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Undergraduate 2
05/14/2012

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What is Nature?
Definition
An object and reflection of society
Culture thought of as opposite of nature
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What is 'society'?
Definition
sum of inventions, institutions, and relationships created by humans
Term
Describe the nature-society relationship
Definition
2 way: nature shapes society and society shapes our UNDERSTANDING of nature
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What is cultural ecology?
Definition
how humans adapt to their environment
Term
Cultural economy is a cultural phenomenon which is explained by..
Definition
people-environment relationship
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Political Ecology is what now?
Definition
How politics and economy screw up human-environment interactions
...Ex of NYC- as natural environment, clean water

understanding human-environment interactions with references to broader political and economic forces that drive change
Term
What was the Judeo-Christian view of the environment?
Definition
Humans superior to nature, nature should be tamed!
Term
Romanticism
Definition
Thoreau lived in wilderness

Transcendentalism= nature= God
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Conservation
Definition
conserve resource to use later
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Preservation
Definition
nature set aside and not touched
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Virgin Soil epidemic (when new disease kills everything)ecological impacts
Definition
Ag land became scrub(scrub is a guy who thinks he fly)
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Ecological imperialism
Definition
Intro to exotic plants and animals facilitates imperialism
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Peek oil is what?
Definition
highest rate of Global extraction, then we go down
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2 things you need to know to predict
Definition
all known oil reserves
how much oil will be discovered in the future
Term
2 things you need to know to predict
Definition
all known oil reserves
how much oil will be discovered in the future
Term
• Which element could not be synthesized with the 19th century which delayed industrialization of war?
Definition
nitrogen
Term
Result of Mao’s great leap forward?
Definition
massive famine
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Word best describes US economy after ww2?
Definition
Consumeristss
Term
The author argues which continent will have power in 21st century?
Definition
Asia
Term
How many people died worldwide as a result of ww2?
Definition
50 mil
Term
Which country did not participate in League of Nations?
Definition
US
Term
After SU fell, some proclaimed it to be the end of history, what does this mean?
Definition
AN END TO GLOBAL CONFLICT BASED ON IDEOLOGY
Term
The assassination of who started ww1?
Definition
archduke ferdinand
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After the six-days war, Israel gained possession of the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
Definition
true
Term
What treaty established the modern nation-state system of international relations?`
Definition
treaty of westphalia
Term
3. What four countries are considered to be rising powers?
Definition
BRIC
Term
4. Zionism is a movement to create a Jewish political state
Definition
true
Term
According to the “Heartland theory” of international relations, first developed by Halford
Mackinder, where is the “geographical pivot” from which world domination can be
made?
Definition
Eurasian main
Term
6. Which of the following is an example of a nation without a state?
Definition
All
Term
In general, geo-political and economic power is expected to shift
Definition
west to east
Term
What is a reason that some Israelis agree to live in the settlements?
Definition
All above
Term
Who was prime minister during most of the Second Intafadh
Definition
Ariel
Term
The idea that if one country turns communist, others near it will soon become communist,
is known as:
Definition
Dominoe
Term
What country is considered to be Asia's "water tower"?
Definition
China
Term
National and State Parks across the United States operate under a view of natural
resource use that is built on the idea of
Definition
Preservation
Term
In relation to the territorial state, what does the phrase "subject formation refer to?
Definition
creation of identities of rule such as 'citizens'
Term
Which of the following is NOT a quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem
Definition
Macedonian quarter
Term
Through how many countries does the Nile river flow?
Definition
10!
Term
Why do all of the bamboo trees spread their seed at the same time?
Definition
none
Term
What is Spain's longest river?
Definition
Ebro
Term
According to Michel Foucault, what is "discourse"?
Definition
institutionalized way of thinking
Term
Where are the hotspots Krithi Karanth talked about?
Definition
western ghats
Term
What project is KK doing? 3 fold
Definition
look at wildlife conflicts
livestock predation
killing humans
Term
Paradox of democracy?
Definition
Democracy is being copied buttt the states are screwed up
Term
Why do bamboo trees spread their seeds?
Definition
to rejuvinate the bamboo population before it dies
Term
What does political Geo look at?
Definition
complex relationship between politics and geography
Term
Gerrymandering
Definition
redrawing boundary to advantage a particular party, candidate, or social group.. judges draw
Term
What is a nation-state?
Definition
homogenous group of people governed by own people
Term
Nation vs State
Definition
Nation- a group of people with common identity
State- political organization, beliefs, courts, set of institutions
Term
Althusser idea... 3 things citizens accept
Definition
legitimacy of the state
society organizes production
Citizens accept role of being a citizen
Term
Sovereignty
Definition
the ability to control a population
Term
Karl Schmidt idea of a sovereign?
Definition
person who can break law to MAINTAIN it!
Term
Ideological State Apparatus
Definition
ideas and practices that permeate society.. constitute individuals as social subjects- educationa;, religious, political, family
Term
Governmentality
Definition
Government+mentality... how to regulate population's behavior
Term
Homo Sacer
Definition
you are outside the laww girl!
Term
geopolitics
Definition
State's power to control territory
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Ratzel's idea of geopolitics
Definition
more people= more territory
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How to prevent commie states?
Definition
containment!
Term
European Union
Definition
western european countries political and economic tie
Term
What happened at Temple Mount?
Definition
Abraham found Isaac
Term
What is the movement where the British decided that Jewish state is what is now Palestine?
Definition
Balfour declaration
Term
What is the line where dryness start?
Definition
100th Meridian
Term
Aquafier that goes from TX to SD
Definition
Ogallala
Term
Largest exporter?
Definition
Germany
Term
4 disruptive technologies
Definition
energy storage, biofuels, biogerontology, internet
Term
Human geo is _______________
Definition
uneven
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