[INTL 101] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (28 pages long!)
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Chapter 1 getting your global bearings: navigating the world. Field of inquiry that examines human relationships that involve cross border interactions. What are the borders that shape our understanding of the world. Where people settled and to what degree they interact. Usually created by colonizer and colonization w/ disregard for the native people"s culture. Form identities in terms of language, religion,ethnicity,or a common historical experience. Political,economic,social and cultural flows across the international system. Actions that states must take in order to compete in the global market. Precluded by tech,innovation,integration of markets, and overlapping financial network. No single entity can solve these issues by itself. Observations about climate and its relation to geography. Gis- geographic information systems : gps, google maps. Natural asset of the earth available to everyone. Ability of the earth to meet needs of its population. Not enough arable land combined with land degradation. Forests acts as carbon sink; removing trees releases carbon and contributes to climate change.
