Geo-Terms
Readings
Here's the Word...
Geographical Concepts
This & That
100
Literally translated, it means to write the earth. It is the study of physical features, spatial distribution of humans and their activities, and the interaction between the two.
What is geography
100
Who is the following quote attributed to: "The Orient is not only adjacent to Europe; it is also the place of Europe’s greatest and richest and oldest colonies, the source of its civilizations and languages, its cultural contestant, and one of its deepest and most recurring images of the Other."
Who is Edward Said
100
Define "nation"
What is a group of people often sharing common elements of culture, such as language, religion, a history, or political identity.
100
An overarching account or interpretation of events and circumstances that provides a pattern or structure for people’s beliefs and gives meaning to their experiences
What is metanarrative
100
Of the following countries, this one was never colonized by Europe: Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Algeria
What is Turkey
200
This is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
What is colonialism
200
In this work, we read about the imperative to take care of those under imperialist control
What is "The White Man's Burden" by Kipling
200
Define Global North/ Global South
What is parts of the globe experiencing either very high levels of economic development (north) or very low levels of economic development (south). It relates to location on the globe, however that is not exclusive.
200
This is the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there.
What is immigration
200
Name 3 major colonial powers that we have discussed this semester.
What is England, France, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Germany....
300
The process by which peoples of different cultural backgrounds who occupy a common territory achieve sufficient cultural solidarity to sustain a national existence.
What is assimilation
300
Fill in the blank from Prashad's excerpt of "Darker Nations." It states: "The Third World is not a place. It is a ____________."
What is project
300
Define Orientalism
What is the acceptance in the West of “the basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories, epics, novels, social descriptions, and political accounts concerning the Orient, its people, customs, ‘mind,’ destiny and so on.” (Said)
300
This is the name for an area of the Middle East and North Africa that was administered by a European power, with a promise and preparation for self-government and future independence.
What is a mandate
300
This brought an end to Europe's religious wars by making national states the principle actors in international politics and establishing the principle that no state has the right to interfere in the international politics of any other state.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia
400
The extension of the power of a nation through direct or indirect control of the economic and political life of other territories.
What is imperialism
400
Fill in the blank: Barney, in the article "Mapping the Cold War", states that "The United Nations...was especially where _______________ was conceived as an ideal of scientific internationalism for development."
What is cartography
400
Define geopolitics.
What is "Geopolitics is the study that analyzes geography, history and social science with reference to spatial politics and patterns at various scales (ranging from home, city, region, state to international and beyond). It examines the political, economic, and strategic significance of geography, where geography is defined in terms of the location, size, function, and relationships of places and resources." Or simply.... What is "politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors."
400
This is the process by which distinctive areas come into being
What is regionalization
400
He argued that conventional national and state borders are largely artificial and irrelevant, and that his "nations" provide a more accurate way of understanding the true nature of North American society.
Who is Joel Garreau
500
This is the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
What is sovereignty
500
In which text did we read the following: "Civilization came to be represented by European forms of scientific and historical knowledge and the ideas of morality, public order, crime and punishment, even styles of dress."
What is "From the Ruins of Empire" by Panjak Mishra
500
Define intifada (as we have used it in this class)
What is the violent uprising of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation
500
This refers to the perception of space created through certain images, texts or discourses.
What is imagined geographies.
500
Name 3 of the most industrialized European countries during the Industrial Revolution
What is UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands
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