The National Geography Standards
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As transportation and communication between places reduce and, or even eliminate, the effects of distance, the Earth shrinks in size. Easy communication, instantaneous financial transfers, more efficient global transportation networks, and free trade are all restructuring world economic relationships and shaping a world of interdependent people and places. |
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Munich, Germany - The well-known UPS truck now sports a new logo representative of its global market. The logo remains the same no matter where in the world we find them, but here the slogan is translated into German. What are the effects of being able to ship packages in a day or two anywhere in the world? |
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Paris, France - A billboard for a "High Tech Center" in Paris expresses an important geographic principle: "A La Conquete de l'Espace, Comminication." Communication conquers space has become one of the unifying themes of the late twentieth century. Not only can we send packages around the world in a day or two, but we can send messages around the world in less than a minute. Both trends bring people closer together in what geographers call time-space. |
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Major International Air and Sea Routes to and from Virginia - The air and sea routes portrayed on this map comprise the networks which bring Virginia to the world and the world to Virginia. More difficult to portray cartographically are the electronic networks which transport information, rather than people or products, around the world. Source: Virginia Geographic Alliance, "Virginia in the World," 1997, sponsored by the Office of the Governor. |
A Sample Question from the National Geography Challenge 1996 (Grades 10-12) which illustrates . . .
STANDARD 11 -- ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE
A metal fabricating company in the United States is planning to process copper as one of its products. The purchasing agent is trying to find a source for a cheap and available supply of the mineral. Which of these countries is his best prospect?