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Name: ____key_________________

SOCIAL STUDIES 3211 FAKE Mid Year Exam

January, 2019

DIRECTIONS:

1. SECTION A: SELECTED RESPONSE The letter of the appropriate response for each item must be shaded on the bubble sheet provided. Value: 60 marks

2. SECTION B: CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE

All answers must be written on the examination paper in the spaces provided. Value: 40 marks

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SECTION A: SELECTED RESPONSE Value: 60 Marks

1. Which issue would have the greatest scope in terms of influence on the quality of life for

stakeholders?

a) An increase in property taxes in Wabush. b) Long hospital wait times in Newfoundland and Labrador. c) Loss of habitat due to growth of the city of Toronto. d) New free-trade agreements between countries in Africa

2. According to the source below, what is being said about American Politics?

a) There was bias in against of President Obama

b) There is bias in favor of President Obama

c) There is a division in American politics

d) There is a united front in American politics

3. Which is referred to in the source below?

a) consensus b) facts c) perspective d) values

4. Which refers to information that is verifiable through experience or observation?

a) bias b) fact c) opinion d) perspective

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5. What type of information is presented when the facts are used to support one particular point of view?

a) bias b) fact c) opinion d) perspective

6. The 9/11 attacks, the resulting war on terror, as well as travel restrictions are all examples of

which aspect of significance? a) scope b) duration c) magnitude d) perspective

7. Refer to the source below. Items a, b and c are all …? …

a) consequences b) solutions c) perspectives d) results

8. Refer to the source above. Which choice matches the source?

a) a; negative correlation, b; no correlation, c; positive correlation b) a; correlation, b; no correlation, c; negative correlation c) a; no correlation, b; positive correlation, c; negative correlation d) a; indirect correlation, b; inverse correlation, c; positive correlation

9. In class we spoke of a North South divide, where Australia was the exception. Which of the

statements is true of the North South divide?

a) Most of the world’s MEDCs are found in the North. b) Most of the world’s MEDCs are found in the South c) Most of the world’s MEDCs are found just North of the equator, or slightly South. d) Most LEDC’s are found in North and South America

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10. Look at the source below. What does is say about global quality of life?

a) Things really are not that bad for the poor b) Things are getting worse for the poor c) The percentage of the population in poverty has been decreasing for two centuries d) The percentage of the population in poverty has been increasing for two centuries

11. Which refers to the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or

group? a) development b) sustainability c) life expectancy d) quality of life 12. Within modern society we experience many problems or as we say in this course “issues.” For

example inflation would be considered a(n) …?... issue. a) economic b) political c) environmental d) civic 13. According to the source, which is true of factors that influence quality of life?

a) Location rarely influences the quality of life experienced by a person. b) People in LEDCs tend to have the highest quality of life. c) Social factors have little influence on quality of life. d) Wealth and money can improve quality of life directly or indirectly.

When I was a kid, my family and I lived in a Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC). My parents struggled to put enough food on the table to feed myself and my six brothers and sisters, due to poor work opportunities, and because of this malnutrition was a serious concern. When I grew up I migrated to Canada, where, due to my education and good paying job, I am able to provide for my children’s nutritional needs and make sure they receive good healthcare.

- Recent immigrant to Canada

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14. We spent some time studying the Manhatten Project. How did we refer to the Cold War?

a) It was an intended consequence of the project

b) It was an unintended consequence of the project

c) It was a desired result of the project

d) They are unrelated events

15. What is John practicing when he only hunts enough geese to feed his family for the winter?

a) Environmentalism

b) Expansionism

c) Social awareness

d) Sustainability

16. Which is a long-term consequence of colonialization?

a) globalisation b) terrorism c) the Great Depression of the 1930s d) ethnic nationalism

17. Which is true of quality of life according to the source?

a) Western Europe along with the USA, Canada and Australia lead the world in quality of life b) Western Europe along with the USA, Canada and Australia trail the world in quality of life c) Africa leads the world in quality of life d) Within a country HDI can vary by region. 18. What is shown in the source below?

a) economic globalization b) environmental globalization c) political awareness d) technological sustainability

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19. What is shown in the source below?

