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Chapter 1
Globalization and World Regions
Planet Earth: A World of Variety,
Change, and Closer Links
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Geographic studies are important
Why?
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The Earth’s surface has great variety in its human
and physical features
There are increasing connections among people
and places
The modern world is constantly changing
Geography in Today’s World
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What is Geography?
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A discipline that studies spatial patterns in the
human and physical world
Geographic Study Matter
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Physical Geography
Human Geography
Geography in Today’s World
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Study Methods Used by Geographers
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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
Geography: the Study of
Places & Flows among Them
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Geography provides a place- or spacerelated spatial view of the human experience
Place
Location
Latitude and Longitude
Distance and Direction
Scale
Maps and Geographic Information Systems
Geography of Regions
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Region
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An area of Earth’s surface with physical and
human characteristics that distinguish it from
other regions
Regional Geography
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Evaluates differences and similarities within and
between regions of Earth’s surface
Dynamic Concepts of Regions
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Regions are defined and created for specific
purposes
Regions are “spaces of places”
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They have a number of basic characteristics such
as areal extent and defined boundaries
Regions are dynamic entities
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Marked by internal and external flow patterns of
people, goods, and ideas
Making and Remaking Regions
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People create regions
Regions shape people’s activities
People remake regions
Regions interact with other regions
Regions are used by those in power
Globalization and Localization
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Facets of Globalization
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Spread of ideas, technologies, crime & diseases
Flows of goods and services
Migration
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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
Globalization and Localization
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Facets of Localization
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Political nationalism
Separatist groups
Customs and practices that preserve local
identities
Religious differences
Resistance to economic globalization
Measuring Globalization
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Political engagement indicators
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Technology measures
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Internet users, Internet hosts, etc.
Personal contact indicators
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International organizations, treaties, etc.
International travel & tourism, remittances, etc.
Economic integration measures
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Trade & capital flows, foreign investment, etc.
Major World Regions
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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)
Globalization and the Origins
of World Regions
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Prehistory
Settled Farming
City-States and Empires
Trading Empires and “Classical”
Civilizations
Disruptions, Migrations, and Feudalism
The Modern, Globalizing World
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Explorations and Colonies
Industrialization and Colonization
Globalization, Countries, and Protectionism
After World War II and the Cold War