Plcy 110 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Answer--December 10th, 1948 (post WWII) -Defined human rights through treaties that certain countries signed and ratified -Defined human rights as being based on inherent human dignity no matter person's background -Universal approach -48 countries in favor, 0 against, 8 abstentions -Didn't have force of law (simply agreement of principle) and wasn't binding to the members -US Constitution states that signed and ratified treaties and provisions ar...

Anthropogenic global warming - Answer-Human caused global warming Asymmetric Distribution of costs - Answer-Us china have the highest emissions and countries that are islands will be most affected. Us and other larger countries able to adapt while low income countries and islands will not Some countries hit harder than others by the effects Ex. US may contribute more to global warming but polar caps feel it Asylum seeker - Answer-Is also a refugee But differs b/c they have already arrived...

Anthropogenic global warming - Answer-- caused by human activity: - a layer of greenhouse gases- primarily water vapor, including much smaller amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide- acts as a thermal blanket for the earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface to a life supporting average to 59 degrees F - The idea that man is causing the earth to undergo a rapid rise in temperature Asymmetric distribution of costs - Answer-the costs are spread and not all places are impact...

gains from trade - Each country can concentrate its efforts on what it does best (specialize) and trade some of those goods for goods that other countries produce most efficiently Protectionism - Government policy of restricting imports to "protect" domestic industries from foreign competition race to the bottom - a dynamic in which states compete to attract business by lowering taxes and regulations, often to workers' detriment S-shaped curve - shows income in the future as opposed to ...

Anthropogenic global warming - correct answer - caused by human activity: - a layer of greenhouse gases- primarily water vapor, including much smaller amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide- acts as a thermal blanket for the earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface to a life supporting average to 59 degrees F - The idea that man is causing the earth to undergo a rapid rise in temperature Asymmetric distribution of costs - correct answer the costs are spread and not all ...

Absolute Advantage - The ability of an individual, firm, or country to produce more of a good or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. Anthropogenic global warming - Global warming originating in human activity, especially through Carbon Dioxide emissions. Availability Heuristic - A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision. Cap and Trade - A system for controlli...

a country that can produce more of a good in a given time frame has the ______________ in the production of that good - Absolute advantage global warming caused by humans, this is the primary cause of climate change as agreed on by the majority of scientists - Anthropogenic global warming an image or example that comes to mind easily because of mass portrayal in the media or widespread awareness of the issue; example- we are more likely to see terrorism than lightning strikes as a threat to...