New Guinea

Today's class we watched a video about New Guinea. It was very interesting how they live their lives compared to ours. The things that are hard for them to do or have are simple tasks for us. Its amazing how money and technology can chance everything. In the video I saw how they made their houses out of bamboo and sticks,and we have million dollar houses. I feel so bad for the poor people in the world because they want the small resources that we have, that seem so dumb for people like us. They have to make things they need and we can just buy it in a store. It also makes me sad that we buy things that they make when they do not even get money for it. They make it for us and they get poorer and we get richer. I wonder about their education. They would do anything to go to a school like John Carroll, which costs thousands of money. Some kids there probably do not even have an education. I find it real interesting to learn about countries that you rarely here about. I learned alot from the video. I learned that there was inequality among the people, the power was determined by race, and they are very poor, they are isolated, etc. I hope we can match more video's.

My Troubles While Trying To Take A Test

Today's class was very nerve recking and depressing. While I was trying to take a test, my internet was not working, I could not get to the article for the newsletter, could not get to email, and then i was starting to get a headache. I was very nervous that I was not going to be able to finish in time, which i didn't. Believe it or not, it is very hard to take a test when all your resources are crumbling before you. It was very hard trying to focus and getting the right answers while trying to figure out how to fix my computer. I was very stressed out about it and to top it off, it was the first class of the day. The rest of the day was misrable. So, for future reference to others try not to panic when taking a test that will not cooperate with you. Besisdes that I thought that they test was really easy and I thought that I will get a good grade on the test.

Globalization Test

“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this graded academic work. I am a person of integrity and I do not cheat.” Agree to this statement by typing your name here: Jenna Fiamingo

Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. Those who are pro-globalization believe that wealth will “trickle down” from rich countries to poor countries. They also believe it will spread the benefits of new ideas and new technology to all nations. One organization that loans money to nations so they can invest in business is the World Bank.On the other hand, those who are anti-globalization say it is not fair, because the richest 20% of the world’s people consume 86% of the world’s resources, resulting in the inequalities between “haves” and “have nots.”

Use the CIA Fact book to answer the following questions: In Afghanistan the life expectancy is 44.64 years , the infant mortality rate is 151.95 deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is 28.1 %, and the TFR is 6.53 . In Australia the life expectancy is 81.63 , the infant mortality rate is 4.75 deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is 99%, and the TFR is 1.78 .

We often categorize nations as being “developed” or “developing” nations. Vietnam and Mexico would be considered developing nations; Japan and Canada are developed nations.

The current world population is over 6,787,265,430, still increasing billion people. The number that measures how many children the average woman in a nation will bear is known as the total fertility rate , which is abbreviated as TFR . When this number is exactly 2.1 , then the population stays the same; if it’s higher, the population goes up, and if it’s lower, the population decreases. The population is growing fastest in developed nations.

A population pyramid that is shaped just like a pyramid -- wide on the bottom and narrow at the top -- shows a country whose population is increasing. If it is shaped more like a vase or a soda bottle, that nation’s population is decreasing. Young people are found at the bottom of the pyramid, and Men are found on the left hand side.

When discussing migration, people who are entering a country are known as immigrants, and people who are leaving a country are known as emigrants.

People leave their country for many reasons. An example of a push force is unemployment, and an example of a pull force is better economic opportunity . If a nation’s net migration rate is a negative number, it means more people are leaving the country than are arriving.


STEP THREE: In a short, well-written essay, answer ONE of the following questions:

1) Some people feel very strongly in their pro-globalization opinions, while some anti-globalization advocates have different beliefs. It’s likely that the truth lies somewhere in between. What do you think is the “middle ground” in this argument? Be sure to provide evidence for your opinion.

OR 2) Explain the academic discipline of Human Geography using the five themes. How is this discipline different from the study of physical geography? In your opinion, what is the benefit of studying Human Geography?

OR 3) The demographic transition graph describes the changes in birthrates and death rates that a country experiences over time. Describe the changes that the United States has gone through by using the demographic transition diagram.


