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Global Politics: Unit 1 - Power, Sovereignty and International Relations Latest Update Graded A+ Key concept: Power The ability to influence other groups in global politics and achieve outcomes. Three main kinds of power 1. Hard power 2. Smart power 3. Soft power Hard power The use of coercion by states/groups to achieve their goals, usually in the form of military force and/or sanctions (economic as well as political). Examples of hard power 1. Use of military force by the...

IB Global Politics Development Latest Update Graded A+ development sustained increase in the standard of living of a society human development the process of enlarging people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being economic development the increase in productivity and revenue sociopolitical development social developments GDP shows average income but does not show how this is dispersed Gini Coefficient measures inequality of society, assumes inequality ...

Rec 100 Test 1 Questions and Answers Rated A Define Leisure and Recreation Importance of individual perceptions Leisure and Recreation has a major economic force in what? travel and tourism government popular entertainment participatory and spectator sports How do we see recreation ? public organizational perspective senior perspective broad travel perspective adventure, risk excitement environmentalist universal agreement of importance--growing perspective How do we participate in rec and le...

The PM may fulfill the role of the _____? - Correct answer-Product owner: defining stories, prioritizing team backlogs, accepting stories, etc. T or F? PM supports all product aspects - Correct answer-True - Acts as marketing, contact for sales, reviews legal agreements, responses to service requests, manages value steam economics PMs rely on ___ for development facing concerns - Correct answer-Product Owners Four dimensions of product management stakeholders - Correct answer-Business goa...

constructivism students learn by building on prior knowledge and by doing Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem domains of learning conitive, language, physical, social-emotional, adaptive Learning Theories cognitive, behavioral, developmental, psychodynamic, sociological, ecological, eclectic developmental theory level of readiness must be reached to learn sociological theory children learn through their observations of others ecological the...

What is globalization? correct answersWorldwide integration and development. (Increasing international exchange of money, products, world views, ideas, and culture) Cities become less confined by national boundaries. Globalization has intensified the competition among cities for attention, influence, tourists, investments, businesses. Hosting the Olympics provides a city with an opportunity to (1) make significant changes to its urban landscape, and (2) rebrand the city and improve global percep...

state autonomy is - Answer- the ability of the state to wield power independent of public and international actors Which of the following combinations of capacity and internal autonomy best fits the United States - Answer- Low autonomy, high capacity Examples of states that are not or have not been considered failed states - Answer- UK, USA, Japan, India Which of the following states most closely fits the ideal model of a nation-state? - Answer- Japan Which of the following historica...

United States v. Windsor - correct answer Same sex marriage- landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to opposite-sex unions, by Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment Kelo v. City of New London - correct answer Eminent domain- case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involv...

TEST BANK for Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective 4th Edition by Bereska Tami and Symbaluk Diane. Chapter 1 1. Chapter 01-001 According to the textbook authors, we might better understand who becomes a professional hockey player by applying ideas developed by which of the following? a. Karl Marx b. Emile Durkheim *c. Max Weber d. Auguste Comte 2. Chapter 01-002 According to the textbook authors, what is the relationship between unemployment and postsecondary education? a...

TOUR 1P92 Midterm Flashcards Questions and Answers Graded A+ - Tourism is integrally connected to distinctive place specific characteristics and is driven by people's desire to have an experience in, and form a relationship w/ unfamiliar places. - Tourism is all about the production and consumption of in-place experiences - The fundamental condition for the development of tourism in the first place is that travelers must have both the ability and the willingness to travel (there must be a de...