A WORLD OF REGIONS

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
WHAT IS REGION?
• A REGION IS AN AREA WITH COMMON FEATURES
THAT SET IT APART FROM OTHER AREAS.
• REGION CAN VARY IN SIZE FROM VERY SMALL TO
HALF OF THE EARTH`S SURFACE.
• REGIONS ARE DYNAMIC ,CHANGING.
• A TWO-WAY PROCESS OF PEOPLE`S ACTIVITIES
CHANGING THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE
BEING AFFECTED BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
• CREATED BY PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE
OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS PRESENTED
BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
GLOBAL DIVIDES
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
GLOBAL DIVIDES
 GLOBAL NORTH  GLOBAL SOUTH
 UNITED STATES, CANADA,
WESTERN EUROPE,  AFRICA LATIN
OUTERMOST REGIONS OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION.
AMERICA
 DEVELOPED PARTS OF ASIA  DEVELOPING ASIA
AND NEW ZEALAND. INCLUDING MIDDLE
HOME TO ALL THE MEMBERS
EAST.


OF G8 AND TO FOUR OF THE

FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS
OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL.
MAJOR DIFFERENCES
 GLOBAL NORTH  GLOBAL SOUTH

 LESS POPULATION  LARGE POPULATION

 HIGH WEALTH  LOW WEALTH
 HIGH STANDARD OF  LOW STANDARD OF
LIVING LIVING
 HIGH INDUSTRIAL  LOW INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
 INDUSTRY  AGRICULTURE
GLOBAL NORTH GLOBAL SOUTH
 FIRST WORLD  THIRD WORLD
 RICHER AND DEVELOPED REGION  POOR AND LESS DEVELOPED REGION
 95% HAS ENOUGH FOOD AND  5% HAS ENOUGH FOOD AND
SHELTER SHELTER
 ECONOMY: INDUTRIES AND MAJOR
 SOURCE FOR RAW MATERIAL OF THE
BUSINESSES, COMMERCE AND NORTH
FINANCE
 COTTON PRODUCTION= SLAVE
 TEXTILE, LUMBER, LABOR.
CLOTHING,MACHINERY, LEATHER
 DEPENDED ENTIRELY ON
AND WOODEN GOODS COTTON=PROFITABLE KING
COTTON
 RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION
ASIAN REGIONALISM
ASIAN REGIONALISM
 IS THE PRODUCT OF ECONOMIC INTERACTION, NOT POLITICAL
PLANNING. AS A RESULT OF SUCCESSFUL , OUTWARD
ORIENTED, GROWTH STRATEGIES, ASIAN ECONOMIES HAVE
GROWN NOT ONLY RICHER, BUT ALSO CLOSER TOGETHER.

 EAST ASIAN ECONOMIES IN PARTICULAR, FOCUSED ON

EXPORTING TO DEVELOPED COUNTRY MARKETS RATHER THAN
SELLING TO EACH OTHER.

 ASIAN ECONOMIES ARE BECOMING CLOSELY INTERTWINED.

THIS IS NOT BECAUSE THE REGION`S DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY HAS CHANGED, IT REMAINS PREDOMINANTLY NON-
DISCRIMINATORY AND OUTWARD-ORIENTED.
WHAT IS REGIONALISM?
REGIONALISM IS THE
PROCESS OF DIVIDING AN
AREA INTO A SMALLER
SEGMENTS CALLED
REGIONS.
WHAT IS GLOBALISM?
 GLOBALISM CAN HAVE AT LEAST TWO
DIFFERENT AND OPPOSING MEANINGS. ONE
MEANING IS THE ATTITUDE OR POLICY OF
PLACING THE INTERESTS OF THE ENTIRE
WORLD ABOVE THOSE OF INDIVIDUAL
NATIONS. ANOTHER IS VIEWING THE ENTIRE
WORLD AS A PROPER SPHERE FOR ONE
NATION TO PROJECT POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
A WORLD OF IDEAS
GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURE
 GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURES EXPLORES THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDIA ,
CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION. THE COURSE
APPROACHES PAST AND CURRENT
CHALLENGES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNICATION AND EXPLORES AND
PROBLEMATIZES THE POWER OF MEDIA
REPRESENTATION.
WHAT IS MEDIA?
 MEDIA ARE THE COMMUNICATION OUTLETS
OR TOOLS USED TO STORE AND DELIVER
INFORMATION OR DATA.
 IN GENERAL “MEDIA” REFERS TO VARIOUS

