Global Interactions
The exchange of goods, services, and capital across international borders.
What is international/global trade?
In a democracy, this concept represents the core system where citizens elect representatives to make laws, distinct from an autocracy where it rests with one person.
What is political power (or popular sovereignty)?
These lines run east-west around the globe but measure distance north and south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
The transition from hand-production methods to machine manufacturing in Europe and the US during the 18th and 19th centuries that fundamentally changed human society.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
In the MYP, the letters "I" and "S" in our subject group name stand for these two words.
What are Individuals and Societies?
When fast-food chains modify their menus to fit local tastes (like serving McSpicy Paneer in India), it is a prime example of this conceptual process.
What is cultural diffusion (or glocalization)?
An economic system based on supply and demand with little to no government control, heavily championed by Adam Smith.
What is a free market economy (or capitalism)?
The study of mountain ranges, rivers, and ecosystems falls under this branch of geography, while studying urban development and population density falls under another.
What is physical geography (vs. human geography)?
A sudden, radical, or complete change in political power and organizational structures that occurs when the population revolts against the government.
What is a revolution?
When analyzing a historical source, you must look at the author's background and purpose to identify this potential slant or unfair preference.
What is bias (or perspective)?
Founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and security, this global organization currently has 193 member states.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This complex planetary system regulates Earth's temperature but is currently being disrupted by greenhouse gas emissions from human industrial systems.
What is the climate system?
Looking at a conflict through a local, national, and global lens means you are varying this geographical and analytical concept.
What is scale?
In I&S, we analyze the immediate trigger of an event (like an assassination) versus these underlying factors that built up over decades.
What are long-term causes?
The type of historical or sociological source that comes directly from the time period under study, such as a diary, photograph, or official treaty.
What is a primary source?
While it has lowered the cost of consumer goods worldwide, critics argue this macro-process has led to the exploitation of labor in developing nations and cultural homogenization.
What is globalization?
The system of global governance and alliances that emerged after WWII, resulting in a tense, decades-long geopolitical standoff between two superpowers.
What is the Cold War system?
This term describes a region or country that exerts immense economic, military, and cultural influence across global space, often dictating international policy.
What is a superpower?
A moment in history where a significant political, economic, or social change occurs, altering the course of the future entirely (e.g., 1914 or 1945).
What is a turning point?
This politician remains a central figure in the media, as he executes orders from the oval office, navigates pushbacks on regional conflicts and reshapes federal agencies during his nonconsecutive second term.
Who is Donald Trump?
The dominance of one culture over others, often through the exportation of cultural goods (e.g., media, fashion).
What is cultural imperialism?
The branch of philosophy that studies the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.
What is epistemology or Theory of Knowledge?
A distinct period of time in history or a person's life, usually marked by notable events or particular characteristics.
What is an epoch?
The gradual development and progression of ideas, systems, or cultural norms.
What is evolution?
This long-standing HIS teacher is also an instagram-influencer in Hanoi and loves talking about weather and climate and storms and I&S and food and culture and everything else.
Who is Mr. Chad?