a) economic globalisation b) quality of life c) global village d) neo-patriotism

20. Which refers to the measure of a person’s position in a community or society and helps to

determine that person’s perspective?

a) life experiences b) quality of life c) socio-economic status d) values

21. Which list contains only indicators of political development?

a) Doctors per 1,000 people, infant-mortality rate, Human Development Index b) Freedom House rating, Corruption-Perception Index, type of government c) GDP per capita, oil consumption per capita, average income d) Infant-mortality rate, Freedom House rating, percentage of GDP from agriculture

22. The Gini Index measures …?... which is the gap in income between a country's richest and poorest

people

a) Human Development Index b) Corruption-Perception Index c) Literacy rate d) Inequality of wealth

23. All over the world people and their governments are concerned about the supply of fresh water.

This is an example of ….?.... a) Economic globalisation b) Environmental globalisation

c) Social globalisation

d) Political globalisation

24. When a church opens a soup kitchen, what is it considering?

a) Economic sustainability

b) Environmental sustainability

c) Social Sustainability

d) Political Sustainability

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25. According to the source, what can be said about global use of fresh water and sustainability?

a) Agriculture presents the greatest risk to sustainability. b) An ecological worldview has dominated water use policies. c) Global water use is primarily a concern for households. d) Industrial water use presents the greatest risk to sustainability.

26. The …?... is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development

a) GINI index b) Human Development Index c) Global Terrorism Index d) Political Instability Index

27. Which worldview perceives that the value of the planet and its resources is determined by how

useful it is to humans.?

a) anthropocentric b) deep ecology c) expansionist d) stewardship

28. Which worldview is described in the source?

a) cornucopian b) ecological c) expansionist d) limits-to-growth

29. Which worldview aligns with colonialization and subsequently globalisation?

a) biocentric b) environmental wisdom c) expansionist d) stewardship

This worldview placed emphasis on emotional and spiritual connections between humans and the earth.

In the 19th, and 20th centuries, this worldview would result in increased focus on environmental protection.

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30. Which type of globalization is shown in the graphic?

a) cultural b) environmental c) political d) technological

31. The people of our province have been talking about the Northern Cod and the moratorium on fishing Northern Cod since 1992. This story has the most to do with?

a) fair trade b) sustainable development c) resource scarcity d) direct trade

32. The source below allows us to predict that ….?....

a) Earth Overshoot Day will occur in July in the year 2019 b) Earth Overshoot Day will occur in June in the year 2019 c) Earth Overshoot Day will occur in June in the year 2020 d) Earth Overshoot Day will occur in August in the year 2020

33. Syria is an example of a(n) …?... which is a state that can no longer perform basic functions such as education, security, or governance, usually due to fractious violence or extreme poverty

a) nation state b) intermediate c) united d) failed state

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34. Which is a list of the pillars of sustainability?

a) Environmental, economic, social b) Environmental, developmental, millennial c) Economic, social, millennial d) Political, economic, social

35. Before PM Trudeau was elected Stephen Harper was Prime Minister. He was accused of showing disdain for Atlantic Canada especially NL and negatively impacted the economy. This is an example of …?.... a) political factors creating regional economic factors b) political factors improving regional economic factors c) economic factors creating regional economic factors d) societal factors creating regional economic factors 36. The children of Westeros have no opportunity for schooling and they have no access to safe drinking water or proper sanitation. They are referred to as ….?....

a) Extremely poor

b) Poverty stricken

c) Multidimensional poor

d) Destitute

37. Which concept is best demonstrated by the source below?

a) arbitrary border b) exclusive economic zone c) national sovereignty area d) natural border

38. Which best exemplifies the idea of the nation state?

a) They are a political entity with variable geographic borders

b) They have a high degree of cultural homogeneity

c) They exist within physically natural borders only

d) They have little or no capacity to meet the needs of its citizens

39. Which aspect of sustainability is shown in the source below?

a) economic b) perspective c) political d) social

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40. The country of “Narnia” has free and fair elections with consistent electoral procedures to ensure a

transfer of decision making mandate for an outgoing political party to a newly elected one. Narnia

appears to be a …?....

