[GEA 1000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (20 pages long!)
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. Southeast side of continents in same latitude region as mediterranean climates. 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) Purchasing power parity (ppp) per capita (compares national currencies) Improvement in economic well-being of people and regions. A shared set of meanings that are lived out. Economic globalization and challenges to regional governance. Region with highest levels of gender-related development.
