Political Geography ACRONYMS
NATO
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
When redistricting is done to keep the current group in power or to increase their power
What is GERRyMANDERING?
The region situated between Spain and France
What is the BASQUE region?
The example of a Starbucks cup of coffee
What is GLOBALIZATION?
The speed at which false information spreads on social media compared with facts
What is 6X faster?
WTO
What is the World Trade Organization?
A narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water
What is a choke point?
The border that separates North and South Korea
What is the DMZ?
2 of the biggest issues predicted to impact the Earth the most over the next 7-10 years
What are AI, Extreme Weather Events, Public Health, Water Scarcity, and Political Instability?
The childlike nickname technologists give to our cell phones that describe what they are to us
What is a digital pacifier?
OPEC
What is the Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries?
States that completely surround another state
What is PERFORATED?
The Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore are part of this specific region in Asia
What is Southeast Asia?
A map in your head
What is a mental map?
The name of the model being used to make money for social media companies
What is the disinformation for profit model or surveillance capitalism?
UN and EU
What is United Nations and European Union?
When multiple states unite to form a stronger political or economic organization
What is SUPRANATIONALISM?
The more common name for the region of SOUTHWEST ASIA with many OPEC members
What is the MIDDLE EAST?
When everything in a location feels and looks the same
What is PLACELESSNESS?
Two major industries that call their customers "users"
What are drugs and media?
BRICS
What are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa?
Forces that DIVIDE a state
What is CENTRIFUGAL?
The region in Belgium where they speak French
What is Wallonia?
The study of population statistics like IDR and TFR
What is demography or demographics?
Finish the quote..."If you're not paying for the product, then...
What is "you are the product?"