ISU GEO 135 EXAM 2 – BLOOM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
asylum laws - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Protection for refugees who are
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victims of ethnic, religious, or political persecution in other parts of the
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world.
Balkanization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Geopolitical process of
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fragmentation of larger states into smaller ones through independence
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of smaller regions and ethnic groups. The term takes its name from the
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geopolitical fabric of the Balkan region.
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Brexit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The June 2016 referendum by United
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Kingdom voters to leave the European Union, which passed by a vote of
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52 percent to 48 percent. Energizing the "Leave" vote were an array of
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anti-EU feelings ranging from unemployment allegedly caused by
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industry shifting to other EU countries, restrictive EU market
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regulations, "too many foreigners" because of EU free movement
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policies, and concerns about the EU's inability to deal with the increase
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of extra-legal immigration into Europe.
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Devolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The breaking apart or separation
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within a political unit such as a nation-state.
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, family-friendly policies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Established in places| | | | | | |
such as Germany, France, and Scandinavia, these are policies that
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address concerns about population loss by offering full pay maternity
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and paternity leaves, guarantees of continued employment once these
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leaves conclude, extensive child-care facilities for working parents,
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outright cash subsidies for having children, and free or low-cost public
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education and job training for their offspring.
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Fjord - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Flooded, glacially carved valley. In
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Europe, fjords are found primarily along Norway's western coast.
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Schengen Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The 1985 agreement
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between some—but not all—European Union member countries to
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reduce border formalities in order to facilitate free movement of
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citizens between member countries of this new "Schengenland." For
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example, today there are reduced border controls between France and
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Germany, or between France and Italy. | | | | |
centralized economic planning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An economic
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system in which the state sets production targets and controls the
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means of production.| |
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
asylum laws - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Protection for refugees who are
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victims of ethnic, religious, or political persecution in other parts of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
world.
Balkanization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Geopolitical process of
| | | | | |
fragmentation of larger states into smaller ones through independence
| | | | | | | | |
of smaller regions and ethnic groups. The term takes its name from the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
geopolitical fabric of the Balkan region.
| | | | |
Brexit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The June 2016 referendum by United
| | | | | | | | |
Kingdom voters to leave the European Union, which passed by a vote of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
52 percent to 48 percent. Energizing the "Leave" vote were an array of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
anti-EU feelings ranging from unemployment allegedly caused by
| | | | | | | |
industry shifting to other EU countries, restrictive EU market
| | | | | | | | |
regulations, "too many foreigners" because of EU free movement
| | | | | | | | |
policies, and concerns about the EU's inability to deal with the increase
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of extra-legal immigration into Europe.
| | | |
Devolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The breaking apart or separation
| | | | | | | |
within a political unit such as a nation-state.
| | | | | | |
, family-friendly policies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Established in places| | | | | | |
such as Germany, France, and Scandinavia, these are policies that
| | | | | | | | | |
address concerns about population loss by offering full pay maternity
| | | | | | | | | |
and paternity leaves, guarantees of continued employment once these
| | | | | | | | |
leaves conclude, extensive child-care facilities for working parents,
| | | | | | | |
outright cash subsidies for having children, and free or low-cost public
| | | | | | | | | | |
education and job training for their offspring.
| | | | | |
Fjord - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Flooded, glacially carved valley. In
| | | | | | | |
Europe, fjords are found primarily along Norway's western coast.
| | | | | | | |
Schengen Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The 1985 agreement
| | | | | | |
between some—but not all—European Union member countries to
| | | | | | | |
reduce border formalities in order to facilitate free movement of
| | | | | | | | | |
citizens between member countries of this new "Schengenland." For
| | | | | | | | |
example, today there are reduced border controls between France and
| | | | | | | | | |
Germany, or between France and Italy. | | | | |
centralized economic planning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An economic
| | | | | | |
system in which the state sets production targets and controls the
| | | | | | | | | | |
means of production.| |
