Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION OF CONNECTIONS

Promoting Democracy a Controversial Theme

After watching the Promoting Democracy a Controversial Theme video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. President George Bush says that promoting democracy is vital to U.S. security because

Democracies would supply the United States with oil

Democracies would support the United States at the United Nations

Democracies do not go to war with each other

Democracies would welcome branches of U.S. corporations

2. Thomas Carothers of the Carnegie Endowment believes

President Bush's policies are promoting democracy

President Bush's policies have done serious damage to the legitimacy of democracy promotion in the eyes of the world

The United States should continue to use military force to impose democracy around the world

The United States should do nothing to promote democracy in other countries, leaving the matter to those countries

3. Thomas Carothers believes that people around the world

Link the promotion of democracy with the war in Iraq

Ask the United States to create a democratic system in their countries

Look to transnational corporations for guidance in forming democracies

Ignore the United States' democratization efforts

4. Vin Webber of the National Endowment for Democracy believes

Advances in democracy are solely the work of the United States

Advances in democracy are an inevitable stage of development

The rise of semi-autocratic regimes like Russia and China have given democracy a boost in the world

None of the above