GEOG 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geopolitics, Unified Combatant Command, United States Central Command
24 Mar 2018
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World region: part of the globe delineated according to criteria that are selected to facilitate the study of patterns particular to the area, delineate is to make boundaries around. Just like how a lot of times when ppl refer to. Other times ppl include both ottawa and gatineau: ex; energy sector consulting firm pacwest only includes canada in their north american definition for the region. Whereas nafta includes canada, us, and mexico: ex; mapsofworld. com defines north american world region as not only including us, canada and mexico but also central america, down to panama, we artificially create boundaries based on our own purposes. Developed joint currency, international migration policy and so on. Pacific and europe after ww2, these commands formalized unified combatant commands started with only 2 and in 1963 added south com. World regions enable us to know how whats happening in place is connecting to another country in a different world region.
