GEOG 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rhine, Ukrainian Nationalism, Transsiberian (Film)
19 Nov 2016
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(cid:862)glo(cid:271)al affairs: e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455)(cid:863: diffusion of culture globally. 3rd largest concentration of humans (742 million: demographic transition model. (cid:862)first(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)pleted: half of all (cid:862)de(cid:448)eloped(cid:863) people. Europe as a western civilization: historically antiquities (greek/roman, recently atlantic charter (us) [started after wwii] *europe is a cultural-historical region not a physical continent. 3000 bp (before present: greek centered eastern mediterranean. Strait of gibraltar between spain and morocco. Population (742 million: large and stable population. Le(cid:448)eled off a(cid:374)d has(cid:374)"t see(cid:374) populatio(cid:374) gro(cid:449)th i(cid:374) the last 100 years. Went from 20% to 10% of the world. From high birth and death rates to decreasing to currently stable birth and death rates. Cities continue to grow (rural to urban movement) Religious war has played out in a sense. Secularism (high rates in east and north) South and west are more religious per say. 0. 1 natural increase rate (-2% over next 50 years) 16% population < 15 years old and 16% population > 65 years old.
