A WORLD OF REGIONS
industrialized, communist realm of the
North-South Divide
• It is broadly considered a socio-
economic and political divide.
• Global North: United States, Canada,
Western Europe, Australia, and New
Zealand
• Global South: Africa, Latin America,
developing Asia including the Middle
East
GLOBAL NORTH
• Mostly covers the West and the First
World, along with much of the Second
World
• Richer and more developed
• 95% has enough food and shelter
• As nations become economically
developed, they may become part of the
“North”, regardless of geographical
location
GLOBAL SOUTH
• Largely corresponds with the Third
World
• Poorer and less developedn
• Lacks appropriate technology, no
political stability
• Any nations that do not qualify for
“developed” status are in effect deemed
to be part of the “South”.
Three Worlds Theory:
FIRST WORLD: encompassed all
industrialized, democratic countries,
which were assumed to be allied with
the United States in its struggle against
the Soviet Union.
SECOND WORLD: anchored on the
Soviet Union and its eastern European
satellites, yet it often included poor
communist states located elsewhere.
THIRD WORLD: defined as the non-
aligned world and the global realm of
poverty.
Asian Regionalism
• The product of economic interaction,
not political planning.
• Asian economies are becoming closely
intertwined.
• Interdependence is deepening
because Asia’s economies have grown
large and prosperous enough to
become important to each other, and
because their patterns of production
increasingly depend on networks that
span several Asian economies and
involve wide ranging exchanges of parts
and components among them.
REGIONALISM
Process of dividing an area into smaller
segments called regions. (e.g. Division
of nation into states or provinces)
As to nature: dividing the area into
smaller segments
As to market: monopolies are likely to
develop
As to culture: does not support this
As to aid: does not get involved in the
affairs of other areas
As to technology: rarely advance
GLOBALIZATION
Process of international integration
arising from the interchange of world
views, products, ideas, and other
aspects, such as technology, etc.

As to nature: promotes the integration of

economics across state borders all
around the world.
As to market: allows many companies to
trade on international level.
As to culture: accelerate to
multiculturalism
As to aid: willing to give aid to other
country
As to technology: advance