1. Globalization

2. Spatial Association
Geographers try to identify cultural ethnic and/or environmental factors that display similar spatial distribution.
Varies with scale.
Ex. In Maryland, high rtes of cancer are found in the eastern rural areas.

3. Globalization
A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.

4. Globalization of Economy
Led by transnational corporations who conduct business in many countries.
They relocate nonessential employees outside command centers
They identify the assets of each region in the world.
They organize production according to a spatial division of labor
Maquiladores
Heightens economic differences between
places.

5. Globalization of Culture
Uniform consumptions preferences
Enhanced communications
Unequal access to cultural elements

6. Chinatown, Washington DC

7. Review Site/Situation/Scale
Describe the site and situation of N.Y.City using Figure 1-5.
Describe the site and situation of Singapore using Figure 1-6.
What is the distance b/w the home of the Braves and the Royals in Figure 1-2?
What is the distance b/w Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Figure 1-11?
What is the approximate area of the state of Colorado in Figure 1-2.
One inch on the map equals what distance on the ground in Figure 1-5? In Figure 1-11?

8. Answers
Site: located on Manhattan Island between the Hudson and E. Rivers.
Situation: south side of island b/w N.J. and Long Island
Site: located on Singapore Island at the confluence of several straits.
Situation: located south of Malaysia and north of the Singapore Strait and Indonesia
Approximately 700 miles.
42 miles.
140,000 sq. miles
1-5: 1in. = 1/3mile; 1-11: 1in. = 40miles