Chapters 1-2 Globalization And Climate Flashcards

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1
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A term that describes the differences between a super powers military technique and a lower level military technique. (Al Qaeda)

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Asymmetrical warfare

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2
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Cultural or political forces acting to weaken or divide and existing state

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Centrifugal forces

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3
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Forces the promote political unity and reinforce the state structure

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Centripetal forces

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4
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Formal establishment of rule over a foreign population

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Colonization

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5
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Process of a colony regaining control over its territory and establishing a separate government

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Decolonization

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6
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Represents the core powers of the world and where they left their footprints on the world

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Core-periphery model

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The active promotion of ones culture at the expense of another’s

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Cultural imperialism

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The process of protecting and defending a cultural system against others at the same time promoting national and cultural values

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Cultural nationalism

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The blending of forces causing a new form of culture

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Cultural hybridization

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10
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Learned not innate and it is shared behavior among a group of people

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Culture

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11
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Remains identified closely with a specific ethnic, tribal, or national group

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Ethnic religion

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12
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The interconnectedness of people and places through converging economical, political and cultural change

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Globalization

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13
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All final goods and services produced within a country’s borders

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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14
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GDP combined with net income from abroad

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Gross National Income(GNI)

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15
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Combination of life expectancy, literacy, education, gender equity and income

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Human Development Index (HDI)

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16
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A third language that serves as a common tongue

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Lengua Franca

17
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A relatively homogeneous cultural group with its own fully independent political territory

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Nation State

18
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Total of immigration and emigration

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Net migration rate

19
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Depicts the annual growth rate for a country in a percentage

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Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

20
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When people consider themselves non religious

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Secularization

21
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Synthetic hypothetical number that measures the fertility of a statistically fictitious yet average group of women moving through their childbearing years.

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

22
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They do global business through international subsidiaries, disrupt local ecosystems in their search for natural resources.

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Transnational firms

23
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Religion that appeals to all people across the globe and actively tries to recruit more followers such as Christianity Islam and Buddhism

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Universalizing religion

24
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Human-Caused

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Anthropogenic

25
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Where similar atmospheric conditions prevail and boundaries are drawn chartographically

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Climate region

26
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Spread of desertlike conditions to a semi arid areas

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Desertification

27
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An increase in the temperature of Earths atmosphere

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Global warming

28
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Provides us with a warm envelope of atmosphere that supports human life

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Greenhouse effect

29
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New agricultural techniques that involve using genetically altered seeds, fertilizers and pesticides

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The green revolution