MEANS COMMUNICATION.
 FOR EXAMPLE:

1. NEWSPAPER
2. INTERNET
3. TELEVISION
TWO TYPES OF MEDIA
TRADITIONAL/OLD  NEW MEDIA
MEDIA
 MEANS OF MASS
 TRADITIONAL MEDIA OR OLD MEDIA COMMUNICATION USING
INCLUDE PRINT MEDIA SUCH AS BOOKS,
NEWSPAPERS,MAGAZINES,NEWSLETTERS, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES SUCH
SCHOLARLY,PAMPHLETS,FLIERS,BROADSI AS THE INTERNET.
DES,BILLBOARDS ETC.

 THEY ARE:
 THEY ARE:
1. RADIO 1. TELEPHONES
2. TELEVISION 2. COMPUTERS
3. MOVIES
3. SOCIAL MEDIA
4. CD`S AND DVD`S

5. VIDEO RECORDINGS 4. MOBILE PHONES

GLOBALIZATION AND RELIGION
 GLOBALIZATION REFERS TO THE HISTORICAL
PROCESS BY WHICH ALL THE WORLD`S PEOPLE
INCREASINGLY COME TO LIVE IN A SINGLE
SOCIAL UNIT. IT IMPLICATES RELIGION AND
RELIGIONS IN A SEVERAL WAYS. FROM
RELIGIOUS OR THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES,
GLOBALIZATION CALLS FORTH RELIGIOUS
RESPONSE AND INTERPRETATION. YET
RELIGION AND RELIGIONS HAVE ALSO PLAYED
IMPORTANT ROLES IN BRINGING ABOUT AND
CHARACTERIZING GLOBALIZATION.
WHAT IS RELIGION?
 RELIGION IS THE SET OF BELIEFS, FEELINGS,
DOGMAS AND PRACTICES THAT DEFINE THE
RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN BEING AND
SACRED OR DIVINITY.
 A GIVEN RELIGION IS DEFINED BY SPECIFIC

ELEMENTS OF A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS:

DOGMAS, SACRED BOOKS, RITES, WORSHIP,
SACRAMENT, MORAL, PRESCRIPTION,
INTERDICTS, ORGANIZATION.
Types of Religion
Liberalism
-Political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing
the freedom of individual to be the central problem of
politics

Consumerism
-is a social and economic order that
pencourages the acquisition of goods and
services in ever-increasing amounts.

Rationalism
-a belief or theory that opinions and actions
should be based on reason and knowledge
rather than on religious belief or emotional
response.
Scientism
-Scientism is an ideology that promotes science as the
purportedly objective means by which society should
determine normative and epistemological values.

Secularism
-Secularism is the principle of the separation of
government institutions and persons mandated to
represent the state from religious institution and religious
dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).
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QUESTION
1. AN AREA WITH COMMON FEATURES THAT SET IT APART FROM OTHER
AREAS.

2. IS THE PROCESS OF DIVIDING AN AREA INTO A SMALLER SEGMENTS

CALLED REGIONS.

3. THE PRODUCT OF ECONOMIC INTERACTION

4. TOOLS USED TO STORE AND DELIVER INFORMATION OR DATA

5. EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDIA , CULTURE AND

GLOBALIZATION.

6. THE SET OF BELIEFS, FEELINGS, DOGMAS AND PRACTICES THAT DEFINE

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN BEING AND SACRED OR DIVINITY.
ANSWERS
1. REGION

2. REGIONALISM

3. ASIAN REGIONALISM

4. MEDIA

5. GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURE

6. RELIGION