5. • Adaption (vocab.) – the process by which living things become better
suited to it’s habitat (physical environment).
- It is all about survival!!!
Global Warming
Alaska The Middle East
37. To a certain extent . . . yes.
The reason for this is
because of the mountains. . .
especially, back in the day
before the railroad.
SLC
CA
NV
OR
WA
ID
MT
WY
AZ
CO
NM
UT
Western United States Region
38. • 4. Natural Disasters – earthquake, tornado,
flood, etc.
(environment acting upon humans)
Earthquake in China
drought in Africa
flood in USA
hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
39. Mississippi River (2012)
The river was at a very low level
due to a very long period of dry
weather. What is that type of
weather phenomenon called?
61. 1. dams
2. oil rigs
3. smokestacks
4. cities
5. mining, etc.
Seattle, WA Gulf of Mexico
62. Specific Examples -
1. A dam generates energy, however, it can, also,
disrupt the whole ecosystem up and downstream.
Hoover Dam –
Arizona & Nevada
Lake Mead
63. - Dams can, also, break and
cause mass destruction.
Teton Dam, Idaho (1976)
74. 4. Pollution in a river upstream will effect the ecosystem and usage downstream.
?
?
Ganges
Ganges
Ganges River, India Ganges River, India
Buriganga River, Bangladesh
81. • To more effectively live, humans have set up
economic systems and governments.
82. • Economic Systems (vocab.)
– theories of:
a. production (making)
b. distribution (shipping, buying & selling)
c. consumption (using)
Starburst activity
84. 1. Capitalism (a.k.a.Free Market system) (vocab.)
a. private ownership of property and/or businesses
b. no gov’t regulation (rules)
c. encourages competition
d. class system.
Adam Smith
86. • Class System (vocab.)
- Upper (elites)
- Middle (bourgeoisie)
- Lower/workers
lower/working middle
upper/elites
87. 2. Socialism (vocab.) – A theory advocating some gov’t control (regulation) of economic
activity.
90. 3. Communism (vocab.) – “higher stage” of socialism
a. Total gov’t ownership of property and businesses
b. Pro-worker (proletariat)
c. Classless system (everyone is equal)
- What is the color of communism?
99. Donald Trump – 2.9
billion
#2 (richest in
the world) Bill
Gates – 61
billion #3 Warren Buffet
– 44 billion
For some . . .
capitalism is great!
Paris Hilton
107. Occupy Wall Street movement (2011)
which protested against greed,
corruption, economic inequality, etc.
109. • Capitalists use propaganda to demonize communism and socialism.
“Communism” and “Socialism”
are considered dirty words to
many people in the United
States.
115. • Political Systems – a system of government; a form
of rule over people.
- What are some different forms of government?
116. 1. Democracy (vocab.) – Government by the people.
Two types:
a. Direct Democracy
1. Everyone participates and has a
say in gov’t.
117. b. Republic (vocab.) – Gov’t system in which the people elect leaders to
represent them. a.k.a. representative democracy. Example: USA
118. • Difference between (direct) democracy and republic. Students will draw
(Direct)
119. 2. Autocracy – government in which one person has
unlimited power over others.
- Two types:
a. Totalitarian dictatorship
Pol Pot - Cambodia
Augusto Pinochet - Chile
Bashar al-Assad - Syria Saddam Hussein - Iraq
All are infamous
and, generally,
narcissistic.
120. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
Idi Amin - Uganda
Rafael Trujillo –
Dominican Republic
The state/country
is in control of
everything
129. Example: Communist State (country) – single-party (communist) rule
which professes allegiance to Marxist-Leninist communist ideology; led by a dictator; indoctrination.
North Korea
Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin
Communism is thought of as both
an economic system and a gov’t
system.
130. - Current Communist States (countries) – Cuba,
China, Laos, Vietnam & North Korea
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
131. 4. Theocracy (vocab.) – gov’t rule by a religion. Ex. – Iran
(Islam)
Ayatollah
(Supreme
Leader) in
Iran
President
Based on Sharia Law
136. 5. Fascism (vocab.) – led by a dictator; emphasizes ancestry, culture and blood;
emphasis of nation (nationalism) over the individual; indoctrination; forcibly suppresses any opposition.
Examples: Germany, Italy & Spain in the 1930’s & ’40s
Francisco Franco (Spain)Hitler and
Mussolini (Italy)
As mentioned before, dictators are,
generally, infamous and very
narcissistic.
137. 6. Plutocracy – the rule or control of a society by the wealthy.
139. 7. Anarchy (vocab.) – no government
Nester Makhno (1918) – leader of the
Anarchist Free Territory in Ukraine
during the Russian Civil War.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(French) – father of modern
Anarchism
Mikhail Bakunin (Russian)