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Chapter one Flashcards

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What is the book definition of Globalization?

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Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of people and places throughout the world through converging process of economic, political, and cultural change.

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What is “Globalization”?

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Widening, deepening, and speeding up of Communication transportation,corporate strategies (McDonaldization), capital accumulation and institutions, global agreements, Market Economies, Planetary goods, International workers, Organizational structures, and changing expectations.

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“Glocalization” is …

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The need to recognize the interconnections between different scales (local, regional, national, and global)
(We don’t need to compare ourslves to our neighbours and others in the same village.)

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Globalization brings…

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Cross-regional comparisons.

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Describe the effects of Globalization

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The are distributed unequally and unevenly. (This can be BOTH good and bad.)
-What works for some may not work for others.

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What are the goods and bads of globalization?

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“It benefits all nations and peoples”
-Allows them ti specialize; Competition makes creativity; Opens up investment opportunities in poorer areas; Encourages flow of ideas and technology; Spreads democracy.)

“It only benefits the wealthy or strong”
-Increases disparity between rich and poor; Encourages unsustainable practices and environmentally destructive activities; Extemmely unstable in terms of economics.)

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What are lifeways?

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Lifeways are a customary manner of living; a way of life. A focus on humans: who they are, what they are, what they do, and how they live. Making the ‘remote’ less so.

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Bubble economy is…

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Choropleth map is …

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Colonialism

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Core-Periphery Model is …

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Cultural Imperialism is…

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Cultural landscape is…

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Cultural Nationalism is …

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Culture is …

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Decolonization is …

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Demographic Transition model is …

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Ethnic Religion is …

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Formal Region is …

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Functional region is …

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Gender is …

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Gender Equity is …

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Gender roles is …

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GIS is …

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Geopolitics is …

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Globalization is …

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Gross Domestic Product is …

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Human Development Index is …

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Lingua Franca is …

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Map Projection is …

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Map scale is …

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Meridians are …

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National-State is …

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Neocolonialism is …

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Parallels are …

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Rate of Natural Increase is …

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Remote Sensing is …

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Secularism is …

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Shi`a Islam is …

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Sunni Islam is …

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Total Fertility Rate is …

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Universalizing Religion is …

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Urbanized Populations are …

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Vernacular Region is …

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How do the authors of the text (Globalization abd Diversity) define Globalization?

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The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities.

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According to the textbook authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet’s Social and economic structures since which of the following events?

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Since the Industrial Revolution.

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What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globaslization?

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Economic reorganization of the world.

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What do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) do?

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They make possible the flow of goods and capital across international boundaries.

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What is the middle position on globalization, according to your text’s authors?

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Globalization is probably unavoidable, but it can be managed.

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What is the current population of the Earth?

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More than 7 billion.

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Most of the current and future world population growth is occurring in which part of the world?

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Developing countries of Africa, Asia, and South America.

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In migration, which of the following is an example of a push force?

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Unemployment in a person’s homeland.

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In migration, which of the following is an example of a pull force?

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Economic opportunities in the potential destination.

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What does a negative net migration rate in a country tell us?

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That more people are leaving the country than moving to it.

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What is the average rate of urbanization for developing countries?

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A little less than 50%.

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture?

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It is individual.

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Cultural syncretism is a synonym for which of the following phrases?

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cultural hybridization

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Which of the following is an example of an abstract dimension of culture?

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ideology

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Which of the following is an example of a material dimension of culture?

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Architecture.

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Which of the following focuses on the interaction between power, territory, and space at different scales?

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Geopolitics.

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What is colonialism

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the formal establishment of rule over a foreign population

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What is the process of a colony’s gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government?

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Decolonisation.

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Which of the following groups of people is considered a nation without a state?

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Kurds.

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What does MDC stand for?

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More Developed Country.

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