GEOG 2RW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Refugees Of The Syrian Civil War, Sub-Saharan Africa

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 2RW3
• Professor: Michael Mercier

Document Summary

Geog 2rw3 lecture 6 world regions in global context iii: regionalization & Physical geographic patterns and processes includes natural landscapes. Human geographic patterns and processes includes cultural landscapes. Think about characteristics to make each region unique/different but also the processes that make them connected to one another. Regionalization: the approach to recognizing what makes each region unique. Natural and cultural landscapes: sub-saharan africa vs. latin america. Globalization: all regions are interconnected vs. south asia, etc. Physical or human geographic events in one region have consequences in other areas, for example el ninyo or la ninya . Changing temperature of pacific ocean has a global impact in climate. Colder and wetter winter this year bc of warming in pacific ocean. Iran in the middle east/north africa region. China energy prices and cost of production. China could search for alternative sources of energy brazil, nigeria, Iran is pressured to keep oil supply high.