STEP FOUR: First, go to the following website and read the news story you will find there:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/world/americas/24mexico.html

Then, in a short yet brilliant essay, summarize that story by relating it to our studies of immigration in class. Try to use terms from the text and from our class discussions.
“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this graded academic work. I am a person of integrity and I do not cheat.” Agree to this statement by typing your name here: Jenna Fiamingo

Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. Those who are pro-globalization believe that wealth will “trickle down” from rich countries to poor countries. They also believe it will spread the benefits of new ideas and new technology to all nations. One organization that loans money to nations so they can invest in business is the World Bank.

1) Some people feel very strongly in their pro-globalization opinions, while some anti-globalization advocates have different beliefs. It’s likely that the truth lies somewhere in between. What do you think is the “middle ground” in this argument? Be sure to provide evidence for your opinion.
• This is a very interesting argument between both sides. Pro- globalization thinks that it will help with better technology, new ideas, and more money. They also think that the money will trickle down to the poor, so the poor will actually get money. Also, that the poor countries will catch up to the rich ones. On the other hand people against globalization think that it will only benefit the rich ones and that they consume all the resources and money. I think they middle would be that they have globalization and the poor countries get more money than the rich ones. The rich ones already have money so to make everyone happy the poor countries would get the money. Also, the rich countries can have the ideas and some profits, but they do not need anymore because they are rich. Since globalization is everywhere than everyone should at least get some profit from it. The rich ones will take it for granted to their ability and the poor countries will use it for their best. The world is everyone’s, so everyone should have part of the resources and profits of technology and globalization.

The News Article Essay
• This story is about how a high percentage of Mexicans want to come and live in the US. The Mexicans that are leaving their home country and moving to the US are called emigrants. Mexicans entering the US are called immigrants. They are leaving because of push and pull factors. Push factors are factors that make someone want to leave their country. Pull factors are factors that bring someone into living in their country. Mexicans want to leave their country because of their push factors. Mexico does not have the better health program, job opportunity or freedom. The pull factors for going into the US are that they have all the things that the Mexicans want to have. Many Mexicans want to come to the US so badly that they come over illegally. More than half of the percentages from the survey say that they have come over illegally. There is also a higher percentage that more people are happy to be here than are unhappy being in the US.

CIA Mission

The United States is the fourth largest nation on earth, with a population of 307, 212,123. The total fertility rate is 2.05, and the net migration rate is 4.31, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.975%, which means their population is rising slightly. The infant mortality rate is 6.26 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 78.11 years (75.65 for men, 80.69 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 99%, which means they have an excellent educational system. The main language is English, spoken by 82.1% of its people, and the secondary language is Spanish, spoken by 10.7% of its people. 82% of the population lives in cities.

France is the 22 largest nation on earth, with a population of 64,057,792. The total fertility rate is 1.98, and the net migration rate is 1.48, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.549, which means their population is growing. The infant mortality rate is 3.33 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 80.98 years (77.79 for men, 84.33 for women), which means they probably have a great health care system. The literacy rate is 99%, which means they have an great educational system. The main language is French, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is none, spoken by none of its people. 77% of the population lives in cities.

Japan is the 11 largest nation on earth, with a population of 127,078,679. The total fertility rate is 1.21, and the net migration rate is n/a, resulting in a population growth rate of -0.191, which means their population is decreasing, but they have many migrants. The infant mortality rate is 2.79 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 82.12 years (78.8 for men, 85.62 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 99%, which means they have an great educational system. The main language is Japanese, spoken by all of its people, and the secondary language is none, spoken by none of its people. 66% of the population lives in cities.

Niger is the 64 largest nation on earth, with a population of 15,306,252. The total fertility rate is 7.75, and the net migration rate is -0.57, resulting in a population growth rate of 3.677%, which means their population is increasing. The infant mortality rate is 116.66 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 52.6 years (51.39 for men, 53.85 for women), which means they probably have a ok health care system. The literacy rate is 28.7, which means they have an bad educational system. The main language is French, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is none, spoken by none of its people. 16% of the population lives in cities.

