People and Politics Worldwide
Midterm Exam Review Sheets
 

The Diamond Thesis
What is it?  Be able to describe it in your own words and to apply it to the political and economic development of the US, Western Europe (UK) and Slavic Europe (Russia)
 
 

Geography
Can you indentify the three regions we've studied on the map - Western Europe, Slavic Europe, Asia, and the sub-regions of Asia?

Where does Western Europe end and Slavic Europe begin?  Where does Europe end and Asia begin?

Can you identify at least three newly independent states that were once a part of the Soviet Union?

Can you identify at least three countries that were once Soviet satellites and who are now members of the European Union?

Can you identify India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and Taiwan on the map?

 

Concepts you should be able to define:
Social Class

The State

Political Culture
 

Liberalism
 

Command or Centrally Planned Economies
 

Marxist-Leninism
 

Political Economy
 

Colonialism

 

Imperialism
 

Globalization
 

Ethnocentrism
 

Information on Each Country:
US

Historically Important Political Ideologies

Political Culture

Political Institutions

Head of State

Head of Government

Class is the US

UK

Historically Important Political Ideologies

Political Culture

Political Institutions

Head of State

Head of Government

Contemporary Issues

Class in the UK

  

Russia

Historically Important Political Ideologies

Political Culture

Political Institutions

Head of State

Head of Government

Contemporary Issues

Class in Russia

 

China

Historically Important Political Ideologies

Political Culture

Political Institutions

Head of State

Head of Government

Contemporary Issues

Class in China

 

India

Historically Important Political Ideologies

Political Culture

Political Institutions

Head of State

Head of Government

Contemporary Issues

Class in India

 

Essay Topics:
How have resources and geography shaped the development of the three regions and each individual country we have studied?

 

 

Compare/contrast the political cultures of the US, UK, Russia, China, India

 

 

 

Compare/contrast the experience of communism in Russia and China as a strategy for economic development.  When was this strategy abandoned and in favor of what new economic development strategies?  Are these new strategies working?  Give examples of success of new strategies but also cite where there is room for improvement/obstacles to further growth.  

 

 

 

Compare the class structures of the US, UK, Russia, China, India?