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Movement in Geography mountains - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Geography 
Globalization and Trades
Trade
Goods - These are physical object traded between countries typically because these objects are hard to find or produce in their country of origin
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Commodity - A raw material or primary agriculture product that can be bought and sold. Poorer countries tend to be the ones producing these commodities as they have no means of creating any other type of trade.
Services - These are physical services that one country can offer to another, such as legal services, banking services, or even military services. This kind of trade creates ties between countries
Reasons to Trade
Specialization - Some countries will specialize in producing a certain object in order to become a key trading area for certain goods.
Comparative Advantage - Comparative advantage means that you (or your country) is the best at making a product certain product and therefore specialize in it.
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Capital/Investment - When a company or individual builds something in another country. This enables things to be produced faster and cheaper along with creating bonds between countries.
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Balance of Trade
Imports - Goods sold from one country to another. It is a way for countries to come by products they may not be able to other wise.
Exports - Goods bought from another country and given to another. Create opportunities for countries to create ties with others.
Balance or Trade - The difference in value between a country's imports and exports. This shows a country's importance in the whole trading system as a country that is exporting more they are importing is most likely making more from these trades than if the balance was the other way round.
U.S Trading Partners
China - China is the US's largest trading partner for both imports and exports. Even though these countries are not neighbors they still rely on each-other due to their economic status.
Mexico - Mexico contributes to most of the US's immigrant population. They are also one of the US's largest trading partners.
Canada - Canada is one of the US's biggest trading partners due to the fact that they are one out their neighboring countries.
Global Supply Chain - A final product that is made in many different countries. This enable products to be made cheaper and more efficiently. Some examples would be Ford cars or Iphones.
Fairtrade
Per Capita - The average per person of something, such as the average salary in the US per person.
Fairtrade - The guaranteed living wage or minimum price for a commodity provider. These gives these people a fair income in which they won't get taken advantage by the trade markets.
Globalization
Winners from Globalization - Globalization often benefits those at the top of the economic chain as they can buy products cheaper and sell what they are making for more. Along with this they often do not rely on trade and globalization for all of their dealings.
Losers from Globalization - Globalization deeply impacts those who are at the lower end of the economic latter as they rely heavily on the support of other countries in order to function.
Container Ship - A container ship is a ship that carries large amounts of goods in order to supply other countries with goods that may not be accessible other wise.
Choke Point - A narrow or strait that connects 2 or more bodies of water. Choke points serve as places for Container ships to pass through. These points often face conflict as many countries look to control such crucial crossing points
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Urbanization
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Gentrification
Favela - A favela is a community without planning or resources. They often have little infrastructure, which causes issues for those living them. They are significant because they demonstrate the ability people have to create their own societies and be resilient even when they are impoverished.
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Gentrification - Gentrification is the renovation or improvement of an area that is a place of poverty. By gentrifying areas they often become middle class areas, which takes away housing and opportunities from lower income people. Gentrification also gives opportunity for expansion.
Types of Infrastructure
Urban - An urban area is a city and it is typically a place with lots of infrastructure. Urban areas are significant as more and more people are moving into cities each year.
Brain Drain - A brain drain is when all of the high intelligence or education decide to leave an urban area in pursuit of higher opportunity.
Rural - A rural area is like a country side. It is a place with lots of open area and less infrastructure. More people are moving out of rural areas as of recently in search of more opportunity.
Suburban - A suburb is an outskirt of a city. They could be their own little towns or cities or they could just be extensions of cities. These areas often don’t have large buildings like big cities, but they have a larger population than a rural area. Suburban area are significant because they offer more housing and often tighter knit communities, though that does have its downsides as there is also less diversity
Rural to Urban Migration - Push Factors = There are often a lack of job opportunity in rural areas along with lack of healthcare and lack of educational opportunity. These factors have caused more and more people to move out of rural areas and into cities or places with more infrastructure.
Rural to Urban Migration - Pull Factors = In urban areas there are jobs and educational opportunities, but people may also move to be closer to family or even for the excitement of a large city.
Primate City - A primate city is a city which alone has a population that is at least twice that of the second largest city in that country. An example could be Paris, France or Bangkok, Thailand. Primate cities are the political, cultural, and economic centers for those countries, which leads to underrepresentation of the people of that country outside of the primate city
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Megacity - A megacity or a megalopolis is a city with over 10 million . These cities often contribute heavily to the economic, political, and cultural impacts for the said country, similarly to how a primate city would. These cities need large amounts of infrastructure to support the millions of people they house.
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Migration
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Immigration
Undocumented Immigrant - An undocumented immigrant is an immigrant that has illegally come onto foreign borders without the correct paperwork. These people are often desperate to get in and don’t feel as if they can wait however long it takes to get their papers if at all. By doing this these immigrants come onto foreign land and often take up residence there, but seeing as they are illegal it questions whether or not they should be able to stay. This has been a big debate these past couple years for the U.S.
Documented Immigrant - A documented immigrant is an immigrant that has been let into a country legally and has been given the correct documents that allow them to stay in the said country for a certain period of time. This is significant as it granted immigrants looking for a chance at a new life the ability to stay in a foreign country legally and be protected by the law.
Migrant - A migrant is a person looking for a home in a new country. This can be for many reasons such as unemployment, education, or to reunite with family. Migrants are different from refugees because they do not face a direct threat of prosecution or death.
Refugee
Arab Spring - Movement to overthrow the dictator government in Northern Africa. The Arab Spring encouraged other countries to follow in their foot steps
UNHRC - The UNHCR stands for the United Nation Refugee Agency and was created in order to protect refugees worldwide. The UN provides the refugees with water, food, shelter, education, medical attention, and some other services. With these services people can begin building lives for themselves and their families as they find a place to call their own. Currently the UNHCR is facing severe funding shortages as it attempts to help the ever growing refugee crisis.
Asylum - Asylum offer shelter or protection to people who have fled their countries. Asylum, at least in the U.S, often doesn’t let many people in which causes an issue as we may be their last chance for survival.
Syria - Syria is a country located in the middle east. As of recently Syria has been facing issues due to political tensions. Syria is run by a dictatorship and has forced many of it's citizens to flee to other countries in search of safety, but due to the amount of people fleeing other countries have been forced to make room for these refugees.
Refugee - A refugee is a person who leaves their country for one of many various reasons, but feels as if their life is seriously threatened if they stay in their said country. Reasons for fleeing range anywhere from religion to political views. Refugees have certain rights under international law such a law that states that refugees may not be forced to return to the unsafe situations they left. Refugees raise concern as people question whether it is enough to just let these refugees in. Many people want other countries to step in and help fix the unrest in those countries.
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Infrastructure
Carrying Capacity - The number of people an environment can support. This raises the issue of there not being enough infrastructure to support the number of people a city contains, such as Beijing, China.
Infrastructure - Infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational structure of a society. Some examples of infrastructure could be mass transit, electrical systems, water systems, and even sewage. These are integral as they provide more convenient and affordable living, especially in big cities.