Chapters 1-2 Globalization And Climate Flashcards
A term that describes the differences between a super powers military technique and a lower level military technique. (Al Qaeda)
Asymmetrical warfare
Cultural or political forces acting to weaken or divide and existing state
Centrifugal forces
Forces the promote political unity and reinforce the state structure
Centripetal forces
Formal establishment of rule over a foreign population
Colonization
Process of a colony regaining control over its territory and establishing a separate government
Decolonization
Represents the core powers of the world and where they left their footprints on the world
Core-periphery model
The active promotion of ones culture at the expense of another’s
Cultural imperialism
The process of protecting and defending a cultural system against others at the same time promoting national and cultural values
Cultural nationalism
The blending of forces causing a new form of culture
Cultural hybridization
Learned not innate and it is shared behavior among a group of people
Culture
Remains identified closely with a specific ethnic, tribal, or national group
Ethnic religion
The interconnectedness of people and places through converging economical, political and cultural change
Globalization
All final goods and services produced within a country’s borders
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP combined with net income from abroad
Gross National Income(GNI)
Combination of life expectancy, literacy, education, gender equity and income
Human Development Index (HDI)
A third language that serves as a common tongue
Lengua Franca
A relatively homogeneous cultural group with its own fully independent political territory
Nation State
Total of immigration and emigration
Net migration rate
Depicts the annual growth rate for a country in a percentage
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
When people consider themselves non religious
Secularization
Synthetic hypothetical number that measures the fertility of a statistically fictitious yet average group of women moving through their childbearing years.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
They do global business through international subsidiaries, disrupt local ecosystems in their search for natural resources.
Transnational firms
Religion that appeals to all people across the globe and actively tries to recruit more followers such as Christianity Islam and Buddhism
Universalizing religion
Human-Caused
Anthropogenic
Where similar atmospheric conditions prevail and boundaries are drawn chartographically
Climate region
Spread of desertlike conditions to a semi arid areas
Desertification
An increase in the temperature of Earths atmosphere
Global warming
Provides us with a warm envelope of atmosphere that supports human life
Greenhouse effect
New agricultural techniques that involve using genetically altered seeds, fertilizers and pesticides
The green revolution
