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Movement in Geography - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Geography
Migration
Asylum- A protection given by a country of a refugee, a person who has fled their home country due to unsafe circumstances. This is not unlike the hearth in greece being a sacred place where you can not be harmed if you are in danger.
UNHRC- The unhrc stands for the United Nations Human Rights Council which is a group of people assigned to the protection of refugees. There are 47 members who are elected for three year terms. These people come from around the world but their headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Arab Spring- Arab Spring began in Tunisia in the early 2010s. It was a series of anti-government protests, rebellions, and uprisings that were initially in response to low living qualities.
Immigrant- A person who moves from their home country to a new country either legally or not. A person often moves to neighboring countries for easier access.
Undocumented Immigrant- A person who moves from their home country into another country illegally, these people are often refugees.
Refugee- A person who has fled their home country due to unsafe situations. These can include corrupt governments, wars, or natural disasters. Refugees often move to or seek asylum from neighboring countries. This is for ease of access because refugees often flee on foot. They seek safety and are given certain rights of protection by all countries.
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Urbanization
Gentrification- The process of rebuilding and improving an, often rural or suburban, area to fit more with modern standards and urban life. This relates to Urbanization because it takes rural downtrodden areas and makes them into nicer urban spaces.
Infrastructure- The basic structures that are needed to run a city. These include buildings, roads, sewers, aqueducts, and power supplies. Without infrastructure a city would fall apart. This relates to urbanization because infrastructure is so vital to a cities survival
Rural- The countryside areas, lack of a city or town.
Creative Destruction- The process of destroying old ideas and things to make way for better new ones.
Vancouver- Vancouver is a city in Canada, north america and is a large seaport that does a lot of trade with east Asia. A subsection of Vancouver under went gentrification and is a prime example of it.
Urban- Relating to a city. Also a characteristic of a city or town. The population and quality of Urban areas has significantly risen in the last few years leading to bigger, better and more numerous cities.
Suburban- A mostly residential subsection of a city. suburban areas are on the outskirts of a city. Also a Chevrolet car.
Favela- A slum on the outskirts of a large city, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, that has experienced governmental neglect leading to an anarchy or self run city. Some have become hubs for crime others for art. Spelled favella in Brazil.
Primate city- A primate city is the largest city in its country by a large margin more than 2x the next largest city. It is also often a hub of cultural activity.
Rural to urban migration- pull factors- The migration from a rural area to an urban area, usually within the same country. The pull factors are the appeal of city life, and the opportunities that await there, such as better jobs, and more restaurants.
Globalization and trade
Trade- The exchange of goods and services from one country to another. Trade is very important in the spread of culture and ideas across the globe also know as globalization.
Balance of trade- Balance of trade is the balance of exports and imports. If a country imports to much they get a wide variety of stuff but it can devalue its currency and lose a lot of jobs. If a country exports to much than they become extremely vulnerable and rely very heavily on other countries which can be bad during war.
Imports and Exports
Exports- Goods and Services sold from a country to another country. Pros: creates jobs and money cons: lowers currency value
Imports- Goods and Services bought by a country from another country. Pros:Wider variety of goods Cons: less jobs
Services- A non tangible transaction from one a seller to a buyer. Two examples are, professional toenail clipping and teaching how to knit a gnome. Services can be traded as well as goods.
Commodity- Commodity is the raw material that is used for trade. Some examples are oil beef sugar grains gold natural gas copper coffee and coco. Often times commodities are used for trading and of less use or value to the producer.
Goods- Tangible objects that are bought and sold. Some examples are lawn gnomes and octopus tentacles. Goods are traded a lot and are very important to globalization because when goods are globalized and spread across the world so are ideas and culture.
Capital/investment- Human valued things used to increase one's economic and personal power.
Investments is a person's money, time, effort, and attention, put towards one thing in hopes to in the future father their economic and personal power
Fair trade- Fair trade is an arrangement made to help producers get a more equal part of the production chain. For example it helps coco farmers in the Ivory Coast, who do most of the work, to get a higher percent of the money.
Container ship- A boat that carries goods from one place to another. In trade it is important because it is what carries a lot of goods from the exporter to the importer. They help a lot with trade and by extension globalization.
Carrying capacity- Carrying capacity is the quantity or amount of things a vehicle or container can carry. This is important in regarding trade in how many vehicles you need for shipment.
Comparative advantage- The ability of a single person or of many people to produce something better and cheaper than other things. For example The Ivory Coast has a comparative advantage at making chocolate.
Scarcity- Scarcity is the lack of a good or service. This puts that goods or service in higher demand and raises the price. If a good or service isn’t scarce it has a lower price and sometimes a lower demand.
Choke point- A choke point is a point is a bottleneck in a travel route. In relation to geography these are places where boats must pass through to continue there trade route. This is excellent especially the people on either side if they can take over the choke point they can make a lot of money from the boats either by sales or toll. In relation to history and military it is place where the army must pass through and a weak point because they must walk in thinner lines, these being easier to pick apart. A famous example is the Battle of Thermopylae.
Globalization- The process of integrating and interaction economically and socially thought the world. This can be for companies, people, or organizations. Several examples are trade, travel, and knowledge.
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Mega city- A very large city with a population exceeding 10 million. Three examples are Tokyo Delhi and Jakarta
Global supply chain- The supply of goods and services throughout the globe from one country to another.
Specialization- Specialization is what a person is best at. In an ideal world everybody would have a different specialization so that the human race could advance faster and better with each person building off of each other person. A specialization example is a hypothetical Ivorian who specializes in making chocolate, the make money from this and have been doing it their whole lives they are very good at it and so it is there specialty.
Losers from globalization- countries and people who haven't benefited from trade an globalization for various resons
Mexico- Mexico is a country in north america that has lost from globalization though not as much as Syria. they have the 15th highest gdp but they only make 15% of their gdp from exports.
Syria- Syria is a country in Asia in the middle east and has a gdp of only 40 billion 120th highest in the world. They are a loser from globalization because they only have 1.8 billion dollars from exports and their currency, the Syria pound, is worth very little, every 511 syrian pounds worth one us dollar.
Winners from globalization- countries and people who have benefited from globalization and trade and make a lot of money from them. these countries tend to be richer countries.
Canada- Canada is a country in north america and has $33.2 trillion dollars in natural resources and have the second best quality of life in the world according to the world economics forum and has better healthcare than the us which isn't a high bar to jump. Canada is a winner from globalization because they have profited considerably from trade especially with the us. Canada exports more than 337 billion dollars in goods to the us every year which accounts for a large margin of their total 450 billion dollars in exports.
China- China is a country in Asia with the highest population of any country in the world. it is also the country that imports the most to the us and account for 13.5% of the us's total trades. China is a winner from globalization because it has the second highest gdp and gets a huge part of its income from trade.
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