Globalization

"Think globally act locally"-means global problems that need to be fixed and acted on, on a more local scale.  More contemporary geographers like to say "Think and act both global and local."  All scales are important in geography the appropriate scale depends on the specific subject.  Geography matters in the contemporary world because that how we explain human actions at all scales.  At national scales an example of the need for geography is the growth of population rapidly increasing or decreasing.  

-globalization: is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.

It means that the scale of the world is shrinking, this does not mean shrinking in size, but more like shrinking in the ability for one person to talk to or relate with something else far away.  The world only has very few isolated people who have never watched a tv, rode in a car, or used a cellphone.  

 

Globalization:

1.the act or process of globalizing 

2.the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets

Thinking geographically from global to local:

Apple (computer and phone):Apple originated in California.  Foxconn is the biggest electronic manufacturer in the world and supplies apple as well.  They are located in China.

Composition notebook:  Most places I looked the composition notebook was manufactured and exported from china.  But the design on the front of the cover comes from an ancient Japanese art form.  

Samsung TV:Samsung was founded in 1938 in South Korea. Most all Samsung products are manufactured in Suwon Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.