Bac Blanc Question: Give it a Go!

I WON'T GO into the details right now, but each year the Terminale students (seniors!) at the Centre International du Valbonne (CIV) must take the Bacalaurate, a huge test with both written and oral components. In the O.I.B section (Option American), the Histoire/Geo section or the exam consists of a 2 hour written exam in history, a 2 hour written exam in geography, and a 30 minute oral exam that covers information from two academic years. The exam takes place each June and students must do it in English (quite amazing when you consider most of my students are French). The history courses are covered in english by the teachers in the Section Angalis (that would be me) and the geography courses are covered by teachers in the French system. (It's a bit more complicated than that - but I'm breezing over this). Each February the students take a practice written exam called the Bac Blanc. I just finished grading them and I wanted to share the question that our French colleagues proposed for geography. If you would like to attempt to answer the questions, please email me your response (or leave it in the comments section) in standard APA format. The question was this:

Discuss the organization of the world with reference to international communications.

You have two hours. Go.
CJS