a) totalitarian state

b) democracy

c) failed state

d) intermediate state

41. A proxy war is …?...

a) a war where a major power becomes involved in a conflict supporting one side

b) a war where a minor power becomes involved on both sides of a civil war

c) a war where a major power becomes involved in a conflict supporting both sides

d) a war where two or more major powers become involved in a conflict supporting one side

42. Terrorism can be defined as

a) a form of religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict,

literal interpretation of scripture

b) the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.

c) a system of government in which priests rule in the name of a god.

d) the use of violence and intimidation to achieve political and ideological beliefs

43. ….? …. impacts life expectancy and infant mortality and political and human rights are often ignored or violated in some countries. a) neo-colonial activities b) economic disparity c) wealth concentration d) development assistance 44. Which refers to the legal concept that the authority of a state is not subject to legal control by

another state?

a) ideology b) imperialism c) nationalism d) sovereignty

45. Which is best described in the source?

a) arbitrary border b) nation c) natural border d) sovereignty

46. The belief that democracy is a more important ideal than …?.... is what makes democracies work.

a) ideology

b) political parties

c) lifestyles

d) philosophies

In 1916 a British and French diplomat sat down to decide on the borders between their empires. At the meeting the British representative looked at a map of the area and said, “I should like to draw a line from the "e" in Acre to the last "k" in Kirkuk.” One hundred years later we still have countries divided by that line.

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47. Let’s start a new country were we all work together at food production, defense and security, health care etc and we will all be paid roughly the same amount! This country would be considered to be …?...

a) socialist b) monarchist c) capitalist d) imperialist

48. Refer to the source above. What is the subject of that source?

a) socialism b) imperialism c) communism d) fascism

49. Which country is a theocracy?

a) Russia b) USA c) Iran d) Somalia

50. The source above depicts …?...

a) the industrial revolution b) the enlightenment c) the renaissance d) colonialsim

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51. …?... is characterized by wealthy nations using economic policies and cultural influences to dominate weaker economies

a) neocolonialism b) neoliberalism c) colonialism d) communism

52. Which of the following terms has the most to do with sovereignty?

a) constitution b) autonomy c) dissident d) stability

53. The concept of “majority rule” has the most to do with which of the following terms?

a) oligarchy b) monarchy c) democracy d) citizenry

54. Which of the following would definitely be considered as “have nots” ?

a) political dissidents b) unemployed c) homeless d) underemployed

55. Refer to the source below. To which topic does it refer?

a) Racial Wage Gap b) Gender Wage Gap c) Inflation d) Automation

56. The number of infants (under one year of age) who die for every 1000 live births in the country in a year is known as the ….? ….. rate

a) annual population b) birth rate c) infant mortality d) literacy

57. Which of the following is a form of colonialism that developed principally after World War II based on economic dominance rather than political dominance?

a) Neo-colonialism b) Neo liberalism c) Post colonialism d) Post modernism

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58. Which of the following is defined by “Total number of literate (able to read and write) persons in a given age group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group”

a) Literacy rate b) Efficiency rate c) Pass rate d) Numeracy rate

59. Refer to the source above. It is an image of …?....

a) recycling b) the electoral cycle c) the 24 hour news cycle d) the political power cycle

60. Universal human rights and basic necessities should be attainable by all people and resources should be available for all people to have a healthy and secure life. This falls under the heading of …?....

a) Social sustainability. b) Political prowess c) Political sustainability d) Economic sustainability.

SECTION B: CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE [40 marks] Answer all the questions below in the space provided. CASE STUDY

Read the case below and using your learning and content from the case answer the question following. Please use complete sentences whenever possible. Feel free to use graphic organizers of your own choosing.

The Syrian Conflict

The Syrian Conflict is an ongoing multi-sided armed conflict in Syria fought between the Ba'athist Syrian Arab Republic led by President Bashar al-Assad, along with domestic and foreign allies, and various domestic and foreign forces opposing both the government and each other in varying combinations

The unrest in Syria, part of a wider wave of the 2011 Arab Spring protests, grew out of discontent with the Assad government and escalated to an armed conflict after protests calling for his removal were violently suppressed. The war is being fought by several factions: Ba'athist Syria and Syrian Armed Forces and its international allies, a loose alliance of majorly Sunni opposition rebel groups (including the Free Syrian Army), the majority-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces(SDF), Salafi jihadist groups and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), with a number of countries in the region and beyond being either directly involved or providing support to one or another faction (Iran, Russia, Turkey, the United States, as well as others).

