Geog 100 Chapter 2

Question 1

World-system?

Answer 1

an interdependent system of countries linked by economic and political competition.

Question 2

External Area?

Answer 2

regions of the world not yet absorbed into the modern world-system.

Question 3

BRICS?

Answer 3

a grouping of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) that is similar to the semi periphery, but are quickly becoming some of the world’s largest economies

Question 4

Mini system?

Answer 4

a society with a single cultural base and a reciprocal social economy.

Question 5

Hegemony?

Answer 5

domination over the world economy exercised by one national state in a particular historical epoch through a combination of economic, military, financial, and cultural means.

Question 6

Colonialism? Neo colonialism?

Answer 6

Colonialism: the establishment and maintenance of political and legal domination by a state over a separate and alien society.
Neo Colonialism: economic and political strategies by which powerful states in core economies indirectly maintain or extend their influence over other areas or people.

Question 7

Digital divide?

Answer 7

inequality of access to telecommunications and information technology, particularly the internet.

Question 8

Division of labour?

Answer 8

the specialization of different people, regions, or countries in particular kinds of economic activities.

Question 9

Fast world?

Answer 9

people, places, and regions directly involved, as producers and consumers, in transnational industry, modern telecommunications, materialistic consumption, and international news and entertainment.

Question 10

Slow world?

Answer 10

people, places, and regions whose participation in transnational industry, modern telecommunications, materialistic consumption, and international news and entertainment is limited.