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MOVEMENT IN GEOGRAPHY, Rural to urban migration; Movement from rural areas…
MOVEMENT IN GEOGRAPHY
Globalization and Trade
Winners from globalization: People or business that benefit from world wide trad. For example, big companies like Walmart and their consumers who want cheap goods.
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Losers from globalization: The people or places that do not benefit from global trade. For example, people without skills in poor countries work long hours for low pay in poor conditions.
China: One of the US's top trade partners. We import most stuff from China. Asian superpower country.
Mexico: Country to south of US. One of US's top 3 trading partners. Source of legal and undocumented immigrants.
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Canada: Country to the North of the US. It is one of the US's biggest trading partners . We export the most goods to Canada.
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Global Supply Chain; All the steps across the world that go into getting a good or service from the creator of it to the buyer of it.
Comparative advantage;: A company is able to supply goods or services at a cost lower than its competitors.
Fair Trade : A type of trade that promotes businesses that are small, worker owned and provide fair wages and safe working conditions.
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Container Ship: Ships that carry goods in standard size containers. These ships have encouraged global trade.
Choke Point: A narrow point in a navigable waterway. Usually these points get a lot of ships carrying goods.
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Arab Spring: An anti-government movement that began in Tunisia in 2010. This opposition to poor standard of living and oppressive governments spread throughout the Arab world.
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Creative Destruction: A process where something is destroyed and out of that end something new is created. Like steel mills closed in the US but were then built in China.
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Globalization: Trade, politics, and culture interacting on a global scale.
UNHRC; United Nations Human Rights Council 
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Specialization: Type of production where the producer focuses on just a few items to promote efficiency.
Per capita: Average economic statistics per person.
Urbanization
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Rural: A area that is not urban, has low population and few homes or buildings, often farmland.
Carrying Capacity: How many people a land can support based on use and supply of resources
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Migration
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Undocumented Immigrant describes a immigrant who does not have legal documentation to be in the country.
Rural: A large area with low population
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Rural to urban migration; Movement from rural areas to cities.
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