World Regional Geography Concepts
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Strong globalization - Answer-fundamental shift began modern globalization
Columbian exchange/triangular trade - Answer--17th, 18th & early 19th centuries
exported cheep manufactured goods to Africa to be exchanged for slaves
-Traders shipped commodities back to Europe
-Ban of Atlantic slave trade diminished intensity of pattern
Colonialism wave #1 - Answer--1500-1825
-focused on gaining land
-gave way to independence in Americans in 1700 & 1800s
Colonialism wave #2 - Answer--1825-1975
-Industrial revolution increased European demand for resources
-Scramble for Africa
-Lasted until just after WWII
Development - Answer-complex concept discussed through variety of terms
Global North - Answer-wealthy developed countries
Global South - Answer-poorer developing countries
Why are GDP & GNP misleading in country comparisons - Answer--average hides
the unequal distribution of wealth
-purchasing power varies across the globe
-only measures the formal economy
Uneven development - Answer--differences in natural endownments or natural
resources
-political leadership
-historial explanations
-economic/political interaction
Rostow's model - Answer-stages of economic growth, best known of modernization
theories
Dependency theory - Answer-during colonial era, economies in tropics
"underdeveloped'
World Systems Theory - Answer-a geography for dependency theory by depicting
world in terms of core, semiperiphery and periphery
Core - Answer-most developed states
Semiperiphery - Answer-emerging group of states
to Know Latest Update
Strong globalization - Answer-fundamental shift began modern globalization
Columbian exchange/triangular trade - Answer--17th, 18th & early 19th centuries
exported cheep manufactured goods to Africa to be exchanged for slaves
-Traders shipped commodities back to Europe
-Ban of Atlantic slave trade diminished intensity of pattern
Colonialism wave #1 - Answer--1500-1825
-focused on gaining land
-gave way to independence in Americans in 1700 & 1800s
Colonialism wave #2 - Answer--1825-1975
-Industrial revolution increased European demand for resources
-Scramble for Africa
-Lasted until just after WWII
Development - Answer-complex concept discussed through variety of terms
Global North - Answer-wealthy developed countries
Global South - Answer-poorer developing countries
Why are GDP & GNP misleading in country comparisons - Answer--average hides
the unequal distribution of wealth
-purchasing power varies across the globe
-only measures the formal economy
Uneven development - Answer--differences in natural endownments or natural
resources
-political leadership
-historial explanations
-economic/political interaction
Rostow's model - Answer-stages of economic growth, best known of modernization
theories
Dependency theory - Answer-during colonial era, economies in tropics
"underdeveloped'
World Systems Theory - Answer-a geography for dependency theory by depicting
world in terms of core, semiperiphery and periphery
Core - Answer-most developed states
Semiperiphery - Answer-emerging group of states
