🌐 Global Systems, Technology & Environment

Transnationalism

describes economic, social, political, and cultural processes that cross the borders of nation-states.

Urbanization

the process where more people move from rural or country areas to live and work in cities and towns

Demographic Transition

a model that describes how a country's population changes from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as it develops economically and industrially.

Migration Patterns

the regular, predictable movement of people or animals from one region or habitat to another over a specific period.

Diaspora

a large group of people scattered from their original homeland to multiple regions across the world.

Sustainability

means meeting our own needs without hurting the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

Environmental Determinism

the belief that the natural physical environment—such as climate, terrain, and geography—directly shapes and controls human culture, society, and individual behavior.

Infrastructure

the basic physical and organizational framework needed for a society, economy, or enterprise to function.

Technological Diffusion

the process by which new ideas, products, or processes spread through a social system or market over time.

Interdependence

a state where two or more things, people, or groups rely on each other and share mutual support.