The Geography of the World Economy

Multiple Choice Questions

Essay Questions

Essay question: Barbie is an iconic American product. Trace the global supply-chain involved in Barbie’s production.

Links to Websites

Association of American Geographers: http://www.aag.org/
The AAG’s website for the subject and discipline of geography has many useful hyperlinks including ones to the websites of specialty groups, such as the Economic Geography Specialty Group.

Central Intelligence Agency of the United States: http://www.odci.gov/
The website contains publications and maps produced by the CIA, including the latest edition of the World Factbook, which has detailed information and a map of every country of the world.

Global Trade Watch: http://www.citizen.org/trade/
Global Trade Watch (GTW) is a division of Public Citizen, the consumer and environmental group founded in the United States in 1971. GTW was created in 1995 to promote government and corporate accountability in the globalization and trade arena. This website offers materials and hyperlinks to organizations that include opposition voices to globalization.

Globalization: http://www.emory.edu/SOC/globalization/
This Emory University website offers a wealth of information on globalization and includes a glossary of terms related to globalization.

Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers: http://www.rgs.org/RGS/
The RGS/IBG website for the subject and discipline of geography offers many useful hyperlinks to other websites of interest to economic geographers.