2.3 Flashcards
is a socio-economic and political categorization of countries.
North-South Divide
Is a metaphor for interstate inequality and a product of Western imagination
North-South Divide
World System Theory-the core, the semi periphery, and the peripheries
North-South Divide
is comprised of all First World countries
North
is comprised of Third World countries.
South
This refers to countries that were colonized by the Spaniards in the American continent.
Latin America
This is when the newly discovered lands outside Europe were divided into two
Treaty of tordesillas
The WEST of the world
Crown of Castile (now part of Spain)
The EAST of the world
the east belonging to the Portuguese Empire.
What year did the world splitted between spain and portugal
1494
What place did create the cold war that created the division between Capitalist/Democratic states and Communist states.
US and USSR
What did US and USSR created the division Capitalist/Democratic states and Communist states.
First World, Second World, Third World
refers to the socio-economic and political divide primarily focused on the southern hemisphere.
Global South
It is one of a family of terms, including “Third World” and “Periphery,” that denote regions outside Europe and North America, mostly (though not all) low- income and often politically or culturally marginalized.
Global South
is the home of all members of the Group of Eight (G8)
Global North
