You will research the assigned food or product retailer. You will think geographically about map scales and the company’s spatial distribution, diffusion and cultural influences. Activity 1 and Activity 3 will be completed outside of class as independent work. Activity 1 and Activity 3 will be graded and will not be accepted late.
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Activity 1 - Homework
- Google map your assigned retailer ______.
(Use “Coach Handbags”, “Subway restaurants”, “GAP outlet”, “swatch watch”, Apple computers”, “cell phone stores”)
Print the following maps of your assigned retailer’s locations at the different scales (if available)
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
- North Carolina
- United States
- World/Global
- One South American country of your choice ______
- One African country of your choice ______
- One Asian country of your choice ______
- One European country of your choice ______
This is a total of 8 maps!
2. Explain approximately how many stores are located in (you do not have to count all of the stores)
- W-S/Forsyth County ______
- North Carolina ______
- United States ______
- World/Global ______
- One South American country of your choice ______
- One African country of your choice ______
- One Asian country of your choice______
- One European country of your choice______
3. How did the number of stores in each country change when the scale of the map changed? Be specific with estimated numbers and countries. ______
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If, on a global scale, you colored all the countries in which your retailer is located, what misconceptions could a geographically uninformed person imply? (hint: # of stores, location of stores, distribution of stores) THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPT.
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Activity 2 Class work in groups
4. Compare your maps to your groups’ maps. What are the differences? ______
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What would account for the differences? ______
(think about socio-economic factors, cultural factors, population factors, infrastructure, other)
5. Put the maps in order of scale – small to large scale
6. What type of detail do you see on the small scale map? ______
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7. What type of detail do you see on the large scale map?______
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8. How did the information change when the scale of the map changed? Be specific with estimated numbers and countries. ______
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Activity 3 homework
9. Explain the distribution of your assigned retailer
- In W-S/Forsyth County ______
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- In the United States ______
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- In the World ______
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- In one country of choice – country ______continent______
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Go back to Google map
10. Choose a city you are familiar with (Winston-Salem, Charlotte, your home town, etc.) that has your retail store.
- Determine the absolute location ______
- Describe the relative location ______
11. Choose a retail location on the continent of your choice (it should be an area which you are not familiar with)
- Determine the absolute location ______
- Describe the relative location ______
Activity 4 Class work in groups
12. In your group, List 3-5 reasons why, in your geographically informed opinion, the retailer chose the locations? ______
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13. Is the type of diffusion of the retailerrelocation, contagious, hierarchical or stimulus? ______What evidence is there to support your conclusion? ______
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14. Compare the distribution of other retailers’ locations.Use the distribution word bank.
Retailer ______: Pattern of location: ______Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: ______
Retailer ______: Pattern of location: ______Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: ______
Retailer ______: Pattern of location: ______Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: ______
Retailer ______: Pattern of location: ______Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: ______