Iran is the 20 largest nation on earth, with a population of 66,429,284. The total fertility rate is 1.71, and the net migration rate is -2.62, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.883, which means their population is growing. The infant mortality rate is 35.78 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 71.14 years (69.65for men, 72.72 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 77%, which means they have an good educational system. The main language is Persian and Persian dialects, spoken by 58% of its people, and the secondary language is Turkic and Turkic dialects, spoken by 26% of its people. 68% of the population lives in cities.

Mexico is the 12 largest nation on earth, with a population of 111,211,789. The total fertility rate is 2.34, and the net migration rate is -3.61, resulting in a population growth rate of 1.13, which means their population is decreasing. The infant mortality rate is 18.42 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 76.06 years (73.25 for men, 79 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 91%, which means they have an great educational system. The main language is Spanish, spoken by 92.7% of its people, and the secondary language is Spanish and Indigenous, spoken by 5.7% of its people. 77% of the population lives in cities.

Hungray is the 83 largest nation on earth, with a population of 9,905,596. The total fertility rate is 1.35, and the net migration rate is 0.87, resulting in a population growth rate of -0.257, which means their population is decreasing. The infant mortality rate is 7.86 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 73.44 years (69.27 for men, 77.87 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 99.4% , which means they have an exellcent educational system. The main language is Hungarian, spoken by 93.6% of its people, and the secondary language is other or unspecified, spoken by 6.4% of its people. 68% of the population lives in cities.

Project

Title: Immigration Officials Consider More Fee Increases
Site: Los Angeles Times
Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immig24-2009sep24,0,1871688.story

- This article is about the increase of cost for the immigrants. They are afraid of not being able to migrate because they cannot pay the fee. "The immigration agency, which is a self-supporting, faces an 118 million dollar shortfall." Immigrants do not want to lose their rights to migrate. The agencies have to get money from Congress to not lose money and shortfall. Immigrants want to migrate, but they cannot do that without legalization, that cannot happen without money to confirm them into their new country. The immigrants are upset and angry because this is their new chance for a new and better lifestyle.

Title: Taiwan’s Fertility Rate is the lowest in the World
Site: Taiwan News
Link: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1061565&lang=eng_news&cate_img=49.jpg&cate_rss=news_Society_TAIWAN

- Fertility Rate is the rate of how many children are being born in a specific country. This article talks about how Taiwan's fertility rate is the lowest in the world. A survey shows that Taiwan has an "average of one child per women." That means that if there is a very low rate of babies then there would be a very low rate of women too. "According to the data sheet Taiwan registered only eight-births per 1,000 population, the lowest level in the world. Taiwan's population as of mid- 2009 was 23.1 million." It also looks like that the population will decrease over the years.


Title: Growth Head and Shoulders above India
Site: watoday.com.au
Link: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/growth-head-and-shoulders-above-india-20090923-g0ya.html

- Many countries have increasing population over the years. Also, countries can have a decreasing population too. Australia has a larger population than India. Japan's population is going to decrease. This is because there is to many people and they will not hav enough resources for all of them. Saudi Arabia is going to increase by 74 percent. As you can tell some countries are increasing and or decreasing. Australia is supposed to have an increasing population. If there population goes up then there pollution will go up, because of this they will not want their population to go up.  

Today's Class

Today in class we talked about migration patterns from country to country, what causes migration, and the effects of it. This lesson as always interested me and made me want to listen and pay attention. Many people from developing countries migrate to countries that are developed such as the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, etc. They migrate because of push and pull factors. Push factors are factors that push the migrants to leave the country because of bad things that are happening there. Pull factors are factors that pull migrants into a developed country because of better jobs, economic opportunity, or health care. Some push factors are war, bad health care, disease, torture, etc. Many migrants migrate to a bigger and better developed country.
They migrate from there homeland because it does not give them the resources to live a happy and healthy life. A refugee is a person who leaves their homeland because of discrimination, war, race, etc. "Net Migration Rate is the statistic that states whether more people are entering or leaving the country." The net migration rate for the US is that more people are entering than leaving because we are a developed country with money, resources, and technology. Canada's migration rate I believe would be more people are entering than leaving to because they are also a developed country and have the same tools as we do, they also get migrants first then some of them come to the US. For Mexico, I think more people are leaving because I do not think that Mexico is a developed country yet. All the people there cross the border for better opportunities in the US for them and their families. My ancestors are from Sicily, Italy. They came over to Ellis Island, stayed in New York and had my grandparents, then they came to Maryland, had their kids, and then came me.

