GEOG 1410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chorology, Regional Geography, Core Countries
17 Apr 2014
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A place is a place that interconnects people to other things or, a place that has personal meaning for people. The defining component of globalization is the dependency theory. Countries will continue to build political, cultural and economic relationships as long as the countries other than the core nations need their help. Core countries force the oppressed nations to specialize in one good for export, which benefits the core nation. It has been very difficult for most colonialized countries to become developed: define chorology" and the importance of a chorological view" to geography. The study of how and why variations occur between places, often in terms of spatial distributions. It can be traced back to strabo and his descriptions of locations and fossils. Kant advocated that a chorological view described areal differentiation but also examines the interrelationships among different regions. The chorological view was the foundation of much regional geography in the. 1940s and 1950s: explain ratzel"s concept of lebensraum.
