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33 Cards in this Set
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Fastest population growth
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Liberia
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Slowest population growth
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Moldova
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Highest Life expectancy
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Japan
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Lowest life expectancy
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Botswana
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Highest fertility rate, what is it?
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Niger-7.2
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Lowest fertility rate, what is it?
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Belarus-1.2
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Highest HDI
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Norway
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Lowest HDI
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Niger
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Highest birth rate, what is it?
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D.R. Congo-50/1000
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Lowest birth rate, what is it?
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Germany-8/1000
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Four highest total GDPs in the world and what are they for each country
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USA-13 trillion
Japan-4 trillion China-2.5 trillion Germany-2.25 trillion |
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Highest infant mortality rate, what is it?
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Sierra Leone-160/1000
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Lowest infant mortality rate, what is it?
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Iceland-2.9/1000
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Highest GDP per capita
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Luxembourg
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Lowest GDP per capita, what is it?
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D.R. Congo-$90 yearly
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Highest male population
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UAE and Qatar
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Highest female population
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Latvia/Estonia
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Name all flatteners
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1. Fall of the Berlin Wall and the PC
2. Netscape going public 3. Workflow software 4. Open-sourcing 5. Outsourcing-Y2K 6. Offshoring 7. Supply-Chaining 8. In-sourcing 9. Informing 10. Steroids |
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Name 3 types of globalization
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political
cultural economic |
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Increased interconnection and interdependence between states and societies
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globalization
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the power of the nation state is being lessened by other outside factors or united countries can become more powerful in unions and organizations
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political globalization
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- cultural differences between nation states are being eroded towards a single global culture
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cultural globalization
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Refers to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige on a global or societal basis
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global stratification
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The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups (classes) based on their control over basic resources
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social stratification
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the movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratified system to another
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social mobility
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movement of people from one generation to the next
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intergenerational mobility
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movement of individuals within their own lifetime
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intragenerational mobility
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form of extreme closed system
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slavery
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system of social inequality based on people’s status determined by birth (ex: India)
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caste system
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type of stratification based on ownership and control of resources or based on income and type of work, mobility can be upward or downward
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class system
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people do not have the means to secure the most basic life necessities (food, clean water, adequate shelter)
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absolute poverty
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people can afford basic life necessities but not an average standard of living for their society
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relative poverty
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measuring and comparing actual income/wealth against a person’s expectations and perceptions
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subjective poverty
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