Movement In Geography
Urbanization: the process of making a place more Urban.
Migration: the movement of people from one place to another.
Globalization and Trade
Globalization: how countries and people of the world interact and integrate (interactions between regions/people).
ex: economic, political, and cultural, and trade.
Trade: the action of purchasing and selling goods/services/money (imports/exports).
Immigrant: a person who leaves their country to reside in another.
Refugee: a person that has been forced to leave their country because of war, natural disaster, or lack of freedom.
Documented Immigrant: a person who has left their native country and entered another one after becoming a legal citizen.
Undocumented Immigrant: a person who has left their native country and has entered another country without becoming a legal citizen.
UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Council-a government organization that protects human rights around the world.
Rural to Urban Migration: migration from the countryside to a city.
Push Factor: something such as lack of economic opportunity, jobs, healthcare, or education, that has prompted a person to leave the country.
Pull Factor: something such as more economic opportunities, jobs, family ties, better education, or excitement for young people that prompts people to go to a country and leave their native one.
Asylum: the protection given to a person by a country to become a political refugee from their native country.
Balance of Trade: the difference between a country's import and exports.
Choke Point: a point in a ship's trading route where the path narrows and the ships passing by become congested.
Container Ship: a ship that is designed to transport goods from one place to another. (plays a big role in trade for countries separated by oceans.
Exports: goods, services, or money that are sold/shipped out of a country.
Imports: goods, services, or money that are shipped into a country.
Fair Trade: a trade arrangement in which two companies in developing countries trade their goods for fair/ prices.
Gentrification: the revitalization of a rural area.
Goods: ex-clothes, food, furniture, jewelry.
Infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structure of a society. Ex-water systems, roads, sewer systems, hospitals, education systems, etc.
Megacity: a city with a population of more than 10 million, (aka megapolis). Ex-New York
Rural: the countryside.
Suburban: residential area that is outside of a city.
Urban: a town or city.
Losers of Globalization: the losers of globalization are the developing countries and poorer/less-paid individuals.
Winners from Globalization: the winners of globalization include developed countries and wealthy/higher-paid individuals.
Arab Spring: numerous anti-government protests that took place in most of the Arab world in the early 2010s.
Capital/Investment: capital-money gained by companies trading with one another.
investment-purchase of stocks, buildings, or other services that may result in money gain for the purchaser.
Carrying Capacity: the number of people that an environment can healthily support. Ex-expanded roads=congestion.
Brain Drain: well-educated people leaving a place to go to another for better jobs/education.
Commodity: a material that can be bought/sold (traded), but isn't essential to survive. Ex-coffee or copper.
Comparative Advantage: countries specialize in making goods or services in which they have an advantage in or are better at making.
Creative Destruction: a form of productivity by a company/society that can have consequences/negatives like higher living costs.
Favela: a Brazilian slum. (ex of an urban sprawl)
Global Supply Chain: a worldwide system that businesses use to produce products/services.
Per Capita: per person.
Primate City: a city whose population is at least twice that of the second largest city in the country. Ex-London, Paris, Mexico City
Scarcity: when a country doesn't have enough stuff produced/made.
Services: ex-banking/consulting services, laws, technology.
Specialization: a country that focuses (specializes) on making one thing/product. Ex: China making technology.
Canada: A major trading point for the world's economy. A developed country that trades mostly fabricated metals and a variety of manufactured goods.
China: A country that is one of the biggest traders in the world. A developed country that is the highest populated in the world. One of the US' biggest trading partners for both imports and exports.
Mexico: A country that is also a crucial trader for the world. A developing/developed country who's major exports include metal, electrical equipment, petroleum, food, and chemicals.
Syria: A developing country that trades mostly raw materials like oil, refined products, raw cotton, clothing, and fruits.
Vancouver: A city that focuses on trading technology as well as natural resources. A developed city in Canada that has one of the most important ports.