AP Human Geo
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Power of Place: One Earth, Many Scales
http://www.learner.org/powerofplace/page1.html Scroll to the bottom for the video.
NASA
1. How do people shape places? How do places shape people?
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2. Why do astronauts learn about geography?
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3. As noted by astronaut Mike Foale, people are not distributed evenly across the earth. Explain
how this uneven population distribution leads to environmental degradation (destruction).
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Globalization and Revolt
1. What does the term globalization mean?
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2. There are two types of “scale” in geography. One where it explains the closeness of detail that a
map shows (zoom) and the second where we look at local, national and international scales of
phenomena around the world. With that in mind what are some examples of connections between
something that happens in the local, national and international scales?
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INTERNATIONAL
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