Movement in Geography
Urbanization - People moving from rural to urban areas. An example is, when infrastructure gets more developed than rural areas with the addition of hospitals, roads, and a power grid.
Globalization/Trade - How countries and people of the world interact/the transfer or exchange of goods, services, and money. An example is, the information revolution with cellphones and the internet enabling global supply chains.
Migration - The movement of people from one place to another. An example is, the migration of refugees from Syria to Turkey.
Trade - Buying and selling goods. An example is one country trading one resource like oil for another like iron
Balance of Trade - Exports versus imports.
An example is, China importing raw materials and exporting finished products.
Imports - Goods coming into a country. An example is the US importing technology.
Commodity - Goods. An example is food at the grocery store.
Globalization - How countries and people of the world interact. An example is the internet being a part of the 3rd stage of globalization
Global supply chain - A network of suppliers, manufacturers, and consumers. An example is the supply chain of cocoa from the Cote d'Ivoire to manufacturers to consumers.
Specialization - Countries focusing on what they are best a producing. An example is the Cote d'Ivoire specializing into cocoa because their climate is very good for cocoa
Scarcity - A single country cannot meet the needs of its citizens alone. An example is Russia not being able to produce enough food because of its climate.
Winners of globalization - Countries who benefited the most from globalization. An example is the US
Ivory Coast and Chocolate - The Ivory Coast specializes in chocolate and is dependent on the chocolate economy. An example is Ghana and chocolate
Fair Trade A minimum price for a farmers crop. An example is the minimum price fair trade certified cocoa farmers earn in Cote d'Ivoire
Comparative Advantage - Countries specialize into what they are comparatively better at doing. An example is Cote d'Ivoire producing cocoa because their climate is very conducive to cocoa
Exports - Goods leaving a country. An example is the Cote d'Ivoire exporting cocoa
Choke points - A large amount of ships passing through a narrow water lane. An example is the Suez Canal
Container ships - A large ship carrying containers full of goods between ports.
Losers of globalization - Countries who did not benefit from globalization. An example is the Cote d'Ivoire.
Belt and Road Initiative - China providing infrastructure to less developed countries.
IDP - A person forced to leave their home but not their country. An example is people in Venezuela losing their homes due to the economic crisis
Emigrant - Someone leaving a country. An example is people in Mexico emmigrating from Mexico to the US
Immigrant - Someone coming into a country such as a refugee from Venezuela immigrating into Columbia
Rural to Urban Migration - People moving from rural to urban areas.
Refugee - A person leaving their country due to persecution who is then granted rights. An example is people in Ukraine leaving the country because of the war
Ukraine - People are leaving the eastern border and fleeing west because of the war between Russia and Ukraine
Asylum - protection granted by a country to protect someone forced to leave their home country. An example is Turkey providing assylum for refugees fleeing Syria.
Undocumented immigrant - Someone coming into the country without documentation. An example is a Mexican immigrant coming into the country illegally
Documented immigrant - Someone coming into a country with documentation. An example is someone emmigrating away from Columbia with the proper documentation
Rural to Urban Migration Push Factors - Bad things about rural areas that push people to urban areas such as lack of infrastructure
Rural to Urban Migration Pull Factors - Good things about urban areas that pull people to urban areas such as economic opportunity
Brain Drain - Smarter people moving to urban areas out of rural areas becuase of the increase in opportunity.
Urban - A built up settlement with established infrastructure such as a city like Denver
Urban planning - Designing a urban area to meet the needs of its community.
Carrying Capacity - The amount of people that the amount of infrastructure can support.
Gentrification - The process by which poor urban areas are changed by wealthier people attracting business and displacing poorer residents. An example is what happenned in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada - 2010 economic redevelopment creating gentrification.
Favela - A dense urban area with a lack of urban planning
Population density - The amount of people per square mile/kilometer.
Redlining - with holding services form a certain area. An example is what happened in Denver
Megacity - A city with a population of over 10 million. An example is Tokyo in Japan
Primate City - A city whose population is twice that of the second biggest city in that country. An example is Seoul in South Korea
Rural - a area with low population density and small settlements. An example is the area in the midwest where there are mostly farms.