World on FireChapter Nine:

The Underside of Western Free Market Democracy

What type of capitalism is being promoted outside of the West today?

Laissez-faire

Which country helped to shape that universal policy for

underdevelopment?The United States

Which classes of Americans are capitalism’s biggest fans?

The poor and lower- middle class

What is the reason why American’s less well off love billionaires and spurn

welfare mother? The American Dream

What is the name is the system in which America has created in which “anyone with talent and energy

has access to the financial resources needed for success”?

Upward mobility

What has helped to neutralize the conflict between in the US between

markets and democracy? Racism

What was the name of the CIO’s mass unionization campaign in the Southern

States called?“Operation Dixie”

What was the basic technique for establishing a white minority rule in

the American South?Set up barriers (voting, property,

literacy, poll taxes)

Which country is a rare example of a Western nation that pursued free market democracy under

conditions similar to many developing countries today?

Weimar Germany

Who was the minority group in Weimar Germany?

The Jews

World on FireChapter Ten:

The Middle Eastern Cauldron

What are the three subregions of the Middle East?

North Africa, the Gulf States, and the “Levant” or “ Mashriq” countries.

Who disrupted Egypt’s market dominance in the 1950s?Presiden Gamal Abdel Nasser

What religion is the majority of the population in the Gulf States?The vast majority are Sunny Muslims

What are said to be the physical differences between Sephardic Jews

and Ashkenazi Jews in Israel?Sephardic Jews are darker and “look Arab” whereas Ashkenazi Jews “look

European”.

Which state has outperformed all of its neighbors in the Middle East

economically?Israel

In Saudi Arabia, how many men are unemployed and how much of the

population is illiterate?30% of men are unemployed, and 25%

of the total population is illiterate

What do most Israelis agree to be their reason for market dominance? (Jewish

side)It is the country’s “human capital”: its

unusually skilled and educated population and their deep commitment to the survival

and success of a Jewish homeland.

How do Israeli Arabs perceive themselves?

As an exploiter “indigenous” majority- they are suffering at the hands of an

abusive, “outsider” colonizer minority

What was the ratio of Arabs to Jews during the Israel wars?

Jews were outnumbered by the Arabs by 20:1 yet still managed to win four wars.

What did Thomas Friedman believe to be the solution to Middle Eastern

terrorism?“multi-ethnic, pluralistic, free-market

democracy”