Geography Flashcards
Asymmetrical Warfare
warfare involving surprise attacks by small, simply armed groups on a nation armed with modern high-tech weaponry
Bubble Economy
an unstable expanding economy
Result from rapid inlfux of international capital into a developing country
Centrifugal Forces
Cultural and political forces acting to weaken or divide an existing state
Centripetal forces
Forces that promote political unity and reinforce the state structure
Colonialism
Refers to the formal establishment over a foreign population
OR
Established rule over local peoples by larger imperialist government for the expansion of political and economic empire
Core- Periphery Model
Wold split into two economic spheres where developed countries (Western Europe, North America and Japan) are at the core and less developed countries make up the outside (or outer ring)
Core gained wealth from at the expense of the outer less developed countries
Cultural Imperialism
Promotion of one cultural system over another
Ex. Implementation of the new language school system or government
Spreading your culture to other places replacimg what they have in place already?
Cultural Nationalism
the process of defending a cultural system against offensive cultural expression while at the same time actively promoting local or national values
Cultural Syncretism OR Hybridization
Blending of two or more cultures to produce a third culture that has traits from all the cultures blended
Culture
Learned and shared behavior by a group of people
“Way of life”
Keyword: learned
Decolonialization
Process by which a colony gains or regains control over its territory and establishes a separate independent government
Demographic Transition Model
4 stage model that tracks changes in birth rates and death rates through time as population changes
Economic Covergence
World poorer countries will gradually catch up with the more advanced economies
Ethnic Religion
Primarily appeals to a specific group of people from a specific place
Does not actively seek new converts; born into ethnic religion
Globalization
The increasing interconnectedness of people and places throughout the world through converging processes of economic, political and cultural change
