Movement in Geography
Urbanization
Migration
Globalization and Trade
Balance of trade
Asylum
Trade Partners
Brain Drain
Arab Spring
The difference between imports and exports.
China
An asylum is protection granted by a country to people who have fled their native nation.
A series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions caused many to flee their home countries.
More educated and ambitious people tend to leave more rural ares essentially leaving the 'dumb' people.
Capital/Investment
When you invest in something in another country
Choke Point
Carrying Capacity
A Choke point is a "point of congestion or blockage"
Strait
Panama Canal
A natural passage of water which allows ships to pass, connects two other large bodies of water.
Messina, Gibraltar
Commodity
a ¨raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and/or sold
coffee, copper, corn
Comparative Advantage
When countries specialize in making goods or services in which they have a comparative advantage.
Container ship
A ship that is designed to carry goods stowed in containers
Exports
Goods or services that get sold and leave our country such as machinery, lumber, and lots more.
The number of people an environment can support.
Favela
A slum unique to Brazil.
FairTrade
Fair Trade is a company designed to help producers get the pay they deserve and to help form equal relationships with the company they sell their product to.
Gentrification
The revitalization or renewal of a downtown area can help create more housing and job opportunities.
Globalization
How countries and people and countries of the world interact and integrate
Global supply chain
Having different parts of a product made all around the world which then are shipped to a single location to be assembled helps create diversity in every product we buy.
Goods
Goods are things you can touch or feel that can be traded throughout the world.
Clothes, jewelry, furniture etc.
Immigrants
Someone who has traveled to another country to live there permanently.
Undocumented Immigrant
A person who has moved to a country illegally with no papers.
Documented Immigrants
A citizen that has migrated to another country with legal papers.
Imports
Good or services that come from another country into ours such as machinery, toys, and much more
Infrastructure
The basic physical and organizational structure of a society.
Cities
Mega-city
A city with a population of over 10 million people is called a megacity.
Per capita
Per capita means per person
Primate city
A primate city is a city whose population is at least twice the population of the second largest city in the country.
Refugees
A person who has been forced to leave their home country to escape, war, natural disasters and more.
Areas
Rural
The countryside or farmlands.
Suburban
Suburban areas exist on the outskirts of a city mainly for residential use.
Urban
A city or city adjacent.
Syria
Most refugees come from Syria to escape war.
UNHCR
UNHCR is a refugee protection program that is used by host countries all around the world.
Rural to Urban Migration
Pull Factors
Push Factors
- More jobs (main factor)
- Family ties in the city
- excitement (especially for younger people)
- no jobs
- lack of education opportunities
- lack of health care
Rural to Urban Migration
Pull Factors
Push Factors
Some pull factors are more jobs (main factor), family ties in the city, and excitement (for younger couples and people).
Some of the push factors are no jobs, lack of health care, and lack of education opportunities.
It is important to have an equal balance of trade in order to have a strong economy.
China is Americas largest trade partner because we import the most goods from China.
Canada
Canada is one of our largest trading partners even though we export more than we import.
Mexico
Mexico is one of our largest trading partners because it is one of our neighbors.
Slum
an overcrowded urban street that inhabits mainly poor people.
An example of a primate city would be Mexico City, Mexico.
An example of a Megacity would be Tokyo or Los Angeles
An example of a town that has been Gentrified, is Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver is not one of the most ethnically diverse cities in North America.
Winners and Losers
Losers from Globalization
Winners from Globalization
The losers from globalization are typically low wage workers with harsh working conditions and countries that don't have much money or many resources.
The winners from globalization are usually high and middle class citizens living in countries with a good economy.
Trade
The movement of goods and services
Scarcity
When you are in short supply of a certain good or resource.
An example would be when there was a shortage of hand sanitizer at the grocery store when the Corona Virus reached the U.S.
Services
Unlike goods, you can not physically touch services because they are professions that can be shared or transported overseas or into another country.
Lawyers or legal services, technology, banking or consulting, and many more.
Specialization
When a country focuses on making one thing that they are particularly skilled in.
For example, the U.S. focuses on making smartphones because we have the resources to make them, while Argentina will focus on growing bananas because they have the right climate to do so. Then, we trade with each other so both countries can have bananas and smartphones.
For example if you are a worker in Bangladesh, you won't get as much pay as you deserve for making clothes to export to to other countries.
For example if the U.S. were to manufacture dolls, we might need different parts of the doll to come from around the world, and then the U.S. would put them together and ship them out.
For example, many people who used to live in rural areas and farm for a living are going out of business due to globalization and trade and so they have to move to an urban area in order to get a job.
These people are typically the winners of globalization because those countries have more money which means they are able to access more goods and services.
For example, in a country located on the coast of Africa, there are many cacao farmers. These farmers don't get paid nearly as much as they should, and so Fair Trade helps them achieve the pay they deserve.
An example of trade would be if China had cars and the U.S. had smartphones. One country doesn't have what the other does, so they trade with each other and now both countries have cars and smartphones.
One example of globalization would be the companies that have employees and offices overseas. Without globalization, there wouldn't be any people overseas or in another country to mitigate what was happening with the company.
An example of a country having a comparative advantage would be if they had the right agriculture and climate to grow bananas, but not resources to make toys, you would grow bananas and import toys.
An example of a suburb would be Winnetka, Illinois
An example of a rural area would be Roane County, Tennessee
An example of an urban area would be Denver, Colorado
The most Favelas are located around Rio De Janeiro
The infrastructure of a society can include transportation system, communication systems, sewage, electrical systems, and water.
For example, if someone from Mexico comes across the border without going through customs and immigration, they are in the country illegally.