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OGT REVIEW
-Urban
-Suburban
-Rural
-Great Plains
-East vs. West
-Appalachian Mountains
-Rocky Mountains
-Desert
-Wetlands
-Rust Belt
-Sun Belt
Colonial India
What is now
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
-British East India Company took
over in 1763 for raw materials and
trade
-Great Britain takes over in 1857
after the Great Sepoy Rebellion
-Gandhi led non-violent protests
against British rule
-When India gained independence,
Muslims feared discrimination
from the Hindu majority
-India: Hindu
-Aug. 14/15th: Brits grant
independence to two separate
nations and violence breaks out
during border split and migration
-Pakistan: Muslim
-Poor relations today: Both have
nuclear weapons
Israel
-Ancient Hebrews were from this region
-Became part of Muslim Empire in 600s
-Zionism: Belief that Jews should have
their own homeland
-After WWI: Allies controlled the land but
promised to give the Muslims
independence
-After WWII: Area was given to Jewish
refugees because of the Holocaust and US
desire for power in the region
-Israel: Jewish
-Palestinians: Muslim
-Divided up into Gaza
Strip, West Bank and
Golan Heights
-3 wars since then and
Israel has won, taking 5070% of Palestine’s
territory
-Palestine wants
independent nation
-Israel is US ally
 Discrimination: Unfair treatment of a group
based on assumptions or preconceived notions
about their race/gender/ethnicity/religion
 Oppression: Cruelty toward a group over long
period (political/social/economic persecution)
 Genocide: Deliberate systematic effort to
exterminate an ethnic/religious/national group
 Jewish Holocaust by Germans during WWII
 Armenian Holocaust by Ottomans during WWI
 Rwanda: Hutus mass murder Tutsis in 1994
 Globalization: Rapidly increasing expansion of global
communications and transportation
 Interdependence: Economies of various countries
depend on each other
 Trade, outsourcing, labor, markets
 NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
(1994)
 Eliminates tariffs and economic barriers between Canada,
US, and Mexico to become a power region like the EU
 Increases trade and raises standard of living in Mexico
 EU: European Union (1993)
 Economic region without barriers, 27 countries
OGT Question
 The European Union’s objectives include
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reducing tariffs, promoting a single market,
and creating a common currency. Based on
these objectives, what type of world region
does the European Union primarily
represent?
A. cultural
B. physical
C. political
D. economic
 Due Process: All rights respected, no arbitrary
denial of freedom, fair and just
 Know your rights, have a speedy trial, attorney, jury
of your peers, no vague laws, no illegal search and
seizure, etc.
 Eminent Domain: Govt has the right to claim
your land for the purpose of benefitting the
general public
 For public use, with just compensation