Midterm pt 2

Question 1

European State model

Answer 1

any clearly and legally defined territory inhabited by a population governed from a capital city by a representative government

Question 2

Functional Specialization

Answer 2

different groups and areas specializing in different areas of the economy and production

Question 3

Agrarian Revolution

Answer 3

AKA “agricultural revolution” around 1650-1800 of significant institutional and technological changes in European farming

Question 4

Supranational Organizations

Answer 4

collections of states that share a common goal

Question 5

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Answer 5

total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a particular year, divided by total pop.

Gross Domestic Product - GDP: total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a particular year. Divided by the total pop. = Per Capita GDP

Question 6

GNP (Gross National Product)

Answer 6

GDP + income from abroad = overseas investments

GNP: = GDP + income from abroad = overseas, investments, etc.

Question 7

Globalization

Answer 7

the increasing interconnectedness of different realms through the common processes of economic, environmental, political, and cultural change

Question 8

Buffer State

Answer 8

State wedged between 2 other more powerful states

Question 9

Conurbations

Answer 9

huge mutlimetropolitan complexes formed by combination or coexistence of 2 or more urban areas

Question 10

Boat People

Answer 10

People from Vietnam that escaped from their country

Question 11

industrial revolutions

Answer 11

around 1750 - 1850 of significant technological changes in European manufacturing and engineering that led to a huge economic boom

Question 12

ASEAN

Answer 12

Association of SouthEastern Nations.an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism

Question 13

shatter belt

Answer 13

The Southeast Asia realm caught between stronger colliding external cultural political forces, under persistent stress and often fragmented by aggressive rivals

Question 14

site

Answer 14

unique physical characteristics

Question 15

situation

Answer 15

the external locational attributes of an urban center; its relative location or regional position with reference to other non-local places.

Question 16

Entrepôt

Answer 16

is a trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties, often at a profit. This profit is possible because of trade conditions, for example, the reluctance of ships to travel the entire length of a long trading route, and selling to the entrepôt instead. ex. Singapore and hong kong

Question 17

landlocked

Answer 17

surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land. for example Laos

Question 18

city-state

Answer 18

an independent political entity consisting of a single city with ( and sometimes without) an immiediate hinterland. the ancient city-states of greece have their own modern equivalent in singapore.