Thinking Geographically: Key Issue 3
Rubenstein, pp. 20-29
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1. Define globalization:
2. How did the economic recession of 2009 affect individuals across the world? Provide four examples.
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3. Describe how the housing bubble which started in the U.S. and Europe helped create a “global recession”.
4. What is a transnational corporation and how do they affect local economies?
5. Give examples from your own community of (a) a cultural element that is local and (b) a cultural element that reflects the globalization of culture.
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SPACE: DISTRIBUTION OF FEATURES
6. The _____________________ of a feature in __________________ is known as its distribution.
7. Define density:
8a. Concentration is the extent of a feature’s spread over space. How would a geographer describe the concentration of people in the United States?

(b) The boxes below – draw 10 dots in each so that the density is the same in each, but illustrate and label the two different kinds of concentration.
(c) How would you describe the concentration of the homes around DRHS? Defend your answer with evidence from the textbook.
9. Define pattern and what type is most common in American cities.
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CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SPACE
10. What role does gender play in geography?
11. In what way do each of the following play a role in geography?
ETHNICITY SEXUAL ORIENTATION
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CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PLACES
16. Diffusion is defined as the process by which a characteristic spreads across space. With regard to diffusion, define and, where possible, give an example of each of the following.

hearth relocation diffusion
hierarchical diffusion contagious diffusion stimulus diffusion
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SPATIAL INTERACTION
12. What is space-time compression?
13a. In the past, most interaction between places required what?
13b. How has this changed?
14. What are the main differences between countries in the core regions and those in the periphery?