EUS 307 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Eupen-Malmedy, Landlocked Country, Olaus Magnus

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: European Studies
• Course: EUS 307
• Professor: Arens Katherine

Document Summary

Lecture- historical maps and globalization: globalization https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/globalization. Globalization is international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and mutual sharing, and other aspects of culture via advances in technology and transportation, e. g. , steamship, telegraph, internet, mobile phones, etc. Some scholars argue that globalization began long before the european age of discovery and voyages to the new world. Still, in the 19th and early 20th century, large-scale globalization took place as a direct result of the industrial revolution. Capital and investment movements: migration and movement of people. The silk road connected asia, africa, and europe. Easy and essential to lie with maps, when including minimal white lies. Modern electronic maps can hold serious lies that can appear accurate. Map authors can experiment freely with their map so it can best represent their case. Small scale maps have a smaller capacity for truth than large-scale maps.