Chapter 2 Flashcards
the boundaries between continents are ______ than you might think
fuzzier
continents in order from greatest to least in terms of area
Asia
africa
north america
south america
antartica
europe
australia
continents in order from greatest to least in terms of population
asia
africa
europe
north america
south america
australia
antartica
core-periphery
places of dominance whose inhabitants exerted their power over their surroundings
typically viewed as exploitative
formerly based on colonization/emphasis on political dominance, now on labor economics
example of core-periphery
greek city-states (athens)
what term was used to describe the area of a city’s influence
hinterland
ex) binghamton can be considered as part of the hinterland of NYC
most common three worlds theory
first world - US and Allies
second world - USSR and allies
third world - non-aligned countries/developing countries
superpower
state with a dominant position in international relations
main two being US and USSR
hegemon
greek term: person w/ supreme power, usually referred to as the head of a superpower
lingua franca
“bridge language” between parts of the periphery that do not share a language
english is the global lingua franca today
six dominant languages/official UN languages
arabic
chinese/mandarin
english
french
russian
spanish
Alfred Thayer Mahan
american admiral; argued that the biggest division is between countries with access to the sea and those without
AKA the world ocean is the core
landlocked countries tend to …
do much worse economically
access to ocean = access to anyone
territory is
a fundamental biological imperative
spacial contiguity
territory is usually connected
OECD countries
organization for economic cooperation and development
35 member countries
originally oriented toward countries participating in the Marshall plan
BRICS
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
6 countries invited in 2023 to BRICS
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina
many heavily involved in oil production
alignment error
tend to imagine the world as if lined up better east-west and north-south than it actually does
nesting errors
assumptions based on mental images
when asked what is further west: Reno, NV or LA, CA
Reno is, although CA is further than NV
anchorpoint theory
if you know where on place is, you can use that to locate another place
