GEOG 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Income, Demographic Transition
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Areal differentiation: is the description and explanation of differences that distinguish one piece of the world from another. Areal integration: study of how places interact with each other. Bubble economy: is an economy in which trade takes place in large volumes with a discrepancy between the price and the intrinsic value of the product. Colonialism: formal establishment of rule over a foreign population. Cultural imperialism: is the active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another. Cultural landscape: the visible material expression of human settlement, past and present. Cultural nationalism: is the process of protecting and defending a cultural system against diluting or offensive cultural expressions, while promoting cultural values. Cultural syncretism or hybridization: blending of culture to form a new, synergistic form of culture. Culture: is a learned, shared behavior held in a common group of people. In other words, it is a way of life.