International organizations have accused the Ba'athist Syrian government, ISIL, opposition rebel groups, and the U.S.-led coalition of severe human rights violations and of massacres. The conflict has caused a

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major refugee crisis. Over the course of the war, a number of peace initiatives have been launched, including the March 2017 Geneva peace talks on Syria led by the United Nations, but fighting continues.

Background

Socioeconomic inequality increased significantly after free market policies were initiated by Hafez al-Assad (Bashar ‘s father) in his later years, and it accelerated after Bashar al-Assad came to power. With an emphasis on the service sector, these policies benefited a minority of the nation's population, mostly people who had connections with the government, and members of the Sunni merchant class of Damascus and Aleppo. In 2010, Syria's nominal GDP per capita was only $2,834, comparable to Sub-Saharan African countries such as Nigeria and far lower than its neighbors such as Lebanon, with an annual growth rate of 3.39%, below most other developing countries.

The country also faced particularly high youth unemployment rates. At the start of the war, discontent against the government was strongest in Syria's poor areas, predominantly among conservative Sunnis.

This coincided with the most intense drought ever recorded in Syria, which lasted from 2006 to 2011 and resulted in widespread crop failure, an increase in food prices and a mass migration of farming families to urban centers This migration strained infrastructure already burdened by the influx of some 1.5 million refugees from the Iraq War. The drought has been linked to anthropogenic global warming Adequate water supply continues to be an issue in the ongoing civil war and it is frequently the target of military action.

Human rights The human rights situation in Syria has long been the subject of harsh critique from global organizations. The rights of free expression, association and assembly were strictly controlled in Syria even before the uprising. The country was under emergency rule from 1963 (When Assad senior took power) until 2011 and public gatherings of more than five people were banned Security forces had sweeping powers of arrest and detention. Despite hopes for democratic change with the 2000 Damascus Spring, Bashar al-Assad was widely regarded as having failed to implement any improvements. A Human Rights Watch report issued just before the beginning of the 2011 uprising stated that he had failed to substantially improve the state of human rights since taking power.

National Defense Force

The Syrian NDF was formed out of pro-government militias. They receive their salaries and military equipment from the government, and number around 100,000 troops. The force acts in an infantry role, directly fighting against rebels on the ground and running counter-insurgency operations in coordination with the army, who provides them with logistical and artillery support. The force has a 500-strong women's wing called "Lionesses of National Defense" which operates checkpoints. NDF members, like regular army soldiers, are allowed to loot the battlefields and can sell the loot for extra money.

Hezbollah

In February 2013, former secretary general of Hezbollah, Sheikh Subhi al-Tufayli, confirmed that Hezbollah was fighting for the Syrian Army, which in October 2012, General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah had still denied was happening on a large scale, ] except to admit that Hezbollah fighters helped the Syrian government "retain control of some 23 strategically located villages [in Syria] inhabited by Shiites of Lebanese citizenship". Nasrallah said that Hezbollah fighters have died in Syria doing their "jihadist duties"

Iran

Iran continues to officially deny the presence of its combat troops in Syria, maintaining that it provides military advice to Assad's forces in their fight against terrorist groups. Since the civil uprising phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran has provided the Syrian government with financial, technical, and military support, including training and some combat troops. Iran and Syria are close strategic allies. Iran sees the survival of the Syrian government as being crucial to its regional interests. Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was reported to be vocally in favor of the Syrian government.

