Introduction to Geography 111 WHY GEOGRAPHY MATTERS Survey

Introduction to Geography 111 WHY GEOGRAPHY MATTERS

Survey in 2002: Among 18 - to 24 - year-olds given maps � � � 11% could not find the United States 49% could not find New York 76% could not find Saudi Arabia 83% could not find Afghanistan 87% could not find Iraq “If our young people can’t find places on a map and lack awareness of current events, how can they understand the world’s cultural, economic and natural resource issues that confront us? ” John Fahey (President of the NGS)

Geography is becoming more important because the world is getting More integrated v More interconnected v More interdependent v “The Age of Globalization”

Implications of an Integrated World: 1. What happens elsewhere will affect our lives directly or indirectly Example. 1 Weather in California, Florida, or elsewhere and your grocery prices *Also in 2012 Drought in Iowa/Midwest

Example 2 -Interconnected Oil Production in the Middle East and how much you pay for gas

Example 3 -Interdependent Who will feed China?

Example 4 -Integrated, Interconnected, Interdependent In our tightly connected world, infectious disease anywhere is a threat to public health everywhere. SARS, Avian flu, HIV/AIDS, H 1 N 1….

A Summary of the World Population: World: 7, 035, 946, 532 U. S. 314, 260, 735 8/29/12

The World at 10 pm Source: NASA

IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 1, 000 PEOPLE There would be … 584 Asians 124 Africans 95 Europeans 55 Central and Northern Asians 52 Americans & Canadians 6 Australians / New Zealanders

IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 1, 000 PEOPLE There would be … 165 people speaking Mandarin 86 people speaking English 83 people speaking Hindi / Urdu 64 people speaking Spanish 58 people speaking Russian 37 people speaking Arabic

IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 1, 000 PEOPLE There would be … 329 Christians 178 Muslims 167 Agnostics 132 Hindus 60 Buddhists 45 Atheists 3 Jews

IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 1, 000 PEOPLE There would be … 330 Children 60 People > 65 years of age 1 Doctor 3 Refugees 5 Soldiers 7 Teachers

IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 1, 000 PEOPLE In the Village … 200 people receive 75% of the total income 200 people receive only 2% of the income 70 people own cars (a few more than 1) 335 people are illiterate 110 people are homosexual 500 people suffer from malnutrition 10 people have a college education

If the world were a village of 100 people: 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from Americas, and 8 Africans � 51 female, 49 male � 70 non-white, 30 white � 70 non-Christian, 30 Christian � Half of wealth in the hands of only 6 people all would be citizens of the US �

Continued… � 80 would live in substandard housing � 70 unable to read � 50 suffer from malnutrition � Only 1 with college education � About 1 would own a computer

REFLECT �WHY SHOULD GEOGRAPHY MATTER TO YOU?