GEA-1000 Lecture 1: Notes
Document Summary
How global processes hold the world together. Systematic relations: butterfly effect (something that happens in one region affects everyone else) Geographic divisions based on physiographic and human historical processes. Not an exact fit to country boundaries. Useful tools for organizing and understanding the world. Interaction of worldwide temperatures, moisture, and solar energy. Warm, moist air rising at the equator. Dry air descending at 30 degrees latitude. Located between wet tropics and dry zones. Western sides of continents between 30 and 45 degrees latitude. Warm because close to equator, but also close to water bodies. Southeast side of continents in same latitude region as mediterranean climates. Western coasts of continents between 45 and 50 degrees. Global temperature increase of 5. 5 degrees fahrenheit. Transform - two plates sliding past each other (i. e. Yangtze river and three gorges dam project. Political and economic system of domination by external societies. Gross national income (gni) (which is profit and losses overseas)
