AP Human Geography Week #30

Spring 2015

AP Human Geography 4/13/15http://mrmilewski.com

• OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate mastery of Chapter#12 –Industry & Services. APHugVI.B.4

• Language objective: Write about globalization.• I. Journal#83pt.A

-watch the following:-Does China have a secret plan to take America’s place?

• II. Journal#83pt.B-notes on globalization

• Homework: Read p.323-326• Notice: 32 Days until the AP Test May 15th

The week ahead• Tomorrow 4/14* – No SST - Film: South Africa• Wednesday 4/15* - Journal#84• Thursday 4/16 – ½ Day Parent Teacher Conference• Friday 4/17 – TBA

Globalization

Geographer Andrew Kirby explains that with globalization, we are living “not so much in a world without boundaries, or in a world without geography – but more literally, in a world, as opposed to a neighborhood or a region.”

What is Globalization?

A set of processes that are:

- increasing interactions

- deepening relationships

- heightening interdependence

without regard to country borders.

A set of outcomes that are:

- unevenly distributed- varying across scales- differently manifested

throughout the world.

The Backbone of Globalization is Trade• Every CEO, reader or writer of a weblog or

blog, protestor at a world trade meeting is participating in globalization.

• When we buy shoes, clothes or food that was produced overseas-we are participating in Globalization.

• Globalization occurs at many scales-macro-world wide and micro local with many differing impacts.

Pro-Globalization Argument

• The backbone of Globalization is trade.• Economists-Keith Maskus argues-free trade

raise the well-being of all countries since they specialize in what they produce most efficiently.

• Globalization promotes innovation and greater use of technology.

• It has helped to open many closed political systems

• It has broadened the horizons of many people world wide.

What are the Goals of Globalization?

Depends on who you ask:

World Economic Forum – an annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. Participants typically:

- champion free trade

- represent large corporations

World Social Forum

Goal of the World Social Forum: Find alternatives to the decisions being made at the World Economic Forum.

Participants are a network of anti-globalizationists.

• Korean farmers demonstrate- December 2005 WTO Meeting in Hong Kong.

• World Trade Organization’s mission is to lower trade barriers and establish ground rules for international trade.

• The World Bank, officially known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) both make loans to countries that need money for development projects

French McDonald's vandalizedLed by Jose Bove's association of small farmers, protesters vandalize a McDonald's restaurant in southern France in August 1999. Bove's trial a year later stimulated comparable protests. The American fast-food chain had come to symbolize the two-sided force of globalization and Americanization.

French McDonald's vandalized

McDonald’s in Moscow

Homework• Read p. 323-326• Continue working on

Chapter#10 Guided Reading.

AP Human Geography 4/14/15http://mrmilewski.com

• OBJECTIVE: Examine Apartheid in South Africa. APHugVI.A.4

• Language objective: Write about Apartheid.• I. Administrative Stuff

-Attendance-Next Test: Ch#10 Monday April 27th

• II. Return of Chapter#12 Test• III. Film: The 20th Century with Mike Wallace

-questions on the film “South Africa: Free At Last”• Homework: Read p.326-330• Notice: 31 Days until the AP Test May 15th

Homework• Read p. 326-330• Continue working on

Chapter#10 Guided Reading.

AP Human Geography 4/15/15http://mrmilewski.com

• OBJECTIVE: Continue examination of globalization. APHugV.C.2

• Language objective: Write about globalization.• I. Journal#84pt.A

-What do the numbers say about trouble for China’s economy?• II. Journal#84pt.B

-notes on globalization• III. Homework: Read p.330-334• Notice: 30 Days until the AP Test May 15th

Foot-and-mouth disease, EnglandThe outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001 raised questions about globalization and strained relations within the European Union. Here a Spanish border official sprays disinfectant on the wheels of a French truck in March 2001, as part of the European effort to keep the disease from spreading.

Foot-and-mouth disease, England

China-Factory to the World

• Goods made so cheaply in China it has cornered the market on many products-results-loss of jobs, but lower prices for the US.

• Products from China– 85% artificial

Christmas trees – 80% toys– 72% shoes– 70% umbrellas– 50% appliances

Nat. Geog. May 2008• “China Price” due to a vast labor force that works

for a low price-China has cornered the market on many everyday goods.

• Almost all of our toys are made in China-(Guangdong Province is the world’s manufacturing mecca) but it would take an average Chinese assembly line worker 6 months to save enough to buy a Thomas the Tank Engine train set.

• China is expected to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy by 2020.

Anti-Globalization Argument• Increased the gap between the rich and poor

countries as well as the rich and poor within countries.

• Rich (core) countries impose their economic and cultural values on the periphery

• Increased use of resources-adverse environmental impact

• Eroded traditional methods of income and cultures

• Increased some intercultural animosities.

Local Resistance to globalization-Zapatista commanders sit at the negotiating table in San Andres Larrainzar, Mexico in 1996. The Mayan-based Zapatista leaders have been periodically involved in talks with the Mexican government over cultural and economic rights since NAFTA began in 1994

Networks• Manuel Castells defines networks as “a set of

interconnected nodes” without a center.• The Networks

– Financial– trade– Communication– Media– Kinship– Corporate– government– NGOs– Education

World Bank Data

• https://youtu.be/CRfc85AIH3c

Quote• Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish

by it's ability to climb a tree, it will go through it's whole life thinking it is stupid.

• ~Albert Einstein

Homework• Read p. 330-334• Continue working on

Chapter#10 Guided Reading.

AP Human Geography 4/15/15http://mrmilewski.com

• OBJECTIVE: Study Hall. APHugAll • Language objective: Study Hall.• I. Administrative Stuff

-attendance• II. Chapter#10 Guided Reading pt.II

-work on guided readings & study for the AP Exam• Homework: Complete Ch#10 Guided Reading pt.I• Notice: 30 Days until the AP Test May 15th

• Notice Parent Teacher Conference 12:30-3PM

Homework• Continue working on

Chapter#10 Guided Readings.

• Study for the AP Exam!

AP Human Geography 4/16/15http://mrmilewski.com

• OBJECTIVE: Prebubble AP Exam Sheet. APHugNone

• Language objective: Prebubbling• I. Administrative Stuff

-attendance & prebubbling instructions• II. AP Prebubble

-AP Prebubbling• Homework: Complete Ch#10 Guided Reading pt.I• Notice: 29 Days until the AP Test May 15th

Homework• Complete Chapter#10

Guided Reading.• Study for AP Exam!