Migration Patterns

○ There are 190 million people that live somewhere other than their birth country. Migrants are people who leave their country to live somewhere else.

○ Money drives people to go other places for bigger and better things, causing Globalization.

○ The 190 million people, 1/3 of them ended up in either Japan, Germany, the US, France, Canada, Italy, or the United Kingdom.

○ People who migrate go to places that are developed and have jobs to offer them and money.

○ Migrants also leave because of war, persecution, famine, and environmental destruction.

○ Officials believe that an estimate that some 35 million people should be considered refugees, more than half of these are in Africa and western Asia.

○ Refugee- a person who flees their country because of a well founded fear of persecution, race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, or political affiliation.

○ Push factors make people leave because of unemployment, civil strife, environmental degradation.

○ Pull factors are what brings people to their country like better economic opportunity or health services, attract migrants to a certain location.

○ Two different types of migration
§ Immigrant- to come into a different place
§ Emigrant- to leave your country and go to another.
§ Net migration rate- a statistic that depicts whether more people are entering or leaving a country.

○ More people are leaving Mexico than coming in, -2.65

The Demographic Transition

"The Demographic Transition is a model of a four stage conceptualization that tracks changes in birthrates and death rates through time as a population urbanizes." This shows what the population is because of all the new technology in the World. It also shows what the population will be like in some years. All the huge countries will millions of people are urban and have technology. These models show the birthrates, death rates, natural increase, etc. This transition is also used to see what the population will be like because of now. There are many stages to this demographic transition, stage 1,2,3, and 4. "Stage 1 is the birthrates, death rates and the natural increase of population." "Stage 2 is death rates that decrease while the birthrates increase, this makes higher RNI." "Stage 3 is is when the people realize the impact on the population because of the industry." "Finally, stage 4 is when there is very low birth and death rates causing there to be a RNI. All the larger and richer countries are in stage 4." I believe that industry and technology can effect population. I think that because if there is bigger and better technology than people will not want to share, making them only care for themselves, this will lead to not children. With less natural increase of people there is also a decreasing population because old people are dying. More and more people die because of health problems because there are so many fast food restaurants and fattening foods. Also, people work dangerous jobs. All these things play a role in either the increase or decrease of population.

Today's Class 9/18/09

Today's class was about deveolping and already deveolped countries. We figured out why people in Africa have millions of young kids than US, and why women have kids at such a young age. We said that people in the US can support themselves and do not have to put the kids to work to help the family get food or do household jobs. In Africa, the families cannot support themselves, so they have to have kids at young ages just to get food, keep up the household, etc. They use the kids to do work and try to get money for the family. Also, that there are many old people and more young people, showing that the natural increase will increase beacuse the old people will die and the young people will have the kids. We also talked about the death rate, the birth rate, and the people that leave the country. The birth and death rate will equal eachother out.

Venezuela's Population Pyramid

I compared Venezuelas population pryramid to the US's population pyramid. The deveolped country is the US and the deveolping country is Venezuela. For the US the fertility rate is ok, its about 10 million. The percent of young people from 35 and younger is around 11 million people. For the older people, 40 and older, it starts from 11 million, and then goes down to 0. So, you can see that the population is decreasing when you start to go up the chart to the older people. I think the natural increase is slow because the most people are from 45 to 50. People that age do not have kids. There is a low amount of young people and maybe some of them do not even want to have kids, making the population decrease. Now to Venezuela,its fertility rate is very hih because there are about 1.3 million young people. That means at young ages people are having babies. The percentage of young people are around 11 million people. That is good for the country because its still deveolping and they have people to do jobs. The percentage of old people are similar to the US's old people population. Venezuela's old population is from .9 million to 0. The population is decreasing like the US. Also, unlike the US the natural increase is faster than America. There are many young people and children, showing that many young couples want children so they can help they family. By doing that it is increasing the population.

