Health Promotion Capacity Program to educate citizens c. The Second Red River Basin Project d. The participation of citizens in developmental projects. |
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What is the main problem with Vietnam’s coffee plantations?
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There is overproduction of coffee, they are destroying forests to build new plantations, and there is an unequal distribution of resources.
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What does the Red River Basin Project hope to accomplish?
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-increase production, productivity, and income of farmers living around the Basin
-enhance agricultural performance of poorer communities -improving irrigation, drainage, and watershed and flood protection |
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How do the living conditions of large families increase the chances of contaminating drinking water? (Hue City Study)
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Lack of proper storage space for drinking water
Unclean sources of drinking water Increased chances of contamination by contact with the water Lack of knowledge regarding disease and illness prevention |
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What is the biggest problem in Australia concerning their water?
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They do not have enough water and have to use desalination for most of their water resources
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What is the government doing to fix Australia's water issues?
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They are using desalination plants to bring in more water
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Explain why the Aborigine people have more water shortages than the rest of the population.
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They are the minorities and they are pushed on the outskirts of Australia where they have less access to basic resources including food and water
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Which of the following is not a major contributor to the problem of fresh water scarcity in Egypt?
A. population increase B. the Sudanese conflict C. increase in pollution D. global warming |
B
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What percentage of Egypt’s water comes from the Nile?
A. 36% B. 99% C. 95% D. 72% |
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3. Which of the following is not a government solution to water scarcity in Egypt?
A. Effective Irrigation Systems B. Water Desalination C. Managing Water Waste D. Installation of Hydropower Facilities |
D
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Who was the former president of Egypt, who ruled the country for over thirty years?
A. Kamal Hassan Ali B. Hosni Mubarak C. Kamal Ganzouri D. Omar Suleiman |
B
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What does Egypt’s current irrigation system implement?
A. field canals B. ditch irrigation C. terraced irrigation |
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What is the percentage of people that have access to clean water in Vietnam?
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60%
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What percentage of people had access to sanitary toilets after the first case study was preformed? (Vietnam)
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59%
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What was the main reason that the World Bank said the average access to sanitary toilets would decline? (Vietnam)
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Lack of knowledge about sanitary toilets and lack of funds to provide educational material and sanitary facilities.
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What is the main problem dealing with water in Bangladesh and one solution?
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Arsenic—digging deeper wells or rain water harvesting (collecting rain water)
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Other than drinking and cooking, what else is the contaminated water used for and what percent of it? (Bangladesh)
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Used for 75% of crop irrigation
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What environmental issues do the Bangali people have to deal with, especially mid-year?
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Monsoons and droughts
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What percentage of people in Bangladesh live in rural areas and what percentage are farmers?
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70% of the population live in rural areas and 60% of the population are farmers
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_________ ____________ occurs when the demand for water exceeds the available amount during a certain period or when poor quality restricts its use.
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water scarcity
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________ farmers use a record high of 70% of Egypt’s water supply.
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Rice
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The current irrigation method Egypt uses today is a ______ canal irrigation system.
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Field
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____________ refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from the salt water in order to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption or successful irrigation.
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Desalination
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All are government solutions for water scarcity in Egypt except…
a. Water Desalination b. Managing Water Waste c. Effective Irrigation Systems d. Implementing Conventional Sanitary Systems |
D
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Egypt’s current field irrigation systems flow...
a. Principle Canal, Main Canal, Branch Canal, Distribution Canal b. Main Canal, Branch Canal, Principal Canal, Distribution Canal c. Distribution Canal, Main Canal, Branch Canal, Principal Canal d. Distribution Canal, Branch Canal, Principal Canal, Main Canal |
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What is water scarcity?
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Water scarcity occurs when the demand for water exceeds the available amount during a certain period or when poor quality restricts its use.
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How many gallons of water is used to water a Vietnamese coffee trees every day?
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580
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How can the issue of flooding be adressed in Vietnam?
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Improved irrigation and drainage
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What are the four levels of global understanding?
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1. Understanding own beliefs and reasons behind having them.
2. Recognizing that other people have differing beliefs and values. 3. Understanding equality between self and others beliefs. 4. Use others beliefs to think about own, feedback loop. |
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What are some solutions to socioeconomic disadvantages leading to the consumption of contaminated water in Vietnam?
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-Wide spread Health Promotion Capacity programs, to educate citizens, like those in Hue City
-Increased measures to provide access to clean water sources to those in fragile living conditions -The production of the second Red River Basin Project, |
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Why is water scarcity happening in Egypt?
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-Global Warming—> Increased Temperature—>Increased water use
-Rapid increase in population—> increase in water pollution -Absence of good management of water distribution -Failed water sustainability projects -Constant pressure from neighboring countries increased use of the Nile’s resources |
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What is the main problem with water irrigation systems in Egypt?
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Farmers lack control of the timing and quantities of the water supply; they irrigate too soon and apply too much water
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What are solutions to farmers lacking control over the water supply in Egypt?
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-allow farmers to participate more in irrigation management through water usage associations
-provide continuous flow instead of rotational flow in branch canals -replace individual by collective pumping -create irrigation advisory service -direct pricing of irrigation water -replace low-lying distribution canals with raised distribution canals or with buried pressurized pipes |
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What are the main contamination problems in Nicaragua?
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-Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals
-Industrial Wastes, including Mercury and Cyanide -More than 70% of the population in rural com-munities discharge used water into the yard or street |
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What are the main infrastructure problems in Nicaragua?
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-Unsanitary and inadequate latrines let waste seep into the ground and are a breeding ground for disease
-Wells provide water only inconsistently because of a diminishing supply of subterranean water caused by contamination, overuse and deforestation -Unclean storage receptacles -There is a lack of education about sanitary practices |
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What are solutions to arsenic in water in Bangladesh?
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Digging deeper wells, increased use of rainwater catching equipment, investing in technologies to filter out the arsenic
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