Reference no: EM132447466

1. What are some of the dynamics regarding immigration in Europe?

(Hints: Schengen agreement, History of Islam/ Christianity tensions EU quotas, Syrian refugees, Fortress Europe, UK perhaps leaving the EU because immigrations)

8-10 sentences

2. What is balkanization the difference between a nation? A state? And, a nation-state? What happen to Yugoslavia in the 1980-90s?

(Hints: Slippery slope of nationalistic pride ethnic cleansing/ Places in the slope right now/ places that already gone through the slope/ Xenophobia)

8-12 sentences

3. Describe the Israeli-Palestine conflict from the perspective of a Palestinian, and then from the perspective of an Israeli.

(Hints: Historical, political backgrounds)

6-10 sentences

4. Why wouldn't some countries want to join the EU?

(Hints: Currency strength, Debt responsibility to other nations (ie. Greece, Italy, Cyprus)...etc)

4-6 sentences

5. Describe the tension between ideologies that preempted WW2

(Hints: Western Democracy (global capital), socialism, Authoritarian Dictatorship (Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy))

3-5 sentences

6. Provide an example of a theocratic state, and explain what this means. What is the difference between Shite and Sunni Muslims? Which is the majority in the Middle East? In Iran?

(6-8 sentences)

7. Because of physical geography characteristics of the region, it is naturally arid. What is one example a hydro-technical rearrangement discussed in class? What is fossil water? (man made river, red to dead canal, desalination, Qanat Aswan High Dam, increase groundwater pumping technologies) what are some environmental con of these rearrangements)

(Hints: Depleted aquifers, Land subsidence, Soil salinization (decrease agriculture yields), Damage to riverine ecosystem)

6-8 sentences

8. Hydro-politics: can you provide an example of an institutional adjustment in the waterscape? Perhaps some sort of policy aimed at peace and water security?

3-5 sentences

9. In terms of climate threat in SW Asia and N Africa, what is the biggest threat to people's vulnerability?

(Hints: Climate change: extreme heat, Evaporation, hurt agriculture, hurt hydropower, extreme days = elderly, poor, urban (and it just so happens that this regions is heavily urbanized)

4-6 sentences