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World Geography (Geopolitics (Territorial Morphology (Perforated State: a…

- - - - How much claim can a country make on the waters that touch its borders?
        
        The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
        
        Contiguous zone is 12-24 miles offshore - limited control over immigration, drug trafficking, dumping waste, etc.
        
        Exclusive economic zone is 24-200 miles off shore - rights to fishing, oil, minerals, etc.
        
        Territorial waters mean complete sovereignty up to 12 miles offshore
        
        200+ miles is international waters that are owned by everyone
        
        Median line principle states that if two or more countries have less than 200 miles of ocean between them, the water will be divided up evenly
        
        Other countries always have the right to innocent passage
        
        South China Sea Dispute
        
        9/10 Dash Line?!
  - - - South Africa
    - - Chile
    - - Thailand
    - - Indonesia
    - - Poland
    - - Lesotho
    - - Alaska/Hawaii (USA)
- - - - Windward side = Cool & Wet
      - Leeward side = Hot & Dry
    - - Temperature decreases 3° for every 1,000 ft higher in elevation
    - - Coasts have more moderate climates
    - - Warm Currents = Warm Climate
      - Cool Currents = Cooler Climate
    - - NOT Longitude
      - Further from the equator = colder climate
  - - - Can increase the GDP in most countries
      - Will ensure the Paris Climate Agreement is met
      - Incoming tax money can help developing countries meet the UN SDGs
    - - Unpopular amongst citizens
      - Would hurt people already living in the bottom percentage of people in the US the most
  - - - Bad Harbors
      - Atlantic/Indian Ocean
      - Sahara Desert
      - Abundant Resources
      - Lack of domesticable plants & animals
      - Tropical Climate
      - Rivers that don't connect
      - Huge continent
- - - - Cohorts are split into men & women
  - - - Youth DR: (% under 15 / % btwn 15 & 64) x 100
      - Old-Age DR: (% 65+ / % btwn 15-64) x 100
        
        Measures people that need to be taken care of in comparison to the people who can take care of them
    - - Average # kids born to each woman 15-45
      - Magic number is 2.1
- - - - What's it like when you get there?
    - - Relative Location
        
        Cardinal Directions: N, S, E, W
        
        Intermediate Directions: NE, SE, SW, NW
      - Absolute Location
        
        Global Grid: Latitude/Longitude
        
        Latitude "Flatitude" Degrees North/South
        
        Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South)
        
        Equator (0° Latitude)
        
        Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North)
        
        Longitude
        Degrees East/West
        
        Prime Meridian (0° Longitude)
        
        International Date Line (180° Longitude)
        
        West goes forward 1 day
        
        East goes back 1 day
        
        Street Address
      - "Lost & Found" Podcast
      - Viele Lake Project
      - Hemispheres
  - - - 3 Main Map Projections
        
        Eckert IV: Correct size; distorts shape
        
        Goode's Homolosine: Correct continents; distorts oceans
        
        Mercator: Correct direction & shape; distorts size
    - - Arctic
      - Atlantic
      - Indian
      - Pacific
    - - Australia
      - South America
      - Antarctica
      - Africa
      - Asia
      - Europe
      - North America
- - - - Secondary Sector
        
        Raw materials are processed into finished products of greater value
        
        Ex: factories
        
        China
      - Tertiary Sector
        
        Selling/moving finished products, service jobs, design, cooking, everything that's not primary or secondary
        
        USA
      - Primary Sector
        
        Harvesting raw materials
        
        Ex: farming, fishing, mining
        
        Sub-Saharan Africa
    - - Why is America not a manufacturing-based economy anymore?
      - Detroit
      - Globalization: the development of a global economy
        
        Pro:
        
        Helped 1-2 billion people in poor countries
        
        Cheaper stuff in the US
        
        Con:
        
        8 million jobs lost in the US
        
        Economic insecurity in the US