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Title: Globalization and World Regions


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Chapter 1
  • Globalization and World Regions

2
Planet Earth A World of Variety, Change, and
Closer Links
  • Geographic studies are important
  • Why?
  • The Earths surface has great variety in its
    human and physical features
  • There are increasing connections among people and
    places
  • The modern world is constantly changing

3
Geography in Todays World
  • What is Geography?
  • A discipline that studies spatial patterns in the
    human and physical world
  • Geographic Study Matter
  • Physical Geography
  • Human Geography

4
Geography in Todays World
  • Study Methods Used by Geographers
  • Establishment scientific laws
  • Studies of individual group perceptions of
    decisions
  • Understanding of meanings identities people
    give to places
  • Investigations analyses of forces involved in
    change
  • Links between individual decisions social
    institutions
  • Assessments of modern world complexities

5
Geography the Study of Places Flows among Them
  • Geography provides a place- or space-related
    spatial view of the human experience
  • Place
  • Location
  • Latitude and Longitude
  • Distance and Direction
  • Scale
  • Maps and Geographic Information Systems

6
Geography of Regions
  • Region
  • An area of Earths surface with physical and
    human characteristics that distinguish it from
    other regions
  • Regional Geography
  • Evaluates differences and similarities within and
    between regions of Earths surface

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Dynamic Concepts of Regions
  • Regions are defined and created for specific
    purposes
  • Regions are spaces of places
  • They have a number of basic characteristics such
    as areal extent and defined boundaries
  • Regions are dynamic entities
  • Marked by internal and external flow patterns of
    people, goods, and ideas

8
Making and Remaking Regions
  • People create regions
  • Regions shape peoples activities
  • People remake regions
  • Regions interact with other regions
  • Regions are used by those in power

9
Globalization and Localization
  • Facets of Globalization
  • Spread of ideas, technologies, crime diseases
  • Flows of goods and services
  • Migration
  • Long-term work, asylum, family consolidation
  • Short-term business links, tourism
  • Shifts in dominant ideologies
  • Spread of images and messages through TV, film,
    Internet, and print
  • Uncontrollable negatives

10
Globalization and Localization
  • Facets of Localization
  • Political nationalism
  • Separatist groups
  • Customs and practices that preserve local
    identities
  • Religious differences
  • Resistance to economic globalization

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Measuring Globalization
  • Political engagement indicators
  • International organizations, treaties, etc.
  • Technology measures
  • Internet users, Internet hosts, etc.
  • Personal contact indicators
  • International travel tourism, remittances, etc.
  • Economic integration measures
  • Trade capital flows, foreign investment, etc.

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Major World Regions
  • Europe (Chapter 3)
  • Russia and Neighboring Countries (Chapter 4)
  • East Asia (Chapter 5)
  • Southeast Asia and South Pacific (Chapter 6)
  • South Asia (Chapter 7)
  • Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia (Chapter 8)
  • Africa South of the Sahara (Chapter 9)
  • Latin America (Chapter 10)
  • North America (Chapter 11)

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Globalization and the Origins of World Regions
  • Prehistory
  • Settled Farming
  • City-States and Empires
  • Trading Empires and Classical Civilizations
  • Disruptions, Migrations, and Feudalism

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The Modern, Globalizing World
  • Explorations and Colonies
  • Industrialization and Colonization
  • Globalization, Countries, and Protectionism
  • After World War II and the Cold War
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