In the population pyramid for Venezuela in the year of 2009 shows that there are more young men than young women. As the graph goes on it shows that there are more older women than older men. The most women in Venezuela are actually children, these children are the ages of ten.So, the highest percentage of girls in Venezuela are 10 years old. There are about 1.3 million girls that are 10 years old in Venezuela. When we go over to the men, its the same thing, there are more young people than old people. Just like the women, the highest percentage of men are actually boys at the age of 10. When you get to the top of the chart, you will see that it percentages are decreasing by alot. The smallest percentages are at the ages of 85 and above. In America women have a higher percentage of life expectancy. This is because women go to the doctor more and they don't have as dangerous jobs as men do, keeping them safer. Unlike the US, Venezuela has a higher percent of men to life longer. Men can live up to 100, but it is a very small percent. All this information is from the year of 2009.

I also looked at a population graph from twenty years from now. In the year of 2029, the graphs are very very similar. From the boys to girls, the estimates are almost identical. For the men ages from 20 to 30 have the same amount of people. For the women from ages of 0 to 10 have about the same amount of people too. The women always have a little more people than the men, but the men have a longer life expectancy. Its very interesting to see that every graph I've seen the older population always decreases and there is always alot more young people.

Today's Class 9/16/09

Today's class was a real wake up call about how much technology has taken over society. We watched a video about percentages of how many people are on myspace, games, emails, facebook, etc. There were very high percentages and that shocked me. Technology has come a very long way and has now spread across the World. We also talked about how young children are playing video games on the computer for hours and don't get up. It's amazing to me how back when my dad was a kid, he would tell me stories how kids would play games all day because they had nothing else to do. Now, kids are entertained by games on the computer, facebook, and myspace. This can also cause many children to gain weight and develop unhealthy habits because they do not get enough exercise. I was also surprised that soon the US will not be the number one country that speaks English. China, will soon be the number one English speaking country. I think this because the US are getting lots of immigrants and bringing their culture and language with them, causing less and less English language. China has a high percentage of English because they are learning English, and they have alot more people than the US. Today, I learned many new shocking percents and facts about the US, that I didn't think was that big of a deal. Now, the things that people thought were going to be nothing, has now made billions of dollars and has spread across the World.

Population

Population

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
8:56 AM

Learning Objectives:
○ To understand the components of the population pyramid.
○ To understand that the statistics represented in a population pyramid can help human geographers determine what will happen to a country's population.
○ Students should be able to gather and analyze population pyramids to determine a nation's prosperity and be able to determine what is happening to a particular country's population.


Population Pyramids:
§ Graphically represent the age and gender distribution of certain population.
§ Can be represented by region or by country.
§ Help human geographers determine what is happening to individual populations across the globe.
□ Nigeria has many more small children than older people.
□ Germany has more older people than children
□ The United States has an equal amount of young and old people.
□ Nigeria has more young people because at young ages girls have babies.

Elements of Population Pyramid:
Ø Age- population pyramids visually present the population of a particular country broken down by age.
Ø Gender- population pyramids are split. One side presents the number of males and females. Women on the left and men on the right.
Ø Young and Old Populations- Percentage of population under 15: global average is 30 percent, low is 17 percent (Europe); high of 42 percent (Africa); high number indicates great potential for future growth; Percentage of population over age 65: identifies need health care and other social services
Ø Life Expectancy: average number of years a person is expected to live; affected by many factors such ad sickness/illness, bone problems, AIDS, Flu

Today's Class 9/15/09

In today's class we talked about population in countries and population pyramids. I learned that the life expectancy for woman is higher than men. It's because men deveolp more bad health problems such as diabeates, heart disease, smoking, etc. Men also have dangerous jobs. When we studied the graphs, we found out that in Nigeria are are a lot more young people than old people. In Nigeria its part of thier culture to have kids at young ages to help support the family and work in the fields. In Germany, there are more old people than young people. Without young people there will not be any jobs, new technologies, etc. When all the young people die, there will be no people left, and Germany will not be a living country anymore. The United States has an equal amount of men, women, and children. Its interesting how different countries have different populations and life expectancy because of thier culture, environment, and where they live. We also took a quiz and I thought I did pretty good on it. So far, all the things we have learned I have grasped onto and remembered. I like this class and its a fun class to be in.

