GLOBALIZATION URBANIZATION REVIEW Globalization The expansion of economic

GLOBALIZATION & URBANIZATION REVIEW

Globalization • The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact. (p. 84)

Outsourcing • To hire someone outside a company to do work that was once done inside the company.

Comparative Advantage • When a region is able to produce specialized goods or services using less production time and labor.

Rural Decline • When people in rural areas move to urban areas due to less economic opportunities in rural areas.

Urban Sprawl • Spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city (p. 102)

Free Trade • The flow of goods and services across national borders, with little or no government control.

Industrial Revolution • Beginning in the 1700 s, Rapid change in the economy with the introduction of power driven machinery

Geographic Information System (GIS) • Computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information.

Give 3 examples people can benefit from globalization.

Give 3 examples in which globalization has had a negative effect on society. . • Workers in developed countries can lose their jobs. • Diseases now spread quickly, creating pandemics • Placelessness (Cultures lose uniqueness)

• Throughout history most of the world’s population resides in rural areas.

List three positive and negative effects of outsourcing. (think video!) Positives • People in Less Developed Countries now have job opportunities • Businesses make more profit • The standard of living for many people living in less developed nations is improving with the increase in income. Negatives • People in More developed Countries have lost jobs due to outsourcing • People in Less Developed Countries now work longer hours, disrupting the time normally spent with family. • Less Developed and Newly Industrialized Countries lack laws to protect workers and the environment

1. • People in India speak more than 1, 000 languages and dialects. Great Britain later took over India and made it a colony. British officials set up schools where Indians were taught in English. The schools helped train Indians to work in government jobs.

2. 1. Cultural convergence: cultures become more similar as they adopt aspects of other cultures (opposite of cultural divergence) 2. Placelessness-the inability to identify a place based on its human landscape

3. More Developed-High internet usage by majority of citizens 2. Newly Industrialized-Medium internet usage by citizens 3. Less Developed-No internet usage. 1.

4. Region of the world engaged in urbanization • Rural Decline and Urbanization are both happening • Cities are experiencing Urban Sprawl. • In parts of the less developed and newly industrialized world, usually they have massive growth in slums as their form of urban sprawl. • Old infrastructure is being replaced by new infrastructure, i. e. . 1. Dirt road > gravel or paved roads 2. Electricity/telephone service/internet access/sewage treatment is now available

5. • When a country specializes (specialization) in making a specific product faster, cheaper and more efficient they have an advantage (comparative advantage) over other countries. Such as the United States with making pick-up trucks. We are world renowned for our trucks in the design, manufacturing efficiency, durability, and cost. USA pick-ups can be found in use around the world.