Chapter 1 Globalization and World Regions

This chapter is about . . .

Globalizing and localizing trends in geography

Current political, economic, cultural and environmental issues

The nature of geography and what geographers do

Defining the locations of places

Geographical studies based on regions, spatial analysis, and human-environment relationships

How regions are created and change

How major world regions developed through history

Global Focus: 9/11

Point-Counterpoint: Facets of Globalization