Wallerstein's World System Theory
The three categories of the Wallerstein World System Theory.
Core, Semi-Periphery, Periphery
A region that has one or more shared traits; also called a uniform region.
Formal
The study of events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth.
Human geography
This term refers to a place's absolute location and physical characteristics.
Site
Ask, collect, visualize, create, act.
These are steps to the _______________________.
Geo-Inquiry Process
According to the world system theory, Mexico is an example of this kind of country.
Semi-periphery
This type of region is also called a node.
Functional
The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment.
Physical geography
Internalized representations of portions of the Earth.
Mental Maps
Qualitative and quantitative
According to the world system theory, Japan is an example of this kind of country.
Core
The South is an example of this type of region.
Perceptual/Vernacular
The geographic perspective that focuses on how people live on Earth, how they organize themselves, and why the events of human societies occur where they do.
Spatial perspective
Budapest, Hungary is located at 47.50 degrees North, 19.04 East. This is an example of ________ location.
This tool organizes different kinds of data into visuals.
GIS
According to the world system theory, Panama is an example of this kind of country.
The Pampas (grasslands) in South America are an example of this type of region.
Formal
Ecological perspective
Budapest is located 134 Southeast of Vienna, Austria. This is an example of _________ location.
Satellites or aircraft-based sensors are mostly used to collect data in this process.
Remote sensing
Why is core-periphery terminology used in this course instead of "developed/less developed countries"?
To avoid the assumption that developing/traditional societies need to "catch up" to Western ideals; to distinguish the status and hierarchy of the world's countries and better understand their relationships
Airline flight routes are an example of this type of region.
Functional
The essential elements of geography are summed up into these 3 questions.
Where? Why there? Why care?
Barcelona is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea, which historically controlled the western portion of the sea.
Human geographers focus on two factors that influence how humans use a particular place, which one is exemplified above?
Situation.
Identify 3 ways geographers can collect data.
Census, remote sensing, fieldwork, interviews, observations, analyzing maps, etc.