Russia On 30 September 2015, Russia's Federation Council unanimously granted the request by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to permit the use of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria. On the same day, the Russian general Sergey Kuralenko who represents Russia at the joint information center in Baghdad set up by Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria to coordinate their operations "primarily for fighting IS(Islamic State)", arrived at the US Embassy in Baghdad and requested that any U.S. forces in the targeted area leave immediately. An hour later, the Russian aircraft based in the government-held territory began conducting airstrikes against the rebel forces

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U.S.-led coalition against ISIL

Since September 2014, a number of countries, including some individual NATO members, participated in air operations in Syria that came to be overseen by the Combined Joint Task Force, set up by the US Central Command to coordinate military efforts against ISIL pursuant to their collectively undertaken commitments. Those who have conducted airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Some members are involved in the conflict beyond combating ISIL; Turkey has been accused of fighting against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, including intelligence collaborations with ISIL in some cases. According to one intelligence adviser quoted by controversial journalist Seymour Hersh, the conclusion of a "highly classified assessment" carried out by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2013 was that Turkey had effectively transformed the secret US arms program in support of moderate rebels, who no longer existed, into an indiscriminate program to provide technical and logistical support for all elements of the opposition, including Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State.

President Trump, declaring "we have won against ISIS," abruptly announced on December 19, 2018 that the remaining 2,000 American troops in Syria would be withdrawn. Trump made the announcement on Twitter, overruling the recommendations of his military commanders and civilian advisors, with apparently no prior consultation with Congress. Although no timetable was provided, press secretary Sarah Sanders indicated that the withdrawal had begun. After Trump's announcement, the Pentagon and State Department tried to change his mind, with several of his congressional and political allies expressing serious concerns about the sudden move, specifically that it would hand control of the region to Russia and Iran, and abandon America's Kurdish allies. The following day, the SDF said that a US pullout would allow ISIL to recover and warned of a military vacuum that would leave the alliance trapped between "hostile parties". The UK, France, Germany all considered the fight against ISIL ongoing.

Map of countries surrounding Syria with military involvement

Syria

Countries that support the Syrian government

Countries that support the Syrian rebels

Countries that are divided in their support

Some Syrian rebels get training from the CIA at bases in Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Under the aegis of operation Timber Sycamore and other clandestine activities, CIA operatives and have trained and armed nearly 10,000 rebel fighters at a cost of $1 billion a year since 2012. The Syrian coalition also receives logistic and political support from Sunni states, most notably Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; all the three major supporting states however have not contributed any troops for direct involvement in the war, though Turkey was involved in border incidents with the Syrian Army. The Financial Times reported that Qatar had funded the Syrian rebellion by as much as $3 billion. It reported that Qatar was offering refugee packages of about $50,000 a year to defectors and family. Saudi Arabia has emerged as the main group to finance and arm the rebels.

Humanitarian aid

The conflict holds the record for the largest sum ever requested by UN agencies for a single humanitarian emergency, $6.5 billion worth of requests in December 2013. The difficulty of delivering humanitarian aid to people is indicated by the statistics for January 2015: of the estimated 212,000 people during that month who were besieged by government or opposition forces, 304 were reached with food.

The international humanitarian response to the conflict in Syria is coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) The primary framework for this coordination is the Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan (SHARP) which appealed for US$1.41 billion to meet the humanitarian needs of Syrians affected by the conflict.

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USAID and other government agencies delivered nearly $385 million of aid items to Syria in 2012 and 2013. The United States has provided food aid, medical supplies, emergency and basic health care, shelter materials, clean water, hygiene education and supplies, and other relief supplies. Islamic Relief has stocked 30 hospitals and sent hundreds of thousands of medical and food parcels.

Other countries in the region have also contributed various levels of aid. Iran has been exporting between 500 and 800 tonnes of flour daily to Syria. Israel has provided treatment to 750 Syrians in a field hospital located in Golan Heights. Rebels say that 250 of their fighters received medical treatment there. Syrian refugees make up one quarter of Lebanon's population, mostly consisting of women and children. In addition, Russia has said it created six humanitarian aid centers within Syria to support 3000 refugees in 2016.

The World Health Organization has reported that 35% of the country's hospitals are out of service. Fighting makes it impossible to undertake the normal vaccination programs. The displaced refugees may also pose a risk to countries to which they have fled.