Today's Class

In today's class I learned alot. So far, globalization has been a fun and exciting subject to learn about. I learned that globalization effects everyone around the World. It also helps the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The US is using people from other countries to make their products, and then pay them only a couple cents. If you think about it the US is degrading other countries with thier own products so they can get all the money. I feel bad for the workers becuase they work had in sweatshops all day in bad conditions to make products that sell for thirty to fifty dollars and they do not even get paid one dollar for a hard days work.
I also learned that globalization from the US to other countries is on its way to killing people. There are millions of McDonald's in the US, and now there are millions across the world. These fast food places are breaking the traditions of people eating together as a family. With these fast food places more and more people are eating there becuase thier lives are so busy and they start developing health problems. Globalization is a good and a bad thing. Its a good thing because it spreads businesses around the World and its a bad thing because it only helps the rich and the workers get very little pay. So, in class we pretty much talked about the pros and cons of globalization.

Advocates and Critics of Globalization

Advocates and Critics of Globalization
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
2:10 PM
The Summary:
o Critics think this will only benefit the rich and not the poor, the poor people will get even poorer.
o Globalizations economic form is a big issue for the people.
o Democrats, Republicans, and politicians of the US both agree with globalization.
o Groups of students do not agree with Globalization and they protest at World Bank meetings.
o Free trade and other trades are supported by politicians in many countries.
o People who agree with this think it will help with worldwide peace.

Today was another fun day in Human Geography. I feel like I will do well in this class. Most of this is review, but I need to review to help me better understand what we will do in the future. I accomplished all my assignments in class today, and it was actually a fun and interesting assignment.

Identifying Countries

1. United States - North America
2. France - Europe
3. Iraq - Central Asia
4. China - East Asia
5. Saudi Arabia - North Africa, Southeast Asia
6. Haiti - the Carribean
7. India - South Asia
8. Japan - East Asia
9. Venezuela -Latin America
10. Iran -North Africa and Southeast Asia
11. Russia -The Russian Domain
12. The United KIngdom
13. Israel - North Africa and South East Asia
14. Germany - Europe
15. Tibet - Sub-Saharan Africa
16. Afghanistan - Central Asia
17. Brazil - Latin America
18. North Korea - East Asia
19. Egypt - North Africa and Southeast Asia
20. Kenya - Sub-Saharan Africa
21. Pakistan- Central Asia
22. Vietnam - Central Asia
23. Mexico - Latin America
24. Cuba - the Carribean

- used the map on your home blog

Identfying World Regions

1.North America -j
2. Latin America -d
3.The Carribean -l
4.Sub-Saharan Africa -g
5.Southwest Asia and North Africa (Middle East) - i
6.Europe -c
7. The Russian Domain -e
8.Central Asia - f
9. East Asia -h
10.South Asia -b
11. Southeast Asia -k
12.Australia and Oceania -a -k

Human Geography Notes

• Learning Objectives

- To understand the foundations and nature of Human Geography as a academic discipline.

• To address the major differences between Physical Geography and Human Geography.
• Students should be able to identify the five themes of Human Geography.

- Globalization- the increasing inerconnectedness of people and places throughout the world through converging processes of economic,political, and cultural change.

- Physical Geography-examines climates,landforms,soils,vegatation, and hydrology(land)

- Human Geography-explore social,economic,and political factors; demography,migration, culture (people)

Human Geography Homework

Globalization- the increasing interconnectedness of people and places throoughout the world through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change

• global communications
• diversity amid globalization, a geography for the twenty-first century
• converging currents of globalization
• globalization and cultural change
• globalization and geopolitics
• environmental concerns
• transnational firms- which do global business through international subsidiaries, disrupt local ecosystems in their incesssant search for natural resources and manufacturing sites.
• social dimensions

The Five Themes of Geography:

• Regions
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Population
• Location
• Economic and Social Deveolpment