International Studies: Test 1

International Studies 201 with Lafever at Miami University of Ohio

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By: Katie Tomassetti
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International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues
Created: 2010-09-21
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colonialism

The political, economic, and cultural domination of African, American, Asian, and Middle Eastern societies by European power.

democracy

A form of governmental rule in which leaders are chosen by some form of electoral process and that respects the rule of law.

geography

study of interaction of physical and human phenomena at individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize space.

hegemony

social and political power

imperialism

political, economic, and cultural domination of a country or area by another country

International Governmental Organization (IGO)

organization with an international membership, scope, or presence that advances global or regional common interests

Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

a legally constituted nongovernmental, nonprofit organization

Trasnational Corporation (TNC)

Any corporation registered and operates in more than one country at a time

cartography

study or practice of making maps or globes

Global positioning system (GPS)

developed from satellite navigation systems developed for the military

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A system of hardware and software used for storage, retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographical data

Deterritorialization or superterritorialization

transcend territorial distance and geopolitical borders

formal region

region characterized by shared physical or human geography

functional region

region characterized by its function, such as a city, jurisdiction, territory, or delivery area

perceptual region

An area that in general has shared (correlative) regional characteristics

projection

synonym for map

map fundamentals

scale, centering, orientation

military coup

military seizure of power through undemocratic means. Africa has been plagued by them

revisionist history

Historical accounts that use new evidence to revise generally accepted or traditional versions of the past

Marxism

In the mid-ninteenth century, Karl Marx theorized that historical development was not a clash of ideas, as George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel positioned, but a struggle between classes based on their material possessions. Marx advocated violent overthrow by the working class

location

where a geographic phenomenon is. Includes absolute, relative, and nominal location

cultural imperialism

Imposing one cultural and cultural values

About this deck

By: Katie Tomassetti
Textbook:

International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues
Created: 2010-09-21
Size: 22 flashcards
Views: 51

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