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- 1definition of ethnocentric
- 2sense of place
- 3absolute location
- 4relative location
- 5explain relative location
- 6mental map
- 7millenium goals
- 8millenium goal start year:-goal year1990-2015
- 9list 3 of the millenium goals and how they can be achieved
- 10list a core country: why is it a core country?
- 11list a peripheral country: why is it a peripheral country?
- 12list a semi-peripheral country: why is it semi-peripheral?
- 13what defines a refugee or IDP?
- 14what defines a guest worker?
- 15what defines an immigrant? give examples.-moved from country to another
-followed official channels
-is a central part of canadian history - 16define a refugee:people who left their country due to persecution (race/religion/war) and seek protection in another country.
-cuban refugees in florida (wet foot dry foot policy)
-1.4 million iraqi refugees taken in by iran (persian gulf war)
-the jews is WWII
-black populations from slavery in the states - 17list the 3 different kinds of migration:voluntary
forced
involuntary - 18what are the 4 main factors of migration?political (hitler)
social (tolerance versus intolerance)
economic (this is a push/pull reason)
environmental (volcanic explosion on montserrat) - 19give examples of 'push and pull' migratory factorsincome
kinship
political stability
opportunity (job) - 20model describing long distance migration to a big city:
- 21who is less likely to make an international move?
- 22world system theory has 5 main segments... list them:economy
technology
trade and investment
political and military
culture - 23explain the technological differences between core, peripheral and semi-peripheral countries:core: have and control advanced technology
semi-peripheral: mixed
peripheral:primitive or obselete - 24what is geographical accessibility?the degree of ease with which it is possible to reach one location from other locations. it varies from place to place and can be measured. ie: starbuck's in langford versus starbuck's on douglas or in vancouver.
- 25explain connectivity.
- 26what is spatial interaction:the level of interconnectedness between places: online, communication, physical, economical, political. all the levels and intricacies of the connections. starting when? don't forget history.
ie: canada and the UK - 27what is the commodity chain?
- 28explain relocation diffusion.relocation diffusion is literally diffusion from one physical place to another: religion (like budhism), disease (like HIV), brands (McDonalds). this kind of diffusion is actaully transported, physically moved in some manner.
- 29what is contagious diffusion?rapid, widespread diffusion of an idea, novelty or fad. an excellent verbal parallel is the word 'craze'. these days it's most often an idea expressed on the internet, like a video off youtube; the it gets better campaign, the NOH8 campaign. 'no means no' is another. the rise to stardom of the beatles and rolling stones from the UK to the states is a different kind of contagious diffusion. raves, the twist, the concept of new drugs that then cross over from a contagious novelty concept (viagara as a vascular drug) which then becomes rebranded as an erectile dysfunction drug making billions more in revenue when it is shipped out globally and becomes an example of relocation diffusion.
- 30what is a region?regions are units of measurement that break down an immense planet into manageable sized pieces! regions can be small or large. a good example would be: (going from microcosmic to macrocosmic) the region of the CRD, is located in the region of Vancouver Island, which is located in the region of the province of British Columbia, which is a part of the region of Canada, North America and the Western hemisphere. regions often take on a 'nesting doll' pattern, with regions within regions within regions. this is done for the sake political ridings, township budgets, capital districts and so on!
- 31define formal region.a formal region is defined by boundaries and borders. they are publicly known and well marked on maps and on signs. the formal region for the CRD had latitude and longitude and a coat of arms. parliament sits within victoria which is within the CRD.
- 32define a functional region.functional regions are defined by their connections and often have a focal point like a city surrounded by suburbs.
- 33formal regions are based on:cold, hard facts.
population
coordinates
per capita income of said population
measurable facts within those coordinates: temperature, crime, vehicular emissions! - 34functional regions are based on:functional regions have a focal point that may or may not fit into the boundaries of the formal region. they may center around bus routes, time zones, business districts. they can even use television as a focal point; one could argue that a functional region exists for the pacific daylight time of tv shows. if you look at a map of canada and the time zones that apply across the country you'll notice that time does not follow the boundaries set by the politicians.
the time zones are regions, but they are not formal, they are functional. - 35what kind of region is this?
- 36BONUS CONCEPT: perceptual regions play a part in the definition of regionality as well, especially when linking a formal and functional region. what is a perceptual region?perceptual regions are predominantly based on opinion and the observations of individuals or groups of individuals. examples include: 'a jewish/chinese/french neighborhood', a part of town where 'the lawyers/dentists/foodies' dominate, a conservative area, liberal area, hippy neighborhood.
- 37researcher whose work focuses on space time compression.david harvey
- 38summarize the concept of space time compression.-linked to dynamics of capitalist market
-results in a perceived reorganization of time to fit the market/trade/hours of business.
-the world reorganizes to fit business: lights on all night, graveyard shifts, altered sleep patterns.
-the world seems smaller with the efficacy of travel: fast cars as opposed to horses, airplanes over perilous journeys by ship.
-technology: twitter, email, texting... you can get news in a minute.
-you can argue that the perception of today's teens about global scale is radically different than even one generation previous! all their friends are accessible by text, the world is at their finger tips via the internet and discovery channel, and every city (and often town) has the same signs: tim hortons, starbucks, mcdonalds. - 39—centripetal force: a central force or idea that unites people and strengthens the state and creates solidarity. it can be a force for good or bad, it can also go from good to bad. (nationalism in WWI or the opposite side of the image of mecca where muslim countries come to despise westerners).
- 40—also centripetal.
- 41centrifugal forces are:divisive.
they can be physical features like mountains in nepal, language arguments (quebec), religious disagreements (anglicanism vs catholicism in britain 1500s), ethnic self determination (eritrea from ethiopia in 1990.) - 42what is nationalism?
- 43explain the primary characteristics of nationalism. give examples.-both an IDEOLOGICAL and a POLITICAL practice that all nations need their own sovereign government and territory.
-strong sense of loyalty and belief in the nation. maybe even that it is supreme and above others.
-ie: canadians on canada day wearing red and white watching fireworks, with mps speaking.
-nazi germany: hitler declared the germans to be the master race and the people agreed. - 44what is devolution?devolution is the transference of power from a centralized government (nation level) to local subsidiaries, offering more autonomy to a region (ie a province or state).
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