61. What were the causes that led to the Syrian Conflict? How did this instability affect quality of life for the people of Syria? Explain how this conflict is a proxy war. What are the long term positive and negative effects? [10 marks]

2011 arab spring

Discontent with Assad govt

Socioeconomic inequality CAUSES

Very low GDP / capita

Very high youth unemployment

Driought

Food prices rising

Migration / refuges QUALITY OF LIFE

Human rights violations

Looting

“largest humanitarian crisis”

Closed hospitals

Proxy war: A proxy war is a war where a major power becomes involved

in a conflict by supporting one side. Nation

There are several major powers choosing sides …. Russia / USA etc

+ -

Short Syrians showing their opposition death, disease, destruction

To be determined reconstuctrion

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62 We discussed Globalization through four lenses if you will; economic, social, political and environmental. We saw through each lens that there were benefits and challenges brought about by globalization. List and discuss thoroughly these benefits and challenges [10 marks]

Benefits of Increased Globalization

Economic

● more trade agreements

● cheaper prices

● greater wealth generation

● greater variety of goods and products

● more job opportunities

Economic

● increased exploitation of less

economically developed countries

● loss of control of a country’s own

resources

● unsafe working conditions

● outsourcing of jobs

● declining viability of small business

Political

● commonalities between countries’

systems of government

● greater peace

● less discrimination

Political

● child labour

● loss of political power of exploited

national governments

● increased terrorist activity

Social

● greater levels of healthcare and

sanitation

● greater levels of education and the

spread of knowledge

● higher levels and varieties

Social

● loss of local culture

● Increased costs of sanitation

● less economically developed

countries may lack infrastructure for

new technologies

Environmental

● shared views of environmental

priorities

● climate change agreements

● shared environmental conservation

strategies

● shared emphasis on sustainability

Environmental

● weaker environmental protection laws

to allow resource exploitation

● greater levels of pollution and land

degradation

● difficulty meeting current and future

energy needs with earth’s resources

● threats to availability of freshwater

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63. Illustrate and explain the concept of sustainable development [5 marks]

______________________________________________________________________________

________The three pillars : must have all three if onoe fails it all fails

______________________________________________________________________________

economic: resources that exist without human influence

Renewable / non renewable

Mustavoid depletion of resources

______________________________________________________________________________

Social resources : human rights / basic necessities

Healthy and safe life

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

__decisions about sustainability can only be made when society has made it a priority

______________________________________________________________________________

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64. Quality of life is a major theme in this course. How do social scientists define this idea? How do they measure it? How do they apply it? [5 marks]

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__ Quality of life can be defined as the standard of health, comfort and happiness

experienced by an individual or group. _____________________________________________________________________________________________factors: financial security, job satisfaction, family life, health and safety ________________________________________________________________________________________Measures__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________HDI__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________GDP_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Gini__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unemployment__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Economic structure _

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65. The issue of Arctic Ocean sovereignty is concerned with control over areas within the Arctic Circle Which nation states are struggling for control over this territory? Why are they so interested? [5 marks]

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_____________________Canada___________________________________________________

___________________________USA________________________________________________

______________________________ Russia

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1. Exert sovereignty over territory / navigation/ access

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2. OIL

Sovereignty means rights to the resources including offshore oil

as well as any other mineral resources on or below the ocean floor

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66 . Explain how not achieving sustainability will have consequences for our future. [5 marks]

____not achieving sustainability means that we have allowed on of the “pillars “ to collapse

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If we fail that will lead us to problems now or in the very near future

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_environmentally, socially or economically

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examples / arguments / illustrations

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67. What impact does economic disparity have on quality of life? [5 marks]

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Health

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______ Life Expectancy

Infant Mortality

Addictions

Mental Illness

Obesity ________________________________________________________________________________

Education _____________________________________________________________________________________

Access and Cost

Dropout Rates

Literacy Rates

Quality of Education _____________________________________________________________________________________

Social _____________________________________________________________________________________

Crime Rates

Imprisonment

Child Wellbeing

Teenage Pregnancy

Social Mobility

Social Capital and Trust _____________________________________________________________________________________

Politics ________________________________________________________________________________

Human Rights

Concentration of Power (In the hands of the

wealthy)

Stability

Political Rights

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