Why the World is NOT flat Flashcards
Why is the world NOT flat?
- Too sick
- Too disempowered
- Too frustrated
- Too many toyotas
Friedman says you cannot _________ in a place where 50 percent of the people are infected with malaria or half of the kids are malnourished or a third of the mothers are dying of AIDS.”
Drive economic growth
Globalization has_______ the differences between the core and periphery and has contributed to the emergence of a digital divide and an increasing _______ between a fast world and a slow world.
- Intensified
2. Division
The fast world is about ____percent of the population
15
The slow world is about ____ percent of the population
85
“We created an information highway but for a lot of people they____________”
Can’t get on the on-ramp, they don’t know what the posted speed limits are, and they can’t read the advertising on the side of the road.
Most new internet users will come from______, and ______will surpass the U.S. by 2012.
- Asia
2. China
Despite constant efforts to provide high-speed internet connections, Africa is _______. Most countries in Africa concentrate their resources on ______ because of a lack of ________. The highest number of internet subscriptions is in _______, which has a more developed network.
- Falling behind the rest of the world.
- Mobile phone market
- Necessary infrastructure for the internet
- North Africa
Global trade or global terror is out age’s central ________
Organizing principle
What is an ecological footprint?
A measure of the human pressures on the natural environment from the consumption of renewable resources and the production of pollution indicating how much space a population needs compared to what is available
Earth may be a planet of shrinking functional distances, but it remains a world of _________. From the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity, ______ remains a powerful arbitrator … In our current rush to embrace the rewards of global “flattening,” it is worth reminding ourselves that _____ continues to matter when it
comes to opportunities in reach”
- Staggering situational differences.
- Place
- Point of entry
What are the three most important quotes to remember for this class?
- Our first understanding of space begins with the space of experience
- Attachment to a place is a prerequisite to endeavor on its behalf
- Earth may be a planet of shrinking functional distances, but it remains a world of staggering situational differences.
Harm de Blij says “The world is flat but rather it is a _______, in which climate, topography, natural hazards, pathogens and much more shape ________, _________, _________, ________, _______
- rugged terrain
2. Economy, politics, lanugae, culture, and power.
What are 10 famous land boundaries?
(1) The border between Mexico and the United States
(2) The ongoing construction of a physical barrier that will essentially enclose an entire country, Israel, within nearly 700 kilometers of fences, concrete walls, and intervening no-go zones.
(3) The Green Line between Turkish northern Cyprus from the Greek south
(4) The Spanish exclaves on the North African (Mediterranean) coast, Ceuta and Melilla
(5) the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea
(6) The eastern limit of the European Union
(7) the Australian Defense Forces have mounted a continuous surveillance and interception operation along a 3,000-kilometer stretch of the Timor and Arafura Seas, involving marine patrols and air reconnaissance
(8) The waters between Taiwan and China (Jakota Triangle [Japan, South Korean and Taiwan]) – less an issue nowadays (although the potential for an increased Chinese military presence in the South China Sea has created tension
(9) Off West Africa, EU vessels patrol the waters between the mainland and the Canary Islands to intercept and return African mobals risking their lives to reach Spanish territory.
(10) Spanish, French, and Italian surveillance operates to limit illegal crossings from the North African coast (not unlike Florida-Cuba surveillance
What do fences or Ceuta and Melilla represent?
A stark and literal reminder of the cultural, political and economic barriers that remain to be overcome between Europe and its Medirerranean neighbors.
