GEO 131 Lecture 9: GEO131Days16-18Notes
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Population distribution: people live around water resources; fertile crescent. Hydraulic civilization government(s) maintain control by having control over water resources, allocating to their advantage. Arab spring: formation in tunisia in 2010, governments of arab nations overthrown by islamic rebels, currently in syria. Berlin conference: 14 states divided africa without cultural consideration, superimposed boundaries. Migration routes cut off: upon reunification, realm was already heavily politically fragmented, damage was already done, policies of foreign invaders. Indirect rule: indigenous power structures left intact, local rulers became representatives of the crown. Assimilationist: direct rule promoting french culture through language, laws, and more. Senegal, mali, ivory coast, and many more countries. Exploitation: enslavement, rigid control, raw materials, last to give independence. Paternalistic: africans treated as children, needed education in western ways, raw materials. Example: belgians favored one rwandan group more than another, led to rwandan genocide: legacy. Economic growth rate: 1. 5: world"s lowest, 70 years to double.
