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GLOBALIZATION ARTICLE

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Globalization An Overview of Globalization and Its Positive and Negative Aspects By Colin Steif If you look at the tag on your shirt, chances are you would see that it was made in a country other than the one in which you sit right now. What's more, before it reached your wardrobe, this shirt could have very well been made with Chinese cotton sewed by Thai hands, shipped across the Pacific on a French freighter crewed by Spaniards to a Los Angeles harbor. This international exchange is just one example of globalization, a process that has everything to do with geography. Globalization and Its Characteristics Globalization is the process of increased interconnectedness among countries most notably in the areas of economics,

UNIT 1 GEOGRAPHY AND NATURE PPT.

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GEOGRAPHY: ITS NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES Key Concepts That Define Geography Location?the position of something on earth?s surface ? Absolute Location ( aka Mathematical Location) ? Relative Location Place ?a specific point on earth with human and physical characteristics ? Every location is ?Unique? + ?Sense of Place? Space ?the physical gap or distance between two objects (Distance Decay & Time-Space Compression) 32.2 N. , 30.1 W Scale ?the relationship between the size of an object or distance between objects on a map and the size of the actual object or distance on earth?s surface ? Large Scale ?More (++++) Detail (examples: small towns or cities) ? Small Scale ? Less (- - - -) Detail (examples: state or national or Global Maps)

A World without Borders

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Government of Afghanistan
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PPL Corporation
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United States Agency for International Development

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 29 August 2015 Chapter 40 Outline World without Borders 11/9/1989, Kristina Matschat joined 1k's of East Germans at Checkpoint Charlie Fearful of Volkspolizei, ?ppl's. Police,? ppl. >1961 killed East Germans escaping World became globalized after fall of Berlin Wall Globalization included advances in comm. Tech, int'l trade, new global enterprises, gov'ts/int'l organizations that favored market Cultural integration resulted form ideas, info, values spreading Consumer goods, pop. Culture, TV, PCs, Internet spread in Euro/US Women struggled to close divide between sexes, fighting for econ./political rights Int'l organizations such as UN acknowledged sig. Of borders in world with migration

Rubenstein Ch 10 Reading Guide

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Development: Key Issue 1 Why Does Development Vary Among Countries? Rubenstein, pp. 274-281 1. Read the case study, a. Could you live on $16 a month? b. What obstacles does Rahman face? 2. What four specific factors does the UN consider when determining a country?s level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index)? 3. Look at figure 9-1 write down three observations ? ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF DEVELOPMENT 4a. What is gross domestic product (GDP)? 4b. What is the annual per capita GDP in an MDC? In an LDC? 4c. What has been happening to the gap between MDCs and LDCs in terms of GDP? 5. Explain this statement: ?Per capita GDP measure average (mean) wealth, not its distribution.?

Chapter 1 Powerpoint

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Chapter 1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability Living in an Exponential Age Human population growth: J-shaped curve Exponential Growth plays a key role in 5 important and interconnected environmental issues Population growth Resource use and waste Poverty Loss of biodiversity Global climate change Biodiversity includes: Genetic variation within a species Variety of species in an area Variety of habitat types within a landscape What is Environmental Science? The goals of environmental science are to learn: how nature works. how the environment effects us. how we effect the environment. how we can live more sustainably without degrading our life-support system. Sustainability: The Integrative Theme

study guide

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behavior
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Unit 1 Cultural Geography Vocabulary Formal cultural region Functional culture region Vernacular culture region Syncretism Cultural diffusion Relocation diffusion Expansion diffusion Contagious diffusion Hierarchical diffusion Stimulus diffusion Acculturation Assimilation Dialects Lingua franca Franglais & Spanglish Extinct languages Revived languages Creole languages Pidgin languages Ethnic religion Universalizing religion Cultural landscapes Popular culture Ethnicity Ethnocentrism Race Racism Sequent occupance Globalization Exclave Enclave Protestantism Environmental Determinism Possibilism Confucianism Baha?i Daoism Folk Culture Isogloss Monotheistic Polytheistic Official language Time-distance decay Toponymy Transculturation Secular Concepts to know

APWH Chaper 38 notes

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Chapter?38: A World without Borders Chapter Outline The End of the Cold War Revolutions in Eastern and Central Europe Poland, Bulgaria, and Hungary Velvet and violent revolutions Fall of the Berlin Wall The collapse of the Soviet Union Gorbachev's reforms Gorbachev hoped for economic reform within political and economic system Centralized economy inefficient, military spending excessive Declining?standard of living, food shortages, shoddy goods Perestroika and Glasnost Perestroika: "restructuring" the economy Tried decentralizing economy,market system, profit motive Alienated those in positions of power, military leaders Glasnost: "openness" to public criticism, admitting past mistakes Opened door to widespread criticism of party and government

Globalization

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1. Article Title: Briefing Paper: Globalization Article Author: Matthew Krain Article Date: 2005? Thesis Statement: ? Globalization is a process that results in the growing interconnectedness of the world? Globalization is a process that is bringing the world closer in areas of economics, politics, and culture. It is a process that creates problems and challenges many societies find helpful or hurtful. Especially in the current global trading system, developing countries are suffering inequalities at the expense of developed countries. Evidence: ?They fan out from their home countries in search of new markets, more resources, better investments, and cheaper labor in foreign host countries.? 2. Video Title: Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41

world history review

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Caitlin hitchcock Block 1 4/18/13 1750-1940 Compare the following: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution and Latin American independence movements. American revolution French revolution Haitian revolution reason Revolt of colonies against monarchy in England Lower classes against monarchy Slave rebellion date 1775-1785 1789?1799 1791-1803 Cause High taxes The way the government worked Wanted to be independent from Europeans Effect Two separate states Succession of governments Independent nations named Haiti where America Europe French colony saint- Dominique Who fought Natives and colonists Natives against those in power and Europeans helping slaves similar Overthrow monarchies Overthrow Europe

world history review

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Caitlin hitchcock Block 1 4/18/13 1750-1940 Compare the following: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution and Latin American independence movements. American revolution French revolution Haitian revolution reason Revolt of colonies against monarchy in England Lower classes against monarchy Slave rebellion date 1775-1785 1789?1799 1791-1803 Cause High taxes The way the government worked Wanted to be independent from Europeans Effect Two separate states Succession of governments Independent nations named Haiti where America Europe French colony saint- Dominique Who fought Natives and colonists Natives against those in power and Europeans helping slaves similar Overthrow monarchies Overthrow Europe

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