Globalization

Notes:

·       At a local scale, such as an urban neighborhood, geographers tend to see unique features

·       At the global scale, encompassing the entire world, geographers tend to see broad patterns

·       The group of people who came up with the phrase, “think global act local” meant that the environment was being harmed by processes such as global warming that was in Global scale. It could be improved by local actions by each person. For example, ride a bike instead of a car sometimes.

·       Geography matters because it can explain human actions at all scales, from local to global. 

·       There are also national and international scales

·       Globalization is a process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope

·       For example, the process of promoting technology such as tv, phones, and computers has spread worldwide. Now there is only a handful of the world’s population that hasn’t seen a tv

·       Which means that the scale of the world is “shrinking” in the ability of the person, object, idea to interact with a person, idea in another place

·       Since people are now being put into global economy and culture, the world and people in it are becoming more uniform and independent

Thinking Geographically: From Local to Global

In class I looked at some everyday objects of mine to see where they were made in the world. My laptop, phone, water bottle, and planner were all made in China. Then I thought about some everyday objects I use at home in my daily routine and thought where they were originated. My toaster is from KitchenAid, which originated in America, my tv from Samsung is from South Korea, my bedframe is from Ikea which originated in Sweden! I think it is so cool that the stuff we use every day has come from all different parts of the world.

Globalization Definitions:

globalization- the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalization)

globalization- The worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/globalization.html).