Russell, Davis. The Emerald City of Oz. Retrieved October 8, 2009: http://www.dynamicimagesdr.com/work2.php?

Mark M. MillerThe University of Southern Mississippi

World Regional Geography

THE FIRST WORLD

Globalization:

“The increasing interconnectedness of people and places

throughout the world through converging processes of

economic, political, and cultural change.” (Rowntree, et

al. 2011, p. 435)

Sectors of the economy:

Quaternary sector

Tertiary sector

Secondary sector

Primary sector

Terminology:[Old fashioned terms: Developed & Underdeveloped Worlds]

Developed & Developing Worlds

First, (Second,) Third (& sometimes Fourth) Worlds

Core & periphery

Industrialized countries, newly industrialized countries,

& agrarian countries

Wikipedia. Retrieved October 14, 2009: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_First_Worl

d_Countries.svg

Flickr. Fast food culture shock. Retrieved September 11, 2011:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/downtempo/299964569/

Intellectual capital

Wall Street Journal. What’s selling where? Pringles Chips. April 24, 2013: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323735604578440901334109158.html

Protecting intellectual

capital(The Chive, September 2013)

Usando Internet para la docencia y la investigación de la Economía. Retrieved 1/25/06: www.eumed.net/cursecon/17/NAFTA.jpg

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185362318111898.html

Care for Aging Inmates Puts Strain on Prisons

By ASHBY JONES and JOANNA CHUNG

January 27, 2012Wall Street Journal

Canada

Université Laval. Retrieved January 18, 2006: www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/amnord/canada.htm

“Devolution”

QuebecRetrieved January 18, 2006:

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-577874-map_of_quebec-i

Nunavut Natural Resources of Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2005: maps.nrcan.gc.ca/visualization/nunavut_map.html

Is there devolution in the U.S.?

• American Indians, Hawaiians

Reading Online. Retrieved January 18, 2006:

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/hawaii/bulaia.jpg

Unofficial Choctaw Nation Homepage. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://www.uwm.edu/~michael/choctaw/

Immigration

Le Monde. Retrieved 3/8/06: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/illustration/0,32-0,40-676197,0.html

New Global Melting Place: Examining Immigration. Retrieved February 3, 2010: http://globalmeltingpot.blogspot.com/

Some terms & considerations

• Immigration/immigrate• Emigration/emigrate• Push factors• Pull factors• Refugee• Characteristics of immigrants?

Oregon Press Register. Retrieved 10/27/06: http://www.newsregister.com/photos/upload/20050428154454_medium.jpg