GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neocolonialism, Wwti, Industrial Crop
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Concepts on how the world works (chapter 2) Europe beyond england such as france, germany, belgium & switzerland. Internal development of the core: early transportation systems allowed core countries to connect their own country as well as giving them the ability to colonize the periphery, transportation systems provided 4 benefits to the core countries, 1. They made it a whole lot easier for countries of the periphery to supply the core with raw materials and different types of fuels (coal: 2. Made it easier to sell goods and services in the periphery and the semi-periphery: 3. Made it easier to subcontract or outsource production to low cost locations in the periphery and semi periphery: 4. Organizing the periphery: core countries are doing the organizing of the periphery. Western europe such as the british east india company and hudson bay company in.