GLOBAL COMMUNITY:

GEOPOLITICS AND GLOBAL

CITIZENSHIP
Lesson 14
The global community

■ is the people or nations of the world, considered

closely connected by modern telecommunications and
as being economically, socially, and politically
interdependent.
What is geopolitics?
• the study of places and the relationships
between people and their environments.

■ Geopolitics is the study of how geography and economics influence politics and the
relations between nations of the world, a synonym for international political relations.
■ It is a study of the influence of geography, economics, and demography on politics and
especially a state's foreign policy.
■ A combination of political and geographic factors relating to something (such as a state
or particular resources) such as the geopolitics of oil and geopolitics of renewable
energy.
Why is geopolitics important?

■ Geopolitics can help explain the structure of security problems

■ Furthermore, geopolitical ideas can be a convenient vehicle for the justification of
political decisions taken on other grounds.
■ At the level of international relations, geopolitics is a method of studying foreign policy
to understand, explain and predict global political behavior through geographical
variables.
What does global Citizenship mean?

■ A global citizen is someone aware of and understands the

wider world - and their place in it. They take an active role in
their community and work with others to make our planet more
equal, fair, and sustainable. Build their understanding of world
events.
What are the qualities of a global citizen?

■ 1. Global citizens try to understand other people and have empathy for
them.
■ 2. Global citizens act fairly in their choices, their decisions, and their
words.
■ 3. Global citizens believe that they are just as important as everyone else.
■ 4. Global citizens believe that all people are equal.
What are the advantages of being a global
citizen?
■ Being a Global Citizen in advanced countries means that your
family has the freedom and outstanding advantages of the best
education, health care, social security, liberty while enjoying a
clean and safe living environment.
What is Global Citizenship, and why is it
important?
■ It is essential to be a global citizen to develop cultural awareness and empathy, preserve
the planet that all humans share, and better prepare yourself to thrive in the increasingly
international community.
■ Global Citizenship is the idea that one's identity transcends geography or political
borders and that responsibilities or rights are derived from membership in a broader
class: "humanity." This does not mean that such a person denounces or waives their
nationality or other, more local identities, but that such identities are given "second
place" to their membership in a global community. Also, the idea leads to questions
about the state of global society in the age of globalization.
■ In general usage, the term may have much the same meaning as "world citizen" or
cosmopolitan
The benefits are felt across the school and beyond.
Global Citizenship helps young people to:

■ 1. Build their understanding of world events.

■ 2. Think about their values and what's important to them.
■ 3. Take learning into the real world.
■ 4. Challenge ignorance and intolerance.
■ 5. Please get involved in their local, national, and global communities.
■ 6. Develop an argument and voice their opinions.
■ 7. See that they have the power to act and influence the world around them.
Informing the Electorate

■ The electorate is the people eligible to vote in an election, especially their

number; an electoral district or constituency, the geographic area of a
particular election.
■ “A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy,” - Thomas
Jefferson.
 GLOBAL COMMUNITY:
GLOBAL POPULATION AND
MOBILITY
Lesson 15
Global Population

■ In demographics, the world population is the total number of

humans currently living and was estimated to have reached 7.8
billion people as of March 2020. It took over 200,000 years of
human history for the world's population to reach 1 billion and
only 200 years more to reach 7 billion.
Here we see that the top five most
populous countries are:
■ (1) China (1.42 billion)
■ (2) India (1.37 billion)
■ (3) United States (329 million)
■ (4) Indonesia (269 million)
■ (5) Brazil (212 million)
What do you mean by mobility?

■ Mobility is the ability to move freely.

■ Geographic mobility is the measure of how populations and goods move over time.
Geographic mobility is also a statistic that measures migration within a population.
■ Population mobility has implications ranging from administrative changes in
government and impacts on local economic growth to housing markets and demand for
regional services.
What is global population and mobility?

■ Geographic mobility is the measure of how populations and

goods move over time. Geographic mobility, population
mobility, or more simply mobility is also a statistic that
measures migration within a population.
What is global population growth?

■ Population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a

population. Global human population growth amounts to around 83
million annually or 1.1% per year.
What are the four factors that affect
population growth?
■ Birth rate- means the number of live births per thousand of population per year.
■ Death rate The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a specific
period, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
■ Immigration- means the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which
they are not natives or do not possess citizenship to settle as permanent residents or
naturalized citizens. It will increase the population size of the place.
■ Emigration- means the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another
or moving abroad with the intent to pay elsewhere. It will decrease the population size.
Population growth is determined by:

■ 1. Fertility rates – the ability to produce young

■ 2. Fatality rates – number of death in a given period
■ 3. Carrying capacity - is the number of individuals that the available resources of an
environment can successfully support.
■ 4. Limiting aid is a resource that organisms must have to survive and is available only in
limited quantities in their environment. Therefore, a limiting resource function to limit
population growth. Food and water are common limiting resources for animals, and
work and housing determine humans' help.
Factors influencing population growth:

■ 1. Economic development
■ 2. Education
■ 3. Quality of children
■ 4. Welfare payments/State pensions
■ 5. Social and cultural factors
■ 6. Social and cultural factors
■ 7. Female labor market participation
■ 8. Death rates
■ 9. Immigration levels
■ 10. Historical factors/war