World Issues Unit One Review

Relationships & Disparities

Mercator’s Projection Map

Most common map choice, rectangular shape most convenient for printing, distorts some country sizes

Stereographic Map

Makes earth appear as viewed from space, any straight line running through centre point is a great circle

Lambert Conformal Conic Map

Shapes are well preserved near standard parallels, directions are realistic

Robinson Map

Equator is standard parallel, lines of latitude and longitude spaced evenly

Transverse Mercator

Accurate near equator, distortions increase moving further away, good for mapping east-west orientation

Peter’s Projection Map

Cylindrical projection, shows true proportion of nations, regions near equator are stretched, polar regions compressed, emphasizing southern hemisphere

HDI Social Indicators

Life expectancy, education, income

Purchasing Power Parity

Measure used to compare purchasing power of different countries currencies

Big Mac Index

Measures PPP between countries based on price of a big mac in different countries across the world

Population Distribution

How individuals are spread out across a given area, the pattern of where people live in the region

Population Density

Arrangement of people across earth’s surface, number of people in a given area

Settler Colonization

Large number of settler claim land and become majority, exploiting land and resources belonging to the indigenous

Extractive Colonization

Colonizers want raw material found in the region, primary focus is to extract and transfer resources to benefit colonizing power

Two Group Models

Developed & Underdeveloped, Developed & Developing, North & South

Three Group Models

First, Second, Third World + Developed, Newly Developed, Developing

Urban Planning

Process which cities and towns are designed to manage land infrastructure, housing, transportation, and public services

Lasting Impacts of Colonization

Economic disparities, inequality, environmental degradation, inter generational trauma, resource extraction

Media Perspectives

Media influences how we understand world Issues, bias can be present, perspective is a combination of beliefs, biases, opinions