World Issues Unit 1 Test

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

Fracking

Process to extract gas and oil from deep rock formations, using high pressure water, sand, and chemicals causing the rock to crack and release the resources

Utilitarianism

Focuses on the greatest good for the largest number of people, and that actions should be evaluated based on their consequences

Virtue Ethics

Focuses on character traits or virtues of individuals and emphasizes moral excellence, focusing less on following moral rules or consequences

Deontology

Emphasizes duty, obligation and moral rules, actions are right and wrong based on their relation to universal moral principles rather than looking at consequences.

Two Group Models

Developed & Underdeveloped, Developed & Developing, North & South

Three Group Models

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