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35 Cards in this Set
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As political philosophies, classical and modern liberalism share a common belief in...
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The rights and dignity of the individual
The need to eliminate inequality and abolish poverty (A AND B ONLY) |
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Which of the following statements concerning the 16
48 Treaty of Westphalia is NOT true? |
Established the first international tribunal to settle disputes between states
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Which of the following countries engaged in colonial wars to capture territories or suppress the indigenous population?
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Great Britain, the United States, France
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Which of the following statements is NOT
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Only a market economy is compatible with democracy.
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According to Fallows, which of the following statements would not be characteristic of the Asian economic and social model?
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The consumer's welfare always comes before the producer's welfare
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According to Mark Lilla’s article “Politics of God”, the Great Separation is:
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The replacement of a political theology centered on God with a political philosophy centered on man
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According to Mark Lilla’s article “The Politics of
God,” John Locke argued for a political order in which |
Power should be limited, divided and widely shared
and that different religions would be allowed to flourish, free from state interference |
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According to Mark Lilla’s article “The Politics of
God”, ____________, planted a seed, a thought that it might be possible to build legitimate political institutions without grounding them on divine revelations: |
Thomas Hobbes
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According to Mark Lilla’s article “Politics of God” the Great Separation was a product of a unique historic moment. Which of the following events brought Western Europe to this moment?
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Religious wars between different Christians sects in Europe
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As political philosophies, classical and modern liberalism share a common belief in...
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The dignity of the individual
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In the colonial model, the metropolis:
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Extracts raw materials from the colony
Controls the transportation and transformation of t he raw material Controls the transportation and marketing of the finished product (ALL OF THE ABOVE) |
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In Hawaii, the missionaries:
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Gained spiritual influence with royalty and with it
political leverage as advisors and staff Initially attempted to protect the natives from exploitation but eventually allied themselves with the merchant class. (A AND B ONLY) |
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_______ is based on the notion that a nation's wealth and influence depend upon its ability to regulate and control its external trade at the expense of its rivals.
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Mercantilism
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In the world systems perspective, the periphery is
characterized by... |
An economy based on the extraction of raw materials
the value of which is determined by the global market. |
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The practice of basing an economy on only one crop
is called ___. |
Monocropping
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The China trade first brought Hawaii into the global economy as a source of ______, a commodity used by British merchants to trade for tea.
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Sandalwood
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Why did Alexander Hamilton favor subsidies over tariffs?
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Because subsidies were budget items and as such were a cost to taxpayers that could be more easily identified and withdrawn when no longer needed.
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Which of the following statements would not be characteristic of Friederich List?
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The best measure of a society’s well being is determined by what it can buy.
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The main benefit of Captain Vancouver’s support of
King Kamehameha in his war with the ali’i was that.. |
By making Kamehameha the king over all the islands, the British and Americans only had to negotiate with one person.
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James Blout, the U.S. government investigator sent
by President Cleveland to look into the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, declared the Committee of Safety to be “13 men representing no one. (T/F) |
TRUE
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How did "internationalization" affect the Big Five
companies (e.g. Amfac) and Dillingham (Dilco)? |
Their unprofitable Hawaiian operations were sold off to raise capital.
Resources and profits earned in Hawaii were used to capitalize development projects around the world. They had to disentangle their combined operations. ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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According to Fallows, which of the following is characteristic of the German view of trade competition?
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Trade is a “zero-sum” game with winners and losers
in a vertically integrated pyramid with a small group of countries at the top |
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According to the "racial efficiency index" developed by Dr. Proteus, the ______ were "intensely race conscious, ready to combine for any purposes of group advancement, aggressive and rather untrustworthy when self-interest in question.
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Japanese
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Vertical integration whether accomplished through t
he interlocking directorates of the Big Five, the Japanese tourism industry or the companies owned by Spreckles... |
Permits the owners to control costs between the various production, manufacturing and distribution components.
Makes it harder for owners to make adjustments by changing suppliers when market conditions change. (A AND C ONLY) |
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What did NOT happen as a result of the visit by Commodore Perry's black ships to Ido (Tokyo) harbor in 1853
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The United States lowered its tariff on Japanese imports to 8%
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The Kuleana Act (1850)
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Granted fee-simple rights to tenants on land they already occupied
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US military intervention has been necessary several times in Hawaiian history
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To protect the commercial interests on Americans holding property in Hawaii
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The Bayonet Constitution of 1887
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Gave the Americans living in Hawaii the right to vote in Hawaiian elections
Was patterned on Mississippi law and excluded native Hawaiians from voting through strict property requirements King Kalahuna under threat from the Honolulu Rifles was forced to sign it ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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Queen Emma of Hawaii
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Was opposed to annexation and land thievery and was very popular among the people of Hawaii
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Oligarchy means government by
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The few
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The whaling industry
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Involved native Haw. directly in cash economy
Declined after 1871when bulk of US whaling fleet was trapped in Arctic ice Collapsed when petroleum replaced wahle oil as lube ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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Which of the following events in the 1950s contributed to the decline of the sugar industry in Hawaii
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A unionized workforce in Haw. was able to win demands/improve wages/benefits
Agribiz multinationals established themselves in Carib/Asia Declining sugar consumption ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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Unlike the sugar plantation, the tourism industry in Hawaii
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None of the above
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The merger o land rich, capital poor Hawaii based companies with land-poor, capital rich overseas corporations fueled the tourist industry in Hawaii (T/F)
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True
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According to Kent, what was the reason Dillingham opposed Kaiser's plan to build a 13.5 million cement plant in the Waianae are of Oahu in 1955?
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He realized that tourism land development construction rush was going to launch a building boom and didn't want the competition
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