Global Awareness

Directions : After researching various aspects of globalization, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Make sure that your answers are backed by factual evidence. If you are pulling a direct quote, you MUST use proper MLA parenthetical citations.  1. What is the goal of trade?  2. What tools are available to policymakers to manipulate global trade? 3. How can trade improve the quality of life of people around the world? 4. How are globalization and migration related? 5. What is the role of the World Bank and the IMF? 6. Should the U.S. government protect American workers from losing their jobs to outsourcing, and if so, how? 7. There are plenty of banks and sources of private capital, why do we need the World Bank? 8. Why do developing countries have little voice in the leadership of institutions such as World Bank and IMF? 9. How does globalization affect culture? 10. How does the media adjust public opinion/ perspective? How does media affect globalization? 11. After

 Instructions: In your blogger account, create a second post titled "Map Projection Madness". Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Add at least two map projection images from Google (remember, this blog is published to the web. To adhere to copyright law, when you Google "map projection" in images, click on "Tools". Click on "Usage Rights" and change it to "Labeled for noncommercial use". OR You can choose any image but you must have a MLA citation below the image [see Mrs. Ruiz's example]. Add the "Cite This For Me" extension to your Google account browser. Now you may choose any image.) Questions: 1. Why are map projections important to the field of geography? 2. How has the Mercator map projection distorted our geopolitical view of the world? 3. When analyzing a map, you will notice that the majority of developed countries are in the Northern Hemisphere. Below the Equator, we find that majority of coun

Answer the following questions on your blog post. Make sure that you write in complete sentences. If you pull a direct quote from your reading, make sure that you use parenthetical documentation (Sobel, pg. number).  1.  Explain the London Cholera pandemic. Discuss the time frame, location, human-environment interaction, contagious diffusion, and geographical landscape analysis. (Use both your field notes/ observations and your reading) 2. Explain the global COVID pandemic. Discuss the time frame, location, human-environment interaction, contagious diffusion, and geographical landscape analysis. (Use our class discussion, additional research, and prior knowledge) 3. How has the geographical field of knowledge advanced in terms of investigating a pandemic? 4. How does a global pandemic affect globalization? 5. What connections did you make from the Cholera simulation and the current state of affairs with COVID?  6. How can/does geography advance our understanding of a pandemic and help