ch 2 Flashcards
colonialism
establishment and maintenance of politcal and legal domination by state over a separate society
colonization
physical settlement in a new territory of people of people from a colonizing state
core regions
regions that dominate trade, control the most advanced technologies, and have high levels of productivity within diversified economies
digital divide
inequality of access to telecommunications and info tech, particularly the internet
new international division of labour
growth of transnational corps and the deindustrialization of the advanced economies
ethnocentrism
attitude that a persons own race and culture are superior to those of others
external arena
regions of the world not yet absorbed into the modern world system
fast world
people, places and regions directly involved as producers and consumers in transnational industry, modern telecommunications, materialistic consumptions, and international news and entertainment
globalization
increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change
hearth areas
geographic settings new practices have developed and from which they have spread
imperialism
deliberate exercise of military power and economic influence by powerful states in order to advance and secure their national interests
law of diminishing returns
tendency for productivity to decline with the continued application of capital and/or labour to a given resource base
minisystem
society with a single cultural base and a reciprocal social economy
neo-colonialism
economic and political strategies by which powerful states in core economies indirectly maintain or extend their influence over other areas or people
peripheral regions
regions with dependent and disadvantageous trading relationships, obsolete tech and underdeveloped or narrowly specailized economies with low levels of productivity
